Beth Ferri
@bethferri.bsky.social
Nerdy academic who likes the outdoors
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Why the Public Library Is Giving Away 1,000 Books www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/n...
Why the Public Library Is Giving Away 1,000 Books
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Why the Public Library Is Giving Away 1,000 Books www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/n...
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Alice Wong ask that this be posted after her passing. Honoring that.
November 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Alice Wong ask that this be posted after her passing. Honoring that.
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Reminder: Tomorrow’s election closing times.
- 7 p.m. ET - Virginia
- 8 p.m. ET - New Jersey
- 9 p.m. ET - New York City
- 8 p.m. PT - California
- 7 p.m. ET - Virginia
- 8 p.m. ET - New Jersey
- 9 p.m. ET - New York City
- 8 p.m. PT - California
November 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Reminder: Tomorrow’s election closing times.
- 7 p.m. ET - Virginia
- 8 p.m. ET - New Jersey
- 9 p.m. ET - New York City
- 8 p.m. PT - California
- 7 p.m. ET - Virginia
- 8 p.m. ET - New Jersey
- 9 p.m. ET - New York City
- 8 p.m. PT - California
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While the Education Dept.’s decision will allow these programs to continue receiving grant funding for another year, the affected organizations were supposed to be funded through September 2028 before the Trump administration canceled the grants.
Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Get Funding Back Despite Trump’s Anti-DEI Campaign
Following public outcry, the Department of Education has reversed its decision to cut funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, opting instead to reroute grants to an organization th...
www.propublica.org
October 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
While the Education Dept.’s decision will allow these programs to continue receiving grant funding for another year, the affected organizations were supposed to be funded through September 2028 before the Trump administration canceled the grants.
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UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#FungiFriends taken in the Adirondacks (NY)
August 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
#FungiFriends taken in the Adirondacks (NY)
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She’s right again, you know. She usually is.
July 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
She’s right again, you know. She usually is.
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"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated.
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
www.nytimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated.
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Mama Junco & hatchlings in our Boston fern (photo taken from doorway and one thru the window). We have an agreement that each year we buy the ferns & each year we get a new nest 🪺 #Birds
June 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Mama Junco & hatchlings in our Boston fern (photo taken from doorway and one thru the window). We have an agreement that each year we buy the ferns & each year we get a new nest 🪺 #Birds
Protect Public Education sign.moveon.org/petitions/pr...
Tell Congress to Protect our Students and Our Public Schools!
Public schools are the foundation of our democracy, ensuring that every child—no matter their zip code, race, or background—has the opportunity to learn and thrive. Defunding public education only ben...
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May 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Protect Public Education sign.moveon.org/petitions/pr...
The “mushroom” house in Rochester, NY #FungiFriends
April 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The “mushroom” house in Rochester, NY #FungiFriends
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I knew a Holocaust survivor who talked about the importance of notetaking under authoritarianism, to track what normal was and how it shifted. Here's that 🧵 with respect to disability, itself a canary in the fascist coal mine: www.disability-rights-watch.com/2025/02/09/w...
Week 1: What Happened? - Disability Rights Watch
Things are happening quickly. We'll include a weekly round up of disability-related concerns, events, and polices on this site. Removal of the "Accessibility" page, and all ASL content from the White ...
www.disability-rights-watch.com
February 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I knew a Holocaust survivor who talked about the importance of notetaking under authoritarianism, to track what normal was and how it shifted. Here's that 🧵 with respect to disability, itself a canary in the fascist coal mine: www.disability-rights-watch.com/2025/02/09/w...
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It's so bleak that an entire country is being willfully driven into a recession just so a bunch of people who already have more money than they can spend in multiple lifetimes can pay less in tax.
April 3, 2025 at 1:57 AM
It's so bleak that an entire country is being willfully driven into a recession just so a bunch of people who already have more money than they can spend in multiple lifetimes can pay less in tax.
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Letter signed by members of the Columbia History Department urging resistance to the Trump Administration's efforts to dictate university policy.
"Should this control be realized, here or elsewhere, it would make any real historical scholarship, teaching, and intellectual community impossible."
"Should this control be realized, here or elsewhere, it would make any real historical scholarship, teaching, and intellectual community impossible."
March 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Letter signed by members of the Columbia History Department urging resistance to the Trump Administration's efforts to dictate university policy.
"Should this control be realized, here or elsewhere, it would make any real historical scholarship, teaching, and intellectual community impossible."
"Should this control be realized, here or elsewhere, it would make any real historical scholarship, teaching, and intellectual community impossible."
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Today is the 35th anniversary of the Capitol Crawl, in which disabled activists discarded their mobility aids at the foot of the Capitol steps to climb them in support of passage of the Americans with Disabilities Ac. Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, 8, told reporters "I'll take all night if I have to!"
March 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Today is the 35th anniversary of the Capitol Crawl, in which disabled activists discarded their mobility aids at the foot of the Capitol steps to climb them in support of passage of the Americans with Disabilities Ac. Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, 8, told reporters "I'll take all night if I have to!"