Michelle Wong
@mishwoz.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary Professional #CleanAir
#HealthyBuildings 🇦🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺
Architecture | Allied Health
Equity Access & Inclusion
Former NHS Speech Lang Therapist
PGDipSLT / BArch
RCSLT non practicing member
Founder #CleanAirClassrooms 🇬🇧
Posts personal views
#HealthyBuildings 🇦🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺
Architecture | Allied Health
Equity Access & Inclusion
Former NHS Speech Lang Therapist
PGDipSLT / BArch
RCSLT non practicing member
Founder #CleanAirClassrooms 🇬🇧
Posts personal views
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In the Emily Holmes' original "tetris can help reduce PTSD" study, what was found was that tetris is an activity which busies the part of working memory called the visuospatial sketchpad: imagining the rotation of shapes.
www.psych.ox.ac.uk/news/tetris-...
www.psych.ox.ac.uk/news/tetris-...
Tetris used to prevent post-traumatic stress symptoms
A single dose psychological intervention, which includes using the computer game Tetris, can prevent the unpleasant, intrusive memories that develop in some people after suffering a traumatic event.
www.psych.ox.ac.uk
January 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM
In the Emily Holmes' original "tetris can help reduce PTSD" study, what was found was that tetris is an activity which busies the part of working memory called the visuospatial sketchpad: imagining the rotation of shapes.
www.psych.ox.ac.uk/news/tetris-...
www.psych.ox.ac.uk/news/tetris-...
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In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi.
He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael.
At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk.
Wael died on Friday at age 30.
ICE caused his death.
They didn’t get to say goodbye.
He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael.
At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk.
Wael died on Friday at age 30.
ICE caused his death.
They didn’t get to say goodbye.
Disabled son of ICE detainee dies after 30 days of hospitalization
It had been months since Wael Tarabishi seen his father. The family is calling on ICE to release Maher Tarabishi so he may attend his son's funeral.
www.wfaa.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:01 AM
In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi.
He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael.
At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk.
Wael died on Friday at age 30.
ICE caused his death.
They didn’t get to say goodbye.
He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael.
At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk.
Wael died on Friday at age 30.
ICE caused his death.
They didn’t get to say goodbye.
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Amazing that this review paper from 2021 just became my most cited paper of my 30+ yr career. I am honored to have been the lead first co-corresponding author with @ChiaWang8. COVID is indeed airborne--as are most other respiratory viruses. @ucsandiego.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Airborne transmission of respiratory viruses
A Review discusses the scientific basis of and factors controlling airborne transmission of respiratory viruses including coronavirus.
www.science.org
December 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Amazing that this review paper from 2021 just became my most cited paper of my 30+ yr career. I am honored to have been the lead first co-corresponding author with @ChiaWang8. COVID is indeed airborne--as are most other respiratory viruses. @ucsandiego.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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Schools have become cesspools for cold and flu. But they don't have to be ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s... @mjnabuurs.bsky.social @onschoolsafety.bsky.social
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
December 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Schools have become cesspools for cold and flu. But they don't have to be ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s... @mjnabuurs.bsky.social @onschoolsafety.bsky.social
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
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12 dead at a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach.💔
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
December 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
12 dead at a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach.💔
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
Reposted by Michelle Wong
big ups to Arabic-speaking journalist Nabil al Nashar for this interview with Mohamed Fateh Al Ahmed and Malakeh Hasan Al Ahmed, the parents of legendary bear tackler Ahmed Al Ahmed.
Nabil is giving an update on his bullet wounds on ABC radio now.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Nabil is giving an update on his bullet wounds on ABC radio now.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Parents praise 'hero' son for tackling gunman during Bondi Beach attack
The ABC has spoken to the parents of Ahmed Al Ahmed who was shot after he heroically wrestled and disarmed one of the Bondi Beach attackers.
www.abc.net.au
December 15, 2025 at 5:27 AM
big ups to Arabic-speaking journalist Nabil al Nashar for this interview with Mohamed Fateh Al Ahmed and Malakeh Hasan Al Ahmed, the parents of legendary bear tackler Ahmed Al Ahmed.
Nabil is giving an update on his bullet wounds on ABC radio now.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Nabil is giving an update on his bullet wounds on ABC radio now.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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NEW STORY // Op-Ed: Making Seattle Neighborhoods More Accessible by Design
Op-ed by @matthutchins.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/16/o...
Op-ed by @matthutchins.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/16/o...
Op-Ed: Making Seattle Neighborhoods More Accessible by Design » The Urbanist
# Four case studies show how Seattle's new middle housing zoning incentives align with demographic shifts to meet housing demand.
www.theurbanist.org
November 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
NEW STORY // Op-Ed: Making Seattle Neighborhoods More Accessible by Design
Op-ed by @matthutchins.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/16/o...
Op-ed by @matthutchins.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/16/o...
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Are you interesting in cities and how to make them better for everyone? Bluesky has, in my observation, the biggest and best community of urbanists and city-builders on social media, and STARTER PACKS were a KEY to creating that! I have a bunch of them. This was my first! go.bsky.app/G7isZfk
December 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Are you interesting in cities and how to make them better for everyone? Bluesky has, in my observation, the biggest and best community of urbanists and city-builders on social media, and STARTER PACKS were a KEY to creating that! I have a bunch of them. This was my first! go.bsky.app/G7isZfk
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Finally finished this last week and highly recommend! Such a carefully crafted timeline of the history of life in the air and the science that describes it. Loved the chapters on the Mills' and Lindberghs' contributions many decades ago. The fight for clean air is nothing new! @carlzimmer.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Finally finished this last week and highly recommend! Such a carefully crafted timeline of the history of life in the air and the science that describes it. Loved the chapters on the Mills' and Lindberghs' contributions many decades ago. The fight for clean air is nothing new! @carlzimmer.com
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"Air-Borne shows us the ways seeing where we live means listening deeply — and being prepared to see what’s perhaps never been seen.“ Grateful for this perceptive review from Robert Sullivan in the New York Times Book Review. Gift link: nyti.ms/3XAWM9E
!["Take a Deep Breath. If You Dare." In “Air-Borne,” his detailed and gripping account of aerobiology, Carl Zimmer uncovers the mysteries filling our lungs. [Illustration with viruses and people in masks]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xqrqlxsfingcrocs7dut7rav/bafkreiasqnph6e3kep5yv7fqs4ppyuez4yz764xtlexcbez5e4topye2xm@jpeg)
March 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"Air-Borne shows us the ways seeing where we live means listening deeply — and being prepared to see what’s perhaps never been seen.“ Grateful for this perceptive review from Robert Sullivan in the New York Times Book Review. Gift link: nyti.ms/3XAWM9E
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A new review explores one of the themes of my book Air-Borne: our lungs are like the ocean. Both send life into the atmosphere. pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
December 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A new review explores one of the themes of my book Air-Borne: our lungs are like the ocean. Both send life into the atmosphere. pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Michelle Wong
Reposted by Michelle Wong
Evidence continues to accumulate linking exposure to air pollution with dementia. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/h...
What the Air You Breathe May Be Doing to Your Brain
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Evidence continues to accumulate linking exposure to air pollution with dementia. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/h...
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Just learned that @sfdirewolf.bsky.social passed on
If you didn't know much about Alice Wong, they were a disability rights activist.
A couple years ago, read their 'Disability Visibility' book of essays— definitely worth reading
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/book
If you didn't know much about Alice Wong, they were a disability rights activist.
A couple years ago, read their 'Disability Visibility' book of essays— definitely worth reading
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/book
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Just learned that @sfdirewolf.bsky.social passed on
If you didn't know much about Alice Wong, they were a disability rights activist.
A couple years ago, read their 'Disability Visibility' book of essays— definitely worth reading
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/book
If you didn't know much about Alice Wong, they were a disability rights activist.
A couple years ago, read their 'Disability Visibility' book of essays— definitely worth reading
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/book
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Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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Alice was a mentor, a friend and one of the people who I credit with helping me find my voice.
She gave me the strength to embrace my disabilities and use my skills as a writer to help others.
My life is forever changed because of her.
I will have more to say once I’ve processed 💔
She gave me the strength to embrace my disabilities and use my skills as a writer to help others.
My life is forever changed because of her.
I will have more to say once I’ve processed 💔
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
www.instagram.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Alice was a mentor, a friend and one of the people who I credit with helping me find my voice.
She gave me the strength to embrace my disabilities and use my skills as a writer to help others.
My life is forever changed because of her.
I will have more to say once I’ve processed 💔
She gave me the strength to embrace my disabilities and use my skills as a writer to help others.
My life is forever changed because of her.
I will have more to say once I’ve processed 💔
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Folks - check out this new review, led by the amazing @ericamhartmann.bsky.social: Ten questions concerning indoor dust.
Thanks to Erica Hartmann for leading a newly published paper, "Ten questions concerning indoor dust."
What is it?
Where does it come from?
How does it mediate environmental exposures?
How does it affect chemicals indoors?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
What is it?
Where does it come from?
How does it mediate environmental exposures?
How does it affect chemicals indoors?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Folks - check out this new review, led by the amazing @ericamhartmann.bsky.social: Ten questions concerning indoor dust.
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Wonderful discussions
Lived experiences
#ThreeAgesOfChild
#HealthCREATION
@drguddisingh.bsky.social @michaelmarmot.bsky.social
🌐 Built environment professions can be involved too in this conversation
What role can they play in shaping kids lives?
#HealthySchool
#HealthyHomes
#GreeningCities
Lived experiences
#ThreeAgesOfChild
#HealthCREATION
@drguddisingh.bsky.social @michaelmarmot.bsky.social
🌐 Built environment professions can be involved too in this conversation
What role can they play in shaping kids lives?
#HealthySchool
#HealthyHomes
#GreeningCities
This one’s personal ❤️
After 18 months of hard work, #ThreeAgesofChild is finally out on BBC Radio 4! It’s a story of inequity, resilience, and why we must do better by our children.
Listen, share, shout about it. Let’s make it impossible to ignore!
🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
After 18 months of hard work, #ThreeAgesofChild is finally out on BBC Radio 4! It’s a story of inequity, resilience, and why we must do better by our children.
Listen, share, shout about it. Let’s make it impossible to ignore!
🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Three Ages of Child
A journey through the landscape that shapes the health of our children.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Wonderful discussions
Lived experiences
#ThreeAgesOfChild
#HealthCREATION
@drguddisingh.bsky.social @michaelmarmot.bsky.social
🌐 Built environment professions can be involved too in this conversation
What role can they play in shaping kids lives?
#HealthySchool
#HealthyHomes
#GreeningCities
Lived experiences
#ThreeAgesOfChild
#HealthCREATION
@drguddisingh.bsky.social @michaelmarmot.bsky.social
🌐 Built environment professions can be involved too in this conversation
What role can they play in shaping kids lives?
#HealthySchool
#HealthyHomes
#GreeningCities
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Thank you to my co-chairs @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and the former First Lady of Namibia Monica Geingos, as well as UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima, for the last two years on the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics.
Here our Director @michaelmarmot.bsky.social explains how pandemics reveal inequalities in society and amplify them.
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
We must break the inequality-pandemic cycle
Pandemic preparedness and response must be rooted in trust, cooperation, and commitment to greater health equity, says Michael Marmot
The covid-19 pandemic brought to mind Albert Camus’s The Plague....
www.bmj.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Thank you to my co-chairs @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and the former First Lady of Namibia Monica Geingos, as well as UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima, for the last two years on the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics.
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🎙️ It’s here! Three Ages of Child airs today on @BBCRadio4.
Real voices. Real stories. What health really means in the UK today.
Listen & join the conversation. 💛
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#ThreeAgesOfChild #BBCSounds #HealthEquity
Real voices. Real stories. What health really means in the UK today.
Listen & join the conversation. 💛
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#ThreeAgesOfChild #BBCSounds #HealthEquity
BBC Radio 4 - Three Ages of Child
A journey through the landscape that shapes the health of our children.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 7:39 AM
🎙️ It’s here! Three Ages of Child airs today on @BBCRadio4.
Real voices. Real stories. What health really means in the UK today.
Listen & join the conversation. 💛
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#ThreeAgesOfChild #BBCSounds #HealthEquity
Real voices. Real stories. What health really means in the UK today.
Listen & join the conversation. 💛
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#ThreeAgesOfChild #BBCSounds #HealthEquity
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Still time to sign up for our free webinar for World Ventilate Day 2025. We’ll be introducing new research networks and discussing how to deliver better ventilation and IAQ for everyone. 7th Nov 12-1pm, sign up at www.eventbrite.com/e/world-vent...
World Ventilation Day: Engineering Healthier Indoor Environments
To mark world ventilation day join our panel discussion on how we can enable positive change in our indoor environments.
www.eventbrite.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Still time to sign up for our free webinar for World Ventilate Day 2025. We’ll be introducing new research networks and discussing how to deliver better ventilation and IAQ for everyone. 7th Nov 12-1pm, sign up at www.eventbrite.com/e/world-vent...
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May still have time to sign up for the free webinar for World Ventilate Day 2025. Introducing new research networks and discussing how to deliver better ventilation and IAQ for everyone. 7th Nov 12-1pm, sign up:
@cathnoakes.bsky.social @nisreenalwan.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/world-vent...
@cathnoakes.bsky.social @nisreenalwan.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/world-vent...
November 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
May still have time to sign up for the free webinar for World Ventilate Day 2025. Introducing new research networks and discussing how to deliver better ventilation and IAQ for everyone. 7th Nov 12-1pm, sign up:
@cathnoakes.bsky.social @nisreenalwan.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/world-vent...
@cathnoakes.bsky.social @nisreenalwan.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/world-vent...
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“Sudan's Death Toll Could Exceed Gaza’s. Here’s Everything You Need to Know”
Important convo on the genocide there from me/Zeteo, with 2 Sudan experts who offer actual solutions to stop the fighting & put pressure on outside actors like the UAE & Saudi:
Important convo on the genocide there from me/Zeteo, with 2 Sudan experts who offer actual solutions to stop the fighting & put pressure on outside actors like the UAE & Saudi:
Sudan's Death Toll Could Exceed Gaza’s. Here’s Everything You Need to Know
Two experts on Sudan explain how the killing in El Fasher is worse than anyone knows.
zeteo.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 AM
“Sudan's Death Toll Could Exceed Gaza’s. Here’s Everything You Need to Know”
Important convo on the genocide there from me/Zeteo, with 2 Sudan experts who offer actual solutions to stop the fighting & put pressure on outside actors like the UAE & Saudi:
Important convo on the genocide there from me/Zeteo, with 2 Sudan experts who offer actual solutions to stop the fighting & put pressure on outside actors like the UAE & Saudi: