Becca Blackmore
@beccablackmore.bsky.social
My job is not my life, and my posts are not my job's. Xoxo, gossip squirrel
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Sounds like a good tactic.
December 17, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Sounds like a good tactic.
Dreamed I had to lead a series of trainings in open source software at work and intentionally kept calling open face, just waiting for someone to call me out.
December 17, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Dreamed I had to lead a series of trainings in open source software at work and intentionally kept calling open face, just waiting for someone to call me out.
Polio is bad, right? Asking for a nation.
December 13, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Polio is bad, right? Asking for a nation.
Pretty sure my company isn't in Bluesky, but just in case, hint hint.
The real MVPs are companies that host holiday events on company time (with pay). No one wants to use personal time to make small talk with Bob from accounting.
December 10, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Pretty sure my company isn't in Bluesky, but just in case, hint hint.
One of the lessons from Timothy D. Snyder's On Tyranny is to support institutions. He says to pick one and do all you can to protect it. Public libraries are getting my focus. They don't expect money, they connect communities, they serve as warming and cooling centers. They're amazing.
December 10, 2024 at 1:56 AM
One of the lessons from Timothy D. Snyder's On Tyranny is to support institutions. He says to pick one and do all you can to protect it. Public libraries are getting my focus. They don't expect money, they connect communities, they serve as warming and cooling centers. They're amazing.
I've been checking banned books out from my local library, and so far, they have all been excellent. Big love especially for Gender Queer and All Boys Aren't Blue!
Request (and actually pick up) copies of likely to be banned books/books by queer and BIPOC authors from your local library. Give librarians data points to fight back against potential bans. Here's what's currently banned in FL as a starter list. www.fldoe.org/file/5574/23... #localizedresistance
www.fldoe.org
December 10, 2024 at 1:52 AM
I've been checking banned books out from my local library, and so far, they have all been excellent. Big love especially for Gender Queer and All Boys Aren't Blue!
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Yum yum.
"The raw milk producer at the center of several bird-flu recalls says RFK Jr. has encouraged him to apply for a position at the FDA.
"The recalls were the result of positive tests for H5N1 bird flu among his cows. His farms have since been quarantined...”
www.latimes.com/environment/...
"The raw milk producer at the center of several bird-flu recalls says RFK Jr. has encouraged him to apply for a position at the FDA.
"The recalls were the result of positive tests for H5N1 bird flu among his cows. His farms have since been quarantined...”
www.latimes.com/environment/...
California raw milk producer says RFK Jr. has encouraged him to apply for FDA position
The California raw milk producer who has issued several product recalls for bird flu has has applied for an advisory role at the Food and Drug Administration.
www.latimes.com
December 9, 2024 at 3:42 AM
Yum yum.
"The raw milk producer at the center of several bird-flu recalls says RFK Jr. has encouraged him to apply for a position at the FDA.
"The recalls were the result of positive tests for H5N1 bird flu among his cows. His farms have since been quarantined...”
www.latimes.com/environment/...
"The raw milk producer at the center of several bird-flu recalls says RFK Jr. has encouraged him to apply for a position at the FDA.
"The recalls were the result of positive tests for H5N1 bird flu among his cows. His farms have since been quarantined...”
www.latimes.com/environment/...
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Look at that top line. VA Healthcare. That’s about 10 million veterans including elderly men and women in their 80’s.
December 5, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Look at that top line. VA Healthcare. That’s about 10 million veterans including elderly men and women in their 80’s.
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I’m curious how much federal funding he thinks the ACLU receives (it’s none).
December 5, 2024 at 6:06 PM
I’m curious how much federal funding he thinks the ACLU receives (it’s none).
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Please be kind to grocery store employees this week.
(All the time, obvs but ESPECIALLY this week.)
(All the time, obvs but ESPECIALLY this week.)
November 23, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Please be kind to grocery store employees this week.
(All the time, obvs but ESPECIALLY this week.)
(All the time, obvs but ESPECIALLY this week.)
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Climate change continues despite our electing climate change deniers
Ahhh - woke in the night to an unfamiliar sound, and woke again in the morning to hear it louder and steadier: rain, after two months without, blessed rain.
November 21, 2024 at 11:39 AM
Climate change continues despite our electing climate change deniers
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honoring all our trans siblings who are no longer with us on this trans day of remembrance. we love you, we miss you, we hold you in our hearts always. 🏳️⚧️
November 20, 2024 at 1:35 PM
honoring all our trans siblings who are no longer with us on this trans day of remembrance. we love you, we miss you, we hold you in our hearts always. 🏳️⚧️
@pkryan.bsky.social hi @pkryan.bsky.social please vote no on HR 9495. I've called your office a few times about this. Gonna call again tomorrow.
November 20, 2024 at 1:25 AM
@pkryan.bsky.social hi @pkryan.bsky.social please vote no on HR 9495. I've called your office a few times about this. Gonna call again tomorrow.
Uninsured? You can still sign up for ACA. Get insured ASAP and get your check ups and vaccines up to date! www.healthcare.gov
Welcome to the Health Insurance Marketplace®
Welcome to the Health Insurance Marketplace®. Official government website.
www.healthcare.gov
November 20, 2024 at 1:23 AM
Uninsured? You can still sign up for ACA. Get insured ASAP and get your check ups and vaccines up to date! www.healthcare.gov
Now is a great time to call and demand they release the report. 202.225.7103. State your name, that you hope the committee releases the report, and that you called so your concern will be officially noted in the call log. Then say thank you. Super easy and quick.
The House Ethics Committee is meeting on Wednesday to decide whether to release their report on Matt Gaetz.
This meeting, which had previously been cancelled, is now back on the books.
This meeting, which had previously been cancelled, is now back on the books.
November 18, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Now is a great time to call and demand they release the report. 202.225.7103. State your name, that you hope the committee releases the report, and that you called so your concern will be officially noted in the call log. Then say thank you. Super easy and quick.
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Here's what this will look like:
Our military being used on Americans (citizens WILL be caught up in an operation this large)
Mass surveillance
Families ripped apart
Closed businesses, soaring prices, empty grocery shelves
This will hurt all of us.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
Our military being used on Americans (citizens WILL be caught up in an operation this large)
Mass surveillance
Families ripped apart
Closed businesses, soaring prices, empty grocery shelves
This will hurt all of us.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
Trump confirms plan to declare national emergency, use military for mass deportations
President-elect Donald Trump is emphasizing his plan to declare a national emergency to carry out his campaign promise of mass deportations.
abcnews.go.com
November 18, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Here's what this will look like:
Our military being used on Americans (citizens WILL be caught up in an operation this large)
Mass surveillance
Families ripped apart
Closed businesses, soaring prices, empty grocery shelves
This will hurt all of us.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
Our military being used on Americans (citizens WILL be caught up in an operation this large)
Mass surveillance
Families ripped apart
Closed businesses, soaring prices, empty grocery shelves
This will hurt all of us.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
Request (and actually pick up) copies of likely to be banned books/books by queer and BIPOC authors from your local library. Give librarians data points to fight back against potential bans. Here's what's currently banned in FL as a starter list. www.fldoe.org/file/5574/23... #localizedresistance
www.fldoe.org
November 18, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Request (and actually pick up) copies of likely to be banned books/books by queer and BIPOC authors from your local library. Give librarians data points to fight back against potential bans. Here's what's currently banned in FL as a starter list. www.fldoe.org/file/5574/23... #localizedresistance
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Ex-librarian here—I'd say encouraging your followers to put in requests for books with marginalized authors/MCs and check out those books both in person and online would be best. To get books and keep them on shelves in times of scrutiny like this, there has to be a quantifiable demand for them.
I'm not uniquely qualified for anything but as book bans will become stricter on stories of the marginalized in the coming years I want to ask librarians if there is anything I can personally do with my small platform to help out
November 6, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Ex-librarian here—I'd say encouraging your followers to put in requests for books with marginalized authors/MCs and check out those books both in person and online would be best. To get books and keep them on shelves in times of scrutiny like this, there has to be a quantifiable demand for them.
Quick reminder to get in to see all your doctors, update your vaccines, and stock up on meds as best you can before January 20th. I want health and happiness for you.
November 17, 2024 at 11:43 PM
Quick reminder to get in to see all your doctors, update your vaccines, and stock up on meds as best you can before January 20th. I want health and happiness for you.