Carey Griffin
@careygriffin.bsky.social
Nurse-midwife. Mother. Trying to balance staying sane and keeping informed. Would really rather not live in a dictatorship or oligarchy. Thinks women should have more rights than corpses. Thinks we should listen to people when they tell us who they are.
“The majority of book censorship attempts are now originating from well-funded, organised groups and movements long dedicated to curbing access to information and ideas.”
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Majority of attempts to ban books in US come from organised groups, not parents
Last year 72% of demands to censor books were initiated by pressure groups and government entities; with just 16% of ban attempts made by parents
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
“The majority of book censorship attempts are now originating from well-funded, organised groups and movements long dedicated to curbing access to information and ideas.”
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Most of the American media pretends that millions of protesters don't exist
newrepublic.com/article/1936...
newrepublic.com/article/1936...
Print Media to Mass Protests: “Please Turn to Page 18”
Here’s how newspapers across America minimized one of the largest demonstrations since Trump’s return to power.
newrepublic.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Most of the American media pretends that millions of protesters don't exist
newrepublic.com/article/1936...
newrepublic.com/article/1936...
Georgia woman arrested because she had the misfortune of miscarrying at home. Are they just mad that she didn't go to the hospital first, so she could be charged thousands of dollars for the privilege?
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/g...
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/g...
GA woman who suffered miscarriage charged after fetus found in dumpster
The investigation is ongoing.
www.wsbtv.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Georgia woman arrested because she had the misfortune of miscarrying at home. Are they just mad that she didn't go to the hospital first, so she could be charged thousands of dollars for the privilege?
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/g...
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/g...
“If the government can arrest civilians with no criminal record and put them on planes out of the country without...any actual legal process...what would stop them from deporting whomever they like?... Or from...disappearing people to black sites internally?”
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Don’t think ‘it can’t happen here’ — it’s already happening
Demonizing rhetoric from the White House, arrests without due process, deporting immigrants to a brutal prison in a foreign country. This is America today.
www.msnbc.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“If the government can arrest civilians with no criminal record and put them on planes out of the country without...any actual legal process...what would stop them from deporting whomever they like?... Or from...disappearing people to black sites internally?”
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
In the 1920s and 30s, Germany saw a huge brain drain. We're about to see the same, and we'll be dealing with the consequences for a very long time.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
www.nature.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
In the 1920s and 30s, Germany saw a huge brain drain. We're about to see the same, and we'll be dealing with the consequences for a very long time.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The Trump Administration considers any criticism to be "terrorism."
www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/d...
www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/d...
Diplomatic row erupts after French researcher expelled from US for expressing 'a personal opinion' on Trump
A diplomatic row has erupted between France and the US after a French researcher was expelled from the country for expressing "a personal opinion" on Trump.
www.lbc.co.uk
March 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The Trump Administration considers any criticism to be "terrorism."
www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/d...
www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/d...
So cool! They've identified an algae that can fix nitrogen from the air!
www.npr.org/2025/03/18/n...
www.npr.org/2025/03/18/n...
A cell pulls off one of the 'Holy Grails' of biotechnology
A new part of an ocean plant cell has been discovered that might revolutionize farming one day. The structure can take nitrogen and convert it into the ingredient that helps all organisms grow.
www.npr.org
March 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
So cool! They've identified an algae that can fix nitrogen from the air!
www.npr.org/2025/03/18/n...
www.npr.org/2025/03/18/n...
“Fifteen years after [Citizens United], we’re seeing the full culmination of living under a Citizens United world-where it’s not just elections that are for sale, but it’s that our entire government, and the apparatus of our government, is up for sale.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-road-f...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-road-f...
The Road from ‘Citizens United’ to Trump, Musk, and Corruption
A ‘naïve’ Supreme Court delivered lawless greed and cruelty. We’ll have to save ourselves, if we can.
www.thebulwark.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
“Fifteen years after [Citizens United], we’re seeing the full culmination of living under a Citizens United world-where it’s not just elections that are for sale, but it’s that our entire government, and the apparatus of our government, is up for sale.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-road-f...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-road-f...
Millions upon millions of dollars are going to people and companies who don't improve our health and have a vested interest in keeping our healthcare system for-profit.
www.medicaleconomics.com/view/health-...
www.medicaleconomics.com/view/health-...
Health care profits flow to shareholders, not patient care, study finds
Yale researchers revealed $2.6 trillion in payouts over two decades, raising concerns about affordability and reinvestment.
www.medicaleconomics.com
March 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Millions upon millions of dollars are going to people and companies who don't improve our health and have a vested interest in keeping our healthcare system for-profit.
www.medicaleconomics.com/view/health-...
www.medicaleconomics.com/view/health-...
"Before anti-D interventions were developed in the mid-1960s, one in two babies diagnosed with HDFN [hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn] died."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
James Harrison: Australian whose blood saved 2.4 million babies dies
Known as the 'man with the golden arm', James Harrison's blood contained a rare antibody that saved millions of lives.
www.bbc.com
March 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"Before anti-D interventions were developed in the mid-1960s, one in two babies diagnosed with HDFN [hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn] died."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Somebody should create a search engine that excludes AI-generated bullshit. You know, a useful search engine, like Google used to be.
March 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Somebody should create a search engine that excludes AI-generated bullshit. You know, a useful search engine, like Google used to be.
Yeah, when Social Security checks don't arrive, that will be a game changer.
www.thehandbasket.co/p/government...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/government...
The full force of this administration’s destruction is about to hit
Once social security checks stop showing up, millions of Americans will finally understand the scope.
www.thehandbasket.co
February 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Yeah, when Social Security checks don't arrive, that will be a game changer.
www.thehandbasket.co/p/government...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/government...
Heard this quote recently and can't get it out of my head:
“In the 30s, the pessimists went to New York and the optimists went to Auschwitz.”
“In the 30s, the pessimists went to New York and the optimists went to Auschwitz.”
February 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Heard this quote recently and can't get it out of my head:
“In the 30s, the pessimists went to New York and the optimists went to Auschwitz.”
“In the 30s, the pessimists went to New York and the optimists went to Auschwitz.”
My brain capacity is being stretched to the limit by feeling like I should be simultaneously preparing for:
1.A normal future that requires me to save for my kids' college and our retirement
2.The need to suddenly flee the country
3.An impending financial crash
4.The total collapse of civilization
1.A normal future that requires me to save for my kids' college and our retirement
2.The need to suddenly flee the country
3.An impending financial crash
4.The total collapse of civilization
February 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
My brain capacity is being stretched to the limit by feeling like I should be simultaneously preparing for:
1.A normal future that requires me to save for my kids' college and our retirement
2.The need to suddenly flee the country
3.An impending financial crash
4.The total collapse of civilization
1.A normal future that requires me to save for my kids' college and our retirement
2.The need to suddenly flee the country
3.An impending financial crash
4.The total collapse of civilization
The Trump Administration doesn't want the public to find out how its policies are increasing the maternal and infant mortality rates
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/cdc-s...
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/cdc-s...
CDC Shutters PRAMS Program on Maternal and Infant Health
The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is a federal data collection...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The Trump Administration doesn't want the public to find out how its policies are increasing the maternal and infant mortality rates
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/cdc-s...
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/cdc-s...
"Texas has no plans to scrutinize those deaths."
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
www.propublica.org
February 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"Texas has no plans to scrutinize those deaths."
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
They're obsessed with the declining birth rate but want to prohibit research using the word female. And somehow they think the word male is fine.
gizmodo.com/the-list-of-...
gizmodo.com/the-list-of-...
Handy list of words that will now get your paper flagged at National Science Foundation. And yes, it's anything that could hurt a Republicans' fee-fees
Handy list of words that will now get your paper flagged at National Science Foundation. And yes, it's anything that could hurt a Republicans' fee-fees
m.fark.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
They're obsessed with the declining birth rate but want to prohibit research using the word female. And somehow they think the word male is fine.
gizmodo.com/the-list-of-...
gizmodo.com/the-list-of-...
The Trump Administration wants to funnel taxpayer money directly into the hands of hedge fund millionaires and billionaires and away from those pesky poor people.
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
MSN
www.msn.com
February 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Trump Administration wants to funnel taxpayer money directly into the hands of hedge fund millionaires and billionaires and away from those pesky poor people.
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
Maybe the bird was just trying to get us out of this terrible timeline we somehow got stuck in
time.com/archive/6933...
time.com/archive/6933...
Did a Time-Traveling Bird Sabotage the Collider?
Sometime on Nov. 3, the supercooled magnets in sector 81 of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), outside Geneva, began to dangerously overheat. Scientists rushed to...
time.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Maybe the bird was just trying to get us out of this terrible timeline we somehow got stuck in
time.com/archive/6933...
time.com/archive/6933...
Wonder what all the MAGA voters are going to think when they realize that Medicaid is what pays for Grandma's nursing home
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Medicaid payment portals down after Trump’s federal funding freeze
Lawmakers and state officials say portals inaccessible for one of largest health insurance programs in US
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Wonder what all the MAGA voters are going to think when they realize that Medicaid is what pays for Grandma's nursing home
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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