Amelia Burgess
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Amelia Burgess
@ameliaburgess.bsky.social
Gregory Warren Burgess
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May 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Why It’s So Hard To Find Small Press Books open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...
#books #authors #readers #bookclub
Why It’s So Hard To Find Small Press Books
And what you can do about it.
open.substack.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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LIVE NOW: AAAS CEO Sudip Parikh testifies as a bipartisan witness before the Senate Appropriations Committee on how the U.S. can stay competitive in the biomedical research field.

www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/bio...
Biomedical Research: Keeping America’s Edge in Innovation | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
www.appropriations.senate.gov
April 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Enrique was hard at work in the Castroville, CA area.I'm a tractor driver. On this day I worked in the lettuce. There's a chemical fertilizer in the tractors' container. The rear of the tractor has a bar with fertilizer injectors which goes into the ground as I drive. #WeFeedYou
April 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Reposted by Amelia Burgess
Earlier today, AAAS CEO Sudip Parikh testified as a bipartisan witness before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, warning that without immediate action, the U.S. runs the risk of losing its position as a global leader in biomedical research and innovation.
April 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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NEW: Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah.

But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.

By @jessicamiller.bsky.social, with @sltrib.com
Utah Farmers Signed Up for Federally Funded Therapy. Then the Money Stopped.
Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah. But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
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April 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Reposted by Amelia Burgess
The Trump administration has cancelled federal participation in Safe to Sleep, a 30-year campaign to prevent babies from dying in their sleep.
www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/n...
NIH cancels participation in Safe to Sleep campaign that decreased infant deaths
NIH has cancelled its participation in Safe to Sleep, a 30-year campaign to prevent babies from dying in their sleep
www.statnews.com
May 1, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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The Trump administration is considering eliminating the 988 Suicide Prevention and Crisis Lifeline’s specialized services for LGBTQ+ youth as a way to cut back on funding for next year’s discretionary budget for mental health.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/h...
988 suicide prevention service for LGBTQ+ youth would be eliminated under leaked budget proposal | CNN
The Trump administration is considering eliminating the 988 Suicide Prevention and Crisis Lifeline’s specialized services for LGBTQ+ youth as a way to cut back on funding for next year’s discretionary...
www.cnn.com
May 1, 2025 at 3:03 AM