Jude
@jude2025.bsky.social
Colorado native, in hospice with terminal cancer, but in a type A way still trying to get everything done. True loves are politics (except Trump administration) and the environment. Question everything!
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Last week, I spoke with patients at Denver Health who told me they wouldn't be alive today without Medicaid.
The Republican Budget Bill will strip health care from Coloradans, who depend on this safety net to survive. Passing this bill will have lethal consequences.
The Republican Budget Bill will strip health care from Coloradans, who depend on this safety net to survive. Passing this bill will have lethal consequences.
Sen. Michael Bennet returns to Colorado, listens to patients describe Medicaid impact amid possible cuts
Sen. Michael Bennet returned to Colorado and listened to patients describe the impact Medicaid has made on them and their families.
www.cbsnews.com
June 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Last week, I spoke with patients at Denver Health who told me they wouldn't be alive today without Medicaid.
The Republican Budget Bill will strip health care from Coloradans, who depend on this safety net to survive. Passing this bill will have lethal consequences.
The Republican Budget Bill will strip health care from Coloradans, who depend on this safety net to survive. Passing this bill will have lethal consequences.
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Great new paper on the evolution of birds - showing how changes in forelimbs (becoming wings) and legs were linked together. I LOVE research like this which reveals the secrets of how evolution works - how development, genetics, form are all joined up: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Macroevolutionary integration underlies limb modularity in the origin of avian flight | Biology Letters
The origin of flight in avian dinosaurs has been historically an ideal framework for
proposing the evolutionary relationship between form and function in limb proportions
under the hypothesis of speci...
royalsocietypublishing.org
May 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Great new paper on the evolution of birds - showing how changes in forelimbs (becoming wings) and legs were linked together. I LOVE research like this which reveals the secrets of how evolution works - how development, genetics, form are all joined up: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Magnificent beeches and fabulous barrows. Perfect day in the Stonehenge Landscape today @nattrustarch.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Magnificent beeches and fabulous barrows. Perfect day in the Stonehenge Landscape today @nattrustarch.bsky.social
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Looking for a new history podcast? Look no further! Journey Through Time with David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell is fantastic - a perfect blend of storytelling, intrigue, surprise, analysis and contemporary resonance. Informative, educational and entertaining!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...
Journey Through Time
History Podcast · Updated weekly · Forgotten stories from history and how they shaped the way we live today.
Hear about the ordinary people from history and the extraordinary impact they’ve had on the...
podcasts.apple.com
April 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Looking for a new history podcast? Look no further! Journey Through Time with David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell is fantastic - a perfect blend of storytelling, intrigue, surprise, analysis and contemporary resonance. Informative, educational and entertaining!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...
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I don't write like this a lot these days, because it all feels so predictable if deeply dark. But... this is FUCKING CRAZY
We've reached the point where Republicans are flying to El Salvador to visit one of the most vicious prisons in the world to have photo ops so they can prove their loyalty to the President of the United States.
April 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I don't write like this a lot these days, because it all feels so predictable if deeply dark. But... this is FUCKING CRAZY
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If you have time for a VERY long essay, James Meek’s reporting from Greenland is superb — in the latest issue of @LRB (which also has a lot of other history-related articles) www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
James Meek · ‘Everything is possible’: In Greenland
The immediate effect of Trump’s menaces, and the visit to Nuuk in January of his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr, was to...
www.lrb.co.uk
April 16, 2025 at 10:45 PM
If you have time for a VERY long essay, James Meek’s reporting from Greenland is superb — in the latest issue of @LRB (which also has a lot of other history-related articles) www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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'"This is a big deal disease," ... "You do not want to have what people call natural immunity from measles because the risk of having measles itself is so significant."'
I had measles in the early 1970s.
Parents, pls DON'T put your kids through that. The vaccine is safe!
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
I had measles in the early 1970s.
Parents, pls DON'T put your kids through that. The vaccine is safe!
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
As measles outbreaks grow, doctors are on the lookout for rare but serious complications | CBC News
As measles outbreaks in Canada grow and spread between provinces, pediatricians are again recommending vaccinations while also bracing for serious complications, including a rare, long-term neurologic...
www.cbc.ca
April 13, 2025 at 5:21 AM
'"This is a big deal disease," ... "You do not want to have what people call natural immunity from measles because the risk of having measles itself is so significant."'
I had measles in the early 1970s.
Parents, pls DON'T put your kids through that. The vaccine is safe!
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
I had measles in the early 1970s.
Parents, pls DON'T put your kids through that. The vaccine is safe!
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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I happen to know that some powerful media orgs were unhappy that AP filed suit; they thought the conflict with the White House would blow over on its own and that AP risked making bad law. The AP's leadership deserves a lot of credit for having proceeded as it did. apnews.com/article/trum...
AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists
A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events.
apnews.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I happen to know that some powerful media orgs were unhappy that AP filed suit; they thought the conflict with the White House would blow over on its own and that AP risked making bad law. The AP's leadership deserves a lot of credit for having proceeded as it did. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Hey, Americans, you can do this, too.
If not daily, at least weekly. Consistently. Loudly.
Persistence. Stop Trump.
If not daily, at least weekly. Consistently. Loudly.
Persistence. Stop Trump.
April 9, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Hey, Americans, you can do this, too.
If not daily, at least weekly. Consistently. Loudly.
Persistence. Stop Trump.
If not daily, at least weekly. Consistently. Loudly.
Persistence. Stop Trump.
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The Social Security Administration has already cut 7,000 jobs.
As a result, its website is crashing. Phone lines are overwhelmed. Beneficiaries can't get service.
What is DOGE recommending now? More layoffs.
Let it be known that Trump is effectively cutting Social Security.
As a result, its website is crashing. Phone lines are overwhelmed. Beneficiaries can't get service.
What is DOGE recommending now? More layoffs.
Let it be known that Trump is effectively cutting Social Security.
April 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The Social Security Administration has already cut 7,000 jobs.
As a result, its website is crashing. Phone lines are overwhelmed. Beneficiaries can't get service.
What is DOGE recommending now? More layoffs.
Let it be known that Trump is effectively cutting Social Security.
As a result, its website is crashing. Phone lines are overwhelmed. Beneficiaries can't get service.
What is DOGE recommending now? More layoffs.
Let it be known that Trump is effectively cutting Social Security.
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This explanation seems horrific but sound. 10%tariffs if your balance of trade is roughly equal. It’s a shakedown & a protection racket. He’ll lift them by domestic sector and even maybe individual companies, as well as perhaps the occasional nation, as a reward for pledges of blind allegiance.
April 3, 2025 at 6:41 AM
This explanation seems horrific but sound. 10%tariffs if your balance of trade is roughly equal. It’s a shakedown & a protection racket. He’ll lift them by domestic sector and even maybe individual companies, as well as perhaps the occasional nation, as a reward for pledges of blind allegiance.
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Martin Becker says he was trying to send his life's work, gathered over 18 years of studying marine fossils in New Jersey, to a colleague in Florida. The 200 specimens were thrown out when the school failed to pay its bill, Becker's lawsuit says.
(via @gothamist.com)
(via @gothamist.com)
Paleontologist says NJ school lost his 380M-year-old fossils, and now they're in a landfill
Paleontologist Martin Becker accuses William Paterson University of letting its UPS account get revoked.
gothamist.com
March 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Martin Becker says he was trying to send his life's work, gathered over 18 years of studying marine fossils in New Jersey, to a colleague in Florida. The 200 specimens were thrown out when the school failed to pay its bill, Becker's lawsuit says.
(via @gothamist.com)
(via @gothamist.com)
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Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
propub.li
March 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
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Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
March 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
Carney aims to have 'free trade by Canada Day' between provinces and territories www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Crazy that this didn't already exist.
Carney aims to have 'free trade by Canada Day' between provinces and territories | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he and Canada's premiers have agreed to develop a national trade strategy and promised a slew of support for workers and businesses.
www.cbc.ca
March 22, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Carney aims to have 'free trade by Canada Day' between provinces and territories www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Crazy that this didn't already exist.
My son and his friend Josh are heading to Denver soon to see Bernie and AOC. My daughter will be here, but no longer talks to me, and I can probably coax a visit out of my ex-husband. They plan to drive there and back tonight (it's 180 miles one way), so I'll be alone for about 11 hours.
March 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
My son and his friend Josh are heading to Denver soon to see Bernie and AOC. My daughter will be here, but no longer talks to me, and I can probably coax a visit out of my ex-husband. They plan to drive there and back tonight (it's 180 miles one way), so I'll be alone for about 11 hours.
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Despite what Elon Musk says—Social Security is NOT a Ponzi Scheme.
Social Security is a PROMISE that the American people should be able to count on after paying into it their entire lives. Repost if you agree.
Social Security is a PROMISE that the American people should be able to count on after paying into it their entire lives. Repost if you agree.
March 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Despite what Elon Musk says—Social Security is NOT a Ponzi Scheme.
Social Security is a PROMISE that the American people should be able to count on after paying into it their entire lives. Repost if you agree.
Social Security is a PROMISE that the American people should be able to count on after paying into it their entire lives. Repost if you agree.
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This includes the USGS Hawaiian and Alaska Volcano Observatories. HVO's Ironworks is a temporary space while a new facility is built to replace the Observatory critically damaged in 2018. Both groups are near their volcanoes. Neither has anywhere to go and both have been forbidden from telework.
Congress has just released a list of federal DOI offices to be closed under the ongoing massacre of our natural resource agencies -- it's extensive and includes many important NPS, BLM, USGS and USFWS facilities across the country. Truly horrific. democrats-naturalresources.house.gov/imo/media/do...
democrats-naturalresources.house.gov
March 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This includes the USGS Hawaiian and Alaska Volcano Observatories. HVO's Ironworks is a temporary space while a new facility is built to replace the Observatory critically damaged in 2018. Both groups are near their volcanoes. Neither has anywhere to go and both have been forbidden from telework.
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Alfred L Cralle. Inventor of the ice cream scoop.
February 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Alfred L Cralle. Inventor of the ice cream scoop.
My sis-in-law died--wonderful Marilyn. My children want to attend the funeral. What to do with me? Leave me alone & have my son's friend or my ex feed me and check on me every few hours? Throw me in the car for the 3 hour trip there, the funeral, & the burial? I last left the house months ago.
February 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
My sis-in-law died--wonderful Marilyn. My children want to attend the funeral. What to do with me? Leave me alone & have my son's friend or my ex feed me and check on me every few hours? Throw me in the car for the 3 hour trip there, the funeral, & the burial? I last left the house months ago.
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Staffing at the HUD office that pays for housing and support services across the country is slated to be cut by 84%. Advocates warn such heavy cuts could make record-high homelessness even worse.
Trump administration plans mass firing at office that funds homelessness programs
Staffing at the HUD office that pays for housing and support services across the country is slated to be cut by 84%. Advocates warn such heavy cuts could make record-high homelessness even worse.
www.npr.org
February 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Staffing at the HUD office that pays for housing and support services across the country is slated to be cut by 84%. Advocates warn such heavy cuts could make record-high homelessness even worse.
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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
February 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9