Jeannette Ho
@jeannho.bsky.social
Cataloging/Metadata Librarian at Texas A&M University
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The Critics' Choice Association honored 11 AAPI leaders with a luncheon at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills as part of their fourth annual Celebration of AAPI Cinema & Television.
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AAPI leaders in film and television honored in LA – AsAmNews
Critics' Choice Association honored 11 AAPI leaders with a luncheon as part of their fourth annual Celebration of AAPI Cinema & Television.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The Critics' Choice Association honored 11 AAPI leaders with a luncheon at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills as part of their fourth annual Celebration of AAPI Cinema & Television.
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Can someone please explain to me what Dems got out of the shutdown CAVE?!?
SNAP benefits update: Millions to be removed from program
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SNAP benefits update: Millions to be removed from program
www.msn.com/en-us/health...
November 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Can someone please explain to me what Dems got out of the shutdown CAVE?!?
SNAP benefits update: Millions to be removed from program
www.msn.com/en-us/health...
SNAP benefits update: Millions to be removed from program
www.msn.com/en-us/health...
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SNAP Benefits Update: USDA To 'Completely Deconstruct' Program
SNAP benefits update: USDA to "completely deconstruct" program
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has said the department will "completely deconstruct" SNAP to combat fraud.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
SNAP Benefits Update: USDA To 'Completely Deconstruct' Program
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Texas lawmakers on Thursday will hold their first hearing to review speech on public universities.
The legislative panels were created after Republican leaders criticized students mocking or celebrating Charlie Kirk’s death.
The legislative panels were created after Republican leaders criticized students mocking or celebrating Charlie Kirk’s death.
Texas lawmakers to review college campus speech after Kirk killing
The legislative panels were created after Republican leaders criticized students mocking or celebrating Kirk’s death. They come amid a push to tighten rules around campus expression.
www.texastribune.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Texas lawmakers on Thursday will hold their first hearing to review speech on public universities.
The legislative panels were created after Republican leaders criticized students mocking or celebrating Charlie Kirk’s death.
The legislative panels were created after Republican leaders criticized students mocking or celebrating Charlie Kirk’s death.
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Texas State Board of Education advisers signal push to the right in social studies overhaul
Texas State Board of Education advisers signal push to the right in social studies overhaul - The Texas Tribune
Some advisers have criticized diversity efforts, questioned the historical contributions of people of color, and promoted debunked beliefs.
www.texastribune.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Texas State Board of Education advisers signal push to the right in social studies overhaul
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Texas National Guard troops to be recalled from Illinois soon, according to reports.
Reports: Texas National Guard to return soon from Illinois
Several media outlets, quoting anonymous federal officials, reported that hundreds of Texas troops could be coming home soon from the Chicago area after their activation was halted by a federal court.
www.texastribune.org
November 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Texas National Guard troops to be recalled from Illinois soon, according to reports.
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UT-Austin hasn’t said whether it will sign an agreement with the Trump administration that would tie preferential access to federal funding to a series of campus policy changes.
Most other invited universities have rejected the administration’s offer.
Most other invited universities have rejected the administration’s offer.
University of Texas silent on Trump compact as deadline looms
Most other invited universities have rejected the administration’s offer tying priority federal funding to campus policy changes.
www.texastribune.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
UT-Austin hasn’t said whether it will sign an agreement with the Trump administration that would tie preferential access to federal funding to a series of campus policy changes.
Most other invited universities have rejected the administration’s offer.
Most other invited universities have rejected the administration’s offer.
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A small Texas think tank cultivated COVID dissidents. Now they’re running U.S. health policy.
Austin group catapulted some of Trump’s top health advisers
People with ties to Brownstone Institute have significant authority over access to vaccines and scientific research.
www.texastribune.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
A small Texas think tank cultivated COVID dissidents. Now they’re running U.S. health policy.
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November 18-19, 2025 #timelapse from Crestone, Colorado USA
Very red airglow in the wee hours.
The soundtrack is Fernanda by LR Friberg, used under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
#astronomy #astrophotography
Very red airglow in the wee hours.
The soundtrack is Fernanda by LR Friberg, used under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
#astronomy #astrophotography
So Many Moving Lights - November 18-19, 2025
YouTube video by Mike Lewinski
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November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
November 18-19, 2025 #timelapse from Crestone, Colorado USA
Very red airglow in the wee hours.
The soundtrack is Fernanda by LR Friberg, used under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
#astronomy #astrophotography
Very red airglow in the wee hours.
The soundtrack is Fernanda by LR Friberg, used under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
#astronomy #astrophotography
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It's my moment to be more accurate and up to date than the Centers for Disease Control - with this old article! www.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/o...
November 20, 2025 at 2:44 AM
It's my moment to be more accurate and up to date than the Centers for Disease Control - with this old article! www.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/o...
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Here is an interesting article - from 'The Atlantic' of course - about the filming of Ken Burns' "American Revolution". So many thing they did NOT teach us in school!
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
I wish Trump would watch it!
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I wish Trump would watch it!
What We Learned Filming ‘The American Revolution’
The co-directors of the new PBS series describe how they made a documentary about a war distant in time and shrouded in myth.
www.theatlantic.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Here is an interesting article - from 'The Atlantic' of course - about the filming of Ken Burns' "American Revolution". So many thing they did NOT teach us in school!
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
I wish Trump would watch it!
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
I wish Trump would watch it!
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Gift Article
Gift Article
Social Security scraps plan to limit disability benefits after uproar
The policy would have fundamentally altered who qualifies for the two federal disability programs by eliminating or limiting a person’s age as a factor to consider.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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Gift Article
Gift Article
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Our local animal shelter hosts "kitty literature," where kids can sign up to read to the cats. It helps socialize the cats and promotes reading. Since the cats can't share the same names to avoid confusion with recordkeeping, the staff has to get creative. They usually follow a theme.
November 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Our local animal shelter hosts "kitty literature," where kids can sign up to read to the cats. It helps socialize the cats and promotes reading. Since the cats can't share the same names to avoid confusion with recordkeeping, the staff has to get creative. They usually follow a theme.
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My weekly #COVID19 report is available:
- COVID near multiyear lows.
- The winter surge is about to start.
- Flu may be the greater viral concern this year.
- 2026 could see a significant and dangerous new COVID mutation.
- Be prepared to be cautious and safe this winter.
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- COVID near multiyear lows.
- The winter surge is about to start.
- Flu may be the greater viral concern this year.
- 2026 could see a significant and dangerous new COVID mutation.
- Be prepared to be cautious and safe this winter.
medium.com/@augieray_66...
COVID and Flu About to Start Their Winter Climb in the U.S.: Update for November 14, 2025
COVID and flu activity remain low, but both will soon begin their winter surge, and this year, it seems flu may be a greater problem. Viral…
medium.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
My weekly #COVID19 report is available:
- COVID near multiyear lows.
- The winter surge is about to start.
- Flu may be the greater viral concern this year.
- 2026 could see a significant and dangerous new COVID mutation.
- Be prepared to be cautious and safe this winter.
medium.com/@augieray_66...
- COVID near multiyear lows.
- The winter surge is about to start.
- Flu may be the greater viral concern this year.
- 2026 could see a significant and dangerous new COVID mutation.
- Be prepared to be cautious and safe this winter.
medium.com/@augieray_66...
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Leading #LongCOVID and related disease researchers presented updates to their work Friday at the PolyBio Research Foundation’s Fall 2025 Symposium. As always, we live blogged the event. Check out summaries of each talk: bit.ly/4o38Gne
November 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Leading #LongCOVID and related disease researchers presented updates to their work Friday at the PolyBio Research Foundation’s Fall 2025 Symposium. As always, we live blogged the event. Check out summaries of each talk: bit.ly/4o38Gne
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We're kicking off our biggest fundraiser of the year by participating in NewsMatch, a national campaign to support newsrooms across the US run by the Institute for Nonprofit News.
We need your help to keep telling #LongCOVID stories. Will you donate today? the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
We need your help to keep telling #LongCOVID stories. Will you donate today? the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
November 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
We're kicking off our biggest fundraiser of the year by participating in NewsMatch, a national campaign to support newsrooms across the US run by the Institute for Nonprofit News.
We need your help to keep telling #LongCOVID stories. Will you donate today? the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
We need your help to keep telling #LongCOVID stories. Will you donate today? the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
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"Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend"
Steven W. Thrasher on Meeting and Collaborating with the Outspoken Founder of the Disability Visibility Project
published by @literaryhub.bsky.social | art by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social lithub.com/remembering-...
Steven W. Thrasher on Meeting and Collaborating with the Outspoken Founder of the Disability Visibility Project
published by @literaryhub.bsky.social | art by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social lithub.com/remembering-...
Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend
Though we were in frequent conversation for a decade, I only got to meet my friend Alice Wong in person just once. And when I did, I was a bundle of nerves—and that was before she cussed me out wi…
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November 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend"
Steven W. Thrasher on Meeting and Collaborating with the Outspoken Founder of the Disability Visibility Project
published by @literaryhub.bsky.social | art by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social lithub.com/remembering-...
Steven W. Thrasher on Meeting and Collaborating with the Outspoken Founder of the Disability Visibility Project
published by @literaryhub.bsky.social | art by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social lithub.com/remembering-...
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After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, killing millions of chickens and spiking egg prices, the federal government didn’t investigate if the virus was airborne.
So ProPublica did.
Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
So ProPublica did.
Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, killing millions of chickens and spiking egg prices, the federal government didn’t investigate if the virus was airborne.
So ProPublica did.
Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
So ProPublica did.
Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
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#ConnectTheDots Chris Martin of Coldplay wears a mask out in public, or at least attempts to. Because Covid is not gone or mild.
Either way he’s making an effort. We gotta get this guy a high quality N95 respirator to protect that voice of his.
#maskUp
Either way he’s making an effort. We gotta get this guy a high quality N95 respirator to protect that voice of his.
#maskUp
November 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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It doesn’t matter how much you exercise or how many veggies you eat when it comes to a pandemic.
These things will not stop it, and the shitbirds that Trump has installed in leading public health positions should be fired for even suggesting it would.
These things will not stop it, and the shitbirds that Trump has installed in leading public health positions should be fired for even suggesting it would.
RFK Jr.’s Miasma Theory of Health Is Spreading
The NIH is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay.
www.theatlantic.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
It doesn’t matter how much you exercise or how many veggies you eat when it comes to a pandemic.
These things will not stop it, and the shitbirds that Trump has installed in leading public health positions should be fired for even suggesting it would.
These things will not stop it, and the shitbirds that Trump has installed in leading public health positions should be fired for even suggesting it would.
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In my Foundations of HCI class, we’re in the midst of our social computing section, thinking about how to address online toxicities. Had the students play Masnick’s “Trust & Safety Tycoon” game in class yesterday. Their reactions: moderation is HARD... www.techdirt.com/2023/10/17/t...
November 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
In my Foundations of HCI class, we’re in the midst of our social computing section, thinking about how to address online toxicities. Had the students play Masnick’s “Trust & Safety Tycoon” game in class yesterday. Their reactions: moderation is HARD... www.techdirt.com/2023/10/17/t...
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This is horrifying. Science communication is so essential.
A majority of U.S. adults (59%) say they don’t want to get an updated COVID-19 vaccine. This is roughly identical to the share who said in October 2024 that they probably wouldn’t get the updated vaccine.
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This is horrifying. Science communication is so essential.
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Amazon sues Perplexity over their agentic browser Comet using Amazon to make purchases for users. Might be an interesting case to keep an eye on www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Amazon vs Perplexity: the AI agent war has arrived
A lawsuit over automated shopping reveals a deeper struggle over who will control the next generation of AI and what happens when autonomous agents start acting on our behalf
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Amazon sues Perplexity over their agentic browser Comet using Amazon to make purchases for users. Might be an interesting case to keep an eye on www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Why has the tech industry gone so far to appease and promote Trump? Because tech companies were looking for the Bozo Fascist to protect them from AI regulation. And here you go: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
White House drafts order directing Justice Department to sue states that pass AI regulations
The draft order comes after Republicans in Congress failed to pass a federal ban on state AI regulation, as more lawmakers raise concerns about the technology.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Why has the tech industry gone so far to appease and promote Trump? Because tech companies were looking for the Bozo Fascist to protect them from AI regulation. And here you go: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...