Dr. Lisa Munro (she/her)

How the US is still removing Indigenous children from their families at alarming rates – video In South Dakota, Native American children make up 13% of the child population but 74% of the children in the foster system.Neelam Tailor investigates why, and how a system built on separation is still...

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Scholars, Have You Considered Public Writing? With Lisa Munro, PhD YouTube video by The Social Academic from Jennifer van Alstyne

P.S. Here's the new episode I mentioned with @llmunro.bsky.social!

Great tips for academic writing and public writing.

Definitely save this one for later to help you improve how you title your writing for articles and books.

Thank you, Lisa. A great conversation 🫶
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Thank yoouuuu 🙏♥️

We published explosive stories about the president of El Salvador. Now we can’t go home The long read: Days before we ran interviews with gang leaders describing their alleged ties to Nayib Bukele’s government, we left the country to avoid arrest. We fear our exile will never end

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‘You can do hard things!’ The young cycling enthusiasts reclaiming the streets of Johannesburg Bike culture, once seen as an elite hobby or a last resort for the poor, is flourishing in the post-apartheid City of Gold

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Indeed. You'd never hear me claiming that open adoption either solves grief or is in any way enforceable. I usually say that open adoption is essentially closed adoption with better marketing m

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Here's hoping!

🙏🙏🙏 today will be an ADVENTURE to be sure.

Thanks for this thread. 🙏

Flight delayed. Probably missing my connecting flight because I have to get off the inbound plane, get through immigration and customs, go through security again, and then change terminals. Impossible to do in 45 minutes. Wheeee! Happy Sunday!

Yeah, I don't know why the editors went with an electric bike picture instead of a bike picture.

Cat at the door screaming at me not because she wants to come inside but because she wants me to go outside for mysterious reasons known only to her.

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

The Economist has discovered biking. www.economist.com/internationa...

It's the WSJ. We can't expect much from them, least of all any kind of understanding about Cash.

The things AI is patently bad at never ceases to amaze me. BASIC READING.

How New Mexico Became a Sanctuary State for Health Care Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, the number of abortion clinics there has doubled. With strong protections for gender-affirming treatment, and now universal child care, the state is betting on a prog...

NM!!

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Auto type on my phone offers me "States" and "Fruit" as likely next words anytime I type "United."

Indeed. They're so often invisible.

OMG. Heartbreaking.

Your periodic reminder that open adoption is not legally enforceable in most U.S. states and that it's pretty much just closed adoption with better marketing.

I love Nicole Chung's writing so much and she's so good at writing on adoption. I feel like I don't really have a place any more to do any adoptee advocacy. :/

When Adoption Promises Are Broken Many birth mothers hope to maintain contact with their child. But their agreements with adoptive parents can be fragile.

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Trump revives family separations amid drive to deport millions: ‘A tactic to punish’ Family separations were the hallmark of the first Trump administration’s border policy. Now advocates allege migrant families are being split up again as a retaliatory measure

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Gracias!! 🙏

Formerly stray cat touched her nose to mine today and I'm over here just crying all over the place that this small being trusts me so much. 🥰

Six hours without power but mine just came back on!

Power outage hits three states in southeast Mexico, president says Power has been knocked out in three states in southeast Mexico after a problem with a transmission line.

Wheeee! apnews.com/article/mexi...

8 walking and biking safety tips that just might save your life In 2024, 7,100 pedestrians were killed on the road, and in recent years, more than 1,000 cyclists have been hit and killed annually. Safety experts explain how bikers and walkers can stay safe.

I get what this article is trying to do but framing improving cyclist and pedestrian safety as their responsibility (instead of the motorists that hit and kill them) annoys me. That being said, I do wear a light clipped to my shirt when walking at night. www.npr.org/2025/09/25/n...

Shout to my Uber driver this morning who put on the soundtrack to The Last of the Mohicans on my way to the airport. (IMHO the best soundtrack ever. Might have to watch the movie again soon.) ♥️

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