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Mary Jane Curry
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Retired university associate professor who taught research methods and academic writing to majors in the sciences including pre-med and liberal arts, and literature; and a specialist on the novel as a genre with a focus on Jane Austen .. more

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Mary Jane Curry @mjcinwnc.bsky.social · 18h
www.newsweek.com/world-nearin...
World nearing 'crucial turning point' as clean energy outpaces power demand
Energy research group Ember said the global surge in clean energy more than met demand for electricity and led to the first fall in fossil fuel use this year.
www.newsweek.com

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Mary Jane Curry @mjcinwnc.bsky.social · 17h
Oh, to be there!
harewood.org/events/auste...

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Mary Jane Curry @mjcinwnc.bsky.social · 18h
Crucial to read all of this. It's not long but every detail is important to your life.
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Mary Jane Curry @mjcinwnc.bsky.social · 18h
www.newsweek.com/world-nearin...
World nearing 'crucial turning point' as clean energy outpaces power demand
Energy research group Ember said the global surge in clean energy more than met demand for electricity and led to the first fall in fossil fuel use this year.
www.newsweek.com

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Miriam Elder @miriamelder.bsky.social · 18h
“The upshot is that any video you see on an app that involves scrolling through short videos, such as TikTok, Instagram’s Reels, YouTube Shorts and Snapchat, now has a high likelihood of being fake.” 🙃
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Mary Jane Curry @mjcinwnc.bsky.social · 1d
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Virginia 2025: Phonebank” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Virginia 2025: Phonebank · Indivisible
## All eyes are on Virginia this November! ### Help Indivisible deliver wins for candidates who will put Virginia first, from the top of the ticket all the way down to the local school board! Let’...
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 1d
Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.
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Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 1d
It's Banned Books Week. If you are an author, please join @authorsabb.bsky.social! If you work in the publishing industry, please join @pubprosabb.bsky.social! Canadian authors, you can now join Canadian Authors & Illustrators Against Book bans: linktr.ee/caiabb. Working together feels good! 📚✍️👏
The black and white cover of a zine titled Do you make books? Yes? I want YOU to join Authors Against Book Bans! By Maia Kobabe. The image shows author Maia Kobabe holding a stack of books and pointing at the reader WHAT IS AABB? A coalition of writers, illustrators, editors & other book creators, standing united against the unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We support the availability of diverse voices in our libraries, in our schools, & in our culture. We pledge to band together against the oppression of literature, to speak when our voices are silenced, to go where our bodies are needed, & to fight to ensure this freedom. Our concern is not only for the books, but for the children, families, educators, librarians, & communities who suffer when the freedom to read is challenged and taken away. WHAT CAN AABB OFFER YOU? - Regional groups working on legislation to protect authors & the freedom to read state-by-state - Online trainings on digital security, public speaking, & how to counter book challenges in your community -Affinity groups for BIPOC authors, queer authors, authors with disabilities, indie, nonfiction, romance writers & more -Support if your book is challenged or your school visit is canceled! -A very active discord community Person: What if my book hasn’t been challenged? Maia: JOIN! Person: Ok, but what if I’m really busy and can’t do much organizing right now? Maia: JOIN ANYWAY! Even if all you do is sign up, your membership will help lend weight to the letters & statements AABB sends out. As of fall 2025, AABB has nearly 5000 members. Check out the open letter to publishers on AABB’s socials & feel free to share it with your publishing & industry contacts. An Open Letter to Our Publishers- instagram.com/p/DCzYmKcR8uq Maia: I’ve been facing intense challenges to my book since 2021. Knowing that I am not alone in the fight against censorship is what keeps my spirits up! Watching the folks in AABB share information, co-write legislation, show up to library & school board meetings, & speak up to publishers about the need to protect diverse books & minority authors has been amazing! This is a weird & scary time to be an author, but you are not alone! Join thousands of us fighting for the freedom to read, the freedom to write, the freedom to teach, the freedom to learn, & the freedom to share our stories! -Maia Kobabe, 2025
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 1d
"House Democrats were here last week. House Democrats are here this week. House Democrats will be here next week," Hakeem Jeffries says at the Capitol.

"House Republicans are on vacation right now. That’s extraordinary."
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Mary Jane Curry @mjcinwnc.bsky.social · 1d
Give em Hell, dear Rep.. Raskin and fellow Democrats!

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Mary Jane Curry @mjcinwnc.bsky.social · 1d
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Jane Austen would sign on to this lawsuit if she were alive today. She hated the destruction of nature.
Thousands bring UK’s biggest-ever environmental pollution legal action over River Wye
Nearly 4,000 people seeking mandated clean-up order against firms accused of causing ‘degradation’ to river
www.independent.co.uk

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HELLO! Canada @hellocanada.bsky.social · 1d
“I ain’t dead yet!” says Dolly Parton after her sister’s Facebook post asking fans to pray for her health went viral following her hospitalization.

📷: #DollyParton
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Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center @nwcasc.bsky.social · 1d
Given concerns about continued availability of federal climate info, @cig-uw.bsky.social is hosting a webinar reviewing resources for supporting climate preparedness in WA & the NW, feat. @meadekrosby.bsky.social & Guillaume Mauger 👇

📊 Climate Resources Roundup
🗓️ 10/16 @ 1 pm PT
🔗 bit.ly/46R5uED
Three researchers collect data in the Padilla Bay estuary at low tide. Credit: University of Washington.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 2d
"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."

This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.
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Mary Jane Curry @mjcinwnc.bsky.social · 2d
Say what???!

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Mary Jane Curry @mjcinwnc.bsky.social · 2d
Spoken like the pathetic joke member of an organized crime family bankrupt dufus he us.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 2d
Here's Trump today on whether he thinks furloughed federal workers should receive back pay:

“For the most part, we’re going to take care of our people,” he said. “There are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of, and we’ll take care of them in a different way.”

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Mary Jane Curry @mjcinwnc.bsky.social · 2d
It's perverts and crooks all the way down the repugnicant leadership.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 2d
I've lost count how many time Pam Bondi has refused to say 1) where the $50,000 is that Tom Homan accepted from undercover FBI agents in a bag of cash and 2) whether she will provide the judiciary committee with the recording of that exchange.

Bondi just personally attacking any senator who asks.

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Mary Jane Curry @mjcinwnc.bsky.social · 2d
How ironically amusing!

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Mary Jane Curry @mjcinwnc.bsky.social · 2d
This Illinois candidate deserves your support, financial or volunteer:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_...

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 2d
I've lost count how many time Pam Bondi has refused to say 1) where the $50,000 is that Tom Homan accepted from undercover FBI agents in a bag of cash and 2) whether she will provide the judiciary committee with the recording of that exchange.

Bondi just personally attacking any senator who asks.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 2d
Here's Trump today on whether he thinks furloughed federal workers should receive back pay:

“For the most part, we’re going to take care of our people,” he said. “There are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of, and we’ll take care of them in a different way.”
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 2d
The Trump admin is threatening not to pay furloughed federal workers -- except that would be illegal, and Trump himself signed the law requiring them to get back pay www.huffpost.com/entry/govern... w/ @delaneyrules.bsky.social
Trump Administration Threatens To Buck The Law, Not Pay Furloughed Federal Workers
Except that Donald Trump himself signed the current law requiring federal employees to get back pay.
www.huffpost.com
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 2d
Today, Josh Hawley -- who voted to overturn the 2020 election after fanning the Big Lie that the election was stolen from Trump, the same lie that fueled the Jan. 6 insurrection that Hawley was egging on -- is outraged the FBI reportedly analyzed some GOP senators' phone records in its Jan. 6 probe.
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Massachusetts Authors Against Book Bans @massaabb.bsky.social · 2d
Share widely. Contact your electeds. Get this legislation over the finish line.
It's time for the MA legislature to pass a Freedom to Read bill that protects librarians + educators from harassment; and protects authors, creators, booksellers, + publishers from economic harm due to censorship. I support An Act Regarding Free Expression (H.3594/S.2328).
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d
New on MSNBC: Trump's new acting U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan has recruited prosecutors from outside her office to take James Comey to trial, after being unable to find any federal prosecutors in her own office willing to pursue the charges, according to two people familiar with the selections.
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Mary Jane Curry @mjcinwnc.bsky.social · 2d
All Repub Senators voted to double your health care premiums. Get busy un-electing them, Republican voters.

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Mary Jane Curry @mjcinwnc.bsky.social · 2d
But MAGAts can operate under the delusions of drumpfster/Faux Fox/Putin esca lies about immigrants and gas and food prices so who cares about the Constitution, which is only four state legislature actions from being obliterated?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
New Supreme Court term will reshape Trump's powers
Legal challenges have slowed Trump's attempts to expand presidential power. Now the highest US court is going to weigh in.
www.bbc.com

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Mary Jane Curry @mjcinwnc.bsky.social · 2d
Of course.

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Mary Jane Curry @mjcinwnc.bsky.social · 2d
This is to call VA Dem and Dem voting people. It's low stress and rewarding: I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Virginia 2025: Phonebank” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Virginia 2025: Phonebank · Indivisible
## All eyes are on Virginia this November! ### Help Indivisible deliver wins for candidates who will put Virginia first, from the top of the ticket all the way down to the local school board! Let’...
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Cat Winters / C. E. Winters @catwintersbooks.bsky.social · 3d
Tonight Portland, OR, members of @authorsabb.bsky.social gathered together to write postcards to librarians and school board members as part of Banned Books Week . . . but every week is a good week to take action to protect the freedom to read.

Photo by Makiia Lucier.
A postcard that says "Authors Against Book Bans, authorsagainstbookbans.com" is held in front of the camera. In the background, an author who's against book bans is filling out postcards at a table full of postcards and writing supplies. The author is wearing a blue shirt with blurry white writing.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 3d
From Duluth to New Ulm, my administration is showing up before the ribbon cutting to keep our roads ranked among the best in the nation.

The newly designed Twin Ports Interchange is just one piece of a much bigger effort to make sure every Minnesotan is safe when they travel.
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