Lydia Mong
@lydiamong.bsky.social
Learning junkie. Book devourer. TV lover. Dog mom. Actress. Acting Coach. Retired Senior Instructional Designer at WVU. Thinker code 2-2-1-1.
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This article is a tough read, but should be required reading for everyone. I can’t imagine how difficult it was for the interviewers on the project to record so much horror. And to think that these transcripts were hidden until the 1990s. #history
This article is a tough read, but should be required reading for everyone. I can’t imagine how difficult it was for the interviewers on the project to record so much horror. And to think that these transcripts were hidden until the 1990s. #history
October 24, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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This article is a tough read, but should be required reading for everyone. I can’t imagine how difficult it was for the interviewers on the project to record so much horror. And to think that these transcripts were hidden until the 1990s. #history
This article is a tough read, but should be required reading for everyone. I can’t imagine how difficult it was for the interviewers on the project to record so much horror. And to think that these transcripts were hidden until the 1990s. #history
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NEW: West Virginia has collected $34 million from its medical cannabis program. It hasn’t spent a penny.
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October 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
NEW: West Virginia has collected $34 million from its medical cannabis program. It hasn’t spent a penny.
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“…the two transmission lines would cost West Virginians more than $440 million over the next 40 years.”
NEW: Data centers in other states are raising power costs in West Virginia
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October 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
“…the two transmission lines would cost West Virginians more than $440 million over the next 40 years.”
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The mystery of medical diagnosis!
October 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The mystery of medical diagnosis!
West Virginia nearly achieved universal broadband. Then Trump changed the rules.
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Fewer households, businesses will get high-speed internet under revamped federal plan — Stateline
LEFT HAND, W. Va. — The residents of Roane County, West Virginia, enjoy living among the rolling mountains and winding, two-lane roads. Situated between Charleston and Parkersburg, two of the state’s ...
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September 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
West Virginia nearly achieved universal broadband. Then Trump changed the rules.
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From Feb 4th 1939
September 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
From Feb 4th 1939
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The witch hunts of 1400-1780 and today's misinformation crisis have striking parallels.
Both were fueled by new media technologies that allowed false information to spread rapidly and widely. buff.ly/KzabXlL By Julie Walsh @wellesley.edu
Both were fueled by new media technologies that allowed false information to spread rapidly and widely. buff.ly/KzabXlL By Julie Walsh @wellesley.edu
From printing presses to Facebook feeds: What yesterday’s witch hunts have in common with today’s misinformation crisis
Who bears responsibility when false information leads to real harm?
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August 4, 2025 at 6:48 AM
The witch hunts of 1400-1780 and today's misinformation crisis have striking parallels.
Both were fueled by new media technologies that allowed false information to spread rapidly and widely. buff.ly/KzabXlL By Julie Walsh @wellesley.edu
Both were fueled by new media technologies that allowed false information to spread rapidly and widely. buff.ly/KzabXlL By Julie Walsh @wellesley.edu
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What a horror story. Why would anyone come to the USA for a vacation?
Story of a Swiss woman detained in humiliating conditions at JFK + in NJ detention before being deported. www.nzz.ch/english/you-...
Story of a Swiss woman detained in humiliating conditions at JFK + in NJ detention before being deported. www.nzz.ch/english/you-...
Swiss woman is denied entry at the US border and detained
«You have no right to be here.» A teacher wanted to celebrate her birthday in New York. Instead, she was jailed in New Jersey before being deported. A lawyer warns that something similar could happen ...
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August 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
What a horror story. Why would anyone come to the USA for a vacation?
Story of a Swiss woman detained in humiliating conditions at JFK + in NJ detention before being deported. www.nzz.ch/english/you-...
Story of a Swiss woman detained in humiliating conditions at JFK + in NJ detention before being deported. www.nzz.ch/english/you-...
This is an outstanding read! Seven and a half chapters that will make you think differently about how you think.
"Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain," Kindle edition, is on sale today for $1.99 (88% off). www.amazon.com/dp/B081TT1V8M/
Seven And A Half Lessons About The Brain
Amazon.com: Seven And A Half Lessons About The Brain eBook : Barrett, Lisa Feldman: Kindle Store
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July 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This is an outstanding read! Seven and a half chapters that will make you think differently about how you think.
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Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn’t warning the public like it was months ago
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Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
www.npr.org
May 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn’t warning the public like it was months ago
www.npr.org/2025/05/21/n...
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Beautifully written essay that makes my heart hurt.
This is one of the best articles I’ve read in a long time. Exquisitely written, beautiful, tragic & insightful piece about the US.
Masterpiece by @stephenmarche.bsky.social 🇨🇦
5/9🧵
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Masterpiece by @stephenmarche.bsky.social 🇨🇦
5/9🧵
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The America I loved is gone
It was a nation of dreams, built for the screen. Then it shattered
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April 24, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Beautifully written essay that makes my heart hurt.
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At least the penguins are wearing suits
He did it because those tux-wearing bastards never once said "thank you."
April 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Tour of "the Scottish play" happening now in WV. I saw them at the beginning of the tour and this performance of Shakespeare's MACBETH is outstanding. If you can go see, DO! #ShakespeareinWV
March 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Tour of "the Scottish play" happening now in WV. I saw them at the beginning of the tour and this performance of Shakespeare's MACBETH is outstanding. If you can go see, DO! #ShakespeareinWV
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This is insane. Arguably the greatest achievement of the first Trump administration was Operation Warp Speed.
And mRNA technology has tremendous potential. Recall recent news that mRNA vaccines show promise against pancreatic cancer in early trials
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And mRNA technology has tremendous potential. Recall recent news that mRNA vaccines show promise against pancreatic cancer in early trials
www.nbcnews.com/health/cance...
Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
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By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
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Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...
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March 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This is insane. Arguably the greatest achievement of the first Trump administration was Operation Warp Speed.
And mRNA technology has tremendous potential. Recall recent news that mRNA vaccines show promise against pancreatic cancer in early trials
www.nbcnews.com/health/cance...
And mRNA technology has tremendous potential. Recall recent news that mRNA vaccines show promise against pancreatic cancer in early trials
www.nbcnews.com/health/cance...
Vulture Capitalism — a most apt term.
"They haven’t found a single dollar of fraud. And the waste and abuse they’ve been clamoring about has turned out just to be government agencies, programs, and spending that Trump, Musk, and Republicans simply don’t like."
Vulture Capitalism Comes for Democracy
The playbook Trump and Musk are following to dismantle government resembles the one used to pick apart America’s newspapers.
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March 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Vulture Capitalism — a most apt term.
I cannot express how much I adore @randyrainbow.bsky.social
Taking my Trump derangement syndrome to new heights. (Stay for the finale.) 🧹🫧💚🇺🇸 #NewVideo #DefyDemocracy #Parody
Defy Democracy - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody
YouTube video by Randy Rainbow
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March 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I cannot express how much I adore @randyrainbow.bsky.social
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Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?"
It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine.
#SlavaUkraini
#Dontabandonthem
Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?"
It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine.
#SlavaUkraini
#Dontabandonthem
"Puppets on a Kremlin String?" - Marsh Family adaptation of Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" on Trump/Vance
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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March 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?"
It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine.
#SlavaUkraini
#Dontabandonthem
Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?"
It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine.
#SlavaUkraini
#Dontabandonthem
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Americans tend to equate someone having money with someone having ability.
Perhaps, watching idiots like Donald Trump and Elon Musk ruin everything will dispel that superficial assumption.
People get money for all kinds of reasons, some legal, that have nothing to do with ability. #RichFathers
Perhaps, watching idiots like Donald Trump and Elon Musk ruin everything will dispel that superficial assumption.
People get money for all kinds of reasons, some legal, that have nothing to do with ability. #RichFathers
February 26, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Americans tend to equate someone having money with someone having ability.
Perhaps, watching idiots like Donald Trump and Elon Musk ruin everything will dispel that superficial assumption.
People get money for all kinds of reasons, some legal, that have nothing to do with ability. #RichFathers
Perhaps, watching idiots like Donald Trump and Elon Musk ruin everything will dispel that superficial assumption.
People get money for all kinds of reasons, some legal, that have nothing to do with ability. #RichFathers