Brandon Pearson
@pearson-lab.bsky.social
Scientist, educator, parent. Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University. Anti-fascism. Feminist.
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.
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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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November 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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.
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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.
October 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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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Make it make sense. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
October 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Make it make sense. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
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VERY TROUBLING NEWS REGARDING NIH INSTITUTE DIRECTORS
A new appointment for NIEHS
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A new appointment for NIEHS
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October 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
VERY TROUBLING NEWS REGARDING NIH INSTITUTE DIRECTORS
A new appointment for NIEHS
1/3
A new appointment for NIEHS
1/3
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Gold
October 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Gold
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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
October 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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
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
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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September 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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
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.
September 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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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The next days and months and years will demand from all of us great courage — and solidarity. Be prepared.
August 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The next days and months and years will demand from all of us great courage — and solidarity. Be prepared.
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“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
—Molly Ivins
August 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
“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
—Molly Ivins
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The criminals are taking over cities to “prevent crime.”
The neo-Nazis are crushing the universities to “fight antisemitism.”
The misogynists are eliminating trans rights to “protect women.”
The free speech billionaires are taking over media to “end cancel culture.”
I think they’re lying!
The neo-Nazis are crushing the universities to “fight antisemitism.”
The misogynists are eliminating trans rights to “protect women.”
The free speech billionaires are taking over media to “end cancel culture.”
I think they’re lying!
August 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
The criminals are taking over cities to “prevent crime.”
The neo-Nazis are crushing the universities to “fight antisemitism.”
The misogynists are eliminating trans rights to “protect women.”
The free speech billionaires are taking over media to “end cancel culture.”
I think they’re lying!
The neo-Nazis are crushing the universities to “fight antisemitism.”
The misogynists are eliminating trans rights to “protect women.”
The free speech billionaires are taking over media to “end cancel culture.”
I think they’re lying!
so, is Trump extorting Columbia University to fund a ballroom at the White House? Oddly specific numbers.
July 31, 2025 at 8:57 PM
so, is Trump extorting Columbia University to fund a ballroom at the White House? Oddly specific numbers.
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Let's please keep the remaining staff at NIH, NSF, etc in our thoughts even as you lose sleep over your own lab and scientific career.
They are enduring pure chaos to try to hold the fort.
See snapshot from wapo.st/4feKKuu (gift 🔗) saying they are "barely holding it together"
They are enduring pure chaos to try to hold the fort.
See snapshot from wapo.st/4feKKuu (gift 🔗) saying they are "barely holding it together"
July 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Let's please keep the remaining staff at NIH, NSF, etc in our thoughts even as you lose sleep over your own lab and scientific career.
They are enduring pure chaos to try to hold the fort.
See snapshot from wapo.st/4feKKuu (gift 🔗) saying they are "barely holding it together"
They are enduring pure chaos to try to hold the fort.
See snapshot from wapo.st/4feKKuu (gift 🔗) saying they are "barely holding it together"
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Aid organizations report that thousands of children in Gaza are at risk of starvation while trucks full of food sit waiting across the border.
The full flow of humanitarian assistance must be restored immediately. news.un.org/en/story/202...
The full flow of humanitarian assistance must be restored immediately. news.un.org/en/story/202...
People dying from lack of aid every day in Gaza: WFP official
The hunger crisis in Gaza has reached new and astonishing levels of desperation, with a third of the population not eating for multiple days in a row, a senior official with the UN World Food Programm...
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July 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Aid organizations report that thousands of children in Gaza are at risk of starvation while trucks full of food sit waiting across the border.
The full flow of humanitarian assistance must be restored immediately. news.un.org/en/story/202...
The full flow of humanitarian assistance must be restored immediately. news.un.org/en/story/202...
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Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
July 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
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No one has explained to Trump people seeking asylum from other countries are not escaping mental institutions!!
‘The insane asylum population.’
They are saner than Trump.
‘The insane asylum population.’
They are saner than Trump.
July 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
No one has explained to Trump people seeking asylum from other countries are not escaping mental institutions!!
‘The insane asylum population.’
They are saner than Trump.
‘The insane asylum population.’
They are saner than Trump.
A broad group of National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants have taken action with the "Bethesda Declaration" that targets the NIH and HHS Leadership. Join these courageous and committed professionals by adding your name now. actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...
ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff
Join the courageous and committed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants by adding your name now.
actionnetwork.org
June 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A broad group of National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants have taken action with the "Bethesda Declaration" that targets the NIH and HHS Leadership. Join these courageous and committed professionals by adding your name now. actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...
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Can someone in immigration law explain to me how this is legal?
When ICE agents look like this, it is ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE for state and local law enforcement to step in and demand they identify themselves and show judicial warrants before detaining anyone from an immigration court.
Democratic mayor and governors can take action on this.
Democratic mayor and governors can take action on this.
June 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Can someone in immigration law explain to me how this is legal?
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Everyone is forgetting about the one woman we know of who was r@ped by a phony ICE agent in her home.
June 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Everyone is forgetting about the one woman we know of who was r@ped by a phony ICE agent in her home.
June 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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I'm on my way to the Senate floor to talk about the assault on my colleague, Senator Alex Padilla.
This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.
This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.
June 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I'm on my way to the Senate floor to talk about the assault on my colleague, Senator Alex Padilla.
This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.
This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.
How else are you going to fund the gestapo if you don’t take the money wasted on cancer research?
June 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
How else are you going to fund the gestapo if you don’t take the money wasted on cancer research?
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Every time they say the Democrats have gone “too far left” they are referring to trans people just existing.
Every. Time.
Every. Time.
June 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Every time they say the Democrats have gone “too far left” they are referring to trans people just existing.
Every. Time.
Every. Time.