Amy Knutson Strack
@bneighborly.bsky.social
Science and tech comms strategist and editor. Professional listener. Recovering global road warrior, now zip w/ family. Education policy advocate. Statements and shares are made in my capacity as a citizen, not representative of a board or employer.
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My quote of the day
Faith and science can be united in charity if science is put at the service of the men and women of our time, and not distorted to their detriment or even destruction.
Pope Francis, June 2024
Faith and science can be united in charity if science is put at the service of the men and women of our time, and not distorted to their detriment or even destruction.
Pope Francis, June 2024
April 21, 2025 at 10:04 AM
My quote of the day
Faith and science can be united in charity if science is put at the service of the men and women of our time, and not distorted to their detriment or even destruction.
Pope Francis, June 2024
Faith and science can be united in charity if science is put at the service of the men and women of our time, and not distorted to their detriment or even destruction.
Pope Francis, June 2024
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Backbone it turns out is a hell of a thing. I appreciate leaders, lawyers, schools, and healthcare institutions showing it these days.
April 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Backbone it turns out is a hell of a thing. I appreciate leaders, lawyers, schools, and healthcare institutions showing it these days.
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"What the U.S. is doing now is not reform. It is rejecting the very system it created." - Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong
(April 8, 2025)
(April 8, 2025)
April 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
"What the U.S. is doing now is not reform. It is rejecting the very system it created." - Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong
(April 8, 2025)
(April 8, 2025)
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We are now living in a dangerous type of country where malicious bureaucrats think they can blithely ignore judges' rulings.
They need to be held in contempt and arrested, not scolded.
They need to be held in contempt and arrested, not scolded.
March 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
We are now living in a dangerous type of country where malicious bureaucrats think they can blithely ignore judges' rulings.
They need to be held in contempt and arrested, not scolded.
They need to be held in contempt and arrested, not scolded.
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Colorado's Rep Brittany Pettersen (D) flew cross-country with her one-month-old to vote against the GOP budget tonight. Dems ended up one vote short. Pettersen was part of an unsuccessful bipartisan push to allow new mothers to vote remotely. #copolitics
February 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Colorado's Rep Brittany Pettersen (D) flew cross-country with her one-month-old to vote against the GOP budget tonight. Dems ended up one vote short. Pettersen was part of an unsuccessful bipartisan push to allow new mothers to vote remotely. #copolitics
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Illinoisans deserve a good education.
Illinoisans deserve affordable health care.
Illinoisans deserve to be able to thrive.
And we're making sure with our seventh proposed balanced budget, Illinoisans get what they need and deserve.
Illinoisans deserve affordable health care.
Illinoisans deserve to be able to thrive.
And we're making sure with our seventh proposed balanced budget, Illinoisans get what they need and deserve.
Pritzker calls $55.2B budget ‘responsible and balanced’ – but warns Trump policies could upend it
SPRINGFIELD — An improved revenue forecast is helping ease pressure on state finances as Gov. JB Pritzker calls for tightened spending to balance the budget without tax increases on everyday Illino...
www.dailyherald.com
February 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Illinoisans deserve a good education.
Illinoisans deserve affordable health care.
Illinoisans deserve to be able to thrive.
And we're making sure with our seventh proposed balanced budget, Illinoisans get what they need and deserve.
Illinoisans deserve affordable health care.
Illinoisans deserve to be able to thrive.
And we're making sure with our seventh proposed balanced budget, Illinoisans get what they need and deserve.
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The NIH overhead cut doesn't just hurt universities.
It's deadly to the US economy.
The US is a world leader in tech due to the ecosystem that NIH and NSF propel. It drives innovation for tech transfer, creates a highly-skilled sci/tech workforce, and fosters academic/industry crossfertilization.
It's deadly to the US economy.
The US is a world leader in tech due to the ecosystem that NIH and NSF propel. It drives innovation for tech transfer, creates a highly-skilled sci/tech workforce, and fosters academic/industry crossfertilization.
2. While NSF and NIH indeed have a mission to fund specific research innovations via grantmaking, they do a lot more than that.
Their principal role is support a scientific ecosystem in the United States, that includes everything from education and training to infrastructure and communication.
Their principal role is support a scientific ecosystem in the United States, that includes everything from education and training to infrastructure and communication.
February 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The NIH overhead cut doesn't just hurt universities.
It's deadly to the US economy.
The US is a world leader in tech due to the ecosystem that NIH and NSF propel. It drives innovation for tech transfer, creates a highly-skilled sci/tech workforce, and fosters academic/industry crossfertilization.
It's deadly to the US economy.
The US is a world leader in tech due to the ecosystem that NIH and NSF propel. It drives innovation for tech transfer, creates a highly-skilled sci/tech workforce, and fosters academic/industry crossfertilization.
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Last week, during our 33rd-anniversary show, we revisited some of our listeners’ favorite stories.
In today’s episode, we revisit this conversation from 2009 with the band They Might Be Giants.
Listen here 🎧: https://buff.ly/3Mut28J
In today’s episode, we revisit this conversation from 2009 with the band They Might Be Giants.
Listen here 🎧: https://buff.ly/3Mut28J
December 5, 2024 at 12:33 AM
Last week, during our 33rd-anniversary show, we revisited some of our listeners’ favorite stories.
In today’s episode, we revisit this conversation from 2009 with the band They Might Be Giants.
Listen here 🎧: https://buff.ly/3Mut28J
In today’s episode, we revisit this conversation from 2009 with the band They Might Be Giants.
Listen here 🎧: https://buff.ly/3Mut28J
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People often ask me if I reread my books after they come out.
1. No. Never. Ew, David, ew. No.
2. I have no interest in reading my writing unless I'm writing/editing it. There is so much else to read.
3. I read the thing so many goddamned times while writing and revising. So many. YET STILL I ERR
1. No. Never. Ew, David, ew. No.
2. I have no interest in reading my writing unless I'm writing/editing it. There is so much else to read.
3. I read the thing so many goddamned times while writing and revising. So many. YET STILL I ERR
November 25, 2024 at 8:59 PM
People often ask me if I reread my books after they come out.
1. No. Never. Ew, David, ew. No.
2. I have no interest in reading my writing unless I'm writing/editing it. There is so much else to read.
3. I read the thing so many goddamned times while writing and revising. So many. YET STILL I ERR
1. No. Never. Ew, David, ew. No.
2. I have no interest in reading my writing unless I'm writing/editing it. There is so much else to read.
3. I read the thing so many goddamned times while writing and revising. So many. YET STILL I ERR
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Picked up this little book of writers’ writing rituals, & I think most of em are liars — “up at dawn, 6 hours at my desk, followed by calisthenics, liquor, & reading edifying works.” But David Lynch delivers the goods.
November 24, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Picked up this little book of writers’ writing rituals, & I think most of em are liars — “up at dawn, 6 hours at my desk, followed by calisthenics, liquor, & reading edifying works.” But David Lynch delivers the goods.
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Blog 119—"The Election, Lao Tzu, a Cup of Water," November 2016
www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/119-the...
www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/119-the...
November 7, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Blog 119—"The Election, Lao Tzu, a Cup of Water," November 2016
www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/119-the...
www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/119-the...