Catherine Burriss
@drcsb.bsky.social
teacher/scholar/artist/spouse/parent - we need more creative & critical thinkers, more evidence-based policy, more empathy, more listening, more presence, more play
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RFK Jr. says the CDC will no longer recommend COVID vaccines for healthy pregnant women.
Yet doctors have found that stillbirths can result from COVID directly infiltrating the placenta — even for people whose COVID symptoms were mild or nonexistent.
@deldeib.bsky.social's story from 2022:
Yet doctors have found that stillbirths can result from COVID directly infiltrating the placenta — even for people whose COVID symptoms were mild or nonexistent.
@deldeib.bsky.social's story from 2022:
“God, No, Not Another Case.” COVID-Related Stillbirths Didn’t Have to Happen.
A lack of testing data and government guidance led many to avoid the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy, unwittingly increasing their chances of a stillbirth.
www.propublica.org
May 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM
RFK Jr. says the CDC will no longer recommend COVID vaccines for healthy pregnant women.
Yet doctors have found that stillbirths can result from COVID directly infiltrating the placenta — even for people whose COVID symptoms were mild or nonexistent.
@deldeib.bsky.social's story from 2022:
Yet doctors have found that stillbirths can result from COVID directly infiltrating the placenta — even for people whose COVID symptoms were mild or nonexistent.
@deldeib.bsky.social's story from 2022:
Gift article from The New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/w...
What Experts Want You to Know About Microplastics
www.nytimes.com
May 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Gift article from The New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/w...
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THREAD: There’s a dire situation in Vietnam, at the largest Agent Orange spill in the country.
When Trump and Marco Rubio cancelled foreign aid, froze funding and began dismantling USAID, those who were cleaning up the Bien Hoa air base had to halt work. 1/
When Trump and Marco Rubio cancelled foreign aid, froze funding and began dismantling USAID, those who were cleaning up the Bien Hoa air base had to halt work. 1/
March 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
THREAD: There’s a dire situation in Vietnam, at the largest Agent Orange spill in the country.
When Trump and Marco Rubio cancelled foreign aid, froze funding and began dismantling USAID, those who were cleaning up the Bien Hoa air base had to halt work. 1/
When Trump and Marco Rubio cancelled foreign aid, froze funding and began dismantling USAID, those who were cleaning up the Bien Hoa air base had to halt work. 1/
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If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks
The USDA has notified the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that it would terminate the agreement for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, which is one of the progr...
www.wunc.org
March 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
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Trump issued an executive order invoking a wartime law the Alien Enemies Act of 1798—a little-known law—would allow the government to deport without due process.
March 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Trump issued an executive order invoking a wartime law the Alien Enemies Act of 1798—a little-known law—would allow the government to deport without due process.
@liberryn.bsky.social thank you for bringing this to my attention, required everyone, as Americans: donovanwashere.substack.com/p/krasnov-ev...
KRASNOV: Every American Needs to Understand This
Allegations Resurface: Was Donald Trump Recruited as a Russian Asset?
donovanwashere.substack.com
March 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
@liberryn.bsky.social thank you for bringing this to my attention, required everyone, as Americans: donovanwashere.substack.com/p/krasnov-ev...
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March 6, 2025:
March 6, 2025
This morning, Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke of Reuters reported that the Trump administration is preparing to deport the 240,000 Ukrainians who fled Russia’s attacks on Ukraine and have temporary lega...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:46 AM
March 6, 2025:
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We Must Protect The First Amendment At All Costs vs. No Thanks, I’ll Just Take My Freedoms For Granted Until They Disappear
theonion.com/we-must-prot...
theonion.com/we-must-prot...
March 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
We Must Protect The First Amendment At All Costs vs. No Thanks, I’ll Just Take My Freedoms For Granted Until They Disappear
theonion.com/we-must-prot...
theonion.com/we-must-prot...
I honestly find it hard to come up with words to introduce this info that needs to be shared. Please read it, talk about it, spread the word about what this administration is doing.
open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
The New McCarthyism: LGBTQ+ Purges In Government Begin
After Chris Rufo leaked LGBTQ+ chatlogs from the intelligence community, Gabbard has announced that all those who participated in the chats will be fired.
open.substack.com
March 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I honestly find it hard to come up with words to introduce this info that needs to be shared. Please read it, talk about it, spread the word about what this administration is doing.
open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
The answer to censorship is to make more art!
To the kids who would not be silenced, kudos and thanks! 👏🏼
To the authorities who censored them, learn how to do better, please! 🛠️
Bonus brilliant comment by the incomparable Sara Bareilles!
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎🩵🤍🩷
www.kqed.org/arts/1397192...
To the kids who would not be silenced, kudos and thanks! 👏🏼
To the authorities who censored them, learn how to do better, please! 🛠️
Bonus brilliant comment by the incomparable Sara Bareilles!
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎🩵🤍🩷
www.kqed.org/arts/1397192...
After Censorship, Santa Rosa Students Write Their Own Play — and Take the Gold | KQED
A state festival awarded top honors to ‘REDACTED,’ which ruthlessly lampooned district officials.
www.kqed.org
February 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The answer to censorship is to make more art!
To the kids who would not be silenced, kudos and thanks! 👏🏼
To the authorities who censored them, learn how to do better, please! 🛠️
Bonus brilliant comment by the incomparable Sara Bareilles!
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎🩵🤍🩷
www.kqed.org/arts/1397192...
To the kids who would not be silenced, kudos and thanks! 👏🏼
To the authorities who censored them, learn how to do better, please! 🛠️
Bonus brilliant comment by the incomparable Sara Bareilles!
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎🩵🤍🩷
www.kqed.org/arts/1397192...
Go to the website and each page where they removed the T trying to erase history, scroll down to “Was this page helpful?”, click No, and tell them to put transgender back in. Please. (H/t @parisnoire.bsky.social )
Erasing our history won't erase us.
Transgender people have always been here — and we always will be.
Transgender people have always been here — and we always will be.
U.S. Park Service Strikes Transgender References From Stonewall Website
The “T” was removed in references to L.G.B.T.Q.+ on the official site for the Greenwich Village monument, which marks a milestone in the fight for gay rights. Later, the Q+ also disappeared.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Go to the website and each page where they removed the T trying to erase history, scroll down to “Was this page helpful?”, click No, and tell them to put transgender back in. Please. (H/t @parisnoire.bsky.social )
Lunacy and idiocy on the part of the current administration.
Trump just ordered 2 dams opened up in California in an unprecedented move that risks depleting the reservoirs ahead of the dry summer months.
And the kicker? The water from the dams doesn't even flow to Los Angeles.
And the kicker? The water from the dams doesn't even flow to Los Angeles.
Acting on Trump's order, federal officials opened up two California dams
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just opened up two California dams. A spokesperson says the flows are 'controlled' and being coordinated with local officials.
www.latimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Lunacy and idiocy on the part of the current administration.
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Some good thoughts about handling the next four years. kottke.org/25/01/how-to...
How to Weather the Storm
Without really meaning to, this week I’ve posted a few related articles around the theme of how to survive the next four yea
kottke.org
January 27, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Some good thoughts about handling the next four years. kottke.org/25/01/how-to...
I’m making something! Called MAKING ROOM! Opening at NAMBA arts in a month! With the wonderful Laura Covault directing and Rosel Weedn’s set & prop artistry! More teasers to come, but get your tickets now! Hope to see you there!
www.nambaarts.com/making-room/
www.nambaarts.com/making-room/
Making Room | Namba Arts
Saturday February 22 at 7pm…
www.nambaarts.com
January 23, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I’m making something! Called MAKING ROOM! Opening at NAMBA arts in a month! With the wonderful Laura Covault directing and Rosel Weedn’s set & prop artistry! More teasers to come, but get your tickets now! Hope to see you there!
www.nambaarts.com/making-room/
www.nambaarts.com/making-room/
I’m staying off socials for the rest of the day. But not taking the day off. 1/6
January 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I’m staying off socials for the rest of the day. But not taking the day off. 1/6
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Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) 😊📚
Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
January 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) 😊📚
Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
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If you think it is against free speech to have professionals who are paid to check facts and allowed to prominently publish them, you are not for „free speech“ but for „unimpeded lies“. Fact checks ARE speech after all. Canceling them LIMITS free speech. #Meta #Musk #Zuckerberg
January 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
If you think it is against free speech to have professionals who are paid to check facts and allowed to prominently publish them, you are not for „free speech“ but for „unimpeded lies“. Fact checks ARE speech after all. Canceling them LIMITS free speech. #Meta #Musk #Zuckerberg
Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, Dec. 28, 2024
Can you sort 8 historical events?
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2024 at 7:07 AM
“Prove that postsecondary education is truly a way for people to become better versions of themselves in community with others.” Proud to be part of an institution, however imperfect, that understands the assignment.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blog...
#theatre
#csuci #Collaboration #community
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blog...
#theatre
#csuci #Collaboration #community
The meritocracy is dead. Let's try accessibility
Let’s trade prestige for accessibility.
www.insidehighered.com
November 22, 2024 at 4:26 PM
“Prove that postsecondary education is truly a way for people to become better versions of themselves in community with others.” Proud to be part of an institution, however imperfect, that understands the assignment.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blog...
#theatre
#csuci #Collaboration #community
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blog...
#theatre
#csuci #Collaboration #community