Michelle Martin

Just published @Nature New evidence from 70 years ago: Rosalind Franklin was a co-discoverer of DNA's double-helix structure by @matthewcobb @nccomfort nature.com/articles/d4158…

My family is not safe. My son has been taken on the gov's orders, and I've had to send my husband and daughter out of state for their safety. THIS is the reality of living in DeSantis' Florida. There is no freedom here. Only retaliatory rule by a fascist who wishes to be king

the american healthcare system is actually perfect if you’re a healthy person with no teeth or eyes

RT @SDonziger: After decimating Indigenous groups in the Amazon and evading a $9.5 billion pollution judgement in Ecuador, @Chevron is now…

BREAKING: A widely-circulated photo clearly shows members of the SWAT team in Atlanta that killed climate activist Manuel Terán were wearing body cameras. Terán's mother says her child was assassinated. So where is the footage? @defendATLforest @GBI_GA

@aazadmmn @HarmitMalik Out of curiosity, what are the studies that have grabbed your attention?

To my friends who will be evaluating grad school applicants for your programs: a less than perfect but still very good GPA achieved while working full time during college may in fact be more impressive than most perfect GPAs from folks who didn’t have to.

RT @choo_ek: My hospital shifted to crisis standards of care yesterday. Pediatric ER, ICU full. "...the collective group of hospitals is re…

Congratulations @SeattleBryn #flush @newscientist

RT @JasonLeopold: NEW: Remember when Trump took a trip to Japan back in 2019 and reports surfaced that the WH requested the move the USS Jo…

RT @BenGoldsmith: Nebraska farmer asks pro-fracking committee to drink water from a fracking zone near his farm. 😂 twitter.com/JewishResister…

I've been asked a lot recently about fall school masking plans for my kids. (I should have posted sooner but I needed Twitter down time.) The short answer is that mask strategy hasn't changed, and that schools are unquestionably more dangerous than this time last year. 1/19

When Robyn’s 3 year-old grand baby entered foster care, she thought she could get custody. It would take 6 years—3 years of fighting the system & 3 years of fighting the foster parents—for Robyn to adopt her grandbaby. Her story is now the center of the Brackeen SCOTUS case.

RT @ShabanaMir1: I grew up in Pakistan, which gets really, really unbearably hot in the summer. Here are some tips on how to manage the he…

RT @CarolynBick: The texts show that Best had at least one conversation with former Mayor Jenny Durkan about this, and that she was aware o…

RT @heyjohnryan: While reporting this @KUOW story, I was surprised to learn that the Samish Indian Nation, though federally recognized, has…

BuzzFeed News is dismantling our award-winning investigations team. So this is my last investigative project for the newsroom. I hope you'll give it a read and share it. I think our findings are pretty damning and worthy of your time.

@SandiDoughton I’ve been wanting to get one too and found this buyers club that’s just getting started if anyone is interested. Seattle Air Collective: website: seattleaircollective.com

I've been waiting 3 months for a consult w Costco's HVAC contractor about replacing my gas furnace w a heat pump. He shows up today and tells me Seattle's noise regs make it nearly impossible to install one in the city. Has anyone else encountered this?

@baddestmamajama I just learned that per rent was a thing earlier today…unbelievable

Whoever invented “pet rent” is going directly to hell.

When the only options before us are geared toward harm, it’s time to rewrite the choices. communityrights.us/2022/02/26/tim…