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BeatriceKind
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Pro-Science Progressive. 💙 After three decades in a science info career, I'm feeding my mind with truth and my soul with acts of service. "Aimer, c'est agir." ("To love is to act." Victor-Marie Hugo, 1885)
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On #WorldAIDSDay, we remember the 1980s pandemic & honor the memory of promising lives cut short by an insidious, opportunistic #virus. We also honor the sacrifices made by international teams of scientists whose tireless work led to today's progress, successfully applied beyond HIV. #ScienceSaves
Photo from The New York Historical (nyhistory.org) of the AIDS Memorial Quilt displayed on the Mall at the U.S. capital (Washington, DC). In the photo, the Quilt sections are spread out on the ground with people viewing the display. In the background is seen the U.S. Capitol building.
December 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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#ReclaimDemocracy #Learn #Organize #Vote #Resist
A black & white poster containing a quote attributed to Plato. The text reads: "The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. Plato. [Ancient Greek philosopher. He was the world's most influential philosopher. 428 BC-(missing) BC]."
December 1, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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This month, learn about the prevalence and impacts of domestic violence. Victims and survivors need our support to amplify their voices during #DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth
and beyond. Learn more at the Domestic Violence Awareness Project. #DVAM2025 www.dvawareness.org/WithSurvivors
A photograph of three women against a plain backdrop. They are standing shoulder to shoulder, shown from the waist up. The three women are of differing ages and races, and are dressed casually. Text superimposed on the photo reads, "Safety, Support, Solidarity; With Survivors, Always; Domestic Violence Awareness Project; National Resource Center on Domestic Violence."
October 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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October 11 is #LetFreedomReadDay. Help defend against censorship. Check out a banned book at your local library. Buy a banned book to donate it to your library. Contact your representative to implore them to reject all book banning. #BannedBooksWeek bannedbooksweek.org/let-freedom-...
A colorful graphic from bannedbooksweek.org originated by the American Library Association. The cartoon-like graphic depicts a pile of opened books with the words, "Let Freedom Read Day," superimposed on the image.
October 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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This month, while honoring the 4 million U.S. breast cancer survivors, we face the realities that, in 2025, an estimated 379,000 new breast cancer cases are expected (>80% invasive). Visit nationalbreastcancer.org for helpful information. #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth
An illustration from the website of the National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. Shown are full-body silhouettes of 8 cartoon-like women standing shoulder to shoulder. One of the silhouettes is darkly colored. Below the silhouettes appears the text, "1 in 8 women in the United States will develop breast cancer in her lifetime."
October 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Consider hosting a "Right to Read" night with event-planning resources from the National Coalition Against Censorship. #NCAC provides a step-by-step guide to hosting a one-night book club during #BannedBooksWeek. #UniteAgainstBookBans bannedbooksweek.org/host-a-right...
A website banner from bannedbooksweek.org promoting "Right to Read Nights". Illustrations on the banner include two stacks of three books each and an open book with many pages. Also included is an image of the front cover of "Chains," a book by Laurie Halse Anderson. Text on the banner includes: Looking to Get Involved This Banned Books Week?, Free Toolkit, October 5-11, National Coalition Against Censorship, Learn More at rightoreadnight.com .
October 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Help fight censorship by participating in this year's #BannedBooksWeek (5-11 Oct). The 2025 theme is "Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.” At the American Library Association's site, check out the list of 2024's most challenged books. #GeorgeOrwell #1984 www.ala.org/bbooks/banned
A red, white, and blue banner from the website of the American Library Association, which promotes 2025's Banned Books Week. Text on the banner reads, "Banned Books Week; Oct. 5-11, 2025; Censorship is so 1984, Read for Your Rights; ala.org/bbooks ."
October 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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With luck, turning into someone like Anna Mary Robertson Moses (1860-1961). I have a bit of time before needing to ramp up my productivity. "Grandma" Moses started really cranking out the work around age 78.
Black & white photograph of American folk artist Anna Mary Robertson Moses, better known as Grandma Moses. In the photo, Grandma Moses, wearing a floral print apron, is seated on a chair in a room, in front of a curtained window. She holds a paintbrush in her right hand and a canvas on her lap. (Source: biography.com)
August 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? - Frederick Douglass, 5 July 1852 - "The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. ...This Fourth July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn."
An artistic rendering of the Statue of Liberty. She is seated, in tears, holding her head in her hands in despair. Completely surrounding her seated figure is a metal cage. In the background is New York Harbor with boats and Lower Manhattan in the distance.
July 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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#ProtectTheMarginalized #ReclaimDemocracy
A dark-colored poster with an image of the moon shining through tree branches. On the poster appears the sentence, "The greatest cruelty is our casual blindness to the despair of others."
July 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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In July, we celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the historic civil rights law that was signed on 26 July 1990. The ADA works to ensure all people with disabilities have the same rights and opportunities as everyone else. #ADA35 #ThanksToTheADA adaanniversary.org
A color logo for the celebration of the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Text on the logo reads, "ADA 35, Celebrate, 26 July 2025, Americans with Disabilities Act, Anniversary Toolkit." (Source: adaanniversary.org)
July 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Recently, I drove by four armed men (police? sheriff? ICE? DHS? bounty hunters?), wearing badges & bulletproof vests, stealthily approaching a house through its tall hedge. As responsible citizens, how are we to differentiate legitimate policing from politically driven kidnapping? #ReclaimDemocracy
A color photograph of the waist of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, showing their firearm and badge. The agent's clothes are jeans and a sweatshirt. (Photographer: Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg)
June 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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The celebration of #Juneteenth serves to remind us how vital it is to teach U.S. history as it was - undistorted, undiluted, and unedited. #FreedomDay
A photo taken on 29 May 2017 of the Texas African American History Memorial by sculptor Ed Dwight, which stands on the grounds of the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas. The monument, erected in 2016, is made of bronze and granite. At the top of the monument appears the word, "Emancipation." The monument depicts more than 50 persons of color, most from the knees up, who are dressed in garb of the 1860s and are looking out towards the distance. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
June 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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#NoKings #ObamaAppreciationDay
A color photograph of U.S. President Barack Obama upon receipt of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. The photograph depicts the President holding the medal and award certificate. Faded in the background is an illuminated chandelier.
June 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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#ObamaAppreciationDay #NoKings #ReclaimDemocracy #FightAuthoritarianism
A cover image of TIME magazine showing a profile photograph, from the shoulders up, of U.S. President Barack Obama. Above the image appear the words, "Double Issue, December 31, 2012/January 7, 2013", "Person of the Year", and "TIME". Below the image appear the words, "President Barack Obama".
June 14, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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#NoKingsDay #June14th #NonviolentAction #StandAgainstCorruption #FightAuthoritarianism #ReclaimDemocracy
A color poster for the "No Kings Day" nonviolent protest on 14 June 2025. The main image on the page is a cartoon-like drawing of Statue of Liberty with her right hand raised in a fist, rather than carrying the torch. Above the image appear the words, "If there's money for a parade, there's money for Medicaid." Below the image appear the words, "No Kings Day, June 14, 12:00 PM, Nationwide."
June 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Founded in 1990, the nonprofit #GLSEN believes that every student has the right to a safe, supportive, and LGBTQ-inclusive K-12 education. GLSEN is a national network of educators, students, and local GLSEN Chapters working to make this right a reality #PrideMonth www.glsen.org/glsen-with-p...
A static artistic rendering of a group of ten youths. At the top of each side of the drawing, a young person appears to speak through a bullhorn. Above the youths appears the phrase, "Rise Up For LGBTQ+ Youth." (Source: GLSEN.org)
June 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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During #PrideMonth, explore the You Can Play Project, which works to ensure safety & inclusion for all who participate in sports, including LGBTQ+ athletes, coaches & fans. #YouCanPlay achieves this by creating a community of allies able to foster a true sense of belonging www.youcanplay.org
A color photograph of a large group of people crowding the middle of a city street. Most are wearing shorts, t-shirts, and running shoes. Some are holding up small flags that read, "You Can Play." Behind the people, one sees the buildings on each side of the city street receding into the distance. (Source: YouCanPlay.org)
June 4, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Those scheming to return us to the 1950s ignore the impact of inhuman laws of those times. Such laws in the UK led to the loss of the brilliant, once-in-a-generation mind of Dr. Alan Turing. What advances could have been gained by humanity if Turing's life had not been made unendurable? #PrideMonth
A photograph of old scientific workbooks and papers scattered on a tabletop. They are from an archive of Dr. Alan Turing's unpublished Second World War papers. (Source: Fine Books & Collections Magazine)
June 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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For #WomensHealthMonth, learn about the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, a non-profit dedicated to raising awareness, promoting education, and supporting ovarian cancer survivors & caregivers. For more than 31 years, #NOCC has been at the forefront of ovarian cancer advocacy ovarian.org
A color photograph of five women standing shoulder to shoulder with arms around each other. Three are wearing T-shirts featuring slogans of the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition. They are standing in front of a backdrop featuring the NOCC logo, along with an arch of balloons. (Source: National Ovarian Cancer Coalition)
May 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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The Long Leg, 1935 by Edward Hopper #BlueSkyArt
A painting by Edward Hopper from 1935. A sailboat with both mainsail and jib up seems to glide over a calm sea. In the background are a beach and lighthouse against a pale sky. The locale is Long Point Light at Provincetown, not far from the artist's summer home in South Truro. (Source: edwardhopper.net)
May 30, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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This May, consider donating to the Arthritis Foundation to support their advocacy efforts. Advocates are the Arthritis Foundation’s chief resource for making positive changes to government policies & funding and improving access to care #ArthritisAwarenessMonth #WomensHealthMonth www.arthritis.org
A color photograph of four women who serve as the Advocacy Leadership Team for the Arthritis Foundation. The four stand shoulder to shoulder, are smiling, and look directly toward the viewer. (Source: Arthritis Foundation)
May 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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For #WomensHealthMonth, learn about Mayo Clinic Women's Health Research Center, whose endeavors are based on the understanding that the female body isn't a smaller version of the male form. Disease risk, diagnosis & treatment response are often different for women & men www.mayo.edu/research/cen...
A color photograph of eight women standing shoulder to shoulder against a plain background. One woman appears to be pregnant. Some are older, and some are younger. Different races are represented. One women appears to use a cane for assistance. One women holds an infant in her arms. (Source: Mayo Clinic Women's Health Research Center)
May 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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During #WomensHealthMonth, learn about the nonprofit Foundation for Women's Cancer. #FWC is the official foundation of the Society of Gynecologic Oncology, the premier medical specialty society for health care professionals trained in management of gynecologic cancers foundationforwomenscancer.org
A color photograph of two women participating in the annual National Race to End Women's Cancer. They are standing side by side with arms around each other. One is wearing a baseball-style cap. (Source: Foundation for Women's Cancer)
May 20, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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For #WomensHealthMonth, learn about the Women's Health Clinical Research Center at UPenn. Founded in 2006, #WHCRC is dedicated to improving the health of women through innovative #ClinicalResearch studies, education, and cooperation across different specialties & departments www.whcrc.upenn.edu
A color photograph of a clinician, shown in scrubs with a stethoscope around her neck. The faded background shows another clinician at a patient's bedside in a typical hospital room. (Source: Women's Health Clinical Research Center at UPenn)
May 19, 2025 at 9:26 AM