Allison
@keepreading.bsky.social
3rd gen DC, GenX.
I’m a fan of books, art, and music. Pretty passionate about free speech, science, and the Oxford comma. I was DOGE’d out of my job in public health —all opinions are my own.
I’m a fan of books, art, and music. Pretty passionate about free speech, science, and the Oxford comma. I was DOGE’d out of my job in public health —all opinions are my own.
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218 members signed the discharge petition to force a vote to extend ACA tax credits.
If Speaker Johnson refuses to bring forth the vote, he’s telling the American people loud and clear that rising health care costs are acceptable to him.
If Speaker Johnson refuses to bring forth the vote, he’s telling the American people loud and clear that rising health care costs are acceptable to him.
December 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
218 members signed the discharge petition to force a vote to extend ACA tax credits.
If Speaker Johnson refuses to bring forth the vote, he’s telling the American people loud and clear that rising health care costs are acceptable to him.
If Speaker Johnson refuses to bring forth the vote, he’s telling the American people loud and clear that rising health care costs are acceptable to him.
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This could have been an email.
December 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
This could have been an email.
Reposting as i’m heartsick AGAIN thinking about the students at #Brown, especially those who already survived a school shooting
WHY ARE WE OK WITH SHOOTING KIDS??????
WHY ARE WE OK WITH SHOOTING KIDS??????
The text you never want to get. From my daughter, while hiding in the school library during a sniper attack on her school, three years ago. She wasn’t physically hurt, but others were. She still lives with it. We all live with it
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Reposting as i’m heartsick AGAIN thinking about the students at #Brown, especially those who already survived a school shooting
WHY ARE WE OK WITH SHOOTING KIDS??????
WHY ARE WE OK WITH SHOOTING KIDS??????
My youngest was six at the time and looking at her sweet face and those of her classmates I couldn’t fathom how Sandy Hook was possible. And then acceptable.
In 2022 her school was attacked by a sniper. No one was killed, but all were forever changed.
We are brutalizing this generation 💔
In 2022 her school was attacked by a sniper. No one was killed, but all were forever changed.
We are brutalizing this generation 💔
December 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
My youngest was six at the time and looking at her sweet face and those of her classmates I couldn’t fathom how Sandy Hook was possible. And then acceptable.
In 2022 her school was attacked by a sniper. No one was killed, but all were forever changed.
We are brutalizing this generation 💔
In 2022 her school was attacked by a sniper. No one was killed, but all were forever changed.
We are brutalizing this generation 💔
💔😞
December 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
💔😞
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Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke!
December 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke!
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Wishing you and yours a very happy 100th Dick Van Dyke-mas.
a man in a striped jacket is walking with three penguins behind him
Alt: Dick Van Dyke, dancing with penguins in Mary Poppins
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December 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Wishing you and yours a very happy 100th Dick Van Dyke-mas.
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📖We are often asked where you can find reliable vaccine information. It breaks our hearts to say it, but it’s no longer at CDC
The vaccine integrity project is a great source & has compiled recommendations from medical societies into 1 place for easier reference:
www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
The vaccine integrity project is a great source & has compiled recommendations from medical societies into 1 place for easier reference:
www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
Vaccine Integrity Project - 2025-26 Fall Immunization Information
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
📖We are often asked where you can find reliable vaccine information. It breaks our hearts to say it, but it’s no longer at CDC
The vaccine integrity project is a great source & has compiled recommendations from medical societies into 1 place for easier reference:
www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
The vaccine integrity project is a great source & has compiled recommendations from medical societies into 1 place for easier reference:
www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
I heard the vile content that the cyber attackers managed to stream out today. Hateful, racist, and demeaning.
Public radio is for the people, and a place where many otherwise unheard voices can join the public discourse.
➡️ Support #WPFW or your own local #PublicRadio station(s) TODAY
Public radio is for the people, and a place where many otherwise unheard voices can join the public discourse.
➡️ Support #WPFW or your own local #PublicRadio station(s) TODAY
❗WPFW was hit with another cyber attack. "This is not the first time a Pacifica station has been under attack...We know there are many more of you out there of conscience that believe in the mission of Jazz and Justice, then there are those that would work to silence us."
wpfwfm.org/radio/
wpfwfm.org/radio/
Home
Washington DC, listener supported community radio station dedicated to Jazz and Justice streaming live.
wpfwfm.org
December 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I heard the vile content that the cyber attackers managed to stream out today. Hateful, racist, and demeaning.
Public radio is for the people, and a place where many otherwise unheard voices can join the public discourse.
➡️ Support #WPFW or your own local #PublicRadio station(s) TODAY
Public radio is for the people, and a place where many otherwise unheard voices can join the public discourse.
➡️ Support #WPFW or your own local #PublicRadio station(s) TODAY
❗WPFW was hit with another cyber attack. "This is not the first time a Pacifica station has been under attack...We know there are many more of you out there of conscience that believe in the mission of Jazz and Justice, then there are those that would work to silence us."
wpfwfm.org/radio/
wpfwfm.org/radio/
Home
Washington DC, listener supported community radio station dedicated to Jazz and Justice streaming live.
wpfwfm.org
December 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
❗WPFW was hit with another cyber attack. "This is not the first time a Pacifica station has been under attack...We know there are many more of you out there of conscience that believe in the mission of Jazz and Justice, then there are those that would work to silence us."
wpfwfm.org/radio/
wpfwfm.org/radio/
Those Nuremberg Trials are gonna be something
1. This is not what fog of war means.
2. There is no war
3. He's trying to distance himself from murders he had direct responsibility over
4. All I can think of when I hear this phrase now is Elon Musk complaining that he hates chess because it has no fog of war.
2. There is no war
3. He's trying to distance himself from murders he had direct responsibility over
4. All I can think of when I hear this phrase now is Elon Musk complaining that he hates chess because it has no fog of war.
Q: So you didn't see any survivors after that first strike?
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
December 3, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Those Nuremberg Trials are gonna be something
Must’ve been caulk Sunday!
I too, like a real single mom, recaulked my sink sink, and part of my clawfoot tub
Not too bad, but definitely calling a plumber to fix the ancient leaking washing machine
I like doing things myself. Learned it from my dad.
I too, like a real single mom, recaulked my sink sink, and part of my clawfoot tub
Not too bad, but definitely calling a plumber to fix the ancient leaking washing machine
I like doing things myself. Learned it from my dad.
I have an announcement.
I have, like a real man, recaulked and resealed my shower.
I will never, ever do this again, and the next time I will pay a plumber or handyman, even if it has to be in gold bullion, to do it.
I have, like a real man, recaulked and resealed my shower.
I will never, ever do this again, and the next time I will pay a plumber or handyman, even if it has to be in gold bullion, to do it.
November 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Must’ve been caulk Sunday!
I too, like a real single mom, recaulked my sink sink, and part of my clawfoot tub
Not too bad, but definitely calling a plumber to fix the ancient leaking washing machine
I like doing things myself. Learned it from my dad.
I too, like a real single mom, recaulked my sink sink, and part of my clawfoot tub
Not too bad, but definitely calling a plumber to fix the ancient leaking washing machine
I like doing things myself. Learned it from my dad.
Perfect birthday 🌞💗
* Dinner at home with my two older kids
* Facetimed the youngest (away at school)
* Promptly devoured Apple Birthday Pie (homemade by kids)
It’s been a year for all of us - but I hope I will never be too jaded to appreciate the beauty and love I have
* Dinner at home with my two older kids
* Facetimed the youngest (away at school)
* Promptly devoured Apple Birthday Pie (homemade by kids)
It’s been a year for all of us - but I hope I will never be too jaded to appreciate the beauty and love I have
November 20, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Perfect birthday 🌞💗
* Dinner at home with my two older kids
* Facetimed the youngest (away at school)
* Promptly devoured Apple Birthday Pie (homemade by kids)
It’s been a year for all of us - but I hope I will never be too jaded to appreciate the beauty and love I have
* Dinner at home with my two older kids
* Facetimed the youngest (away at school)
* Promptly devoured Apple Birthday Pie (homemade by kids)
It’s been a year for all of us - but I hope I will never be too jaded to appreciate the beauty and love I have
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Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
Personalized Cancer Vaccines Are Almost Here—But Federal Funding Cuts Could Derail Them
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
www.scientificamerican.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
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"Things happen" sometimes, like when you walk into an embassy to apply for your marriage license while your bride-to-be waits outside, but then you get bonesawed to pieces for having exercised freedom of speech as an US-based journalist and have to be carried out in a series of suitcases.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"Things happen" sometimes, like when you walk into an embassy to apply for your marriage license while your bride-to-be waits outside, but then you get bonesawed to pieces for having exercised freedom of speech as an US-based journalist and have to be carried out in a series of suitcases.
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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
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A real president does this.
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A real president does this.
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Seeing these signs pop up around NE DC, Takoma Park, MD
we need more of these please
we need more of these please
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Seeing these signs pop up around NE DC, Takoma Park, MD
we need more of these please
we need more of these please
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
Wow. Just wow.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Wow. Just wow.
They know that comms and policy are critical. That’s why they muzzled us starting Jan 20, and many of us were DOGE’d by March. For three+ months, my team and I were belittled, forced to dismantle years of good work, and prevented from putting out any comms to the public. My heart still hurts.
HHS is trying to illegally fire every single communications and policy Fed across every Agency. Many illegally fired in April 1st RIF & more on hold in shutdown RIF.
Comms & Policy are not extras….
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Comms & Policy are not extras….
@altcdc.altgov.info @firedbutfighting.bsky.social @alt-hhs.altgov.info
Declaration Department of Health and Human Services – #103, Att. #1 in American Federation of Government Employees, AFL CIO v. United States Office of Management and Budget (N.D. Cal., 3:25-cv-08302) ...
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November 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
They know that comms and policy are critical. That’s why they muzzled us starting Jan 20, and many of us were DOGE’d by March. For three+ months, my team and I were belittled, forced to dismantle years of good work, and prevented from putting out any comms to the public. My heart still hurts.
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