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jdspero.bsky.social
@jdspero.bsky.social
Award-winning author, boy mom, educator, yogi, book lover
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A new study shows that music therapy is as effective as cognitive behavioral therapy at helping cancer patients and survivors heal emotionally.
The doctor said 'be happy.' Music therapy can help cancer patients do that
A new study shows that music therapy is as effective as cognitive behavioral therapy at helping cancer patients and survivors heal emotionally.
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June 16, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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I wrote this about how to read and why.

Books remain the best technology ever invented to understand life and the world. There is no alternative.

Every book you read helps you build a richer picture of the entire world.

jmarriott.substack.com/p/how-i-read
How to read and why
I love reading and I love advice about how to read.
jmarriott.substack.com
June 7, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Sound advice from the King himself. #BookSky #HorrorSky
June 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Happy Pride Month - now and always 🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🤎🖤🩶🤍 #pride
June 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Charcoal, watercolor and markers
June 1, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Laugh or cry…
May 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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My latest watercolor. I love challenges.
May 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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May 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Happy #Easter Weekend! 🤣
April 20, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Nearly 300 U.S.-based researchers have applied to one program that promises "scientific refugee status" for those fleeing Trump's academic funding rollbacks.
Nearly 300 scientists apply for French academic program amid Trump cuts in U.S.
Nearly 300 U.S.-based researchers have applied to one program that promises "scientific refugee status" for those fleeing Trump's academic funding rollbacks.
www.npr.org
April 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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This is such a great rom-com. Yes, it has a predictable HEA, but the characters are amazing and have great chemistry. The writing is witty. You’ll laugh and then tear up. Great book! 5🌟 #booksky📚💙
April 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Looking for a good historical novel?

🤓 Scarlet Sky - Italian boy enlists as a German soldier to survive. (WWII)

🤓 Green Valley - German-born Martel family’s Ukraine home is besieged by Stalin's forces. (WWII)

🤓 Glimmering Stars - 2 teens captured by African warlords in 1990s Uganda...

#booksky
April 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Prosecutors say the operation was aimed at gathering information to foil lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry over damage communities have faced from climate change.
Climate activists were hacked. There was a link between the victims and an alleged attacker
Prosecutors say the operation was aimed at gathering information to foil lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry over damage communities have faced from climate change.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Idaho. This is Idaho. Tonight.
AOC, Bernie, & over 12,000 friends in Nampa, Idaho tonight.
April 15, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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This new painting is titled Sunshine & Buttercups. It sure isn't all sunshine and buttercups in real life these days, but I decided to paint the world the way I wanted it to be! #art #painting #encaustic #maineart #onlybeautifulthings
@womensartbluesky.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Keep it up. It all helps. ❤️👊
April 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Every night #booksky
April 15, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Homage to a man of integrity and ethics. Perhaps best US President in history. 💙💙💙 #booksky #nonfiction #manbookerwinner #lincoln
February 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Especially poignant in today’s political climate. But leaves you with hope and a call to action! #booksky
February 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Two quotes you'll find in the comment thread for the piece linked below:

"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both." --Dwight D. Eisenhower

"For every complex problem, there is a solution that is clear, simple, and wrong." --H. L. Mencken
The World Will Go Nuclear
The old order is gone. The new order will be nuclear proliferation.
www.thebulwark.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
February 15, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Oh, I absolutely do! 😈
February 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM