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🎓 Student perspectives on health + healthcare 👩‍⚕️ future doctors, scientists, + policymakers. 🩺 nonpartisan Get involved 👇 linktr.ee/studentsforsci Sign Petition: bit.ly/sfs-petition

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Students for Science @studentsforsci.bsky.social · Apr 1

📣 Students For Science is RECRUITING!

🧠Join us to work with a youth-led organization that believes that the purpose of science should be to uncover the truth and serve the people.

✍️ For more information and to apply, head to linktr.ee/studentsfors... or type: bit.ly/studentsforsciform

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 16d

On October 18, we rise! Not to defend broken systems, but to defend each other! Because our communities deserve more than fear, silence, and billion-dollar bailouts for the powerful.

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.

FIND or HOST a 10/18 action at www.FiftyFifty.one

#NoKings #Oct18 #50501Movement

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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 🇲🇽 🇨🇦 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 @nurseteria.bsky.social · Aug 14

REJECT MAHA!

Please join Defend Public Health and send this letter to your member of Congress TODAY!

Please share the IHAT (Improving the Health of Americans Together) report far and wide!

@studentsforsci.bsky.social
@nursesforamerica.bsky.social

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Improving the Health of Americans Together: An evidence-based framework for addressing the root causes of illness in the U.S | Defend Public Health

As an alternative to HHS Sec. Kennedy's flawed, dishonest "MAHA Report," Defend Public Health offers some key policies to truly improve Americans’ health. While certainly not exhaustive, our report ou...

www.defendpublichealth.org

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Students for Science @studentsforsci.bsky.social · Jul 30

EPA eliminates research branch in latest attack on Science.
#epa #environment #standupforscience

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Elizabeth F Mattera @lizmattera.bsky.social · Jul 24

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Students for Science @studentsforsci.bsky.social · Jul 21

SFS statement on ICE obtaining invasive medical data

Students for Science @studentsforsci.bsky.social · Jul 21

Students For Science statement on ICE Obtaining Invasive Medicaid Data

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Students for Science @studentsforsci.bsky.social · Jul 19

It was nice meeting you!!

Rheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · Jul 17

Received a flyer from a very young person who wants me to spread the word to med students about @studentsforsci.bsky.social

#GoodTrouble

When science is under attack, youth are under attack

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Students for Science @studentsforsci.bsky.social · Jul 16

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Students for Science @studentsforsci.bsky.social · Jul 16

Sign the petition at bit.ly/sfs-petition
or at the link in our bio!🖊️📜

#signthepetition #protectdemocracy #takeaction

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Students for Science @studentsforsci.bsky.social · Jul 16

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Students for Science @studentsforsci.bsky.social · Jul 16

Sign the petition at bit.ly/sfs-petition
or at the link in our bio!🖊️📜

#signthepetition #protectdemocracy #takeaction

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Students for Science @studentsforsci.bsky.social · Jul 15

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Students for Science @studentsforsci.bsky.social · Jul 15

When science is under attack, youth are under attack. Sign the petition at bit.ly/sfs-petition or at the link in our bio.

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Students for Science @studentsforsci.bsky.social · Jul 10

It is the 30-year anniversary of the Chicago heat wave that claimed over 500 lives. 🧵
#chicagoheatwave #climatejustice

It has been 30 years since the Chicago heat wave that claimed over 500 lives.

Chicago faced a heat wave in July 1995. Most of the 500+ deaths were elderly and/or poor.

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Students for Science @studentsforsci.bsky.social · Jul 10

Some ways to protect yourself & your neighbors:
find community buildings in your area that have AC
stay informed--we are much better at predicting heat waves like this now
reach out to the elderly and people with young children
In extreme heat, limit outdoor activity & drink lots of water!

Sources:
www.weather.gov/lot/1995_heatwave_anniversary%20
jstor.org/stable/3108472
Weather Services:

1. NOAA Monthly Climate Report
2. https://www.weather.gov/

Students for Science @studentsforsci.bsky.social · Jul 10

Chicago in 1995

Temp. Heat Index
July 12 98F. 108F
July 13. 106F. 124F
July 14 102F. 119F
July 15. 99F. 108F
July 16. 94F 100F

The impact of this devastating heat wave was not random. It disproportionately affected neighborhoods with fewer community buildings, worse infrastructure, and lesser sense of community.

Recent cuts to NOAA will make natural disasters, like the 1995 Chicago heat wave, even more damaging. NOAA is a vital administration that provides accurate weather & climate information. They work to inform people of natural disasters & how to prepare for them.

Students for Science @studentsforsci.bsky.social · Jul 10

It is the 30-year anniversary of the Chicago heat wave that claimed over 500 lives. 🧵
#chicagoheatwave #climatejustice

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Jul 8

🔥 Congress just issued a letter to EPA Admin Zeldin demanding an end to what they call “illegal retaliation” against the #EPA139 for signing the #DeclarationofDissent.

These civil servants warned that EPA leadership was endangering public health, abuse of authority, & gross mismanagement.

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First page of a July 8, 2025 letter from the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin. Signed by hundreds of EPA staff, the letter accuses Zeldin of undermining the EPA’s mission and abusing his office. It states that Zeldin’s actions have harmed communities, set back science, and damaged the agency’s culture. The letter condemns the retaliatory administrative leave placed on at least 139 signatories of a previous dissent letter and warns that these retaliatory acts may violate the Whistleblower Protection Act.

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Students for Science @studentsforsci.bsky.social · Jul 8

GRWM while I talk about lead.

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · Jul 6

🧵 Nearly 400 emergency 911 calls in just 6 months.
Pregnancy complications. Cardiac arrests. Seizures. Suicide attempts. Sexual assaults.

This isn’t border security—it’s a human rights catastrophe unfolding in ICE detention. And these calls came from just 10 centers. The true number? Unimaginable.

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Students for Science @studentsforsci.bsky.social · Jul 4

These fossil fuel companies are being sued for wrongful death. Here’s why.

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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social · Jul 4

EPA just suspended 139 staff for signing a “Declaration of Dissent” against Trump-era policies. Escorted out like criminals—for defending science and climate truth. This isn’t discipline—it’s a purge. Authoritarianism in a lab coat.
Read: www.cnn.com/2025/07/03/c...

EPA suspends and investigates around 140 employees who signed a letter critical of the agency | CNN

EPA administrator Lee Zeldin had a sharp response to the employee-signed letter.

www.cnn.com

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Students for Science @studentsforsci.bsky.social · Jul 4

SFS Statement on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act pt. 2:

Slashing the CDC in Half (3). This will gut funding for local health departments, hospitals, and nonprofits across the country. One prominent issue on the chopping block is chronic disease prevention, which Robert F. Kennedy Jr claims to care about. People will be sicker and more people will die.

Ending Climate Investments for Marginalized Communities (4). The communities most affected will have less resources needed to protect their communities from climate change.

Cuts to Energy Efficiency (5). We will pollute more and contribute even more to the deadly effects of climate change.

Students for Science @studentsforsci.bsky.social · Jul 4

Students for Science video statement on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA).