Kim Barton
@kbartso.bsky.social
TV/Film Writer, Producer, Script Consultant, Development Executive 10+ years, 🌈+
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CLARIFICATION :
The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.
They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY
So spread this around
They can be texted. They can be called.
The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.
They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY
So spread this around
They can be texted. They can be called.
June 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
CLARIFICATION :
The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.
They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY
So spread this around
They can be texted. They can be called.
The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.
They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY
So spread this around
They can be texted. They can be called.
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Pride is a celebration. Pride is also a powerful statement about courage, community, and determination.
We honor the trailblazers who came before us, join arms with those leading the fight for equality today, and empower the next generation to live boldly, freely, and with joy.
We honor the trailblazers who came before us, join arms with those leading the fight for equality today, and empower the next generation to live boldly, freely, and with joy.
June 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Pride is a celebration. Pride is also a powerful statement about courage, community, and determination.
We honor the trailblazers who came before us, join arms with those leading the fight for equality today, and empower the next generation to live boldly, freely, and with joy.
We honor the trailblazers who came before us, join arms with those leading the fight for equality today, and empower the next generation to live boldly, freely, and with joy.
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Photographer Cessna Kutz captured a rare natural phenomena, a horizontal rainbow known as a circumhorizontal arc, Lake Sammamish, US.
Seems a fitting image to post on the first day of Pride Month.
Seems a fitting image to post on the first day of Pride Month.
June 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Photographer Cessna Kutz captured a rare natural phenomena, a horizontal rainbow known as a circumhorizontal arc, Lake Sammamish, US.
Seems a fitting image to post on the first day of Pride Month.
Seems a fitting image to post on the first day of Pride Month.
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It was even more recently than you think—just in December the National Academies published a report chastising the NIH for not giving enough attention to women’s health. They called for the creation of an institute and an additional $16B in funding.
Instead, we’re losing almost everything.
Instead, we’re losing almost everything.
It was not that long ago that clinical trials enrolled mainly (or all) men, or that animal studies only used male mice. It was not that long ago that the NIH determined the need to focus research on women.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH guts its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 24, 2025 at 3:46 AM
It was even more recently than you think—just in December the National Academies published a report chastising the NIH for not giving enough attention to women’s health. They called for the creation of an institute and an additional $16B in funding.
Instead, we’re losing almost everything.
Instead, we’re losing almost everything.
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I was just told that my launch event in Glasgow was going to be cancelled because I don't have *enough* tickets sold. Humiliating—not least because I worked my butt off for this book & went to other people's launches.
If I could sell a few more today, maybe I could change their minds. Please.
If I could sell a few more today, maybe I could change their minds. Please.
Lindz McLeod launches The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
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April 23, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I was just told that my launch event in Glasgow was going to be cancelled because I don't have *enough* tickets sold. Humiliating—not least because I worked my butt off for this book & went to other people's launches.
If I could sell a few more today, maybe I could change their minds. Please.
If I could sell a few more today, maybe I could change their minds. Please.
San Junipero
And now Hotel Reverie
Thank you, Black Mirror
And now Hotel Reverie
Thank you, Black Mirror
April 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
San Junipero
And now Hotel Reverie
Thank you, Black Mirror
And now Hotel Reverie
Thank you, Black Mirror
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Queen Latifah joins Megan Thee Stallion to perform “U.N.I.T.Y.” at Coachella.
April 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Queen Latifah joins Megan Thee Stallion to perform “U.N.I.T.Y.” at Coachella.
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"You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive."
~ Maya Angelou🌸🌸🌸
~ Maya Angelou🌸🌸🌸
April 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive."
~ Maya Angelou🌸🌸🌸
~ Maya Angelou🌸🌸🌸
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I pray you’ll read my latest. We are being challenged as a nation and this is a test we must pass.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Americans Must Prepare to Fight for the Citizenship Rights of U.S. Prisoners
Trump's Plan to Render U.S. Citizens to Foreign Jails Seeks to Exploit Americans' Disinterest in the Rights of Prisoners
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April 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I pray you’ll read my latest. We are being challenged as a nation and this is a test we must pass.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
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👩🚀 Man walked on moon before women ran in sports bras
❌ 80% wear wrong size
🏎️ Unsupported breasts endure same g-force as F1 driver going more than 260kmh
🏃♀️ 4cm lost from stride
How a misunderstood icon is now women's sports' newest frontier
nytimes.com/athletic/6214668/2025/03/27/history-sports-bra
❌ 80% wear wrong size
🏎️ Unsupported breasts endure same g-force as F1 driver going more than 260kmh
🏃♀️ 4cm lost from stride
How a misunderstood icon is now women's sports' newest frontier
nytimes.com/athletic/6214668/2025/03/27/history-sports-bra
How the sports bra continues to revolutionize sports and women’s rights: ‘No sports bra, no sport’
The concept has been around since the 1970s but in-depth sports bra research has only really progressed in the past decade
nytimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
👩🚀 Man walked on moon before women ran in sports bras
❌ 80% wear wrong size
🏎️ Unsupported breasts endure same g-force as F1 driver going more than 260kmh
🏃♀️ 4cm lost from stride
How a misunderstood icon is now women's sports' newest frontier
nytimes.com/athletic/6214668/2025/03/27/history-sports-bra
❌ 80% wear wrong size
🏎️ Unsupported breasts endure same g-force as F1 driver going more than 260kmh
🏃♀️ 4cm lost from stride
How a misunderstood icon is now women's sports' newest frontier
nytimes.com/athletic/6214668/2025/03/27/history-sports-bra
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I want to tell y'all about the guy in this picture. He's my ex-BIL, and the last white guy I ever expected to do the work. Let's call him R.
R is a good ol' boy, a real cowboy, a former rodeo rider and a Vietnam vet. He was always one of those loudmouth righties.
Then his daughter came out. 1/
R is a good ol' boy, a real cowboy, a former rodeo rider and a Vietnam vet. He was always one of those loudmouth righties.
Then his daughter came out. 1/
March 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I want to tell y'all about the guy in this picture. He's my ex-BIL, and the last white guy I ever expected to do the work. Let's call him R.
R is a good ol' boy, a real cowboy, a former rodeo rider and a Vietnam vet. He was always one of those loudmouth righties.
Then his daughter came out. 1/
R is a good ol' boy, a real cowboy, a former rodeo rider and a Vietnam vet. He was always one of those loudmouth righties.
Then his daughter came out. 1/
Some days you need the wisdom of the grandma from the movie PARENTHOOD (1989) more than others. Stay on the ride, baby. It will be worth it. You’d rot in your seat on the merry-go-round anyway.
March 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Some days you need the wisdom of the grandma from the movie PARENTHOOD (1989) more than others. Stay on the ride, baby. It will be worth it. You’d rot in your seat on the merry-go-round anyway.
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t’s Black History Month. Rather than post factoids I’m just gonna post a picture and a name and y’all can google why they’re important. Knowledge for you without a lot of free labor from me. Win win.
I give you William Dorsey Swann
I give you William Dorsey Swann
February 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
t’s Black History Month. Rather than post factoids I’m just gonna post a picture and a name and y’all can google why they’re important. Knowledge for you without a lot of free labor from me. Win win.
I give you William Dorsey Swann
I give you William Dorsey Swann
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Trump's lawyers are absolutely flailing in the courts right now
February 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Trump's lawyers are absolutely flailing in the courts right now
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At least eight ongoing lawsuits related to the so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s alleged access to sensitive data hinge on the Watergate-inspired Privacy Act of 1974. But it’s not airtight.
The 50-Year-Old Law That Could Stop DOGE in Its Tracks—Maybe
At least eight ongoing lawsuits related to the so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s alleged access to sensitive data hinge on the Watergate-inspired Privacy Act of 1974. But it’s not…
wrd.cm
February 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
At least eight ongoing lawsuits related to the so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s alleged access to sensitive data hinge on the Watergate-inspired Privacy Act of 1974. But it’s not airtight.
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The Trump Administration’s hiring freeze and purge of 1,000 VA employees now impacts veteran access to health care as appointments get cancelled due to staffing shortages.
Veterans already struggle to access care. Trump puts their lives further at risk.
Veterans already struggle to access care. Trump puts their lives further at risk.
February 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The Trump Administration’s hiring freeze and purge of 1,000 VA employees now impacts veteran access to health care as appointments get cancelled due to staffing shortages.
Veterans already struggle to access care. Trump puts their lives further at risk.
Veterans already struggle to access care. Trump puts their lives further at risk.
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This is so important.
Please share.
Please share.
February 18, 2025 at 4:01 AM
This is so important.
Please share.
Please share.
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1. OSHA has ordered the digital and physical destruction of 18 publications on workplace safety practices, according to an email obtained by Popular Information.
The email says the publications have been removed from the web and tells staff that physical copies should be "disposed of or recycled"
The email says the publications have been removed from the web and tells staff that physical copies should be "disposed of or recycled"
In botched DEI purge, OSHA trashes workplace safety guidelines
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered the digital and physical destruction of 18 publications on workplace safety practices, according to an internal February 7 email ob...
popular.info
February 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
1. OSHA has ordered the digital and physical destruction of 18 publications on workplace safety practices, according to an email obtained by Popular Information.
The email says the publications have been removed from the web and tells staff that physical copies should be "disposed of or recycled"
The email says the publications have been removed from the web and tells staff that physical copies should be "disposed of or recycled"
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NEW VIDEO: While the country is riveted by what Donald Trump and Elon Musk are doing in Washington, DC, the Republican Party continues to attack voting rights in the states and in the United States Supreme Court.
Watch and share.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLuW...
Watch and share.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLuW...
GOP Asks Supreme Court To Restrict Voting in Pennsylvania
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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February 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
NEW VIDEO: While the country is riveted by what Donald Trump and Elon Musk are doing in Washington, DC, the Republican Party continues to attack voting rights in the states and in the United States Supreme Court.
Watch and share.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLuW...
Watch and share.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLuW...
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Shades of Matthew Shepard.
This is fucking sick. Five monsters in upstate NY tortured a transgender man for a month and murdered him.
February 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Shades of Matthew Shepard.
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NEW: Elon Musk and his team have posted classified data on DOGE's new website www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
Elon Musk’s DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website
“People are scrambling” to see if their sensitive information has been accessed by Musk’s programmers, said one federal intelligence employee.
www.huffpost.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
NEW: Elon Musk and his team have posted classified data on DOGE's new website www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...