Dr. Orna Izakson

For the past year I’ve been gathering resources on the climate crisis and its effects on health, mental health, food and herbal medicines. Find those resources here: ndclimate.org 1/3 #ClimateCrisis #NaturopathicClimateAlliance #ClimateMentalHealth #HerbalMedicine

Election officials in Alaska are asking a federal judge to "immediately" dismiss the Trump DOJ's lawsuit seeking to block the Senate results, claiming it has "no legal basis." "[T]he United States lacks authority to intervene in state elections at all, much less in support of a favored candidate."

It's not just California: The Trump admin just asked Washington state to set aside ballots received from more than 400 people it claims are suspected to be registered to vote without U.S. citizenship.

The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine has concluded Russian authorities have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity by ordering attacks on civilians, including #energy, #water, and other necessities. www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...

Well, it finally got me. At least I’m home from my travels.

NEW: Press freedom groups have sued the Trump administration — alleging in federal court that attempting to bar CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House violates the First Amendment rights of ordinary citizens to access information about the U.S. government.

We're NOT having a free & fair election. We're having one where the authoritarian ruling party has made it very difficult to remove them from power. Remember purged voter rolls, closing of polling stations, restricting mail-in ballots, & gerrymandering. We need a massive repudiation at the polls.

They literally note internal and external warnings of "existential risks to humanity."

Cenk Uygur has re-released an anti-Jewish ad supporting Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. It's from Uygur's failed 2024 campaign for Democratic presidential nominee. He got 692 votes. Why does he still think an antisemitic ad blaming Jews for America's problems is a winning strategy?

There was a thread the other day on here about all the things that have gotten better in our lifetimes, and it seemed half of them were about environmental quality. (No more smog, no more flaming rivers, etc.) All that is being aggressively undone.

Everyone should read these threads I did about industry lobbyists and the EPA and understand them. Take the time to see the unambiguous evidence of what's happening now at this moment inside the EPA. Please retweet them. Please read them. Each one of the threads. It's happening in slow motion.

What’s the difference (or a difference)? One is a white supremacist and the other is a Jew.

Insane. Actually insane. Let’s make his money this year a waste, shall we?

This is why I canceled my subscription and why I have not read a single article in the paper I grew up reading since that day. Bezos betrayed the WP, but in doing so he has fucked over America. Rot in hell.

The Ramaswamy ad has pushed the largest newspaper in Ohio, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, to reverse its position on endorsements. "A candidate who uses childhood sexual abuse as a weapon against the person who endured it has crossed a line that Ohioans should defend, whatever their party."

Your monthly reminder that if you're using ChatGPT to do your science, you're failing your colleagues, community, and all of us. Here, ChatGPT makes up data and presents it as the real thing — then apologizes when confronted.

In August, President Trump announced he had signed the “biggest oil deal in world history.” ProPublica reviewed the deal and found it gives a small group of people largely handpicked by the Trump administration long-term control of the enterprise.

“Nobody invokes the Insurrection Act over people walking down the street with signs. It doesn't happen.” 🙄 Trump and his allies are *openly* floating using the Insurrection Act to seize voting machines or ballots in order to upend an election they expect to lose.

Inject this into my veins. Go vote. Bring friends. The GOP is terrified, and they should be.

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Alaska Senate Democratic nominee Mary Peltola and national Democrats have filed a legal motion to fight the Trump DOJ's lawsuit over the Alaska Senate race — asking a judge to grant a motion to intervene and ultimately dismiss the case.

Here’s something you should know about minks: They have lungs and airways remarkably similar on a cellular level to those of people. They’ve spread flus and infected humans before with COVID-19. Right now, bird flu is spreading on a Utah farm filled with thousands of them… 🧵

More than 200 complaints regarding sexual violence at schools have been filed with the Education Department since the start of Trump’s second term. The department has investigated only 29 of these, finding fault with a school district only once.

Shabbat shalom. Glad to be home.

Found some voter fraud. Surely Blanche will make arrests.

They’ve already started. They filed a suit today to effectively throw out Alaska’s election results if Dan Sullivan (the incumbent) doesn’t win

NEW: A bird flu outbreak has been raging uncontrolled on a Utah mink farm for two months. Flu experts fear it could spark a devastating human pandemic. But officials haven’t acted — instead prioritizing the financial interests of the fur trade.

Tell me again why we don't need to tax billionaires more??

When reached for comment, Ukraine responded “Are you new?” (Not a real comment.) www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

Without the paywall: archive.ph/FHGAt

Nearly 2 in 3 U.S. adults younger than 30 who plan to vote in midterms say their main motivation is to oppose Trump and his policies, according to a new Harvard Youth Poll. 77% disapprove of Trump's handling of the economy — including about half of young Republicans.

In 19 lawsuits against states that have refused to turn over voter rolls, the DOJ has cited the Civil Rights Act of 1960. Judges marveled at the audacity of the administration to use a law passed to fight discrimination to keep people from voting.

"Vote for us or we won't pay Marines and their families restitution for poisoning them" is one way to go.

Justice Elena Kagan has sharply criticized the Supreme Court's conservative majority — saying it undermined democracy in a series of rulings, including several that prompted the wave of gerrymandering. "[T]he court has blinded itself to the very deleterious effects of their rulings."

Again: Why does Musk have operational control over any *military grade* version of anything. That’s not how DOD contracts work.

Solid metaphor for the entire administration, honestly

The Arlington, Virginia County Board has sued the Trump administration to prohibit it from authorizing armed federal agents to be present at polling places.

It is indeed!

I think this means: trans federal prisoners get to have gender affirming care. SCOTUS said Trump isn’t allowed to stop it.

we didn’t appreciate these images enough.

In a country of 340 million people at the time, 77 million voted for Trump. This is just doomerism by another name.

There is a better way … because people show us that every day.

The cruelty is the point.

The dystopian future in Fahrenheit 451 includes neighbors turning in neighbors through anonymous drop boxes and call in lines.

Magical Montreal fall day. Most of these are from the local botanical garden, which is quite fabulous. We stayed for the light and lantern show, the latter a long-term fall collab with Shanghai. Magical.