MarH
@theredelm.bsky.social
Tech & Comm Consultant; former USFS Tech Spec; CMAT team member; disaster & search&rescue volunteer; artist; lover of travel, history, cats & a good cup o joe.
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It just hit 105F in our back garden in northern #FortCollins #COwx
July 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It just hit 105F in our back garden in northern #FortCollins #COwx
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This is what happens when you automate “support services”.
Note that there is no facility for telling them *why* they rated a 2 out of 5. It was because I spent the better part of half an hour trying to figure out how to mark a comment as spam, with their “help”.
Note that there is no facility for telling them *why* they rated a 2 out of 5. It was because I spent the better part of half an hour trying to figure out how to mark a comment as spam, with their “help”.
April 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This is what happens when you automate “support services”.
Note that there is no facility for telling them *why* they rated a 2 out of 5. It was because I spent the better part of half an hour trying to figure out how to mark a comment as spam, with their “help”.
Note that there is no facility for telling them *why* they rated a 2 out of 5. It was because I spent the better part of half an hour trying to figure out how to mark a comment as spam, with their “help”.
CDC division responsible for asthma control and lead poisoning prevention effectively eliminated.
Workers say no other HHS unit has capacity to respond to such public health crises.
Workers say no other HHS unit has capacity to respond to such public health crises.
CDC division responsible for asthma control and lead poisoning prevention effectively eliminated
The CDC division responsible for asthma control and lead poisoning prevention has been effectively eliminated as part of the layoffs at HHS.
www.statnews.com
April 5, 2025 at 3:54 AM
CDC division responsible for asthma control and lead poisoning prevention effectively eliminated.
Workers say no other HHS unit has capacity to respond to such public health crises.
Workers say no other HHS unit has capacity to respond to such public health crises.
Sadly, this does not appear to be an April Fools post, although it’s is April and it is clearly the work of fools.
www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/h...
www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/h...
HHS starts layoffs of thousands of workers across its agencies
Layoff notices began arriving early Tuesday for thousands of employees of HHS and its subsidiary agencies, with as many 10,000 workers potentially expected to be hit by the cuts.
www.statnews.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Sadly, this does not appear to be an April Fools post, although it’s is April and it is clearly the work of fools.
www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/h...
www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/h...
This warms my heart. It’s a great thing Guster did. I wish I could see the musical. Hopefully, they’ve found another venue.
EXCLUSIVE: Tonight at the Kennedy Center, Guster brought on cast members from Finn, an LGBTQ+ kids musical that was recently canceled when Trump took over the center. They performed the band’s song “Hard Times” to a standing ovation.
Full story, exclusive quotes and video on The Handbasket:
Full story, exclusive quotes and video on The Handbasket:
EXCLUSIVE: After Kennedy Center cancels LGBTQ+ musical, Guster brings cast on stage in protest
Finn's run at the storied DC venue was axed after Trump took over.
www.thehandbasket.co
March 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This warms my heart. It’s a great thing Guster did. I wish I could see the musical. Hopefully, they’ve found another venue.
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The Social Security Administration snatched Alex Vukovich’s January payment right out of his bank account and hasn’t made February or March payments — because the government insists he's dead. (He's not)
Colorado man declared dead by Social Security still fighting to restart payments: “I’m at my wit’s end”
Alex Vukovich’s Social Security check disappeared from his bank account in late January after the federal agency mistakenly placed him on its list of deceased recipients.
www.denverpost.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The Social Security Administration snatched Alex Vukovich’s January payment right out of his bank account and hasn’t made February or March payments — because the government insists he's dead. (He's not)
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Our hearts are with Myanmar today. Also filled with tremendous sorrow and shame for our country that USAID isn't there to help.
Myanmar Is in Ruins. And America Isn’t Coming.
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar on March 27. Buildings pancaked in Mandalay. Temples in Bagan shattered. Entire villages buried.
medium.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Our hearts are with Myanmar today. Also filled with tremendous sorrow and shame for our country that USAID isn't there to help.
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order putting Vice President JD Vance in charge of an effort to “remove improper ideology” from the Smithsonian Institution, including its museums, education and research centers and the National Zoo.
Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with ‘improper ideology’
Trump’s order puts Vice President JD Vance in charge of the effort.
www.denverpost.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
President Donald Trump signed an executive order putting Vice President JD Vance in charge of an effort to “remove improper ideology” from the Smithsonian Institution, including its museums, education and research centers and the National Zoo.
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Yep! You can watch the full webinar and access the slides and transcript here:
Webinar: Medicaid on the Chopping Block
In this webinar, Justice in Aging experts explain how proposed Medicaid cuts would harm older adults and outline key messaging strategies to protect this vital program.
justiceinaging.org
March 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Yep! You can watch the full webinar and access the slides and transcript here:
Opinion: Cuts to #Medicaid will set the U.S. back 35 years in #dementia care
Reducing, rationing, or even closing services will be catastrophic for patients, families
www.statnews.com/2025/03/25/a...
Reducing, rationing, or even closing services will be catastrophic for patients, families
www.statnews.com/2025/03/25/a...
Cuts to Medicaid will set the U.S. back 35 years in dementia care
“We’re the richest country in the world. It’s callous to say it’s costing too much for poor disabled people to do chair yoga.”
www.statnews.com
March 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Opinion: Cuts to #Medicaid will set the U.S. back 35 years in #dementia care
Reducing, rationing, or even closing services will be catastrophic for patients, families
www.statnews.com/2025/03/25/a...
Reducing, rationing, or even closing services will be catastrophic for patients, families
www.statnews.com/2025/03/25/a...
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The @nytimes.com highlighted @cip.uw.edu co-founder @katestarbird.bsky.social's recent 2025 UW Faculty Lecture where she described how a “machinery of bullshit” has become "intertwined with digital media."
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/b... [1/3]
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/b... [1/3]
Trump Leads a ‘Machinery’ of Misinformation in Second Term (Gift Article)
President Trump’s first four years in the White House were filled with falsehoods. Now he and those around him are using false claims to justify their policy changes.
www.nytimes.com
March 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The @nytimes.com highlighted @cip.uw.edu co-founder @katestarbird.bsky.social's recent 2025 UW Faculty Lecture where she described how a “machinery of bullshit” has become "intertwined with digital media."
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/b... [1/3]
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/b... [1/3]
How to… delete your 23andMe data
But truly deleting your personal genetic information from the DNA testing company is easier said than done.
But truly deleting your personal genetic information from the DNA testing company is easier said than done.
How to… delete your 23andMe data
But truly deleting your personal genetic information from the DNA testing company is easier said than done.
www.technologyreview.com
March 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
How to… delete your 23andMe data
But truly deleting your personal genetic information from the DNA testing company is easier said than done.
But truly deleting your personal genetic information from the DNA testing company is easier said than done.
This is terrifying. What happens to the food supply if these lines aren’t maintained and we have a disaster or a pandemic worse than the last?
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/o...
Opinion | Why Did Elon Musk Go After Bunkers Full of Seeds? (Gift Article)
Gene banks are like a survivalist cache: our nation’s safeguard against all future challenges to growing the food we need.
www.nytimes.com
March 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This is terrifying. What happens to the food supply if these lines aren’t maintained and we have a disaster or a pandemic worse than the last?
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/o...
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I've started to realize that Anne Frank and her family wouldn't have been safe around a lot of people I know and loved and once respected.
That's not something you get over.
That's not something you get over.
March 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I've started to realize that Anne Frank and her family wouldn't have been safe around a lot of people I know and loved and once respected.
That's not something you get over.
That's not something you get over.
Five books to help young readers understand #wildfire
Five books to help young readers understand wildfire - High Country News
Age-appropriate narratives and beautiful illustrations teach children how wildfire touches people’s lives.
www.hcn.org
March 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Five books to help young readers understand #wildfire
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Hearing that there are 700+ people at the empty chair town hall tonight for CA-03’s Rep Kiley…CA-03 is a R+4 district….
March 21, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Hearing that there are 700+ people at the empty chair town hall tonight for CA-03’s Rep Kiley…CA-03 is a R+4 district….
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suggested allowing bird flu to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Veterinary scientists said that would be inhumane, dangerous and have enormous economic consequences.
RFK Jr.’s Prescription for Bird Flu on Farms: Let It Spread
The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suggested allowing bird flu to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Veterinary scientists said that would be inhumane, dangerous and have enormous economic consequences.
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Critical fire danger expected for Colorado’s Southeastern plains ahead of “damaging” winds across dry land
Critical fire danger expected for Colorado’s Southeastern plains ahead of “damaging” winds across dry land
Forecast of strong gusts that could shift suddenly has officials on alert this week for wind-driven, fast-moving wildland fires
coloradosun.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Critical fire danger expected for Colorado’s Southeastern plains ahead of “damaging” winds across dry land
WHO issues starkest warning yet on fallout from U.S. withdrawal of aid for global health.
Trump moves will vastly undercut efforts to combat HIV, measles, and other diseases, agency says.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/17/w...
Trump moves will vastly undercut efforts to combat HIV, measles, and other diseases, agency says.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/17/w...
WHO issues starkest warning yet on fallout from U.S. withdrawal of aid for global health
Breaking: The WHO issued its starkest warning yet on the consequences of the abrupt cessation of U.S. global health funding, saying it is threatening to reverse years of progress worldwide.
www.statnews.com
March 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
WHO issues starkest warning yet on fallout from U.S. withdrawal of aid for global health.
Trump moves will vastly undercut efforts to combat HIV, measles, and other diseases, agency says.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/17/w...
Trump moves will vastly undercut efforts to combat HIV, measles, and other diseases, agency says.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/17/w...
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Cat standoff! ⚔️
Orange thinks he has high ground. He strikes and Gray retreats...
But it's just the opening gambit...
#cats #catsofbluesky #cat #checkmate #4Dchess
Orange thinks he has high ground. He strikes and Gray retreats...
But it's just the opening gambit...
#cats #catsofbluesky #cat #checkmate #4Dchess
March 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Cat standoff! ⚔️
Orange thinks he has high ground. He strikes and Gray retreats...
But it's just the opening gambit...
#cats #catsofbluesky #cat #checkmate #4Dchess
Orange thinks he has high ground. He strikes and Gray retreats...
But it's just the opening gambit...
#cats #catsofbluesky #cat #checkmate #4Dchess
Good morning from me and Sally!
March 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Good morning from me and Sally!
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“Denying the Seriousness of Long COVID Is Dangerous for Me – and You”
On Long COVID Awareness Day, pleased to publish this piece for Zeteo from @juliadoubleday.bsky.social
On Long COVID Awareness Day, pleased to publish this piece for Zeteo from @juliadoubleday.bsky.social
Denying the Seriousness of Long COVID Is Dangerous for Me – and You
What is Long COVID? Are there treatments? A guide to the illness that affects millions, but is hardly talked about.
zeteo.com
March 16, 2025 at 1:58 AM
“Denying the Seriousness of Long COVID Is Dangerous for Me – and You”
On Long COVID Awareness Day, pleased to publish this piece for Zeteo from @juliadoubleday.bsky.social
On Long COVID Awareness Day, pleased to publish this piece for Zeteo from @juliadoubleday.bsky.social
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Always remember that you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
~ Christopher Robin ~
~ Christopher Robin ~
March 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Always remember that you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
~ Christopher Robin ~
~ Christopher Robin ~