@lauraustin.bsky.social
Mother, creative; glass, jewelry, and an occasional painting or photograph with my manual, education advocate, lover of our natural world, budding climber, avid reader with a stack to go, punk rock, tea, yoga, and plant girl, pediatric therapist.
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Breaking News: The EPA plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists.
Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm
More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Breaking News: The EPA plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists.
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With teens, it doesn't help to just say no to screen time. Instead, experts suggest teaching them to be smarter viewers of content, and learn to recognize how influencers and algorithms can manipulate them.
Here are 4 ways parents can help their teens be smart with screen time
With teens, it doesn't help to just say no to screen time. Instead, experts suggest teaching them to be smarter viewers of content, and learn to recognize how influencers and algorithms can manipulate...
www.npr.org
March 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
With teens, it doesn't help to just say no to screen time. Instead, experts suggest teaching them to be smarter viewers of content, and learn to recognize how influencers and algorithms can manipulate them.
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March 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Winter in Boston doesn’t have to be miserable. We explored how other northerners thrive in the harshest of cold with a concept called hygge. From cozy bookstores to fireside dining, here’s how to experience it:
4 cozy rituals to experience hygge this winter around Boston
From sauna sessions to comforting meals, here’s how to incorporate "hygge" in your life and bring warmth and joy to New England's coldest months.
www.wbur.org
March 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Winter in Boston doesn’t have to be miserable. We explored how other northerners thrive in the harshest of cold with a concept called hygge. From cozy bookstores to fireside dining, here’s how to experience it:
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Today, one in four Boston residents were born outside of the United States. One in three speaks a language other than English at home. Our immigrant neighbors run, work, and shop at our businesses and study in our schools.
March 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Today, one in four Boston residents were born outside of the United States. One in three speaks a language other than English at home. Our immigrant neighbors run, work, and shop at our businesses and study in our schools.
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Eastern Bluebird
Delicate beauty always reminds us to slow down and notice the details...
Delicate beauty always reminds us to slow down and notice the details...
February 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Eastern Bluebird
Delicate beauty always reminds us to slow down and notice the details...
Delicate beauty always reminds us to slow down and notice the details...
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Bernie Sanders: "They will use the enormous media operations they own to deflect attention away from the impact of their policies while they entertain us to death."
February 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Bernie Sanders: "They will use the enormous media operations they own to deflect attention away from the impact of their policies while they entertain us to death."
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The First Amendment protects our right to criticize the government online. Period.
ICE Wants to Know If You’re Posting Negative Things About It Online
ICE wants to hire contractors to monitor social media for threats. Those who criticize the agency could be pulled into the dragnet.
theintercept.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The First Amendment protects our right to criticize the government online. Period.
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You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
February 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
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Read it slowly and understand it. 😳🥺
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February 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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To the Media:
“Never forget that your obligation is to the people. It is not, at heart, to those who pay you, or to your editor, or to your sources, or to your friends, or to the advancement of your career. It is to the public."
—Bagdikian to students[8][51]
“Never forget that your obligation is to the people. It is not, at heart, to those who pay you, or to your editor, or to your sources, or to your friends, or to the advancement of your career. It is to the public."
—Bagdikian to students[8][51]
January 27, 2025 at 3:14 AM
To the Media:
“Never forget that your obligation is to the people. It is not, at heart, to those who pay you, or to your editor, or to your sources, or to your friends, or to the advancement of your career. It is to the public."
—Bagdikian to students[8][51]
“Never forget that your obligation is to the people. It is not, at heart, to those who pay you, or to your editor, or to your sources, or to your friends, or to the advancement of your career. It is to the public."
—Bagdikian to students[8][51]
This book was required reading for one of my favorite college courses-Sociology of the Mass Media, taken many years ago as an undergrad. The course introduced me to the work of Noam Chomsky as well.
January 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This book was required reading for one of my favorite college courses-Sociology of the Mass Media, taken many years ago as an undergrad. The course introduced me to the work of Noam Chomsky as well.
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Updated list of companies committed to DEI
Costco, Meijer, Kroger, Giant Grocery, Ben & Jerry’s, Ulta, Macy’s, Old Navy, Nordstrom’s, TJ Maxx, GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…), Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans
Costco, Meijer, Kroger, Giant Grocery, Ben & Jerry’s, Ulta, Macy’s, Old Navy, Nordstrom’s, TJ Maxx, GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…), Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans
January 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Updated list of companies committed to DEI
Costco, Meijer, Kroger, Giant Grocery, Ben & Jerry’s, Ulta, Macy’s, Old Navy, Nordstrom’s, TJ Maxx, GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…), Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans
Costco, Meijer, Kroger, Giant Grocery, Ben & Jerry’s, Ulta, Macy’s, Old Navy, Nordstrom’s, TJ Maxx, GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…), Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans