Today the Governor will be signing a package of transformative climate bills I worked on just down the street from a place that told me I was ruining my job prospects when I quit before they could fire me. A rare bit of pedantic wisdom: (1/15) When I was 25, I moved back to Metro Detroit and took a job allegedly doing microbial testing for a food producer (they were really excited about hiring a microbiologist). Pretty much immediately I realized they had been somewhat creative with my job description. (2/15)

I'm hearing from constituents who are rightfully outraged that nothing is being done about gun violence, particularly in schools. Listing the bills I've cosponsored to address it doesn't cut it anymore, and it shouldn't. So I want to explain what happened in the Senate today. 1/ Today my Dem colleagues in the Senate moved to discharge SB 550-553 from committee to bring them up for a floor vote. These bills deal with safe storage of firearms and should have been voted on long before now, but have sat in committee without a hearing. 2/

A few thoughts on the term limit changes/financial disclosure amendment that #MILeg voted to put on the ballot yesterday and why I was a yes (🧵): Firstly, this was a vote to simply put the measure on the ballot. Nothing effectually changed yesterday, and I want that part to be clear. But given the conversations over the last several years I've had with constituents, I know this is a matter people are passionate about...

This was sent to my office this evening from Randall Yaeger, who chose to send it from his work email at Yaeger Construction. This email has already been sent to the authorities after my staffer, Sara, read it. Sara gets emails like this every day. (1/5) Every day, she hears from people who think my colleagues and I should be killed. Every day, she recognizes that her workplace is getting less and less safe for her. We have a policy right now that no one other than me is allowed in the office unless there is an emergency. (2/5)

This is a photo of my dad, Wesley. I've shared it before, but I haven't said much else about him. My dad served during WWII. He lied about his age so that he could serve as soon as possible with the Merchant Marines and then enlisted in the Army once he was actually of age. (1/9) He died when I was twelve, so I don't know as much as I'd like to. I know he was stationed in Flossenbürg. I know that he served with Isaac Asimov and they did not get along. I know that the worst part of the war to him was watching his best friend die beside him. (2/9)

Recently, many have said that the country has never enacted policies like the ones we're currently seeing regarding social distancing and the restriction of businesses. Forgive my microbiology geekery here, but that is patently false. Buckle up folks, here's a thread for you: 1/7 During undergrad, I did two separate semester-long projects on the Spanish Influenza (H1N1) Pandemic of 1918. Although it wasn't called social distancing back then, make no mistake, the policies put in place all across the country then were the same as the ones we have now. 2/7