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Natalie Hirt
@nataliehirtwrites.bsky.social
Writer. Dog lover. Elder care. There’s always a reason for cake.
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As with social security, they're now breaking student loans, as well:

"Colleges nationwide complained of similar problems accessing student records and of getting a boilerplate message confirming the problems but providing no other information..."

www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
College financial aid hit with glitches, delays due to federal staffing cuts
Cracks are starting to appear in the federal financial aid apparatus after the Trump administration imposed sweeping staff cuts at the Education Department last month.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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NOT-SO-FUN FACT: The S&P 500 has wiped out ALL gains since April 2024.
#TrumpTariffs #TrumpMarketCrash
April 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Hi Bluesky! My name is Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH.

I am an epidemiologist specializing in infectious diseases, a feminist writer (soon to be author), and founder of The Thurman Perry Foundation.

I eat, sleep, & breathe helping women and girls. And I talk all things books, feminism, & incarceration!
November 10, 2024 at 3:43 PM
@cnlester.bsky.social I just read Virago in Furies. Omg. I’m shook. So so good. Love it love it. Had to come find you & say so. 😭❤️🏳️‍🌈
February 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
@emmadonoghue.bsky.social had to tell you how much I loved your story in the Fury collection. Called, “Termagant.” Loved it 💖
February 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
@lindasgrant.bsky.social I just read your short story, Harridan. Had to come find you here & tell you how I loved it.
February 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Extra! Extra! Read all about it! My journalist novel, SUNSHINE GIRL (out 4/22/25 from Heliotrope Books) is now available for pre-order at Powell’s and on Bookshop. 🎉 Go to nancytownsley.com/sunshine-girl for the links. So grateful for this blurb from editor extraordinaire @suzyvitello.bsky.social.
February 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it

understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
February 23, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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“There are currently four people remaining over there to do the work of 15 people. The danger to the national airspace can’t be understated."

"This is a very real threat to the American flying public.”

EXCLUSIVE ⤵️
FAA Employees Say Trump and Musk's Purge Is a 'Threat' to Air Safety
Donald Trump and Elon Musk fired hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration employees. The administration argues it won’t affect air safety.
www.rollingstone.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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I am extremely freaking thrilled to announce that Bad Company is *officially* available for preorder wherever you buy books. (I am linking to Bookshop but buy it wherever!) I worked so, so hard on this book, and it would mean a ton to me if you ordered it. bookshop.org/a/109816/978...
February 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation
40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation
Black History Month is not only a celebration of the rich history of Black life, politics, culture, and struggle. It is also a reminder to engage every day with that history as we ...
www.haymarketbooks.org
February 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM