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In advance of Election Day, I really encourage folks to not spread rumors about ICE at the polls, b/c those rumors could suppress votes. I'm worried they will be falsely seeded/amplified. Operatives on the right have been setting the stage for this since Feb katestarbird.substack.com/p/effective-...

The "dead voters" rumor reminds me to let you all know that: (1) we've seen A LOT of these same rumors before; and (2) you can play our interactive Bingo game to learn more about how these common tropes feed into "rigged election" rumors: bingo.cip.uw.edu

If you're seeing reports of dead people registered to vote in Missouri, that's a re-run of a false rumor that was debunked back in 2024: www.reuters.com/fact-check/m...

We published another article today, this one about the DOJ's play to potentially contest results in Alaska due to a same-name candidate running in the Senate race there. We highlight a bit of hypocrisy, as the GOP has benefited from similar dynamics in the past. uwcip.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-...

Here’s an article released yesterday with our framework for diagnosing how most “rigged election” rumors mislead: bsky.app/profile/kate...

Here’s an article we released yesterday on the prediction markets, anticipating their role in election rumors. bsky.app/profile/kate...

I’m going to start a thread on our election work today. Today, we’ll be publishing a deep dive into Alaska rumors & following the DOJ’s latest efforts (in WA) to craft an illusion of widespread non-citizen voting, using arrests, press releases & threats to states as “pseudo events” to grab attention

Great postdoc opportunity with @cip.uw.edu ! apply.interfolio.com/194198

Go to VoteWA.gov to find your closest box!

Join ESAL (Engineers & Scientists Acting Locally) for a Civic Stem Meetup in Seattle! This will be at the Seattle Public Library on October 28, 6-7:30. Learn about how to get involved in local policy and how civics works.

Stand Up for Science is proud to endorse Kristina Knickerbocker, running in Ohio’s 10th Congressional District. This endorsement recognizes Knickerbocker’s commitment to protecting public health and research, defending evidence-based policymaking, and pushing for government accountability.

Stand Up for Science has endorsed Dan Barrios, running in Texas’ 32nd Congressional District. This endorsement recognizes Barrios’ commitment to protecting public health and research, defending evidence-based policymaking, and pushing for government accountability.

Tomorrow (Tuesday, 10/27) Dr. Nathan Roberts will be joining us for a talk on environmental history in the PNW. Come to Obec Brewing in Ballard to drink and learn at Beer Reviewed Science! Starts at 6:30pm...come early to get a meal from a food truck and drinks from Obec!

Delighted to have @sufswa.bsky.social’s Beer Reviewed Science series covered here

Breaking News! Code: y-Axis Alert! Yesterday's Nino 3.4 preliminary sea-surface temperature anomaly set a new record high, at 3.48°C above the 1991-2020 baseline. To clearly show this anomaly, the y-axis max was raised to 4.0°C. Attention historians: this is gobsmackingly bananas.

It's time for a change in leader Help us empower a new pro-science congress at tr.ee/iauX9Q OR get to work at tr.ee/kQz6OT

Those policies have made the U.S. an outlier when it comes to escalating greenhouse gas emissions, says Inger Andersen, the executive director of the U.N. Environment Programme.

The Trump administration has ordered coal-fired power plants in the U.S. to stay open longer than planned, rolled back fuel-efficiency standards for vehicles & ended tax credits for solar & wind projects.

U.S. emissions grew because of increased electricity demand, as well as Trump administration policies that support the burning of fossil fuels.

The U.S. is the only major economy where planet-warming pollution has increased dramatically in the last year.

There's no ACIP in the US right now -- and there won't be for the foreseeable future because RFK Jr isn't reconstituting the group. That is already having consequences for new vaccines, which don't have ACIP recommendations. My latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Spelled out more explicitly: the people most likely to die of the flu, covid, measles, diphtheria, tetanus, etc, are the people who now cannot easily access the necessary PREVENTIONS. This is an intentionally murderous policy (or lack thereof). Bubonic Bobby needs to be fired and held accountable.

At face, the lack of an ACIP board seems like a DC red tape thing, but this is a sneaky eugenics effort. When vaccines are not recommended by ACIP, they are not covered by insurance or available for free through Medicaid…meaning the most physically and financially vulnerable don’t have access.

SUNY's University Faculty Senate and Faculty Council of Community Colleges, the system-wide governance bodies for SUNY's 64 schools, have both signed America's Compact for Higher Education 🎉 ✊️

We've got 12 more days to vote in Washington State! Don't forget to exercise your most POWERFUL RIGHT as a citizen...fill out your ballot and drop it into your nearest drop box!

RFK Jr’s unethical experiment on African babies is officially canned, thanks to public backlash driven by Stand Up For Science 🎉 ✊️ 🧵 🧪

BREAKING: The hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau "will not move forward," the lead researcher says. “The solution is clear here: Take the money and vaccinate as many kids as you can,” @pauloffit.bsky.social told me: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

Oh this is fucking FANTASTIC.

We had a GREAT time at Seattle's No Kings! These were from early on...we ended up having no time for pictures after the march started arriving!

The Trump Regime is trying to reverse the greenhouse gas findings so more power plants can use fossil fuels and, eventually, Trump can remove the Clean Air Act. Comments are due in 13 DAYS (11/2). Only 9135 comments so far...PLEASE COMMENT TODAY! www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

A massive seabed mining project in the Pacific Ocean has been proposed by the Trump Regime. Learn more about it from Surfrider. www.surfrider.org/news/massive...

Don't forget that Dr. Nathan Roberts will be joining us on October 27th for a talk on the environmental history in the PNW. Come to Obec Brewing in Ballard to drink and learn at Beer Reviewed Science! Starts at 6:30pm.

BREAKING: Trump's head of FEMA just told states to prepare to handle disasters on their own. The Trump admin's disaster chief told state officials they must increase their financial reserves and emergency capabilities to handle most disasters on their own — without federal help.

New NIH F31 stipend just dropped, I'm thinking of going back to graduate school. Credit to student Kate Stack in finding this exciting update! www.nia.nih.gov/research/tra...

Michael Lewis’s new book Blockers was just listed at #2 on the NYT Best Seller list!!!! Come here from him on Saturday at the official virtual snd accessible @standupforscience.net No Kings Rally! Register here: events.standupforscience.net/stand-up-for...

I worked with—and deeply admired—Helen for almost 30 years. She was hands down *the best source* about emerging infectious diseases that I've ever known. My first warning of COVID was when on Dec 28, 2019 she reposted a ProMED mail report of an atypical pneumonia cluster: "This doesn't look good."

Just found THIS in the Federal Register. The Trump Regime is doing this because they don't want YOU to see what they are (or aren't) doing in investigating complaints of immigration fraud/scams & unauthorized practice of immigration law. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

(Reuters) - The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter. @reuters.com 🇺🇦 www.reuters.com/world/europe...

OSSOFF: You didn't answer earlier. Answer now. Did Donald Trump win the 2020 election? MIKE COLLINS: You know, the 2020 election. Everybody has seen my views on that OSSOFF: What are they? COLLINS: There was a lot of doubt in that election OSSOFF: I didn't hear an answer

It costs $13k to vaccinate every newborn in Guinea-Bissau. Yet the CDC wants to spend $1.6M to "study" a vaccine we already know is safe and most effective when given at birth. Talk about wasteful government spending

UPDATE: Turns out this study was rushed for approval because of the fiscal year ending. Congress designated the $1.6M for global health security, so instead of combating Ebola, it's being wasted on this. Denmark continues to stand by the study, despite what WHO or the Helsinki declaration says.

More excellent reporting from @katherineeban.bsky.social on the GB study! Want to add some extra layers on the GB side of how this happened...🧵 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Washington has spent years trying to keep ICE from accessing residents’ driver information. According to a new report from the University of Washington Center for Human Rights, federal immigration agents are still finding ways around those protections.

We have stopped it once, we will stop this again. BUT WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT. Sign our petition to tell Congress to stop the study NOW: www.standupforscience.net/petition-to-... Donate to the GB Fund to support our continued work in this area: secure.qgiv.com/for/guinea-b...

In Feb 2026, we dispatched an experienced associate with decades of West Africa investigative journalism expertise to conduct an on-the-ground fact-finding investigation. We presented this to Congress in a closed briefing. A thread of our findings🧵 www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-a...

Should read the whole thread. When Stand Up for Science, usually a relentless advocate for science, shows why a study should NOT be done, it’s time to listen.

Our paper is out in Nature, congrats to Qiyu, An et al! By stimulating ~20 motor cortex neurons carefully selected based on their activity, we could induce learned population activity and, sometimes, the movement itself, depending on the brain's state. www.nature.com/articles/s41...