Emily Whitney, PhD, MCHES

Health educator, professor, a fan of all things health education and health promotion, addicted to oreos

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

Not trying to create a pile-on here. But let's talk about why something might still be made in unethical conditions even though it bears a "made in USA" tag. 🧵

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

Although there have been discussions & articles about Project 2025, VERY FEW focus specifically on Trump's plans for Black Americans

That's why I read all 922 pages of #Project2025 as well as #Agenda47

Here are the top 10 things I found:

A thread:

https://t.co/MmKZisQoi9

[For Our Future WI @ForOurFutureWI]

No one should be making the decision between paying their bills and being able to breathe- thanks to @POTUS, that is going to be a reality for fewer Americans.
https://t.co/Scfvky7dCr

[The Recount @therecount]

The bill would also delay Florida from enacting its own heat protections that go beyond federal rules until 2028. https://t.co/4eonr85mPQ

[The Recount @therecount]

28-11: The Florida state Senate passes a bill to remove local governments' authority to adopt heat standards, such as guaranteed shade and rest breaks, for workers.

The bill would make all local heat protections “void and prohibited.”

[Eric @EricG1247]

Why are things expensive?

4 companies control 55% to 85% of the meat market.

4 airlines control 80% of air travel.

3 companies control 92% of the soda market.

3 companies control 73% of the cereal market.

Why don't I hear about it?

6 companies control 90% of the news.

[TizzyEnt @TizzyEnt]

What is happening to the Hernandez family is horrific.

[Cora Harrington @CoraCHarrington]

I want to learn something. Share one interesting fact you know.

I’ll start. We were able to get an idea of when humans first began wearing clothes - which was 10s of 1000s of years earlier than the oldest clothing we’ve found - because of when body lice diverged from head lice.

[Joseph Cranney @joey_cranney]

It’s easy to treat the media as a punching bag. But look to the nation’s local newsrooms. For little money or recognition, reporters in 2023 stood up to power brokers who tried to bully them into silence, exposed corrupt officials and even saved lives. Proof, from every state:

[Public Health Watch @pubhealthwatch]

NEW from PHW:

In 2005, Texas regulators found startling amounts of cancer-causing benzene in a community outside Houston.

Instead of solving the problem, they let a key polluter expand — a decision scientists worry could haunt residents for years to come.https://t.co/P2kmNrNV5H

[The News Literacy Project @NewsLitProject]

🤔 Let's talk emotions:
1 - You see a post that makes you mad, sad, etc.
2 - You like or reshare it
3 - You realize, after posting, that it had falsehoods

It happens, especially around triggering news events.

Pause. Do a fact-check. Don't share if you're not sure. More tips 👇🏾

[PoliticsGirl @IAmPoliticsGirl]

It looks like the #Wisconsin Republicans might have the votes to impeach the rightfully elected Justice Janet from the Supreme Court in an unconstitutional, sore loser power grab. It can not be allowed. Please help https://t.co/qV53jGs5tj fight back.

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

When Agatha Christie fretted to her fiancé, Max Mallowan, that she had gained weight, he said to her, “Darling, you not only are my favorite size but always will be, expanding or contracting. I know you are very beautiful,” and I wish all husbands felt that way about their wives.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

One of the most unique neighborhoods in Southeast Michigan is known as the "Venice of Detroit," an extensive system of canals that cut through the city's east side

Its residents want to stay, but they say they're being pushed out by those who can afford to handle the rising climate costs that come along with living there

“You can’t put a price tag on this neighborhood."

https://t.co/ZWJk5egnNm

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

BREAKING: The Arkansas Department of Education tells Popular Information that it will not count AP African American Studies for graduation credit and teachers/schools that offer the course anyway risk violating Arkansas law on “prohibited topics”

[Jared Yates Sexton @JYSexton]

Man, I tell you, all these teachers leaving the profession because it’s been made untenable by devastating budget cuts and GOP abuse might mean AI and Right Wing-for-profit curricula might end up being necessary to fill gaps.

Almost like that’s the whole reason it happened.

[World News Tonight @ABCWorldNews]

.@ABC News has obtained video of a police raid on a small-town Kansas newspaper. The publisher says his 98-year-old mother, with whom he co-owned the paper, died one day later from the stress she suffered. @ReporterFaith reports. https://t.co/vKpgofPtUd

[julie k. brown @jkbjournalist]

Democracy dies without newspapers.