Karen M Cox
@karenmcox1932.bsky.social
Author, wife, mom, Nonna, pediatric speech pathologist. Aspires to be a great reader. Jane Austen fan-girl. Music lover and caramel connoisseur. Grumpy old progressive lady.
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Don't Shutdown Head Start!
The Republican Controlled-Congress must STOP holding Americans' health care hostage while leaving child care hanging. End the shutdown IMMEDIATELY!
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October 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 74 out of the last 86 days.
They have worked 12 days in 3 months.
Epstein Shutdown.
They have worked 12 days in 3 months.
Epstein Shutdown.
October 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 74 out of the last 86 days.
They have worked 12 days in 3 months.
Epstein Shutdown.
They have worked 12 days in 3 months.
Epstein Shutdown.
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Easily, his most elaborate and destructive distraction from #TheEPSEIN_Files... yet.
October 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Easily, his most elaborate and destructive distraction from #TheEPSEIN_Files... yet.
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Epstein Files.
September 14, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Epstein Files.
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A P&P film with Judy Garland in Philly? Not a #Janeite game of Clue! It almost was in 1947. This material is not in my new book #WildforAusten. It's a new #JaneAusten legacy story about a wild unpublished script and my first @airmail.news byline! Hope you'll read & share
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The "Pride and Prejudice" That Almost Was
Duets on horseback, Philadelphia nightlife … Inside an unmade Hollywood-musical version of the Austen classic, starring Judy Garland and Peter Lawford.
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September 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A P&P film with Judy Garland in Philly? Not a #Janeite game of Clue! It almost was in 1947. This material is not in my new book #WildforAusten. It's a new #JaneAusten legacy story about a wild unpublished script and my first @airmail.news byline! Hope you'll read & share
airmail.news/issues/2025-...
airmail.news/issues/2025-...
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Voting for Trump is hard on the wallet. Via @theguardian.com
July 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Voting for Trump is hard on the wallet. Via @theguardian.com
Kentuckians - please consider signing to stop enforcement of SB181 until the legislature can clarify. This bill as written is vague and confusing : sign.moveon.org/petitions/ta...
Take Action on KY SB181 Now!
1. Defense of Civil Liberties
SB181, as described, threatens basic constitutional rights—including freedom of speech, association, and the right to earn a living outside of one’s primary employment. S...
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July 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Kentuckians - please consider signing to stop enforcement of SB181 until the legislature can clarify. This bill as written is vague and confusing : sign.moveon.org/petitions/ta...
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Teachers don't need more tech. They need smaller classes and more (paid) time for prep and instruction. But alas, the tech option means more profit for billionaires, while the latter would cost billionaires more in taxes. And so, in our current kleptocracy, tech is what teachers are going to get...
🧵 addressing the argument: "AI won’t replace teachers, but it will save them time and make them more effective.”
Adding edtech doesn't necessarily save teachers time. A recent study found that LMSs sold to schools over the past decade+ as time-savers aren’t delivering on making teaching easier.
Adding edtech doesn't necessarily save teachers time. A recent study found that LMSs sold to schools over the past decade+ as time-savers aren’t delivering on making teaching easier.
Technology is supposed to decrease teacher burnout – but we found it can sometimes make it worse
Efforts to simplify teachers’ jobs through technology can backfire without a strong focus on teacher well-being.
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June 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Teachers don't need more tech. They need smaller classes and more (paid) time for prep and instruction. But alas, the tech option means more profit for billionaires, while the latter would cost billionaires more in taxes. And so, in our current kleptocracy, tech is what teachers are going to get...
Hey y’all- my gov, Andy Beshear @govandybeshear.bsky.social was on the Bulwark @thebulwark.com yesterday. Excellent, informative interview. It’s about #medicaid sure, but also about the devastation that bill they’re trying to ram through congress will have on the economy youtu.be/1HsHyKFNOhA
Gov. Beshear: "The Goal of This Bill Is to Kick People Off Medicaid"
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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June 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Hey y’all- my gov, Andy Beshear @govandybeshear.bsky.social was on the Bulwark @thebulwark.com yesterday. Excellent, informative interview. It’s about #medicaid sure, but also about the devastation that bill they’re trying to ram through congress will have on the economy youtu.be/1HsHyKFNOhA
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Good morning everyone
Did you know
The Senate is getting ready this week to vote on the BIG BAD BILL
Please call your Senators 202 224-3121
No CUTS to Medicaid
Rural areas and hospitals could be lost
How many Women will lose their Healthcare
Plus Seniors and Children
Did you know
The Senate is getting ready this week to vote on the BIG BAD BILL
Please call your Senators 202 224-3121
No CUTS to Medicaid
Rural areas and hospitals could be lost
How many Women will lose their Healthcare
Plus Seniors and Children
June 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Good morning everyone
Did you know
The Senate is getting ready this week to vote on the BIG BAD BILL
Please call your Senators 202 224-3121
No CUTS to Medicaid
Rural areas and hospitals could be lost
How many Women will lose their Healthcare
Plus Seniors and Children
Did you know
The Senate is getting ready this week to vote on the BIG BAD BILL
Please call your Senators 202 224-3121
No CUTS to Medicaid
Rural areas and hospitals could be lost
How many Women will lose their Healthcare
Plus Seniors and Children
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Donald Trump and Republicans are trying to steal food from hungry people to give huge tax breaks to billionaires.
@tokuda.house.gov shows just how difficult it is for thousands of Hawaiians – and millions more across the country – who rely on $6 a day from SNAP to feed their 'ohana (families).
@tokuda.house.gov shows just how difficult it is for thousands of Hawaiians – and millions more across the country – who rely on $6 a day from SNAP to feed their 'ohana (families).
June 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Donald Trump and Republicans are trying to steal food from hungry people to give huge tax breaks to billionaires.
@tokuda.house.gov shows just how difficult it is for thousands of Hawaiians – and millions more across the country – who rely on $6 a day from SNAP to feed their 'ohana (families).
@tokuda.house.gov shows just how difficult it is for thousands of Hawaiians – and millions more across the country – who rely on $6 a day from SNAP to feed their 'ohana (families).
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Can confirm, as ChatGPT was illegally trained on my first 2 books (among many others!)
I keep seeing reports of non-AI users being told that an AI detector has dubbed their work AI generated, and it makes me insane because:
1) AI detection tools *are themselves AI* and thus entirely bullshit; and
2) if an AI was trained on your works, of COURSE it’ll flag you as sounding “like” AI!
1) AI detection tools *are themselves AI* and thus entirely bullshit; and
2) if an AI was trained on your works, of COURSE it’ll flag you as sounding “like” AI!
June 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Can confirm, as ChatGPT was illegally trained on my first 2 books (among many others!)
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June 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Apropos of nothing I feel like one of the most important things to help your kids develop is an ability to self-regulate.
June 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Apropos of nothing I feel like one of the most important things to help your kids develop is an ability to self-regulate.
Everything tRump touches di€s (see: Rudy G, the pillow dude, etc.)
But - Keep your eyes on the pit of vipers: Johnson, Miller, Vought, Noem, Hegseth, RFK jr, Oz, Wiles, Gabbard, etc. Before they’re done, they’re going to try and create a LOT of human suffering.
But - Keep your eyes on the pit of vipers: Johnson, Miller, Vought, Noem, Hegseth, RFK jr, Oz, Wiles, Gabbard, etc. Before they’re done, they’re going to try and create a LOT of human suffering.
June 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Everything tRump touches di€s (see: Rudy G, the pillow dude, etc.)
But - Keep your eyes on the pit of vipers: Johnson, Miller, Vought, Noem, Hegseth, RFK jr, Oz, Wiles, Gabbard, etc. Before they’re done, they’re going to try and create a LOT of human suffering.
But - Keep your eyes on the pit of vipers: Johnson, Miller, Vought, Noem, Hegseth, RFK jr, Oz, Wiles, Gabbard, etc. Before they’re done, they’re going to try and create a LOT of human suffering.
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ICYMI: Gov. Andy Beshear announced that, thanks to approval by the federal government, healthy meals will continue to be provided to 450,000 Kentucky children while school is out this summer.
Read more: tinyurl.com/bddpbxvb
Read more: tinyurl.com/bddpbxvb
May 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
ICYMI: Gov. Andy Beshear announced that, thanks to approval by the federal government, healthy meals will continue to be provided to 450,000 Kentucky children while school is out this summer.
Read more: tinyurl.com/bddpbxvb
Read more: tinyurl.com/bddpbxvb
*Nods head in Kentucky *
May 27, 2025 at 2:32 AM
*Nods head in Kentucky *
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Work requirements hurt poor people AND are a waste of money.
Arkansas spent $26 million on administrative costs for work requirements — and saw no increase in employment.
Georgia’s program cost $40 million in one year — 80% of that went to administrative and consulting costs.
Arkansas spent $26 million on administrative costs for work requirements — and saw no increase in employment.
Georgia’s program cost $40 million in one year — 80% of that went to administrative and consulting costs.
May 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Work requirements hurt poor people AND are a waste of money.
Arkansas spent $26 million on administrative costs for work requirements — and saw no increase in employment.
Georgia’s program cost $40 million in one year — 80% of that went to administrative and consulting costs.
Arkansas spent $26 million on administrative costs for work requirements — and saw no increase in employment.
Georgia’s program cost $40 million in one year — 80% of that went to administrative and consulting costs.
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WHEN is his mental acuity going to become a topic for mainstream media?
Trump on his Middle East trip: "They gave us a nice contribution of about $5 trillion."
(The entire GDP of the US is under $30 trillion ... )
(The entire GDP of the US is under $30 trillion ... )
May 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
WHEN is his mental acuity going to become a topic for mainstream media?
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The Boss: telling it like it is
Springsteen shining a light on the chaos, threats & injustices of the moment with hope and love in his heart for America 🇺🇸
Springsteen shining a light on the chaos, threats & injustices of the moment with hope and love in his heart for America 🇺🇸
May 16, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The Boss: telling it like it is
Springsteen shining a light on the chaos, threats & injustices of the moment with hope and love in his heart for America 🇺🇸
Springsteen shining a light on the chaos, threats & injustices of the moment with hope and love in his heart for America 🇺🇸
Trump fired the Librarian of Congress without cause!
Sign the petition to stop Trump's attack on the Library of Congress.
Help show that Americans will not stand for another attack on our library institutions.
action.everylibrary.org/congresshayden via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Sign the petition to stop Trump's attack on the Library of Congress.
Help show that Americans will not stand for another attack on our library institutions.
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PETITION: Stop Trump's Attack on the Library of Congress
We need to show that Americans will not stand for yet another attack on our institutions. Sign the petition today!
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May 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Trump fired the Librarian of Congress without cause!
Sign the petition to stop Trump's attack on the Library of Congress.
Help show that Americans will not stand for another attack on our library institutions.
action.everylibrary.org/congresshayden via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Sign the petition to stop Trump's attack on the Library of Congress.
Help show that Americans will not stand for another attack on our library institutions.
action.everylibrary.org/congresshayden via @everylibrary.bsky.social
This Kentuckian supports you, Col. Stevenson!
May 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This Kentuckian supports you, Col. Stevenson!
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Mabel Ping-Hua Lee (1896-1966), was a leader in the women’s suffrage movement and even led a parade of nearly 10,000 people through New York.
She was the first Chinese woman to earn a PhD. in economics in the United States.
#AAPIHeritageHistoryMonth
#MomSky
She was the first Chinese woman to earn a PhD. in economics in the United States.
#AAPIHeritageHistoryMonth
#MomSky
May 6, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Mabel Ping-Hua Lee (1896-1966), was a leader in the women’s suffrage movement and even led a parade of nearly 10,000 people through New York.
She was the first Chinese woman to earn a PhD. in economics in the United States.
#AAPIHeritageHistoryMonth
#MomSky
She was the first Chinese woman to earn a PhD. in economics in the United States.
#AAPIHeritageHistoryMonth
#MomSky
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Thinking about devastating cuts to NSF: US gov-funded science has been the engine upon which most of the tech wealth was generated. But the oligarchs (currently hoarding much of that $) think it’s their own brilliance & not the accident of standing close to the scientific engine that made them rich.
May 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Thinking about devastating cuts to NSF: US gov-funded science has been the engine upon which most of the tech wealth was generated. But the oligarchs (currently hoarding much of that $) think it’s their own brilliance & not the accident of standing close to the scientific engine that made them rich.