Kathy Reich
@kdreich.bsky.social
I post about philanthropy, poetry, and animals of all kinds.
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The evil that men do lives after them
July 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The evil that men do lives after them
Two of the people I live most in the world are immunocompromised. This article enrages me. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...
‘I Feel Like I’ve Been Lied To’: When a Measles Outbreak Hits Home
www.nytimes.com
June 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Two of the people I live most in the world are immunocompromised. This article enrages me. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...
A friend just shared some great advice for these times: “You can’t do all the good the world needs, but the world needs all the good you can do.”
June 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A friend just shared some great advice for these times: “You can’t do all the good the world needs, but the world needs all the good you can do.”
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This might be the absolute greatest reply we have ever received.
Thank you, Cookie Monster 📕🍪💙
Thank you, Cookie Monster 📕🍪💙
June 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This might be the absolute greatest reply we have ever received.
Thank you, Cookie Monster 📕🍪💙
Thank you, Cookie Monster 📕🍪💙
Holding my beloved DC Jewish community in my heart this morning.
May 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Holding my beloved DC Jewish community in my heart this morning.
Finally some good news www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/w...
After 529 Days, Valerie the Dachshund Has Been Rescued (Gift Article)
She survived more than a year in the Australian wilderness. But reuniting her with her owners will take a little more time.
www.nytimes.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Finally some good news www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/w...
Here’s a great list of newly-banned words that we should all be using proudly and publicly, every single day.
Words related to DEI, climate change, vaccines and a host of other topics are being scrubbed from government websites.
“How can we have intelligent or difficult conversations if we can’t even use the words, the most basic unit of meaning?” asks @jonfreadom.bsky.social
More: pen.org/banned-words...
“How can we have intelligent or difficult conversations if we can’t even use the words, the most basic unit of meaning?” asks @jonfreadom.bsky.social
More: pen.org/banned-words...
March 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Here’s a great list of newly-banned words that we should all be using proudly and publicly, every single day.
Good advice cep.org/blog/its-tim...
It’s Time for a New Approach to the Current Context | The Center for Effective Philanthropy
Phil Buchanan examines the assumptions some U.S. foundations are using to navigate the current context - and why they may be wrong.
cep.org
March 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Good advice cep.org/blog/its-tim...
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America hasn’t felt this upside down since I was a child in an internment camp.
March 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
America hasn’t felt this upside down since I was a child in an internment camp.
I’ve been asking my elders about what it was like to have measles. Before the MMR vaccine almost every kid got it. Their memories are vivid decades later: darkened rooms, house calls from doctors, searing pain, fear.
March 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I’ve been asking my elders about what it was like to have measles. Before the MMR vaccine almost every kid got it. Their memories are vivid decades later: darkened rooms, house calls from doctors, searing pain, fear.
When I am daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief, I find that poetry helps. Today feels like a good day for Adrienne Rich. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51092/...
What Kind of Times Are These
I've walked there picking mushrooms at the edge of dread, but don't be fooled this isn't a Russian poem, this is not somewhere else but here, our country moving closer to its own truth and dread, its ...
www.poetryfoundation.org
February 21, 2025 at 5:05 AM
When I am daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief, I find that poetry helps. Today feels like a good day for Adrienne Rich. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51092/...
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This new resource is included in our hub for federal workers to understand what they can do to protect themselves. Share and bookmark: https://protectdemocracy.org/work/what-federal-workers-can-do-to-protect-themselves/
What federal workers can do to protect themselves - Protect Democracy
A list of resources for civil servants navigating attacks on the federal workforce, including actions to take ASAP, knowing your rights, and where to find legal or other support.
protectdemocracy.org
February 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This new resource is included in our hub for federal workers to understand what they can do to protect themselves. Share and bookmark: https://protectdemocracy.org/work/what-federal-workers-can-do-to-protect-themselves/
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Mass deportations could lead to higher food prices and construction costs. Immigrants without legal status make up about 50% of US farmworkers, many with specialized skills crucial to agriculture. Political science professors weigh in #immigration #ICE #farmworkers https://buff.ly/3QnuJ9P
February 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Mass deportations could lead to higher food prices and construction costs. Immigrants without legal status make up about 50% of US farmworkers, many with specialized skills crucial to agriculture. Political science professors weigh in #immigration #ICE #farmworkers https://buff.ly/3QnuJ9P
Whoever runs the William Shakespeare account is absolutely killing it
Then you perceive the body of our kingdom
How foul it is, what rank diseases grow,
And with what danger, near the heart of it.
How foul it is, what rank diseases grow,
And with what danger, near the heart of it.
February 17, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Whoever runs the William Shakespeare account is absolutely killing it
Noting that the US is currently experiencing the worst flu epidemic in over a decade. Also noting that two of the people I love most in this world are immune suppressed.
On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down.
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now
Meanwhile...
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now
Meanwhile...
February 17, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Noting that the US is currently experiencing the worst flu epidemic in over a decade. Also noting that two of the people I love most in this world are immune suppressed.
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From perspective of historian of US civil society, what seems novel abt current moment isn't govt targeted attacks on certain nonprofits ("Defund the Left") or efforts to slash fed funding to NPs on fiscal grounds. It's presumption of suspicion toward NPs as class.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies
SUBJECT: Advancing United States Interests When Funding Nongovernmental Organizations The United States
www.whitehouse.gov
February 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
From perspective of historian of US civil society, what seems novel abt current moment isn't govt targeted attacks on certain nonprofits ("Defund the Left") or efforts to slash fed funding to NPs on fiscal grounds. It's presumption of suspicion toward NPs as class.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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In honor of BlackHistoryMonth I'm creating a buy list of the quintessential African American Literature Canon.
These are the books that we would save from a burning library #booksky #blackbooksky
I'll make the list public when we get at least 50 responses.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
These are the books that we would save from a burning library #booksky #blackbooksky
I'll make the list public when we get at least 50 responses.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
January 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
In honor of BlackHistoryMonth I'm creating a buy list of the quintessential African American Literature Canon.
These are the books that we would save from a burning library #booksky #blackbooksky
I'll make the list public when we get at least 50 responses.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
These are the books that we would save from a burning library #booksky #blackbooksky
I'll make the list public when we get at least 50 responses.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
1) This is an excellent example of why we need a functioning federal government and a high-quality, well-compensated civil service.
2) Yikes, I’m from San Carlos.
2) Yikes, I’m from San Carlos.
January 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
1) This is an excellent example of why we need a functioning federal government and a high-quality, well-compensated civil service.
2) Yikes, I’m from San Carlos.
2) Yikes, I’m from San Carlos.
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Intelligence officials are starting to leak to me now too. Here’s a memo Defense Intelligence Agency personnel received instructing them to suspend observances including:
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth
January 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Intelligence officials are starting to leak to me now too. Here’s a memo Defense Intelligence Agency personnel received instructing them to suspend observances including:
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth
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Patience, good sir, do not assist the storm.
January 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Patience, good sir, do not assist the storm.
“In a place where there is no human, strive to be human.” —Pirkei Avot 2:5
In that vein, please share CONCRETE ways to stand up for immigrants and LGBTQ+ people right now. Looking for all serious suggestions.
In that vein, please share CONCRETE ways to stand up for immigrants and LGBTQ+ people right now. Looking for all serious suggestions.
January 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
“In a place where there is no human, strive to be human.” —Pirkei Avot 2:5
In that vein, please share CONCRETE ways to stand up for immigrants and LGBTQ+ people right now. Looking for all serious suggestions.
In that vein, please share CONCRETE ways to stand up for immigrants and LGBTQ+ people right now. Looking for all serious suggestions.
I personally identify with this creature.
Just making sure that everyone is aware of this crab that NOAA scientists found
January 20, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I personally identify with this creature.
Absolutely overjoyed at this news. Congrats Bess and Victoria! www.fordfoundation.org/news-and-sto...
Ford Foundation promotes Bess Rothenberg and Victoria Dunning to key leadership roles - Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation promotes Bess Rothenberg and Victoria Dunning to key leadership roles.
www.fordfoundation.org
January 17, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Absolutely overjoyed at this news. Congrats Bess and Victoria! www.fordfoundation.org/news-and-sto...