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Marie Spiker
@mariespiker.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, University of Washington School of Public Health | food systems, nutrition, public health, qualitative research, systems science, sustainability & resilience | views my own
Just realized I'm part of this Food Security and Nutrition starter pack from @foodequity.bsky.social. Lots of great people and groups on here! 🙌

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September 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Violet Affleck makes a powerful argument that society has a lot to learn from people with Long Covid & ME/CFS about the importance of pacing as a means to prevent “crashes,” both for individuals & societies faced with climate crises. #IllnessPolitics
yaleglobalhealthreview.com/2025/05/18/a...
A Chronically Ill Earth: COVID Organizing as a Model Climate Response in Los Angeles
BY VIOLET AFFLECK I spent the January fires in Los Angeles arguing with my mother in a hotel room. She was shell-shocked, astonished at the scale of destruction in the neighborhood where she raised…
yaleglobalhealthreview.com
May 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
What is your favorite example of something related to public health and/or nutrition and food systems where, as a field, we realized we had it wrong and we moved towards better evidence?

Send me your favorite examples... I want to show students that changing our minds is a good thing!
February 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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"Prices are so high that people are really needing to spend a lot to feed their families." - @mariespiker.bsky.social, UWEpi/DEOHS assistant professor and co-PI of WAFOOD surveys, shared with @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social. Read more: bit.ly/WAFOODS
February 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Grateful to see our WA Food Security Survey data covered by the Seattle Times!

Reporter Jessica Fu says it well: "Households that earn close to or even above-median income might find themselves in a bind: grappling with the price of groceries while ineligible for many forms of public assistance."
February 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Here in Washington State we’ve been tracking household food insecurity since 2020 through the WAFOOD surveys.

It feels strange to post research findings with all that is happening, but these data are essential for helping us to protect important safety nets.

Highlights and links to follow.

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February 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Did you know? Anyone can submit a webpage to the Wayback Machine AKA Internet Archive. There's even a Chrome extension that makes it an easy, one-click process. See something that might get contested or taken down? Submit it.

chromewebstore.google.com/detail/send-...
Send to Internet Archive - Chrome Web Store
Saves the current web page as it appears now to the Internet Archive for use as a trusted citation in the future.
chromewebstore.google.com
December 25, 2024 at 12:18 AM
I was contemplating creating a Sustainable Food Systems starter pack, and then realized that, of course, @waiterich.bsky.social has already made an excellent one!!!

🔗 go.bsky.app/D1fzHcq
Food / Land / Nature / Climate Starter Pack
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November 27, 2024 at 11:20 PM
For others getting established here, Sky Follower Bridge lets you easily find and follow your old Twitter contacts!

🔗 download the Sky Follower Bridge extension: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-f...

🔗 if it's buggy, the developer's troubleshooting guide is great: github.com/kawamataryo/...
Sky Follower Bridge - Chrome Web Store
Instantly find and follow the same users from your Twitter follows on Bluesky.
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November 27, 2024 at 5:37 AM