Jenna Bacolor
@jbaca2.bsky.social
Bookworm. Birder. Background in #publichealth and #socialwork. Doing my best to resist tyranny. 🏳️🌈 #Nature #GoBlue #Michigan #Birds
Reposted by Jenna Bacolor
Isn’t controlling the media one of the key parts of the authoritarian playbook? We are seeing democracy being dismantled before our eyes.
Trump Administration to Remove 4 Major News Outlets From Pentagon Office Space
The New York Times, NBC News, NPR and Politico will be replaced by outlets including the right-wing site Breitbart News as part of a “new annual media rotation,” a spokesman said.
buff.ly
February 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Isn’t controlling the media one of the key parts of the authoritarian playbook? We are seeing democracy being dismantled before our eyes.
This is mind-bogglingly unconscionable. (And, I hope Stephanie Nolen at @nytimes.com will come over to @Bsky.app)
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid (Gift Article)
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This is mind-bogglingly unconscionable. (And, I hope Stephanie Nolen at @nytimes.com will come over to @Bsky.app)
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
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CDC staff have been forced to remove dozens of chronic health applications and to change open data sets that contain gender.
These are YOUR data and YOUR tools.
Be angry. Be LOUD.
These are YOUR data and YOUR tools.
Be angry. Be LOUD.
January 31, 2025 at 6:25 PM
CDC staff have been forced to remove dozens of chronic health applications and to change open data sets that contain gender.
These are YOUR data and YOUR tools.
Be angry. Be LOUD.
These are YOUR data and YOUR tools.
Be angry. Be LOUD.
Would love to see the #Michigan Dept of Health & Human services join @bsky.app along with these other state/nat’l #publichealth agencies.
January 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Would love to see the #Michigan Dept of Health & Human services join @bsky.app along with these other state/nat’l #publichealth agencies.
Is it time for your #AfternoonAmardillo? (Yes, I made that up.) Found this one nosing around at Canaveral Nat’l Seashore. #nature #naturebreak #armadillo
January 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Is it time for your #AfternoonAmardillo? (Yes, I made that up.) Found this one nosing around at Canaveral Nat’l Seashore. #nature #naturebreak #armadillo
Fellow bookworms, drop everything and read this book. Superb storytelling and beautifully developed characters. I had to slow down to savor the last few chapters. Brava
@nnedi.bsky.social #AfricanFuturism #SciFi
@nnedi.bsky.social #AfricanFuturism #SciFi
January 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Fellow bookworms, drop everything and read this book. Superb storytelling and beautifully developed characters. I had to slow down to savor the last few chapters. Brava
@nnedi.bsky.social #AfricanFuturism #SciFi
@nnedi.bsky.social #AfricanFuturism #SciFi
Do vultures like nudes? We didn’t stay to find out. #BlackVulture #Birds
#CapeCanaveralNationalLakeshore
With @richbacolor.bsky.social
#CapeCanaveralNationalLakeshore
With @richbacolor.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Do vultures like nudes? We didn’t stay to find out. #BlackVulture #Birds
#CapeCanaveralNationalLakeshore
With @richbacolor.bsky.social
#CapeCanaveralNationalLakeshore
With @richbacolor.bsky.social
Wonderful presentation by @rosemarymosco.com convinced me to appreciate house sparrows, pigeons, and gulls much more than I normally do. She was also very nice while I was an awkward fangirl! 😬 #science #birds #birding
At Space Coast Birding Festival with @richbacolor.bsky.social
At Space Coast Birding Festival with @richbacolor.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Wonderful presentation by @rosemarymosco.com convinced me to appreciate house sparrows, pigeons, and gulls much more than I normally do. She was also very nice while I was an awkward fangirl! 😬 #science #birds #birding
At Space Coast Birding Festival with @richbacolor.bsky.social
At Space Coast Birding Festival with @richbacolor.bsky.social
May she be one of millions who stand up over the next 4 years. 🏳️🌈
This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
January 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
May she be one of millions who stand up over the next 4 years. 🏳️🌈
I offer you a palm tree covered in moss and lil shoelace ferns. Merritt Island, FL. #naturebreak #nature
January 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I offer you a palm tree covered in moss and lil shoelace ferns. Merritt Island, FL. #naturebreak #nature
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Here is the pardon order. Disgusting slap in the faces of the police officers who defended the Capitol.
GRANTING PARDONS AND COMMUTATION OF SENTENCES FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES RELATING TO THE EVENTS AT OR NEAR THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6, 2021 – The White House
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION This proclamation ends a grave national injustice that has been perpetrated upon the
buff.ly
January 21, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Here is the pardon order. Disgusting slap in the faces of the police officers who defended the Capitol.
We went hiking instead of watching the shit show today. Trail sign seems like a metaphor? #FuckTrump #inauguration
January 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
We went hiking instead of watching the shit show today. Trail sign seems like a metaphor? #FuckTrump #inauguration
Took my fam to the Elzada Clover exhibit at UM Matthaei Bot garden today. What an amazing story. My mom was a student at UM when Clover was a professor. Bought the superb book by @melissasevigny.bsky.social #womeninscience #botany #UniversityofMichigan #science
January 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Took my fam to the Elzada Clover exhibit at UM Matthaei Bot garden today. What an amazing story. My mom was a student at UM when Clover was a professor. Bought the superb book by @melissasevigny.bsky.social #womeninscience #botany #UniversityofMichigan #science
Shout out to whoever made #WoodpeckerWednesday! I love alliteration and birds so here ya go - a nice female pileated woodpecker we saw at UM Matthaei Botanical Gardens. Photo cred to R. Bacolor #birds #woodpecker
January 15, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Shout out to whoever made #WoodpeckerWednesday! I love alliteration and birds so here ya go - a nice female pileated woodpecker we saw at UM Matthaei Botanical Gardens. Photo cred to R. Bacolor #birds #woodpecker
Indeed.
January 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Indeed.
This gives me hope for the days (years) ahead.
Here is the starter pack for contributors to The Contrarian
go.bsky.app/4fWjVc2
go.bsky.app/4fWjVc2
January 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
This gives me hope for the days (years) ahead.
Winter birding in #Michigan: leggings, pants, base layer shirt, sweater, parka, neck gator, hat. It was worth it today to see this Hermit Thrush! Photo credit: R. Bacolor #WinterBirding #HermitThrush #Birds #AnnArbor #Nature
January 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Winter birding in #Michigan: leggings, pants, base layer shirt, sweater, parka, neck gator, hat. It was worth it today to see this Hermit Thrush! Photo credit: R. Bacolor #WinterBirding #HermitThrush #Birds #AnnArbor #Nature