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Brandon Pearson

@pearson-lab.bsky.social
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Scientist, educator, parent. Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University. Anti-fascism. Feminist.

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Brandon Pearson @pearson-lab.bsky.social · 4h
I really love Oregon, but good luck trying to do open enrollment if you have a Mac. Was told by the PEBB enrollment staff that Safari is not an option. Great.
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Brandon Pearson @pearson-lab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If you don't want to be called a n@zi, then don't do n@zi things
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Brandon Pearson @pearson-lab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.thetransmitter.org/microplastic...
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Measuring plastic in the brain: Improving, but incomplete
Meanwhile, researchers are publishing papers without “sufficient quality control,” says analytical chemist Dušan Materić.
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Brandon Pearson @pearson-lab.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I just submitted my comments. Everyone else should do so as well. It's very obvious what the intention is with this proposed change. Do not roll over people!
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Jay @pescado70.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
More important analysis and insights from Elizabeth Ginexi about the proposed OMB regulations: elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/this-new-o...
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This new OMB Rule Is Bigger Than Science. Much Bigger.
This image was generated by Google AI (Gemini)
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 25/05/2026
Six years ago today, George Floyd’s murder started a global movement for change. Let us continue working to build a society that lives up to its democratic ideals of liberty and justice for all.
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Attention all men. More of this, please.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Regardless of whether it’s all talk, when the leader of our country expresses plainly genocidal intent, everyone has to do something. For citizens of all political stripes, it means rejecting this madness. For Congress, it means taking action to rein him in. Now.
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Maggie Smith @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
So pro-life means jailing women who miscarry but shrugging when the deranged president says “a whole civilization will die tonight.” Do I have that right?
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Alexander Dent @follicular.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I have no love lost for the Ayatollah of Iran, but was assassinating this very old man worth -- violating international law -- a VERY expensive military operation -- the appearance that the US is being led around by Israel -- no guarantee of regime change -- uncertain backlash?
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Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society @emgsus.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Get ready for a new #EMGS webinar: "Sperm sequencing reveals spermatogonial selection and quantifies offspring disease risk" featuring Dr. Matthew Neville from the Sanger Institute. This webinar is presented by the AGT, GDS, and GCHE SIGs! Read More and Register Now! emgs-us.org/event/SpermS...
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Brandon Pearson @pearson-lab.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
JCI - The hidden world of nanoplastics colliding with neurodegenerative diseases www.jci.org/articles/vie...
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JCI - The hidden world of nanoplastics colliding with neurodegenerative diseases
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Story in Undark on Kyle Walsh, the NIEHS Director appointed with no open position and no search process (and besties with JD Vance) undark.org/2026/02/04/n...
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The Unlikely New Director of U.S. Environmental Health Research
Kyle Walsh’s appointment to head the NIEHS, a $914-million public agency, is unprecedented. What is on his agenda?
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BrunetLab @brunetlab.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
We are hiring!! Lab Assistant II position to work with the killifish! 🐟🐟🐟 This is an amazing model to study aging and 'suspended animation' careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/lab-ass... Come and join our fantastic team at Stanford!! 🤩 Please share!
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Havoc @havoc147.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
If this is what they do to white American citizens in front of everyone, imagine what happens to non-white people behind closed doors.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Please share. 💔
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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell, 1984 It is rare for a murder to be captured live on multiple cameras. Yet DHS persists with the obvious lie this was self defense. There are no more red lines.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis. Say bad things are bad.
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Brandon Pearson @pearson-lab.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Do better Senator. This is no where close to sufficient. A response like this makes you culpable in Ms. Good’s murder.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
This past year ICE arrested and put zip ties on children Shot *priests* in the head with nonlethal rounds Raided an entire apartment building (which led to zero arrests) And today, proved Tim Walz right by shooting and killing a woman-a citizen-in Minneapolis Republicans When does it end
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Brandon Pearson @pearson-lab.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
ICE murdered Renee Nicole Good in cold blood in a calm neighborhood in Minneapolis. Say her name. F ICE and F this administration. Hold the officer and the organization accountable. We demand it.
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Kathryn Rushent 🌊🐱🍁 @krushent.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
All Americans, and the entire world, must remember. Robert Reich: The most shameful day in American history open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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The most shameful day in American history
We will never forget, and we will not let the nation or the world forget.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Even if Trump’s attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of Maduro somehow led to a positive impact on Venezuela’s future, it would not make these actions by the United States legal, moral or wise. Normalising and legitimising this behaviour endangers all countries - democracies and dictatorships alike.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month. It’s about oil and regime change. And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
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Brandon Pearson @pearson-lab.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Go into work on a Saturday to work on grant proposals but end up listening to the Trump press conference and have no idea what to do other than email senators. Where is the separation of powers? Why aren't the press calling this what it is?
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Brandon Pearson @pearson-lab.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
I'm apologizing to the future, in advance. Some of us are very sorry. We see what is happening. We're trying, but also not doing very well.
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Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 14/12/2025
Last night at Brown, students were studying for their last exams, excited to return home to reunite with their family and friends, their lives were forever altered by gun violence. We must do better for each other and not allow our futures to be dictated by the gun industry.
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Brandon Pearson @pearson-lab.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
in Bonn, not in Beethoven's birthhaus
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Brandon Pearson @pearson-lab.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
There's another castle on that hill too. A more ancient one. Get some gluhwein at the Christmas market. Also suggest seeing Beethoven's house. (Spend 2.5 years there as a postdoc).
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emt-osu.bsky.social @emt-osu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
The College of Engineering, OSU highlighted the Harper lab's work (November 2025): The hidden hazards of the nano world. engineering.oregonstate.edu/all-stories/...
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The hidden hazards of the nano world | College of Engineering
At Oregon State University, Stacey Harper has built a career at the intersection of cutting-edge nanotechnology and environmental health. Her research focuses on a deceptively simple question: when en...
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Brandon Pearson @pearson-lab.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Even privileged people suffer as a result of clashing science and politics. Imagine the impacts on poor, marginalized people. This is a must read: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
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NPR @npr.org · 20/11/2025
The Democratic lawmakers said that members of the military can and must refuse illegal orders by their superiors. n.pr/3XGEu6C
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Trump says Democratic lawmakers' video is 'seditious behavior, punishable by death'
The Democratic lawmakers said that members of the military can and must refuse illegal orders by their superiors.
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Brandon Pearson @pearson-lab.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
It's admittedly not just conservatives that think the lawsuits are frivolous. Until such time there is real accountability, there needs to be financial damage to companies. These companies are already so rich that it does not go far enough.
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Brandon Pearson @pearson-lab.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
A common conservative trope is that lawsuits are money grabs for law firms when in fact, it's the only real way to hold companies accountable. The statement from the one affected resident really struck me where they said essentially, no one goes to jail for these crimes. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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How a small community fought for justice after finding forever chemicals in drinking water
So-called forever chemicals are both harmful to our health and are everywhere. Studies have found them in women's breast milk and even in rain falling in Tibet. A new book tells the story of how these...
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Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
On Saturday October 18th, I’m asking you to attend the No King’s March in your local communities. We have witnessed the increasing authoritarianism and its policies in our country. We dissent.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Make it make sense. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
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Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com · 17/10/2025
Ronald Reagan said it. #NoKings tomorrow 10/18
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
VERY TROUBLING NEWS REGARDING NIH INSTITUTE DIRECTORS A new appointment for NIEHS 1/3
An email appointing Kyle Walsh is director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
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Alon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Gold
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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
I am leaving Rochester NY after attending the retirement fest of four giants in the field of evolutionary biology including my PhD advisor. This visit gave me a chance to revisit old haunts and reflect on my own somewhat unlikely origin story. 1/n
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Brandon Pearson @pearson-lab.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
One of the most intelligent articles on the topic I've read. I don't agree with everything (they all leave out the experimental data), but this brings up super important points and perspectives. Tylenol in pregnancy: a question of safety or control? www.statnews.com/2025/09/16/t... via @statnews.com
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Tylenol in pregnancy: a question of safety or control?
“The dearth of appropriate research — and guidance — around medication use in pregnancy disguises concern for the fetus as concern for the mother,” a doctor writes.
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Brandon Pearson @pearson-lab.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
I resent the HHS secretary’s weighing in on this. You’re severely damaging science and medicine.
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Brandon Pearson @pearson-lab.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
To be clear, there is absolutely a need for the medication in pregnancy (fever, pain). But is there plausible evidence that it can be harmful with prolonged exposures and in certain vulnerable conditions/genotypes? Yes.
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Brandon Pearson @pearson-lab.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
RFK Jr and science cannot know with any certainty that #acetaminophen or #tylenol contribute to #autism. There’s evidence for and against a causal association. Remarkable to me how unqualified people think they’re right when it’s very complicated and nuanced.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
The next days and months and years will demand from all of us great courage — and solidarity. Be prepared.
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Heidi Stevens @heidikstevens.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
“I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag.” —Molly Ivins
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