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Carrie
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Not a robot
Chocolate lover, fan of gardening and reading
infrastructurereportcard.org
December 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Travels in Japan
August 11, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Did we ever get along?
July 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It’s not only that astronauts pick up microbes from the ISS, they also leave their own microbial mark on the station.

The astronauts and the station are effectively “trading” microbes.
- Dr. Emily Leeming

dremilyleeming.substack.com/p/an-astrona...
An astronaut's microbiome 🧠
5 things spaceflight reveals about your gut
dremilyleeming.substack.com
July 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“What one person (or president) might call bureaucratic bloat is a farmer’s prospect for a healthy crop, a coal miner’s chance to breathe free from black lung, or a preschooler’s opportunity to learn in a safe environment,” she wrote.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Makes Herself Heard, Prompting a Rebuke
www.nytimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Reposted by Carrie
Why the Texas Floods Were So Deadly—President Trump, thus far, has avoided casting blame for the storm’s death toll, and called the floods “a hundred-year catastrophe” in remarks to reporters on Sunday… www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/c... David Gelles @nytimes.com
Why the Texas Floods Were So Deadly
www.nytimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
If you can’t get to the beach… chill on your van roof?
July 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
A Gallery of Our Wonderful World and Sky
YouTube video by EarthSky
youtu.be
July 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Reposted by Carrie
Republican Congressman Robert Bresnahan of Pennsylvania got publicly shamed by many of his congressional colleagues on Thursday after it was revealed he unloaded a Medicaid-related stock before vot...
Republican Lawmaker Dumped Medicaid-Related Stock Before Voting to Gut Program
Elizabeth Warren said Robert Bresnahan protected his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million.
truthout.org
July 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
New word courtesy of Michael Hiltzik, LA Times Business Columnist, in “Who Profits Most From Medicaid?"
July 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The future of education?

Backed by tech money and Donald Trump’s executive orders, MacKenzie Price is out to replace teachers everywhere with AI. www.levernews.com/the-headmast...
The Headmaster Of The AI Apocalypse
Backed by tech money and Donald Trump’s executive orders, MacKenzie Price is out to replace teachers everywhere with AI.
www.levernews.com
June 26, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Wow! Against all odds Mamdani pulled it off!

open.substack.com/pub/reframin...
The Electrifying Campaign
It's time to throw out the rule books and campaign like insurgents!
open.substack.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This really resonates - for anyone who has been, is currently, or will be a caregiver.....
"I see what MAHA is offering. It’s not really about making America healthy. It’s about giving people the illusion of agency in a complicated and scary world."

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/o...
Opinion | Holy Water Couldn’t Save My Husband. MAHA Wouldn’t Have, Either.
www.nytimes.com
June 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Reposted by Carrie
A new study from Stanford researchers says chatbots like ChatGPT should not replace therapists because of their dangerous tendencies to express stigma, encourage delusions and respond inappropriately in critical moments.

via @stephco.bsky.social
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
One of ChatGPT's popular uses just got skewered by Stanford researchers
When the stakes are high, a robot therapist falls way short, researchers found.
www.sfgate.com
June 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM