Emily Monosson
@emonosson.bsky.social
Trained as toxicologist. Now I write. New book, Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic. Next book, Toxic Legacy: from early Earth to the industrial age why some chemicals are more harmful than others. Also think about non traditional ways to do science 🧪
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Emily Monosson
@emonosson.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Any toxicologists out there? Or anyone studying effects of PFAS, mercury, PBDEs, lead, plastics etc etc etc. Would love to find you! Environmental, ecological, pharmacological and whatever else! #toxic 🧪 #environment #health #ecosystem
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Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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This will forever be a heartbreak. Good people; taken. It’s gutting. 💔😞
"ICE is arresting the worst of the worst."
Everything this administration tells us is a lie.
Everything this administration tells us is a lie.
December 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
This will forever be a heartbreak. Good people; taken. It’s gutting. 💔😞
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December 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
www.pangyrus.com/essay-memoir... A great read that will take you away for a few moments.
Background Music | Pangyrus
That first year in Cambridge with the junkies in the hall and no heat because your mother could only pay 90 dollars a month instead of the 110 the landlord ...
www.pangyrus.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
www.pangyrus.com/essay-memoir... A great read that will take you away for a few moments.
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Who loves Costco even more now? ✋🏾
They not only didn’t bend the knee when it comes to DEI, they’re taking Trump head-on.
They not only didn’t bend the knee when it comes to DEI, they’re taking Trump head-on.
December 2, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Who loves Costco even more now? ✋🏾
They not only didn’t bend the knee when it comes to DEI, they’re taking Trump head-on.
They not only didn’t bend the knee when it comes to DEI, they’re taking Trump head-on.
The ‘Clean’ Technology That’s Poisoning People www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/p...
The ‘Clean’ Technology That’s Poisoning People
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The ‘Clean’ Technology That’s Poisoning People www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/p...
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News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
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You mean “destroy” I think, not “reshape.” In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c... #profitsoverhealth
In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
You mean “destroy” I think, not “reshape.” In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c... #profitsoverhealth
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You can read more about how the right is exploiting the uncertainty inherent in science for its own ends here:
kityates.substack.com/p/why-populi...
kityates.substack.com/p/why-populi...
Why populists are adopting the phrase "Science is never settled"
Exposing the myth of "never-settled science" and how you can fight against it.
kityates.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
You can read more about how the right is exploiting the uncertainty inherent in science for its own ends here:
kityates.substack.com/p/why-populi...
kityates.substack.com/p/why-populi...
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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🦃 Join DemCast & We Ain't Buying It on Monday, Nov. 17, for a special Democracy Briefing!
7 PM ET
We will talk about the boycott of Target, Amazon, and Home Depot over the Thanksgiving holiday. Our collective power can create change!
Register here ➡️ https://bit.ly/48304XI
7 PM ET
We will talk about the boycott of Target, Amazon, and Home Depot over the Thanksgiving holiday. Our collective power can create change!
Register here ➡️ https://bit.ly/48304XI
November 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
🦃 Join DemCast & We Ain't Buying It on Monday, Nov. 17, for a special Democracy Briefing!
7 PM ET
We will talk about the boycott of Target, Amazon, and Home Depot over the Thanksgiving holiday. Our collective power can create change!
Register here ➡️ https://bit.ly/48304XI
7 PM ET
We will talk about the boycott of Target, Amazon, and Home Depot over the Thanksgiving holiday. Our collective power can create change!
Register here ➡️ https://bit.ly/48304XI
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Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.
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Reading through it, I felt physically ill by the complete understanding of the caliber of people that the current U.S. government threw out because of bigotry and malice.
It is disgraceful. And the net result is that every single person in the U.S. has lost their investment in public health.
It is disgraceful. And the net result is that every single person in the U.S. has lost their investment in public health.
November 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Reading through it, I felt physically ill by the complete understanding of the caliber of people that the current U.S. government threw out because of bigotry and malice.
It is disgraceful. And the net result is that every single person in the U.S. has lost their investment in public health.
It is disgraceful. And the net result is that every single person in the U.S. has lost their investment in public health.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion has remained mostly accessible, thanks to abortion pills. "But it would be a mistake to assume that this status quo will continue," the editorial board writes.
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion has remained mostly accessible, thanks to abortion pills. "But it would be a mistake to assume that this status quo will continue," the editorial board writes.
Opinion | Abortion Has Remained Mostly Accessible. That May Soon Change.
American women need the freedom to determine the course of their own lives.
nyti.ms
November 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion has remained mostly accessible, thanks to abortion pills. "But it would be a mistake to assume that this status quo will continue," the editorial board writes.
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion has remained mostly accessible, thanks to abortion pills. "But it would be a mistake to assume that this status quo will continue," the editorial board writes.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Spotify is running ads to help ICE recruit more agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities. We’re calling on users to stop paying for or using the app until Spotify stops streaming fascism: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti...
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Spotify is running ads to help ICE recruit more agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities. We’re calling on users to stop paying for or using the app until Spotify stops streaming fascism: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti...
In other news, what could go wrong? "Biotech leaders, influencers, and top Trump officials including Vice President JD Vance and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are scheduled to speak at an all-day "Make America Healthy Again" summit that is closed to the public and the press. (The Hill)"
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
In other news, what could go wrong? "Biotech leaders, influencers, and top Trump officials including Vice President JD Vance and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are scheduled to speak at an all-day "Make America Healthy Again" summit that is closed to the public and the press. (The Hill)"
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Impact of biomanufacturing protein fibers on achieving sustainable development | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Impact of biomanufacturing protein fibers on achieving sustainable development | PNAS
Biomanufactured fibers produced through fermentation processes provide a promising
pathway to decouple textile production from agricultural land. T...
www.pnas.org
November 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Impact of biomanufacturing protein fibers on achieving sustainable development | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
An interesting read on toxicants in the environment and health. undark.org/2025/11/06/t...
The Cultural and Political Moment for Toxins Research
A longstanding push for urgent action on environmental toxins is landing in an unprecedented time in American politics.
undark.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
An interesting read on toxicants in the environment and health. undark.org/2025/11/06/t...
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I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
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The United States was the leading destination for top scientists from all over the world.
That is ending. Politicians ended it. It will cripple our future competitiveness.
And it’s such a bitter tragedy. Almost no Americans, Conservative or Liberal, grasp what is now being stolen from them.
That is ending. Politicians ended it. It will cripple our future competitiveness.
And it’s such a bitter tragedy. Almost no Americans, Conservative or Liberal, grasp what is now being stolen from them.
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 3:44 AM
The United States was the leading destination for top scientists from all over the world.
That is ending. Politicians ended it. It will cripple our future competitiveness.
And it’s such a bitter tragedy. Almost no Americans, Conservative or Liberal, grasp what is now being stolen from them.
That is ending. Politicians ended it. It will cripple our future competitiveness.
And it’s such a bitter tragedy. Almost no Americans, Conservative or Liberal, grasp what is now being stolen from them.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.