@jennlibrarienne.bsky.social
Vaccines save lives. Complacency and blind eyes turned destroy lives. This is not hard to understand.
Measles cases continue to surge globally, putting millions of children at risk.
More than 10 million people globally were infected with measles in 2023, a 20% increase from the previous year.
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More than 10 million people globally were infected with measles in 2023, a 20% increase from the previous year.
bit.ly/48SAtkf
February 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Vaccines save lives. Complacency and blind eyes turned destroy lives. This is not hard to understand.
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THREAD: Trump's intentionally flooding the news cycle w/ a stream of outrage porn to distract, scare, & confuse. These are the stories that actually matter that you might've missed this week:
NIH funding cuts jeopardize ‘life-saving’ research in AL
aldailynews.com/nih-funding-...
NIH funding cuts jeopardize ‘life-saving’ research in AL
aldailynews.com/nih-funding-...
NIH funding cuts could jeopardize 'life-saving' research in Alabama
A federal judge temporarily blocked the changes in 22 states Monday after the states sued the Trump Administration over the funding cuts arguing they would be “devastating.” Alabama is not part of tha...
aldailynews.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
THREAD: Trump's intentionally flooding the news cycle w/ a stream of outrage porn to distract, scare, & confuse. These are the stories that actually matter that you might've missed this week:
NIH funding cuts jeopardize ‘life-saving’ research in AL
aldailynews.com/nih-funding-...
NIH funding cuts jeopardize ‘life-saving’ research in AL
aldailynews.com/nih-funding-...
Read this thread. Don’t just think about it and pray. #ThoughtsAndPrayers
Quips about banning the Bible and/or how folks of faith are eager to ban books are deeply unhelpful and deeply incorrect.
Defending religious freedom means fighting book bans.
Today's piece from Reverence Paul Raushenbush is a must-read.
(And this week's censorship link roundup is...so long).
Defending religious freedom means fighting book bans.
Today's piece from Reverence Paul Raushenbush is a must-read.
(And this week's censorship link roundup is...so long).
To defend religious freedom from the Trump administration, we need to fight book bans. Today, I'm honored to have @raushenbush.bsky.social writing for Literary Activism on the need for people of faith to engage in anti-censorship work.
bookriot.com/religious-fr...
bookriot.com/religious-fr...
February 15, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Read this thread. Don’t just think about it and pray. #ThoughtsAndPrayers
It’s Valentine’s Day flowers delivery day! Love you, Babe. 💜
February 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It’s Valentine’s Day flowers delivery day! Love you, Babe. 💜
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Elon Musk can only serve in the federal government for 130 total days.
I break down all your questions about Elon's special government employee status. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
I break down all your questions about Elon's special government employee status. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
Elon Musk is a Special Government Employee: Here's What That Means
Musk's time with the federal government is ticking
open.substack.com
February 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Elon Musk can only serve in the federal government for 130 total days.
I break down all your questions about Elon's special government employee status. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
I break down all your questions about Elon's special government employee status. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
This. This is what the collective we needs to understand. Do as I say, not as I do type of shit.
Incredible: Russ Vought’s daughter has cystic fibrosis and benefits from a “miracle drug” made possible by the National Institutes of Health—an agency Vought now aims to gut as part of the Project 2025 attack www.motherjones.com/politics/202... Scoop from @motherjones.com’s @metrauxjulia.bsky.social
Project 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kid
Its architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking.
www.motherjones.com
February 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This. This is what the collective we needs to understand. Do as I say, not as I do type of shit.
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Read the whole thing.
Just so we’re all clear:
-Dems bend over backwards to Netanyahu’s every whim carrying through with financing a genocide, Bibi wants Trump to win and it costs Dems the election.
-At the request of Netanyahu, the Tiktok Ban bill is Revived under a Dem President, closer tying it to Biden moreso
-Dems bend over backwards to Netanyahu’s every whim carrying through with financing a genocide, Bibi wants Trump to win and it costs Dems the election.
-At the request of Netanyahu, the Tiktok Ban bill is Revived under a Dem President, closer tying it to Biden moreso
January 19, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Read the whole thing.
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I know it's long.
It HAS to be long.
What this public library–and so many others like it–have been enduring for years is not easy, short, succinct, or straightforward.
Your public libraries need you to pay attention and go to bat for them.
It HAS to be long.
What this public library–and so many others like it–have been enduring for years is not easy, short, succinct, or straightforward.
Your public libraries need you to pay attention and go to bat for them.
Two small groups bent on the removal and relocation of 14 LGBTQ+ books have turned working at the Alpena Public Library in northern Michigan a living hell–and now, two of those book banners have been appointed to that library's board.
bookriot.com/alpena-publi...
bookriot.com/alpena-publi...
“Hopefully, we can sit together and discuss what we consider is appropriate”: Inside Two Years of Nonstop Hell for Alpena Public Library
Destruction of US public libraries may start with complaints over books, but that's not the end goal. Alpena Public Library is now the tool of those book banners and serves as a stark warning of what'...
bookriot.com
January 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I know it's long.
It HAS to be long.
What this public library–and so many others like it–have been enduring for years is not easy, short, succinct, or straightforward.
Your public libraries need you to pay attention and go to bat for them.
It HAS to be long.
What this public library–and so many others like it–have been enduring for years is not easy, short, succinct, or straightforward.
Your public libraries need you to pay attention and go to bat for them.