Caroline
@ccassard.bsky.social
Public health 😷 Rescue dogs 🐾 Books 📕 Crochet 🧶 Atlanta, Georgia 🍑🏳️🌈
“The cuts today at #CDC will lead to worse health outcomes, greater risks to the US public, and will contribute to the decline in US life expectancy”
“We’re going to have patients die. Unnecessary, preventable death.”
www.wired.com/story/cdc-gu...
“We’re going to have patients die. Unnecessary, preventable death.”
www.wired.com/story/cdc-gu...
The CDC Has Been Gutted
Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
www.wired.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“The cuts today at #CDC will lead to worse health outcomes, greater risks to the US public, and will contribute to the decline in US life expectancy”
“We’re going to have patients die. Unnecessary, preventable death.”
www.wired.com/story/cdc-gu...
“We’re going to have patients die. Unnecessary, preventable death.”
www.wired.com/story/cdc-gu...
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Florida's 1st Congressional District: Polls are open NOW until 7 PM!
It's time to vote for a leader who will fight for all of us in Northwest Florida, including our families, seniors, and vets.
Need voting info? Go to gayforcongress.com/checkmystatus
It's time to vote for a leader who will fight for all of us in Northwest Florida, including our families, seniors, and vets.
Need voting info? Go to gayforcongress.com/checkmystatus
April 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Florida's 1st Congressional District: Polls are open NOW until 7 PM!
It's time to vote for a leader who will fight for all of us in Northwest Florida, including our families, seniors, and vets.
Need voting info? Go to gayforcongress.com/checkmystatus
It's time to vote for a leader who will fight for all of us in Northwest Florida, including our families, seniors, and vets.
Need voting info? Go to gayforcongress.com/checkmystatus
Last night: Finished this heartbreaking novel by @carolrifkabrunt.bsky.social about a young girl who loses her uncle to AIDS.
This morning: Cuts to CDC remove all HIV programming- prevention and treatment- and fire public health experts whose experience we need to prevent disease and save lives.
This morning: Cuts to CDC remove all HIV programming- prevention and treatment- and fire public health experts whose experience we need to prevent disease and save lives.
April 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Last night: Finished this heartbreaking novel by @carolrifkabrunt.bsky.social about a young girl who loses her uncle to AIDS.
This morning: Cuts to CDC remove all HIV programming- prevention and treatment- and fire public health experts whose experience we need to prevent disease and save lives.
This morning: Cuts to CDC remove all HIV programming- prevention and treatment- and fire public health experts whose experience we need to prevent disease and save lives.
Loved this memoir by @oliverradclyffe.bsky.social, about discovering his queer identity and transitioning while raising four (!) kids. From Roxane Gay Books @groveatlantic.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Loved this memoir by @oliverradclyffe.bsky.social, about discovering his queer identity and transitioning while raising four (!) kids. From Roxane Gay Books @groveatlantic.bsky.social
The Truly Devious series by @maureenjohnsonbooks.com was soo fun and the third and final book did not disappoint. If you need less doomed news and more young-adult mystery, here you go:
March 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Truly Devious series by @maureenjohnsonbooks.com was soo fun and the third and final book did not disappoint. If you need less doomed news and more young-adult mystery, here you go:
Ducky is adoptable in Atlanta! We are fostering him for Dekalb County Animas Servies (DCAS) and he is a sweetie baby boy. #adoptdontshop #adopt
March 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Ducky is adoptable in Atlanta! We are fostering him for Dekalb County Animas Servies (DCAS) and he is a sweetie baby boy. #adoptdontshop #adopt
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Looking to get more involved and make a difference in Georgia? Look no further!
We have weekly volunteer nights every Wednesday evening from 6-9PM in Atlanta.
Food will be provided, but space is limited. Please RSVP to noel@georgiaequality.org to join!
We have weekly volunteer nights every Wednesday evening from 6-9PM in Atlanta.
Food will be provided, but space is limited. Please RSVP to noel@georgiaequality.org to join!
March 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Looking to get more involved and make a difference in Georgia? Look no further!
We have weekly volunteer nights every Wednesday evening from 6-9PM in Atlanta.
Food will be provided, but space is limited. Please RSVP to noel@georgiaequality.org to join!
We have weekly volunteer nights every Wednesday evening from 6-9PM in Atlanta.
Food will be provided, but space is limited. Please RSVP to noel@georgiaequality.org to join!
“When the government withdraws from the private-public partnerships that have produced recent vaccine innovations, it also diminishes its ability to negotiate prices. High consumer cost would deepen health care inequities and decrease compliance.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/o...
Opinion | Covid’s Deadliest Effect Took Five Years to Appear
What once belonged to all of us now belongs to corporations.
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
“When the government withdraws from the private-public partnerships that have produced recent vaccine innovations, it also diminishes its ability to negotiate prices. High consumer cost would deepen health care inequities and decrease compliance.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/o...
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There’s a website called Pepfar Impact Counter where you can track the # of adults & infants who’ve most probably died because Trump & Musk/DOGE suspended funding.
George W. Bush founded PEPFAR. While his Iraq war cost up to 1 million lives, PEPFAR has saved over 25 million. 🧵
George W. Bush founded PEPFAR. While his Iraq war cost up to 1 million lives, PEPFAR has saved over 25 million. 🧵
February 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
There’s a website called Pepfar Impact Counter where you can track the # of adults & infants who’ve most probably died because Trump & Musk/DOGE suspended funding.
George W. Bush founded PEPFAR. While his Iraq war cost up to 1 million lives, PEPFAR has saved over 25 million. 🧵
George W. Bush founded PEPFAR. While his Iraq war cost up to 1 million lives, PEPFAR has saved over 25 million. 🧵
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U.S. ECONOMIC BLACKOUT – FEB 28
No Amazon. No Walmart. No Target. No Walgreens. No Starbucks. For one day, we show our power.
Shop locally. Avoid corporate giants. Minimize spending. The people hold the power.
Organized by People’s Union USA, supported by 50501. Spread the word!
#EconomicBlackout
No Amazon. No Walmart. No Target. No Walgreens. No Starbucks. For one day, we show our power.
Shop locally. Avoid corporate giants. Minimize spending. The people hold the power.
Organized by People’s Union USA, supported by 50501. Spread the word!
#EconomicBlackout
February 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
U.S. ECONOMIC BLACKOUT – FEB 28
No Amazon. No Walmart. No Target. No Walgreens. No Starbucks. For one day, we show our power.
Shop locally. Avoid corporate giants. Minimize spending. The people hold the power.
Organized by People’s Union USA, supported by 50501. Spread the word!
#EconomicBlackout
No Amazon. No Walmart. No Target. No Walgreens. No Starbucks. For one day, we show our power.
Shop locally. Avoid corporate giants. Minimize spending. The people hold the power.
Organized by People’s Union USA, supported by 50501. Spread the word!
#EconomicBlackout
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March 1 | Noon | Piedmont Park (10th & Argonne)
🚨 Protest care tips!
✅ Use crosswalks & don’t leave valuables in your car.
🚻 Closest restroom = Ansley Mall.
☀️ Sunscreen is a must!
💧 Bring a reusable bottle. We’ll have water & snacks!
It’s a PEACEFUL event. Let’s show up strong! ✊🔥 #buildthemovement
🚨 Protest care tips!
✅ Use crosswalks & don’t leave valuables in your car.
🚻 Closest restroom = Ansley Mall.
☀️ Sunscreen is a must!
💧 Bring a reusable bottle. We’ll have water & snacks!
It’s a PEACEFUL event. Let’s show up strong! ✊🔥 #buildthemovement
February 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
March 1 | Noon | Piedmont Park (10th & Argonne)
🚨 Protest care tips!
✅ Use crosswalks & don’t leave valuables in your car.
🚻 Closest restroom = Ansley Mall.
☀️ Sunscreen is a must!
💧 Bring a reusable bottle. We’ll have water & snacks!
It’s a PEACEFUL event. Let’s show up strong! ✊🔥 #buildthemovement
🚨 Protest care tips!
✅ Use crosswalks & don’t leave valuables in your car.
🚻 Closest restroom = Ansley Mall.
☀️ Sunscreen is a must!
💧 Bring a reusable bottle. We’ll have water & snacks!
It’s a PEACEFUL event. Let’s show up strong! ✊🔥 #buildthemovement
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Georgia, it’s time to be heard! ✊ Join us on March 1st for our first local event to demand accountability from elected officials. Speeches, sidewalk decor, volunteer sign-ups & a chill-out zone. Let’s unite for change! 💥
#50501 #fiftyfiftyone #buildthemovement #georgia #atlanta
#50501 #fiftyfiftyone #buildthemovement #georgia #atlanta
February 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Georgia, it’s time to be heard! ✊ Join us on March 1st for our first local event to demand accountability from elected officials. Speeches, sidewalk decor, volunteer sign-ups & a chill-out zone. Let’s unite for change! 💥
#50501 #fiftyfiftyone #buildthemovement #georgia #atlanta
#50501 #fiftyfiftyone #buildthemovement #georgia #atlanta
Ducky is adoptable! Sweet 1 year old boy puppy, house trained and affectionate. Meet him through LifeLine Animal Shelter.
#adoptdontshop
adopt.adopets.com/pet/2005a2a7...
#adoptdontshop
adopt.adopets.com/pet/2005a2a7...
February 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Ducky is adoptable! Sweet 1 year old boy puppy, house trained and affectionate. Meet him through LifeLine Animal Shelter.
#adoptdontshop
adopt.adopets.com/pet/2005a2a7...
#adoptdontshop
adopt.adopets.com/pet/2005a2a7...
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NPCA's Kristen Brengel to @usatoday.com: "We're losing dedicated professionals who've been doing a fabulous job, and that loss of expertise will hurt the Park Service over time...This termination just adds more pain to the understaffing."
How National Park Service layoffs could stretch some parks to their limits
Roughly 1,000 NPS workers were laid off as part of the Trump Administration's push to trim the federal workforce. Here’s what that means for visitors.
www.usatoday.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
NPCA's Kristen Brengel to @usatoday.com: "We're losing dedicated professionals who've been doing a fabulous job, and that loss of expertise will hurt the Park Service over time...This termination just adds more pain to the understaffing."
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Wrote about the morally vacuous, strategically unsound (and also wrong!) anti-“woke”diagnosis everyone’s still sticking with, even in the midst of civil rights apocalypse.
Wokeness Is Not to Blame for Trump
How a misdiagnosis of the 2024 election has calcified into self-defeating conventional wisdom.
nymag.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Wrote about the morally vacuous, strategically unsound (and also wrong!) anti-“woke”diagnosis everyone’s still sticking with, even in the midst of civil rights apocalypse.
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taking black kids away from their parents and putting them on farms seems really familiar to me! what could it be?
Even the most disturbing RFK Jr. headline always manages to have a detail inside creepier than you could have imagined. I’m sorry, did you just say Black kids should have a chance to get “re-parented”???? Gift link wapo.st/4hW2xGI
February 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
taking black kids away from their parents and putting them on farms seems really familiar to me! what could it be?
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The people of Florida’s 1st Congressional District deserve someone who will fight for universal, affordable, and quality healthcare for all.
I’m running in the April 1st special elections to represent the people of FL-1 because I understand our community’s needs.
gayforcongress.com
I’m running in the April 1st special elections to represent the people of FL-1 because I understand our community’s needs.
gayforcongress.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The people of Florida’s 1st Congressional District deserve someone who will fight for universal, affordable, and quality healthcare for all.
I’m running in the April 1st special elections to represent the people of FL-1 because I understand our community’s needs.
gayforcongress.com
I’m running in the April 1st special elections to represent the people of FL-1 because I understand our community’s needs.
gayforcongress.com
The firings threaten to leave the country exposed to further shortages of health workers, putting Americans at risk if another crisis erupts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
Trump Cuts Target Next Generation of Scientists and Public Health Leaders
A core group of so-called disease detectives, who track outbreaks, was apparently spared. But other young researchers are out of jobs.
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The firings threaten to leave the country exposed to further shortages of health workers, putting Americans at risk if another crisis erupts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
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so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky
February 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky
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In addition to everything else that needs to be dealt with, are the Democrats going to do anything about the planes crashing or are we just gonna ride this additional crisis to the end of the line?
February 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
In addition to everything else that needs to be dealt with, are the Democrats going to do anything about the planes crashing or are we just gonna ride this additional crisis to the end of the line?
Another day, another found stray who we are temporarily fostering. Meet Duckie! He will be available for adoption at the end of the week from LifeLine Animal Project, DeKalb County, GA. #adoptdontshop
February 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Another day, another found stray who we are temporarily fostering. Meet Duckie! He will be available for adoption at the end of the week from LifeLine Animal Project, DeKalb County, GA. #adoptdontshop
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Banned Books List 2025 - PEN America
What books are banned in 2025? These are the 11 most banned books of the 2023-2024 school year. The banned books list for 2025 includes "Nineteen Minutes," by Jodi Picoult.
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February 17, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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