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nerd . maker . mama
be truthful, gentle, and fearless. -ghandi
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intro to my joys:
✨books, reading, writing, authors;
✨fantasy, scifi, poetry, mysteries, romance;
✨recipes, desserts, baking, cocktails;
✨knitting, crochet, yarn;
✨garden, gardening, dahlias;
✨hematology, bleeding disorders, STEM, medical research, DEIA;
✨dogs, stars, camping, coffee

tell me yours
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The entire #lab for CDC's Division of Viral Hepatitis fired by today's reduction in force(RIF).

Nobody else does this role for the US.

👉Jono Mermin, Director of CDC's NCHHSTP (HIV/Hep/TB/STI Division) put on leave. along w other division directors & so many others 😠
#CDC #LiverSky #IDSky #Medsky
Today is a very dark day. More destruction of the backbone of our country's health.
#StandUpforScience
New — Here is a running list of Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) offices that have either been fully eliminated or gutted into non-functionality as a result of today's mass firings (provided to me directly by a CDC staffer):
April 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
🖤 NIH CDC ARPA-H FDA 🖤
if you have loved ones (as I do) with medical condition(s), I hope you understand the consequences of these losses in medical expertise and program support.
February 14, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Marie Skłodowska Curie
who.int WHO @who.int · Feb 11
Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science.

Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
February 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
making tiny stitches after hours to stay sane. sock pattern name TBD, forthcoming pattern by @aliciaplum.bsky.social
February 1, 2025 at 2:49 AM
January 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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For those confused about this planetary alignment thing flying around the internet.
The planets won’t be aligned. They will be in a line across the sky known as the Ecliptic. Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars are visible
January 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
January 24, 2025 at 3:42 AM
What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless and abusive, and that love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love.
Martin Luther King Jr
January 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Just had a sample of the Eaton Fire ash that is in my driveway run on the department XRF. Is there titanium (new house paint)? Yup. Lead (old house paint)? You betcha. Heavy metals? Check. Treat that ash like it's toxic folks (because it is)
January 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
glorious : if you don't follow APOD yet, it's spectacular for a daily dose of existential pleasure
🔭 Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; D. Milisavljevic (Purdue University), T. Temim (Princeton University), I. De Looze (University of Gent)

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25011...
January 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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I’m in Los Angeles in the middle of disaster. It feels the same way it did 20 years ago in New Orleans.The lesson learned from back then & today: love those around you and create loving memories. They will sustain you in difficult times.Tragedy is defined by how you respond to it.
January 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
saturday poetry : reading "Always" by Justin Allen
poems.com/poem/always/
January 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
intro to my joys:
✨books, reading, writing, authors;
✨fantasy, scifi, poetry, mysteries, romance;
✨recipes, desserts, baking, cocktails;
✨knitting, crochet, yarn;
✨garden, gardening, dahlias;
✨hematology, bleeding disorders, STEM, medical research, DEIA;
✨dogs, stars, camping, coffee

tell me yours
January 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM