Ann Marie Gamble
@amgamble.bsky.social
Ann Youmans around town. Writer, editor, reader, occasional dabbler on the corporeal plane.
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Fennel, rosemary, black pepper, lemon,Alaskan sourdough. Bread constructed to hold avocado.
December 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Fennel, rosemary, black pepper, lemon,Alaskan sourdough. Bread constructed to hold avocado.
I hope Missouri Republicans are having . . . feelings . . . about these headlines
@alternet.org: Fmr Indiana Gov Mitch Daniels…ended the week celebrating Trump’s defeat in Indiana. “My state’s Senate…earned some [national attention] on Thursday by declining to enroll Indiana in the bipartisan national embarrassment of mid-decade gerrymandering,” Daniels told the Washington Post.
'National embarrassment': Former Indiana GOP gov celebrates 'rebellion' against Trump
Former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels — who faced personal attacks from President Donald Trump for opposing a mid-year gerrymander giving Trump two more Republican districts — ended the week celebrating T...
www.alternet.org
December 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I hope Missouri Republicans are having . . . feelings . . . about these headlines
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don't just kvetch; comment.
CBP is proposing a massive new interference with the private lives and opinions of visitors to the united states, and those who exit. you can email comments to CBP_PRA@cbp.dhs.gov - and post them if you do. you have until early february.
CBP is proposing a massive new interference with the private lives and opinions of visitors to the united states, and those who exit. you can email comments to CBP_PRA@cbp.dhs.gov - and post them if you do. you have until early february.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision; Arrival and Departure Record (Form I-94) and Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA)
The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review an...
www.federalregister.gov
December 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
don't just kvetch; comment.
CBP is proposing a massive new interference with the private lives and opinions of visitors to the united states, and those who exit. you can email comments to CBP_PRA@cbp.dhs.gov - and post them if you do. you have until early february.
CBP is proposing a massive new interference with the private lives and opinions of visitors to the united states, and those who exit. you can email comments to CBP_PRA@cbp.dhs.gov - and post them if you do. you have until early february.
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Dear Writers,
We’ve all read your dystopian nightmares: Handmaids Tale, 1984,Fahrenheit 451 etc. Project25/26 seem to be based on them. Humans like horror. You warned & scared us.
Now can we please have some How To Build a Great Future books? Or at least some how to triumph over these weirdos?
We’ve all read your dystopian nightmares: Handmaids Tale, 1984,Fahrenheit 451 etc. Project25/26 seem to be based on them. Humans like horror. You warned & scared us.
Now can we please have some How To Build a Great Future books? Or at least some how to triumph over these weirdos?
December 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Dear Writers,
We’ve all read your dystopian nightmares: Handmaids Tale, 1984,Fahrenheit 451 etc. Project25/26 seem to be based on them. Humans like horror. You warned & scared us.
Now can we please have some How To Build a Great Future books? Or at least some how to triumph over these weirdos?
We’ve all read your dystopian nightmares: Handmaids Tale, 1984,Fahrenheit 451 etc. Project25/26 seem to be based on them. Humans like horror. You warned & scared us.
Now can we please have some How To Build a Great Future books? Or at least some how to triumph over these weirdos?
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When you collect exemptions in a small set of schools, these schools have much lower vax rates than 93.5%. In turn, these schools create hubs where measles can spread nearly unchecked. 2/2
troytassier.substack.com/p/our-privat...
troytassier.substack.com/p/our-privat...
Our Private School Vaccination Problem
Troy Tassier is a professor of economics at Fordham University and the author of The Rich Flee and the Poor Take the Bus: How Our Unequal Society Fails Us during Outbreaks.
troytassier.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
When you collect exemptions in a small set of schools, these schools have much lower vax rates than 93.5%. In turn, these schools create hubs where measles can spread nearly unchecked. 2/2
troytassier.substack.com/p/our-privat...
troytassier.substack.com/p/our-privat...
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Missing the point: "Across the state, the rate of students with vaccines required by schools dropped from nearly 96 percent in 2020 to 93.5 percent in the 2025 school year, DPH data shows."
The bigger problem: this area has a large # of religious exemptions in a small set of private schools. 1/2
The bigger problem: this area has a large # of religious exemptions in a small set of private schools. 1/2
Hundreds quarantined as South Carolina measles outbreak accelerates
A state epidemiologist said the spike in cases came in the wake of Thanksgiving travel and a lack of vaccinations. At least 16 cases were traced to a church.
wapo.st
December 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Missing the point: "Across the state, the rate of students with vaccines required by schools dropped from nearly 96 percent in 2020 to 93.5 percent in the 2025 school year, DPH data shows."
The bigger problem: this area has a large # of religious exemptions in a small set of private schools. 1/2
The bigger problem: this area has a large # of religious exemptions in a small set of private schools. 1/2
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#SomeGoodNews A former Dyson engineer is rolling out a revolution for household chores in deprived communities after inventing an off-grid, flat-packable washing machine.
The Divya washing machine operates a 30-min wash cycle where it completes a 5kg load needing only a few minutes of manual turning
The Divya washing machine operates a 30-min wash cycle where it completes a 5kg load needing only a few minutes of manual turning
Flat-pack washing machine spins a fairer future
A former Dyson engineer is rolling out a revolution for household chores in deprived communities after inventing an off-grid washing machine
www.positive.news
December 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
#SomeGoodNews A former Dyson engineer is rolling out a revolution for household chores in deprived communities after inventing an off-grid, flat-packable washing machine.
The Divya washing machine operates a 30-min wash cycle where it completes a 5kg load needing only a few minutes of manual turning
The Divya washing machine operates a 30-min wash cycle where it completes a 5kg load needing only a few minutes of manual turning
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The real task isn’t “teaching people to spot misinformation.” It’s rebuilding conditions where verification, deliberation and accountability are possible. Critical thinking only works when the world around it gives those skills a place to take root.
December 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The real task isn’t “teaching people to spot misinformation.” It’s rebuilding conditions where verification, deliberation and accountability are possible. Critical thinking only works when the world around it gives those skills a place to take root.
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People lump everything under “fake news,” but misinformation, disinformation and malinformation are different. They can come from different actors and operate differently, mixing them into one category hides how these systems form, adapt and reinforce themselves.
December 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
People lump everything under “fake news,” but misinformation, disinformation and malinformation are different. They can come from different actors and operate differently, mixing them into one category hides how these systems form, adapt and reinforce themselves.
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The Inflation Reduction Act allocated $1.55 billion to mitigating methane pollution from fossil fuel infrastructure. Does anyone know how much of that money went out, where it went, or how much avoided methane pollution taxpayers got as a return on that investment? Surprisingly little info online.
December 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The Inflation Reduction Act allocated $1.55 billion to mitigating methane pollution from fossil fuel infrastructure. Does anyone know how much of that money went out, where it went, or how much avoided methane pollution taxpayers got as a return on that investment? Surprisingly little info online.
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Hello Saturday.
Konstanty Górski #GothicAdvent
Konstanty Górski #GothicAdvent
December 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Hello Saturday.
Konstanty Górski #GothicAdvent
Konstanty Górski #GothicAdvent
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📚🎁 Reminders for everyone looking for specific books to purchase online as gifts:
1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)
2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)
2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
Bookshop.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
📚🎁 Reminders for everyone looking for specific books to purchase online as gifts:
1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)
2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)
2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
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The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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You’ve heard of Elf on a Shelf. Get ready for Cat on a Calf:
December 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
You’ve heard of Elf on a Shelf. Get ready for Cat on a Calf:
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"Every time I see the words Cape Cod on a map, I’m reminded of the gap between the stories we tell and the systems we actually run."
waquoitbayfishcompany.com/blog/cod-col...
waquoitbayfishcompany.com/blog/cod-col...
Cod Collapse — Waquoit Bay Fish Company
Bankers' Hours to Bankruptcy: The Collapse of Gulf of Maine Cod
waquoitbayfishcompany.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"Every time I see the words Cape Cod on a map, I’m reminded of the gap between the stories we tell and the systems we actually run."
waquoitbayfishcompany.com/blog/cod-col...
waquoitbayfishcompany.com/blog/cod-col...
Current mood: start a hydroponic garden so I don't have to go to the store for lettuce
a black dog with a tag that says ' ocp ' on it
Alt: a black dog looking wide eyed at person, blinking, then looking at camera and twitching its eyebrows
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December 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Current mood: start a hydroponic garden so I don't have to go to the store for lettuce
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We've been fed the "we're all just animals who are one missed extra guac on a burrito away from tearing society down" line for a long time but the reality is that we ARE animals - social animals. Pro-social actions and empathy are as innate in us as the capacity for violence, and much more common.
December 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
We've been fed the "we're all just animals who are one missed extra guac on a burrito away from tearing society down" line for a long time but the reality is that we ARE animals - social animals. Pro-social actions and empathy are as innate in us as the capacity for violence, and much more common.
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Dedham Priest pissing off all the right people by removing Jesus from the church's nativity scene and putting up an ICE WAS HERE sign in His place.
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‘ICE was here’: Dedham church sparks outrage over nativity scene with political message
A Dedham church is causing controversy over another political statement in their Nativity scene this holiday season.
www.boston25news.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Dedham Priest pissing off all the right people by removing Jesus from the church's nativity scene and putting up an ICE WAS HERE sign in His place.
www.boston25news.com/news/local/i...
www.boston25news.com/news/local/i...
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Tetra Pak just launched a heat-pump-based pasteurization system that can cut energy use by up to 77%.
Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors.
www.foodtechbiz.com/business-upd...
Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors.
www.foodtechbiz.com/business-upd...
Tetra Pak launches integrated heat pump system to electrify pasteurization and cut energy use by up to 77%
Tetra Pak announces the expansion of its Factory Sustainable Solutions portfolio with its new Tetra Pak Integrated Heat Pump system for pasteurizers, designed t
www.foodtechbiz.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Tetra Pak just launched a heat-pump-based pasteurization system that can cut energy use by up to 77%.
Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors.
www.foodtechbiz.com/business-upd...
Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors.
www.foodtechbiz.com/business-upd...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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LONG RAMBLING EMOTIONAL THREAD:
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
December 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
LONG RAMBLING EMOTIONAL THREAD:
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
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While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.