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Nellie Hermann

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Novelist, THE CURE FOR GRIEF (Scribner) & THE SEASON OF MIGRATION (FSG). Creative Director, Narrative Medicine @ Columbia.

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FDA declines to review Moderna's mRNA flu shot Under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration has taken an aggressive stance against mRNA technology.

I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

10.02.2026 23:32 πŸ‘ 8842 πŸ” 2742 πŸ’¬ 48 πŸ“Œ 243

THIS THIS THIS. ALL OF THIS

THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context

30.12.2025 01:50 πŸ‘ 904 πŸ” 389 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 48
A USPS mailbox in New York City

A USPS mailbox in New York City

USPS quietly changed its postmark rules β€” mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The β€œofficial” date is when it hits automated sorting β€” sometimes days later

Which could have major implications for mail in voting β€” it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked

29.12.2025 19:14 πŸ‘ 7131 πŸ” 4810 πŸ’¬ 292 πŸ“Œ 637
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Last Week Tonight on X: "Congratulations to all the winners of Marble League 2020! Through our sponsorship, they raised $100K for worthy causes. Here’s a thread of the winners and where their funds went:" / X Congratulations to all the winners of Marble League 2020! Through our sponsorship, they raised $100K for worthy causes. Here’s a thread of the winners and where their funds went:

If you're looking for some food banks to donate to, we vetted a ton all over the country back in 2020, in conjunction with our marble league sponsorship, a sentence that I swear made sense in context. Anyway -- there are links to 17 of them in this thread. (And apologies for linking to... y'know.)

27.10.2025 01:46 πŸ‘ 135 πŸ” 65 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
Map of Regional Public Health Coalitions

Northeast Public Health Collaborative (Blue)

West Coast Health Alliance (Yellow)

Map of Regional Public Health Coalitions Northeast Public Health Collaborative (Blue) West Coast Health Alliance (Yellow)

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.

The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

18.09.2025 15:50 πŸ‘ 22835 πŸ” 6813 πŸ’¬ 842 πŸ“Œ 1371
Demand ABC Bring Back Jimmy Kimmel Live!

RALLY TO PROTECT FREE SPEECH

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
12pm - 1pm

310 HUDSON ST, MANHATTAN
(7 Hudson Sqaure between Spring 
and Vandam, outside ABC Network)

RSVP: WGAEA.ST/KIMMEL-RALLY

Demand ABC Bring Back Jimmy Kimmel Live! RALLY TO PROTECT FREE SPEECH FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 12pm - 1pm 310 HUDSON ST, MANHATTAN (7 Hudson Sqaure between Spring and Vandam, outside ABC Network) RSVP: WGAEA.ST/KIMMEL-RALLY

Calling all Guild members, labor allies and anyone who believes in a free country β€”

Join us outside the entrance to ABC's offices at 7 Hudson Square (310 Hudson Street, Manhattan) TOMORROW at 12 PM ET to demand that ABC bring back Jimmy Kimmel Live!

RSVP: wgaea.st/kimmel-rally

18.09.2025 21:15 πŸ‘ 756 πŸ” 347 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 14

To my 10th grade English teacher, who said, β€œMake the conclusion count.”

20.08.2025 11:49 πŸ‘ 3657 πŸ” 806 πŸ’¬ 66 πŸ“Œ 52

Hey guys... this is serious please go and opt out NOW!

12.08.2025 20:00 πŸ‘ 259 πŸ” 173 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 7

Why we so stupid?

28.07.2025 14:31 πŸ‘ 218 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 4
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Sorry for the string of videos, but this is amazing and makes me wonder if this is what life could be like if we all just logged off the internet.

IG risolve

21.07.2025 03:38 πŸ‘ 12897 πŸ” 1802 πŸ’¬ 515 πŸ“Œ 343
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As Bookbanks new Ambassador I’d like to spread the word about this brilliant charity giving books with food at food banks.

Please share and support if you’re able :)

www.bookbanks.co.uk

20.07.2025 05:24 πŸ‘ 332 πŸ” 192 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 15
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I've spent a lot of time thinking about this fascinating exchange Colbert had with Dua Lipa, when she asked him about the role his faith plays in his comedy.

18.07.2025 14:50 πŸ‘ 4954 πŸ” 1330 πŸ’¬ 132 πŸ“Œ 341
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Senate Votes to Strip $1.1 Billion From Public Broadcasting in Blow to PBS and NPR The Senate voted early Thursday to strip $1.1 billion in funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, in a severe blow to NPR and PBS.

The Senate voted early Thursday to strip $1.1 billion in funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a severe blow to 1,500 local public stations, as well as PBS and NPR

17.07.2025 12:21 πŸ‘ 1205 πŸ” 691 πŸ’¬ 110 πŸ“Œ 217
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Dismantling these departments that warn us about the weather is in Project 2025, and the core reason is they say these departments (RIGHTLY) drive β€œclimate chang alarmism”, which β€œis harmful to future prosperity” (aka BIG OIL PROFITS)

06.07.2025 03:08 πŸ‘ 10516 πŸ” 4737 πŸ’¬ 394 πŸ“Œ 262
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Chris Ware Creates Stamps For USPS Graphic artist Chris Ware has created a set of 20 stamps for the US Postal Service’s 250th anniversary in his iconic style. The pane of 20 interconnected stamps show a bird’s-eye view of a mail carrier’s route through

Graphic artist Chris Ware has created a set of 20 stamps for the US Postal Service’s 250th anniversary in his iconic style. The stamps will be available in July but you can pre-order them now. [kottke.org]

25.06.2025 14:16 πŸ‘ 119 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 11
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Roughly 140 EPA staffers who signed β€˜dissent’ letter are put on leave Trump officials have placed 139 employees who signed a letter of dissent protesting the Environmental Protection Agency’s current direction and policies on leave Thursday.

The Trump administration has placed on leave roughly 140 staffers at the Environmental Protection Agency who signed a letter of dissent protesting the agency’s current direction and policies, according to emails obtained by The Post.

03.07.2025 19:59 πŸ‘ 161 πŸ” 84 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 18
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With passage of the Big Bill, it is worth noting that this is the largest rollback in health coverage in history.

To date since WWII, and since the passsge of Medicare, Medicaid and ACA generally all legislation EXPANDED coverage, but this is the largest RETRACTION in health insurance coverage ever

03.07.2025 19:38 πŸ‘ 259 πŸ” 125 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 8
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Republicans’ β€˜One Big Beautiful Bill’ Not So Beautiful for the Climate Four research firms project that the Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act will raise greenhouse gas emissions and likely put U.S. and global climate goals out of reach

Crossposted to SciAm from @eenews.bsky.social -- the megabill will raise U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and likely put our climate goals out of reach. πŸ§ͺ

03.07.2025 15:12 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Phone Bank to Save Medicaid! Β· MoveOn Congress will soon vote on whether to advance a budget resolution that would take away nearly a trillion dollars of support and assistance from everyday people, including the largest proposed cuts to Medicaid in history. This budget would enact more than $1 trillion in cuts to vital public programs their own constituents depend on, including Medicaid, food assistance, and education, to help fund their massive tax giveaway for the ultra-wealthy and big corporations. Join **MoveOn, Working Families Power, Indivisible, Community Change Action, and Public Citizen** for a national phone bank to Medicaid recipients urging them to call their Senators ahead of the upcoming budget vote to stop the cuts and save Medicaid!

There’s still time to stop Republicans from taking healthcare away from over 16 million Americans. Join tonight’s phonebank as we mobilize Medicaid recipients to contact their senators and stop Trump's Tax Scam. Every call counts: www.mobilize.us/move...

30.06.2025 19:30 πŸ‘ 215 πŸ” 122 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4

Just to underscore--the president is attending the opening of an immigrant tent city that was purposely built (in one week) on an abandoned airfield in the middle of the Florida Everglades because it's surrounded by alligators and pythons to deter people from fleeing, or kill them if they do.

30.06.2025 19:17 πŸ‘ 3617 πŸ” 1478 πŸ’¬ 252 πŸ“Œ 113
A photo of Krantz standing with his large dog jumping up to greet him. The pose is replicated on the right, but it's the skeletons of Krantz and the dog.

A photo of Krantz standing with his large dog jumping up to greet him. The pose is replicated on the right, but it's the skeletons of Krantz and the dog.

Shortly before dying from cancer in 2002, anthropologist Grover Krantz arranged to have his body donated to the Smithsonian under one condition: his remains and that of his dog would be displayed to replicate his favourite photo. More info: shorturl.at/hEqbT

29.06.2025 09:39 πŸ‘ 724 πŸ” 144 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 14
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The budget bill contains tens of billions to fund an army of 10,000 more ICE agents. This is a red alert moment for our democracy.

29.06.2025 10:15 πŸ‘ 14116 πŸ” 6170 πŸ’¬ 1133 πŸ“Œ 531
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This is remarkable. New Quinnipiac poll finds support for path to legalization for most undocumented immigrants has risen to 64%. Only 31% want most of them deported.

That's a 14 point net swing for legalization since Trump took office.

On immigration generally, he's at 41-57!

26.06.2025 18:07 πŸ‘ 6521 πŸ” 2106 πŸ’¬ 153 πŸ“Œ 341
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Pentagon Sends Hurricane Forecasters Scrambling After Suddenly Announcing Shutdown of Key Satellites β€œI've never seen anything like this,” a former NOAA administrator said of the surprise announcement.

Pentagon Sends Hurricane Forecasters Scrambling After Suddenly Announcing Shutdown of Key Satellites

Forecasters could miss out on β€œsix, eight, 10 hours” of early warning about dangerous storms, one expert said.

w/ @emilykennard.bsky.social

www.notus.org/climate-envi...

26.06.2025 20:11 πŸ‘ 121 πŸ” 68 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 17

My god. 6 MILLION acres of public lands in Oregon, including the vast majority of our national forests, will be sold in a fire sale if the MAGA budget passes.

16.06.2025 04:58 πŸ‘ 1600 πŸ” 1073 πŸ’¬ 47 πŸ“Œ 54
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Trump Administration Abandons Deal With Northwest Tribes to Restore Salmon The Trump administration canceled a deal, signed under President Joe Biden, that would have enabled the removal of four hydroelectric dams along the Columbia River that are considered harmful to salmo...

"Trump signed an executive order in April to 'restore American seafood competitiveness' but in revoking the Columbia River agreement has canceled millions of dollars to support the programs that seed the ocean with fish to catch."

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

13.06.2025 21:41 πŸ‘ 470 πŸ” 167 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 8
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The New York Times headline writers now call groups like the AMA and the College of Physicians and Surgeons "pro-vaccine groups." They get more preposterous with each passing day.

11.06.2025 23:04 πŸ‘ 3014 πŸ” 767 πŸ’¬ 167 πŸ“Œ 91
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Fulbright board resigns citing interference by Trump administration All members of the board that oversees the U.S. State Department's Fulbright Program, which facilitates international educational exchanges, have voted to resign over alleged political interference from President Donald Trump's administration, the board said on Wednesday.

Fulbright board resigns citing interference by Trump administration reut.rs/402V1Ds

11.06.2025 17:15 πŸ‘ 182 πŸ” 110 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 14