greatlakesmi.bsky.social
@greatlakesmi.bsky.social
Mom to three, nana to four and occasional caretaker of three grand dogs. 💙
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I'm voting NO on the Republican shutdown bill.

NO on handing Donald Trump and Elon Musk a blank check to spend your taxpayer money however they want.

NO on cutting funding that helps families put food on the table and crack down on wealthy tax cheats.

We need to push back.
March 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Can a proponent of this DNR initiative explain the upside?

McWhirter here on deforesting for renewable ⚡️: “Evidence from both Harvard University and Chinese researchers shows the loss of carbon-dioxide gobbling forests for solar installations results in a net increase in greenhouse gas emissions”
Michigan plans to clear 400+ acres of state forest near Gaylord for solar farm
Officials with the DNR recently assessed 1,200 acres of public trust land in Otsego County near a major power transmission line to decide whether it was suitable for solar arrays.
www.mlive.com
January 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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The wild part is if schools here even tried to teach this the anti-public schools crowd would descend on school boards and accuse them of indoctrination. 🫤

Not great!
While we’re banning books…

Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.

Be. Like. Finland.
January 4, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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If you don’t have a library card go get one. Even if you don’t plan on using it right away, go get one. Keep our libraries alive.
December 31, 2024 at 5:00 AM
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Leading experts including Dr. Wen, Dr. Deborah Birx, & Fmr. CDC Director Robert Redfield have all spoken this week about the threat of bird flu.

Elected officials should call on President Biden to authorize the bird flu vaccine now & ramp up testing before Trump takes office.
Dr. Leana Wen just stated President Biden should authorize H5N1 vaccines & ramp up testing nationwide, especially for farmworkers.

Have we learned nothing from COVID? Waiting around & hoping for the best is unacceptable.

The threat is at our doorstep.

www.cbsnews.com/video/dr-lea...
Dr. Leana Wen says for bird flu, "we should have learned our lesson from COVID" in testing
Dr. Leana Wen, the former Baltimore health commissioner, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," that amid the concerns over the bird flu, the Biden administration should be making rapid tests ...
www.cbsnews.com
December 29, 2024 at 6:13 PM