Amanda Mecke
@readtosurvive.bsky.social
A Literary Agent/Book Coach with 45 years experience in both U Press and trade publishing, UCLA English PhD, Pitzer College BA, dog parent, teacher, married LGBTQ advocate, Democrat as long as the GOP exists.
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Racism-blind history is not “race blind.” It is just blind.
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If you want to find Education for free in DC, try the Folger, since the Kennedy Center only plays propaganda.
If you want to find Education for free in DC, try the Folger, since the Kennedy Center only plays propaganda.
Folger Shakespeare Library
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December 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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If you want to find Education for free in DC, try the Folger, since the Kennedy Center only plays propaganda.
If you want to find Education for free in DC, try the Folger, since the Kennedy Center only plays propaganda.
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Of course measles is back. We have a fantasist who believes no evidence dictating to doctors who are seeing their youngest patients getting hospitalized for no reason.
Of course measles is back. We have a fantasist who believes no evidence dictating to doctors who are seeing their youngest patients getting hospitalized for no reason.
South Carolina’s Measles Outbreak Shows Chilling Effect Of Vaccine Misinformation | CT News Junkie
When a measles outbreak emerged in Spartanburg, South Carolina, in October, health officials announced that most cases were tied to one public charter school, where only 17% of the 605 students enroll...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Of course measles is back. We have a fantasist who believes no evidence dictating to doctors who are seeing their youngest patients getting hospitalized for no reason.
Of course measles is back. We have a fantasist who believes no evidence dictating to doctors who are seeing their youngest patients getting hospitalized for no reason.
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Graphene breakthrough powers Supercapacitors that rival batteries [via Monash U] 🧪⚗️💠🔋
"a new kind of carbon-based material that allows supercapacitors to store as much energy as traditional lead-acid batteries"
www.monash.edu/news/article...
#graphene #supercapacitor #energy #storage #battery
"a new kind of carbon-based material that allows supercapacitors to store as much energy as traditional lead-acid batteries"
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#graphene #supercapacitor #energy #storage #battery
Lightning-fast power: breakthrough powers supercapacitors that rival batteries
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December 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Graphene breakthrough powers Supercapacitors that rival batteries [via Monash U] 🧪⚗️💠🔋
"a new kind of carbon-based material that allows supercapacitors to store as much energy as traditional lead-acid batteries"
www.monash.edu/news/article...
#graphene #supercapacitor #energy #storage #battery
"a new kind of carbon-based material that allows supercapacitors to store as much energy as traditional lead-acid batteries"
www.monash.edu/news/article...
#graphene #supercapacitor #energy #storage #battery
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Today I, a PhD ecologist who researches public health, learned by reading the foreign press that my country sprays streptomycin* on food crops. 😳
* used to treat TB, the plague, and severe bacterial infections where other antibiotics fail 🧪 #MedSky
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* used to treat TB, the plague, and severe bacterial infections where other antibiotics fail 🧪 #MedSky
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EPA urged to ban spraying of antibiotics on US food crops amid resistance fears
Use of 8m pounds of antibiotics and antifungals a year leads to superbugs and damages human health, lawsuit claims
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December 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Today I, a PhD ecologist who researches public health, learned by reading the foreign press that my country sprays streptomycin* on food crops. 😳
* used to treat TB, the plague, and severe bacterial infections where other antibiotics fail 🧪 #MedSky
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
* used to treat TB, the plague, and severe bacterial infections where other antibiotics fail 🧪 #MedSky
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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No gas powered retailer deliveries in Manhattan! All repacking staged from large trucks AI in the Bronx down in the.
No gas powered retailer deliveries in Manhattan! All repacking staged from large trucks AI in the Bronx down in the.
Amazon Partners With Also E-bike for Four-Wheel Pedal-Assist Vehicle
Also's TM-Q blends e-bike agility with van capacity for cleaner city deliveries. How will this pedal-assist vehicle change urban logistics?
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December 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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No gas powered retailer deliveries in Manhattan! All repacking staged from large trucks AI in the Bronx down in the.
No gas powered retailer deliveries in Manhattan! All repacking staged from large trucks AI in the Bronx down in the.
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Anyone 75 or younger in 2100 will suffer. 1100 BCE wasn’t a good century either, and Europe didn’t recover for 2800 years.
Anyone 75 or younger in 2100 will suffer. 1100 BCE wasn’t a good century either, and Europe didn’t recover for 2800 years.
Global warming intensifies extreme day-to-day temperature changes in mid–low latitudes - Nature Climate Change
Climate change is expected to lead to higher day-to-day temperature variability in mid- to low latitudes. Here the authors show that extreme day-to-day temperature changes have distinct impacts on hum...
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December 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Anyone 75 or younger in 2100 will suffer. 1100 BCE wasn’t a good century either, and Europe didn’t recover for 2800 years.
Anyone 75 or younger in 2100 will suffer. 1100 BCE wasn’t a good century either, and Europe didn’t recover for 2800 years.
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China is doubling down on improving EV batteries for domestic market.
China is doubling down on improving EV batteries for domestic market.
China's solid-state EV battery materials giant secures 8 new patents
The latest round of patents shows Tinci accelerating solid-state battery research and sharpening its technological edge in the global EV materials market.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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China is doubling down on improving EV batteries for domestic market.
China is doubling down on improving EV batteries for domestic market.
Something 47 will never let Fox do (and Bari Weiss’s CBS?)
🔴BBC Apologises for Failing to Challenge ‘Dark Money’ Climate-Denial Lobbyist
BBC faces fresh allegations of bias after corporation admits interview with ‘Net Zero Watch’ lobbying chief Andrew Montford ‘fell below usual standards’
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BBC faces fresh allegations of bias after corporation admits interview with ‘Net Zero Watch’ lobbying chief Andrew Montford ‘fell below usual standards’
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BBC Apologises for Failing to Challenge 'Dark Money' Climate-Denial Lobbyist
EXCLUSIVE: BBC faces fresh allegations of bias after corporation admits interview with ‘Net Zero Watch’ lobbying chief Andrew Montford 'fell below usual standards'
bylinetimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Something 47 will never let Fox do (and Bari Weiss’s CBS?)
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1/ For six months, I've been traveling the world on Pulitzer Ctr & Fund For Investigative Journalism grants investigating Trump's effect on HIV & LGBTQ health. On World AIDS Day, @theintercept.com is publishing an overview essay of Afeef Nessouli & my findings. theintercept.com/2025/12/01/w...
Trump Gutted AIDS Health Care at the Worst Possible Time
By the first World AIDS Day of his second term, Trump gutted LGBTQ+ employment globally and put humanity at greater risk of AIDS.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
1/ For six months, I've been traveling the world on Pulitzer Ctr & Fund For Investigative Journalism grants investigating Trump's effect on HIV & LGBTQ health. On World AIDS Day, @theintercept.com is publishing an overview essay of Afeef Nessouli & my findings. theintercept.com/2025/12/01/w...
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December 1st is World AIDS Day. In spite of great progress in recent years, AIDS isn't over. These books will help educate, agitate, and organize. Get 30% OFF and free US shipping with code RUP30.
Applies to all books.
#AIDSisntover #FightBackFightAIDS #WorldAIDSDay #ActUp #HIV #AIDS
Applies to all books.
#AIDSisntover #FightBackFightAIDS #WorldAIDSDay #ActUp #HIV #AIDS
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
December 1st is World AIDS Day. In spite of great progress in recent years, AIDS isn't over. These books will help educate, agitate, and organize. Get 30% OFF and free US shipping with code RUP30.
Applies to all books.
#AIDSisntover #FightBackFightAIDS #WorldAIDSDay #ActUp #HIV #AIDS
Applies to all books.
#AIDSisntover #FightBackFightAIDS #WorldAIDSDay #ActUp #HIV #AIDS
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Rural Michiganders voted for Trump and he thanked them by delivering a power-line bill so big it needs its own ZIP code. “Champion of the forgotten”? Trump forgot you before the ice even hit the ground. What a🤡!?!
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Electricity prices jump after Trump rejects disaster aid for Michigan utilities
The president denied the state’s request for federal aid to rebuild power lines after a fierce ice storm last March, a move that could force thousands of rural electricity customers to pay the entire ...
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December 1, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Rural Michiganders voted for Trump and he thanked them by delivering a power-line bill so big it needs its own ZIP code. “Champion of the forgotten”? Trump forgot you before the ice even hit the ground. What a🤡!?!
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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“… I want to see America being the leader of the free world, standing up for what’s right, not for who can make a buck…. I don’t want to see a foreign policy based on greed. I want to see it based on doing the right thing.”
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November 30, 2025
On Friday evening, the Wall Street Journal published an article about the Trump administration’s negotiations with Russia over Ukraine that illuminated the administration’s approach to the world at ho...
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December 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
“… I want to see America being the leader of the free world, standing up for what’s right, not for who can make a buck…. I don’t want to see a foreign policy based on greed. I want to see it based on doing the right thing.”
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It is Rosa Parks Day. 🥰
Rosa Parks Day
Rosa Parks Day honors a very important American hero who made a pivotal contribution to the civil rights movement.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It is Rosa Parks Day. 🥰
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and then wrote about crusader imagery and J6 for the UnCivil Religion project
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Uncivil Religion: The Deus Vult Cross
Matthew Gabriele
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December 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
and then wrote about crusader imagery and J6 for the UnCivil Religion project
uncivilreligion.org/home/the-deu...
uncivilreligion.org/home/the-deu...
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Now what US wishes to do to the World we are cancelling medicines to.
Today on World AIDS Day we're sharing with Rustam Alexander's new book, AIDS in Soviet Russia, publishing February 2026.
The first book to tell the shocking story of the AIDS crisis in Soviet Russia, shedding light on the devastating consequences of government inaction.
#WorldAIDSDay #booksky
The first book to tell the shocking story of the AIDS crisis in Soviet Russia, shedding light on the devastating consequences of government inaction.
#WorldAIDSDay #booksky
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Now what US wishes to do to the World we are cancelling medicines to.
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Timely, in case that isn’t in your NYT or Wash Post.
Posted for @asianstudies.org members and those interested. If anyone's still looking for another opportunity to participate in #AAS2026 in Vancouver, here's an idea:
December 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Timely, in case that isn’t in your NYT or Wash Post.
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Today only, save 50% on all books and get free shipping on your $50+ order with code HCYB25! 📚❄️ Don't miss out - Cyber Monday savings won't last long.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Today only, save 50% on all books and get free shipping on your $50+ order with code HCYB25! 📚❄️ Don't miss out - Cyber Monday savings won't last long.
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BREAKING: 1st appeals court decision on controversial temporary US Attorney installations goes against Trump, 3-0. 3rd Circuit rejects bid to make Trump lawyer Alina Habba acting US attorney. Restrepo/ Smith/Fisher (Obama/GWB/GWB) Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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December 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
BREAKING: 1st appeals court decision on controversial temporary US Attorney installations goes against Trump, 3-0. 3rd Circuit rejects bid to make Trump lawyer Alina Habba acting US attorney. Restrepo/ Smith/Fisher (Obama/GWB/GWB) Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...