The House will vote TODAY on whether to advance devastating cuts to Medicaid that would destroy lifesaving programs for people with disabilities, children, seniors, and more.

Call your representative now and tell them to save Medicaid at (202) 224-3121.

Hey if anyone is considering backing up any datasets for some reason today, the Open Science Framework has free storage up to 5G/private repository, and up to 50G/public repository.

(The OSF is run by a 501c3 (Center for Open Science), so if you do this you might also consider making a donation.)

The CDC website for the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) has suddenly disappeared. YRBS provides invaluable youth health data, including for LGBTQ youth.

Trump admin is trying to enact harmful policy AND take away key tools to measure that harm. Like a crime + cover-up.
www.cdc.gov/yrbs/results...

Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is.

2025 is going to be lit(erary.)

Oh the healthcare system finally broke you? Books. Bargain books. New books. All the books.

It’s been hard to celebrate Christmas these last few years after losing my Mom. I read this & am sharing it for the rest of you who may be struggling with loss of a loved one this holiday season. 🩵

🏟️| The final moments of “The Eras Tour” 🥹

Here's your daily reminder that bookstores keep the love of reading alive — but they also keep neighborhoods beautiful. They are places to gather, to celebrate stories, to find community.

Please do your holiday shopping at your local independent bookstore, if you are lucky enough to still have one.

Oh November I loved the books you gave me 🥰 #booksky #storygraph

I wish there was a way to socially track podcasts similar to storygraph/Goodreads so I get the rush from tracking it and I see what all my people are listening to

Books at 3.0x speed? What about podcasts at 2.0x?

Thankful my dads vision is crap and he can’t read the queer holiday romance I’m reading next to him

Surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library, bakery, bookstore, and café.

my husband just said Wicked is fanfic and I’m sooo mad that he’s technically correct

Remember that libraries are proof that not every goddamned thing needs to be “for profit.”