Libby McClure
@lmcclure.bsky.social
community led epidemiologist for environmental justice. queerness, puppies, baby Sidney, ice cream, mountains.
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"Experts fear that the recent attacks by Israel and the United States may have driven Iranian leaders to conclude that Iran must acquire its own nuclear weapons to ensure its security."
The US Attack on Iran May Have Damaged Disarmament Efforts More Than Iran’s Nuclear Capabilities
Instead of eliminating Iran's ability to build a nuclear weapon, the US attack may push Iran's leaders toward actually building one.
blog.ucs.org
June 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"Experts fear that the recent attacks by Israel and the United States may have driven Iranian leaders to conclude that Iran must acquire its own nuclear weapons to ensure its security."
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It's such a privilege to get to work with smart, thoughtful people like @dkspaulding.bsky.social. Check out his report on plutonium pit production and support frontline communities resisting production of new pits!
I've written a comprehensive report on plutonium pit production - including a critical look at the history, the risks and costs, and the science of Pu aging. Short story: new pits are unnecessary, dangerous, and expensive and alternatives provide a safer future. Please read and circulate! #NukeSky
Plutonium Pit Production
The US plan to build new plutonium pits for nuclear weapons is unnecessary, risky, and dangerous to the health of workers and communities.
www.ucs.org
May 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
It's such a privilege to get to work with smart, thoughtful people like @dkspaulding.bsky.social. Check out his report on plutonium pit production and support frontline communities resisting production of new pits!
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Shout out to all of the faculty and students who made it through this semester in particular. What a time to be teaching and learning in spaces that are directly under attack from people who benefited from having access to the same resources themselves.
May 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Shout out to all of the faculty and students who made it through this semester in particular. What a time to be teaching and learning in spaces that are directly under attack from people who benefited from having access to the same resources themselves.
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Well, my main thought is that it is too mid to be destroying labor and the earth for.
There are a lot of critiques of LLMs that I agree with but "they suck and aren't useful" doesn't really hold water.
I understand people not using them because of social, economic, and environmental concerns. And I also understand people using them because they can be very useful.
Thoughts?
I understand people not using them because of social, economic, and environmental concerns. And I also understand people using them because they can be very useful.
Thoughts?
April 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Well, my main thought is that it is too mid to be destroying labor and the earth for.
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This feels existential for US science:
To get any future medical research funding, an entire university would need to certify that it won't have programs doing DEIA work
(e.g. note-takers for blind students, veteran's support, women's resource groups, etc.)
No institution could *ever* comply.
To get any future medical research funding, an entire university would need to certify that it won't have programs doing DEIA work
(e.g. note-takers for blind students, veteran's support, women's resource groups, etc.)
No institution could *ever* comply.
New NIH grant rules override the Civil Rights Act of 1964, barring recipients from DEI activities
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is rolling out rules that block new grants for any researcher or institution ad | The National Institutes of Health is rolling out rules that block new grants f...
www.fiercebiotech.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This feels existential for US science:
To get any future medical research funding, an entire university would need to certify that it won't have programs doing DEIA work
(e.g. note-takers for blind students, veteran's support, women's resource groups, etc.)
No institution could *ever* comply.
To get any future medical research funding, an entire university would need to certify that it won't have programs doing DEIA work
(e.g. note-takers for blind students, veteran's support, women's resource groups, etc.)
No institution could *ever* comply.
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When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
April 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
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Latest podcast is out: Get in everyone, we are going to Resistance Summer School!
Thank you to everyone who indicated they would like to take my course on Race, Media and International Affairs 101.
Please fill out this quick interest form to begin to sign up!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Thank you to everyone who indicated they would like to take my course on Race, Media and International Affairs 101.
Please fill out this quick interest form to begin to sign up!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Columbia Canceled My Course on Race and Media. I'm Going to Teach It Anyway.
This is not a time for media literacy or historical knowledge to be held hostage by institutions bending the knee to authoritarianism.
open.substack.com
April 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Latest podcast is out: Get in everyone, we are going to Resistance Summer School!
Thank you to everyone who indicated they would like to take my course on Race, Media and International Affairs 101.
Please fill out this quick interest form to begin to sign up!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Thank you to everyone who indicated they would like to take my course on Race, Media and International Affairs 101.
Please fill out this quick interest form to begin to sign up!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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I wrote about this a bit in my last book but it really shakes me that a defining feature of this catastrophic era is that we just keep going to work. We work through pandemics, we work through natural disasters, we work through economic calamity, we work through coups, we work, we work, we work.
April 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I wrote about this a bit in my last book but it really shakes me that a defining feature of this catastrophic era is that we just keep going to work. We work through pandemics, we work through natural disasters, we work through economic calamity, we work through coups, we work, we work, we work.
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We have some great work being done here @ucsusa.bsky.social by Kendall Fellow @lmcclure.bsky.social (now faculty at UNC). Check out her work on community engaged research around the Hanford Facility, which remains one of the most contaminated and complex legacies of US nuclear weapons production.
Justice for Downwinder Communities in Washington
The Hanford nuclear site closed decades ago, but community members are still waiting for recognition of its costs to their health.
blog.ucs.org
April 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We have some great work being done here @ucsusa.bsky.social by Kendall Fellow @lmcclure.bsky.social (now faculty at UNC). Check out her work on community engaged research around the Hanford Facility, which remains one of the most contaminated and complex legacies of US nuclear weapons production.
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This is Scott – a CDC researcher working to help screen coal miners for black lung.
His entire department was eliminated last week, leaving miners across the country at greater risk of sickness and death. I’m fighting back.
His entire department was eliminated last week, leaving miners across the country at greater risk of sickness and death. I’m fighting back.
April 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This is Scott – a CDC researcher working to help screen coal miners for black lung.
His entire department was eliminated last week, leaving miners across the country at greater risk of sickness and death. I’m fighting back.
His entire department was eliminated last week, leaving miners across the country at greater risk of sickness and death. I’m fighting back.
I wrote about my work with @ucsusa.bsky.social and nuclear frontline communities around the Hanford facility in Washington. It's a collaboration aimed to bring justice for the harms of nuclear weapons production.
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Justice for Downwinder Communities in Washington
The Hanford nuclear site closed decades ago, but community members are still waiting for recognition of its costs to their health.
blog.ucs.org
April 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I wrote about my work with @ucsusa.bsky.social and nuclear frontline communities around the Hanford facility in Washington. It's a collaboration aimed to bring justice for the harms of nuclear weapons production.
blog.ucs.org/elizabeth-mc...
blog.ucs.org/elizabeth-mc...
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You don’t have to love or even like people to work with them effectively. I don’t think there will be one effective strategy of resistance against Trump; I think there will be MANY. An overwhelming rainbow of pushback and outrage.
But again, I ain’t saying nothing. I’m minding my business.
But again, I ain’t saying nothing. I’m minding my business.
April 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
You don’t have to love or even like people to work with them effectively. I don’t think there will be one effective strategy of resistance against Trump; I think there will be MANY. An overwhelming rainbow of pushback and outrage.
But again, I ain’t saying nothing. I’m minding my business.
But again, I ain’t saying nothing. I’m minding my business.
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I’m not going to tell people how to feel about protests… at least not today.
Instead, I’ll recommend Sarah Schulman’s book about ACT UP. It’s not just a history of the organization; she also talks strategy in a very practical way, especially regard coalitions.
Instead, I’ll recommend Sarah Schulman’s book about ACT UP. It’s not just a history of the organization; she also talks strategy in a very practical way, especially regard coalitions.
Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993
A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993
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April 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I’m not going to tell people how to feel about protests… at least not today.
Instead, I’ll recommend Sarah Schulman’s book about ACT UP. It’s not just a history of the organization; she also talks strategy in a very practical way, especially regard coalitions.
Instead, I’ll recommend Sarah Schulman’s book about ACT UP. It’s not just a history of the organization; she also talks strategy in a very practical way, especially regard coalitions.
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On Elon Musk and RFKjr's devastation of NIOSH:
"It’s a small thing, but it’s massive in terms of its impact and its importance,” said John McDonough, professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. “And they’ve just wiped it off the face of the Earth.” @megtirrell.bsky.social
"It’s a small thing, but it’s massive in terms of its impact and its importance,” said John McDonough, professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. “And they’ve just wiped it off the face of the Earth.” @megtirrell.bsky.social
‘A huge impact on worker safety’: Protection for miners, firefighters in jeopardy after CDC cuts | CNN
Anyone in the US who’s depended on a respirator to provide protection against dust, smoke, mold or airborne viruses has likely relied on a small but mighty agency within the US Centers for Disease Con...
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April 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
On Elon Musk and RFKjr's devastation of NIOSH:
"It’s a small thing, but it’s massive in terms of its impact and its importance,” said John McDonough, professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. “And they’ve just wiped it off the face of the Earth.” @megtirrell.bsky.social
"It’s a small thing, but it’s massive in terms of its impact and its importance,” said John McDonough, professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. “And they’ve just wiped it off the face of the Earth.” @megtirrell.bsky.social
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Hello! We are a scrappy three-year-old civics blog based in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC.
We just updated
thegriffinlist.com, which contains detailed instructions for 65,000 NC voters whose votes might be thrown out in the state Supreme Court race. Please share!
We just updated
thegriffinlist.com, which contains detailed instructions for 65,000 NC voters whose votes might be thrown out in the state Supreme Court race. Please share!
The Griffin List
A list of 60,273 North Carolina voters – these are registered voters who showed ID to
early vote in the November 2024 election – whose votes Jefferson Griffin wants to not be counted.
...
thegriffinlist.com
April 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Hello! We are a scrappy three-year-old civics blog based in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC.
We just updated
thegriffinlist.com, which contains detailed instructions for 65,000 NC voters whose votes might be thrown out in the state Supreme Court race. Please share!
We just updated
thegriffinlist.com, which contains detailed instructions for 65,000 NC voters whose votes might be thrown out in the state Supreme Court race. Please share!
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If you voted for Allison Riggs in the 2024 NC election check here to see if your ballot is being challenged. If so, then you have 15 business days from whenever they mail the notices to cure your ballot, but best to check now & cure yours as soon as possible, even if this ruling might get overturned
The Griffin List
A list of 60,273 North Carolina voters – these are registered voters who showed ID to
early vote in the November 2024 election – whose votes Jefferson Griffin wants to not be counted.
...
thegriffinlist.com
April 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
If you voted for Allison Riggs in the 2024 NC election check here to see if your ballot is being challenged. If so, then you have 15 business days from whenever they mail the notices to cure your ballot, but best to check now & cure yours as soon as possible, even if this ruling might get overturned
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🚨 FINAL SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED: EMERGENCY FACULTY TOWN HALL
April 3 | 6PM CT / 7PM ET
🔴 *Hear* from faculty on campuses across the country
🔴 *Learn* how others are strategizing in this moment
🔴 *Find* ways to get connected
🔴 *Organize* to stand together in solidarity.
Register now: bit.ly/42hRIPK
April 3 | 6PM CT / 7PM ET
🔴 *Hear* from faculty on campuses across the country
🔴 *Learn* how others are strategizing in this moment
🔴 *Find* ways to get connected
🔴 *Organize* to stand together in solidarity.
Register now: bit.ly/42hRIPK
April 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health was eliminated yesterday. 900 employees are out of work. NIOSH funds all of the workplace safety and health research in the United States. The entire field of workplace safety and health may be gone.
Absolute BLOODBATH at HHS/NIH/CDC this morning. Generation of scientists, health care officials being wiped out
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April 2, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health was eliminated yesterday. 900 employees are out of work. NIOSH funds all of the workplace safety and health research in the United States. The entire field of workplace safety and health may be gone.
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Last Friday, 1,000 more NIH biomedical research projects were defunded with no notice
Here’s a word cloud of canceled grants, based on their titles
Here’s a word cloud of canceled grants, based on their titles
my word cloud on these titles (minus Columbia) - any patterns emerge?
March 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Last Friday, 1,000 more NIH biomedical research projects were defunded with no notice
Here’s a word cloud of canceled grants, based on their titles
Here’s a word cloud of canceled grants, based on their titles
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The criminalization of miscarriages hits close to home for me.
Pregnancy loss is so so common, and yet we're not allowed space to process these losses.
Surveillance is not care. Criminalization is not care.
Pregnancy loss is so so common, and yet we're not allowed space to process these losses.
Surveillance is not care. Criminalization is not care.
March 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The criminalization of miscarriages hits close to home for me.
Pregnancy loss is so so common, and yet we're not allowed space to process these losses.
Surveillance is not care. Criminalization is not care.
Pregnancy loss is so so common, and yet we're not allowed space to process these losses.
Surveillance is not care. Criminalization is not care.
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"You may be thinking that one day can't make a difference. "but it could be one day or day one." @adriennemareebrown.
Coretta Scott King reminds us that "freedom must be won with every generation." #economicboycott ✊🏽
Coretta Scott King reminds us that "freedom must be won with every generation." #economicboycott ✊🏽
February 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"You may be thinking that one day can't make a difference. "but it could be one day or day one." @adriennemareebrown.
Coretta Scott King reminds us that "freedom must be won with every generation." #economicboycott ✊🏽
Coretta Scott King reminds us that "freedom must be won with every generation." #economicboycott ✊🏽
yes, boycotting today and yesterday and tomorrow. also this.
February 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
yes, boycotting today and yesterday and tomorrow. also this.
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People experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds…
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February 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
People experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
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Important new piece from my colleague Dr. Chanese Forté, who interviews Dr. Amanda Nichols & Mary Olson on why federal radiation regulations can no longer ignore women & girls. TL/DR: Women & girls are more radiosensitive - more likely to face harm from radiation: blog.ucsusa.org/chanese-fort...
Why Federal Radiation Regulations Can No Longer Ignore Women and Girls
UCS interviewed the co-authors of a UN report on how certain groups are harmed by radiation more than others.
blog.ucsusa.org
February 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Important new piece from my colleague Dr. Chanese Forté, who interviews Dr. Amanda Nichols & Mary Olson on why federal radiation regulations can no longer ignore women & girls. TL/DR: Women & girls are more radiosensitive - more likely to face harm from radiation: blog.ucsusa.org/chanese-fort...