Beth P.
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If your vote threatens someone's right to exist, then yeah I judge you based on your vote.
April 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
If your vote threatens someone's right to exist, then yeah I judge you based on your vote.
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My dad died 1.5 years ago but we lost him bit by bit over years to dementia. Alzheimers/dementia are horrible illnesses and losing your loved one in tiny pieces while caring for them is incredibly hard.
I wasn't expecting a miracle cure soon, but we shouldn't just give up.
I wasn't expecting a miracle cure soon, but we shouldn't just give up.
Gen Z and Millennials: In ten years when we’re still without a cure and you’re caring for your parents, remember what he did.
April 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
My dad died 1.5 years ago but we lost him bit by bit over years to dementia. Alzheimers/dementia are horrible illnesses and losing your loved one in tiny pieces while caring for them is incredibly hard.
I wasn't expecting a miracle cure soon, but we shouldn't just give up.
I wasn't expecting a miracle cure soon, but we shouldn't just give up.
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From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
March 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
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An open letter from eighteen constitutional scholars on the need to defend the First Amendment from the federal government’s recent threats to universities buff.ly/NXQk5ML
A Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on Columbia | Eugene Volokh, Michael C. Dorf, David Cole
We write as constitutional scholars—some liberal and some conservative—who seek to defend academic freedom and the First Amendment in the wake of the
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March 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
An open letter from eighteen constitutional scholars on the need to defend the First Amendment from the federal government’s recent threats to universities buff.ly/NXQk5ML
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#Microplastics can cut plants' ability to photosynthesize by about one tenth.
Negative impacts of decreased #photosynthesis can include lower crop yield and seafood production, and it can hamper efforts to fight climate change. #plastic #plastics 🧪
Negative impacts of decreased #photosynthesis can include lower crop yield and seafood production, and it can hamper efforts to fight climate change. #plastic #plastics 🧪
A good part of my job is to read extremely concerning studies in order to compose cross-sectional view of What's At Stake and work out ways to engage stakeholders
This is, without hyperbole, the most concerning thing I have read in a long time www.scientificamerican.com/article/micr...
This is, without hyperbole, the most concerning thing I have read in a long time www.scientificamerican.com/article/micr...
Microplastics Are Messing with Photosynthesis in Plants
Microplastics can cut a plant’s ability to photosynthesize by up to 12 percent, new research shows
www.scientificamerican.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
#Microplastics can cut plants' ability to photosynthesize by about one tenth.
Negative impacts of decreased #photosynthesis can include lower crop yield and seafood production, and it can hamper efforts to fight climate change. #plastic #plastics 🧪
Negative impacts of decreased #photosynthesis can include lower crop yield and seafood production, and it can hamper efforts to fight climate change. #plastic #plastics 🧪
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NEW: Within the EPA is a small program called IRIS, which measures the threat of toxic chemicals.
Two new bills pose the gravest threat to the program’s existence since it was created four decades ago.
Two new bills pose the gravest threat to the program’s existence since it was created four decades ago.
Industry-Backed Legislation Would Bar the Use of Science Behind Hundreds of Environmental Protections
Two bills in Congress would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using hundreds of chemical assessments completed by its IRIS program in environmental regulations or enforcement.
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March 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Within the EPA is a small program called IRIS, which measures the threat of toxic chemicals.
Two new bills pose the gravest threat to the program’s existence since it was created four decades ago.
Two new bills pose the gravest threat to the program’s existence since it was created four decades ago.
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DOGE came for the research and statistics arm of the U.S. Department of Education today, declared "fraud" and "waste" and abruptly terminated about $900M in contracts. A lot of what we know about America's schools comes from the data this agency collects. New reporting with @jodiscohen.bsky.social
Elon Musk’s Team Decimates Education Department Arm That Tracks National School Performance
The Trump administration canceled $900 million in contracts overseen by the Institute of Education Sciences, which partners with scientists and education companies to compile and make public data abou...
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February 11, 2025 at 5:38 AM
DOGE came for the research and statistics arm of the U.S. Department of Education today, declared "fraud" and "waste" and abruptly terminated about $900M in contracts. A lot of what we know about America's schools comes from the data this agency collects. New reporting with @jodiscohen.bsky.social
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The erasure of the Jan. 6 records comes while the administration is also seeking to whitewash the teaching of U.S. history, threatening to withhold funds from schools that teach about America’s troubled history of racial and gender discrimination.
By @alecmac.bsky.social
By @alecmac.bsky.social
Memory-Holing Jan. 6: What Happens When You Try to Make History Vanish?
The Trump administration’s decision to delete a DOJ database of cases against Capitol riot defendants places those who seek to preserve the historical record in direct opposition to their own…
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February 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The erasure of the Jan. 6 records comes while the administration is also seeking to whitewash the teaching of U.S. history, threatening to withhold funds from schools that teach about America’s troubled history of racial and gender discrimination.
By @alecmac.bsky.social
By @alecmac.bsky.social
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If you haven’t read them in a while, here is a partial list of books banned in some school districts/states:
Fahrenheit 451
Animal Farm
Brave New World
1984
Of Mice and Men
To Kill a Mockingbird
Captain Underpants
Anne Frank
Ender’s Game
I know why the caged bird sings
Source: ALA, Chicago
Fahrenheit 451
Animal Farm
Brave New World
1984
Of Mice and Men
To Kill a Mockingbird
Captain Underpants
Anne Frank
Ender’s Game
I know why the caged bird sings
Source: ALA, Chicago
February 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
If you haven’t read them in a while, here is a partial list of books banned in some school districts/states:
Fahrenheit 451
Animal Farm
Brave New World
1984
Of Mice and Men
To Kill a Mockingbird
Captain Underpants
Anne Frank
Ender’s Game
I know why the caged bird sings
Source: ALA, Chicago
Fahrenheit 451
Animal Farm
Brave New World
1984
Of Mice and Men
To Kill a Mockingbird
Captain Underpants
Anne Frank
Ender’s Game
I know why the caged bird sings
Source: ALA, Chicago
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🚨 As with any big, developing story, practice patience & seek out credible sources as details are reported about the horrific plane & helicopter crash in Washington, D.C.
Our breaking news checklist ⤵️
Download the infographic: bit.ly/BreakingNews...
#NewsLiteracy
Our breaking news checklist ⤵️
Download the infographic: bit.ly/BreakingNews...
#NewsLiteracy
January 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🚨 As with any big, developing story, practice patience & seek out credible sources as details are reported about the horrific plane & helicopter crash in Washington, D.C.
Our breaking news checklist ⤵️
Download the infographic: bit.ly/BreakingNews...
#NewsLiteracy
Our breaking news checklist ⤵️
Download the infographic: bit.ly/BreakingNews...
#NewsLiteracy