Amy L-B
@amyelb.bsky.social
Teacher, writer, artist, D&D nerd, scifi enthusiast, labor advocate.
Making art even when and because the world is so hard.
March 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Making art even when and because the world is so hard.
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The National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection was established by Richard Nixon’s administration.
The National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods was established by Ronald Reagan’s administration.
Committee members were appointed and received no compensation.
The National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods was established by Ronald Reagan’s administration.
Committee members were appointed and received no compensation.
Key Federal Food Safety Advisory Committees, NACMCF and NACMPI, Have Been Terminated
Two key advisory committees, responsible for providing impartial scientific advice to federal public health agencies (USDA, FDA, CDC) relative to food safety, have been terminated: the National Adviso...
www.food-safety.com
March 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection was established by Richard Nixon’s administration.
The National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods was established by Ronald Reagan’s administration.
Committee members were appointed and received no compensation.
The National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods was established by Ronald Reagan’s administration.
Committee members were appointed and received no compensation.
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This is a wonderful and heartbreaking and clever book about fighting Nazis.
It's one of the best things I've read this century.
Was listening to the audiobook while walking my dog and found myself sobbing, blinded by tears, on the side of a dirt road in rural Massachusetts.
It's one of the best things I've read this century.
Was listening to the audiobook while walking my dog and found myself sobbing, blinded by tears, on the side of a dirt road in rural Massachusetts.
Today only, there's an ebook promotion for Code Name Verity for $2.99 (usually $9.99). I've included all the links that fit here - feel free to share!
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Google Play: play.google.com/store/books/...
Barnes & Noble:
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Google Play: play.google.com/store/books/...
Barnes & Noble:
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March 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This is a wonderful and heartbreaking and clever book about fighting Nazis.
It's one of the best things I've read this century.
Was listening to the audiobook while walking my dog and found myself sobbing, blinded by tears, on the side of a dirt road in rural Massachusetts.
It's one of the best things I've read this century.
Was listening to the audiobook while walking my dog and found myself sobbing, blinded by tears, on the side of a dirt road in rural Massachusetts.
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Alt text: The first transgender suicide hotline is now up and running in the U.S. You can reach Trans Lifeline at 877-565-8860
(Additional info from me: Trans Lifeline's been around since 2014. It is available Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm EST. All operators are trans, & they won't call 911 w/o your consent.)
(Additional info from me: Trans Lifeline's been around since 2014. It is available Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm EST. All operators are trans, & they won't call 911 w/o your consent.)
March 8, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Alt text: The first transgender suicide hotline is now up and running in the U.S. You can reach Trans Lifeline at 877-565-8860
(Additional info from me: Trans Lifeline's been around since 2014. It is available Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm EST. All operators are trans, & they won't call 911 w/o your consent.)
(Additional info from me: Trans Lifeline's been around since 2014. It is available Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm EST. All operators are trans, & they won't call 911 w/o your consent.)
We've decided to cancel Prime altogether. I know not everyone can do this, but if you can, please consider. I can't avoid all huge corps, but I have the ability to downsize my dependence on them & be choosy. Off to get a Costco membership....
March 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We've decided to cancel Prime altogether. I know not everyone can do this, but if you can, please consider. I can't avoid all huge corps, but I have the ability to downsize my dependence on them & be choosy. Off to get a Costco membership....
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Is everyone huffing paint?
Crypto guy claims to have built an LLM-based tool to detect errors in research papers; funded using its own cryptocurrency; will let coin holders choose what papers to go after; it's unvetted and a total black box—and Nature reports it as if it's a new protein structure.
Crypto guy claims to have built an LLM-based tool to detect errors in research papers; funded using its own cryptocurrency; will let coin holders choose what papers to go after; it's unvetted and a total black box—and Nature reports it as if it's a new protein structure.
AI tools are spotting errors in research papers: inside a growing movement
Study that hyped the toxicity of black plastic utensils inspires projects that use large language models to check papers.
www.nature.com
March 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Is everyone huffing paint?
Crypto guy claims to have built an LLM-based tool to detect errors in research papers; funded using its own cryptocurrency; will let coin holders choose what papers to go after; it's unvetted and a total black box—and Nature reports it as if it's a new protein structure.
Crypto guy claims to have built an LLM-based tool to detect errors in research papers; funded using its own cryptocurrency; will let coin holders choose what papers to go after; it's unvetted and a total black box—and Nature reports it as if it's a new protein structure.
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The Guardian is reporting that Trump is openly violating a court order, and has transferred multiple transgender women to men's facilities.
We know in Florida, transgender women are having their hair shorn, feminine items confiscated, and pulled off medication.
This is inhumane and illegal.
We know in Florida, transgender women are having their hair shorn, feminine items confiscated, and pulled off medication.
This is inhumane and illegal.
Trans women transferred to men’s prisons despite rulings against Trump’s order
Incarcerated trans women report being groped by male guards and suicidal thoughts: ‘I’m punished for existing’
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The Guardian is reporting that Trump is openly violating a court order, and has transferred multiple transgender women to men's facilities.
We know in Florida, transgender women are having their hair shorn, feminine items confiscated, and pulled off medication.
This is inhumane and illegal.
We know in Florida, transgender women are having their hair shorn, feminine items confiscated, and pulled off medication.
This is inhumane and illegal.
Great signs at the KU Stand Up for Science @standupforscience.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Great signs at the KU Stand Up for Science @standupforscience.bsky.social
So happy to participate in the KU Flash Mob for Science today! Proud of our science students and faculty.
March 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
So happy to participate in the KU Flash Mob for Science today! Proud of our science students and faculty.
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You can't have a conversation about the future of education without talking about artificial intelligence. @rweingarten.bsky.social mentioned our resources to help educators as they grapple with the rapidly expanding use of AI in education.
Find them here 👉 www.aft.org/sites/defaul...
Find them here 👉 www.aft.org/sites/defaul...
March 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
You can't have a conversation about the future of education without talking about artificial intelligence. @rweingarten.bsky.social mentioned our resources to help educators as they grapple with the rapidly expanding use of AI in education.
Find them here 👉 www.aft.org/sites/defaul...
Find them here 👉 www.aft.org/sites/defaul...
If you're in or around Kutztown University campus tomorrow, Friday, March 7, join the Stand Up for Science flash mob at noon in front of the library!
March 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
If you're in or around Kutztown University campus tomorrow, Friday, March 7, join the Stand Up for Science flash mob at noon in front of the library!
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From West Oak Lane to Northeast, our members are standing up for Philly public school students before heading inside to do the work they love. Work that no community in America can thrive without #HandsOffPublicEd #ProtectOurKids
March 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
From West Oak Lane to Northeast, our members are standing up for Philly public school students before heading inside to do the work they love. Work that no community in America can thrive without #HandsOffPublicEd #ProtectOurKids
I'm using @5calls.org and writing postcards and wearing #RedForEd today. I'm supporting good folks running for local offices this year. (Get involved in local politics!) I'm dealing with my anxiety by doing something, anything. Hope you are, too. ✊🏻
March 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I'm using @5calls.org and writing postcards and wearing #RedForEd today. I'm supporting good folks running for local offices this year. (Get involved in local politics!) I'm dealing with my anxiety by doing something, anything. Hope you are, too. ✊🏻
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I support and am happy the party came together to stop this.
However, this is what they should be doing on EVERYTHING. I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it - we are in an existential crisis as a country. We’re either going to emerge as Americans, or as something else.
However, this is what they should be doing on EVERYTHING. I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it - we are in an existential crisis as a country. We’re either going to emerge as Americans, or as something else.
1. Today, Senate Democrats showed spine, and killed a national transgender sports ban bill via filibuster.
Not a SINGLE Democrat voted for cloture.
S. Baum writes about what happened today, including some of the speeches.
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Not a SINGLE Democrat voted for cloture.
S. Baum writes about what happened today, including some of the speeches.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Senate Dems Show Spine, And National Sports Ban Bill Dies
The failed legislation reflects a wider effort to disallow trans women (or anyone suspected of being a trans woman) from women’s sports and spaces.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I support and am happy the party came together to stop this.
However, this is what they should be doing on EVERYTHING. I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it - we are in an existential crisis as a country. We’re either going to emerge as Americans, or as something else.
However, this is what they should be doing on EVERYTHING. I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it - we are in an existential crisis as a country. We’re either going to emerge as Americans, or as something else.
Seconded. Can we do a write-in to legislators? Something, anything?
#TeamRhetoric I sure hope that NCTE and CCCC are mobilizing at this very moment with a statement objecting to this terrible action. Image description: Washington Post piece saying that Trump is signing an EO designating English as the national language.
March 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Seconded. Can we do a write-in to legislators? Something, anything?
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I personally consider the boycott a success because it was a baby practice action for people who have never done that before. People got on board! They got to feel what it was like! It was easy! And when they get asked to do something next, they’ll have an experience to build off of.
March 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I personally consider the boycott a success because it was a baby practice action for people who have never done that before. People got on board! They got to feel what it was like! It was easy! And when they get asked to do something next, they’ll have an experience to build off of.
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Who do I know who's an artist and also willing to work on this campaign (The People's Union, the group that's organizing the rolling series of boycotts/blackouts)?
March 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Who do I know who's an artist and also willing to work on this campaign (The People's Union, the group that's organizing the rolling series of boycotts/blackouts)?
I'm so excited to #BuyNothing tomorrow!
February 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I'm so excited to #BuyNothing tomorrow!
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If you're going to participate in the #EconomicBlackout tomorrow, I recommend also donating whatever money you might have spent shopping* to organizing and mutual aid efforts.
*At least on non-essential things, and I also understand not everyone can do this. But if you can....
*At least on non-essential things, and I also understand not everyone can do this. But if you can....
February 28, 2025 at 12:53 AM
If you're going to participate in the #EconomicBlackout tomorrow, I recommend also donating whatever money you might have spent shopping* to organizing and mutual aid efforts.
*At least on non-essential things, and I also understand not everyone can do this. But if you can....
*At least on non-essential things, and I also understand not everyone can do this. But if you can....
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JOHN DEERE
💥 BREAKING: At John Deere's annual shareholders meeting today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal brought by the same group that targeted Costco and Apple. An anti-DEI proposal from the NCPPR received less than 1 percent of votes.
Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out
Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out
February 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
JOHN DEERE
I'm using @5calls.org to contact my legislators every day. Most days I make 1 or 2 calls. The app is great: it lists issues, summarizes each. You click to call a rep, and then read a script to a person or voicemail. Take it from this introvert: it's easy!
February 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I'm using @5calls.org to contact my legislators every day. Most days I make 1 or 2 calls. The app is great: it lists issues, summarizes each. You click to call a rep, and then read a script to a person or voicemail. Take it from this introvert: it's easy!
I can't go to bed until Vax'ildan is ready
February 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I can't go to bed until Vax'ildan is ready
Made the leap to bluer skies!
February 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Made the leap to bluer skies!