Marla
@marlaroot.bsky.social
Wife, mother, advocate for my son with autism, bird watcher, rooting for underdogs in all things, a bit of a political and news junkie, and yearly watcher of Pride & Prejudice and Game of Thrones!
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Personal stories have power! James tells us how Medicaid helps him live a full life and provides a night nurse so his parents “can sleep and not become
horrible monsters every day.”
Medicaid makes his world go around - so that is why we must #CancelCutsToMedicaid
horrible monsters every day.”
Medicaid makes his world go around - so that is why we must #CancelCutsToMedicaid
July 24, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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I am always for parity!
The era of parity in the NBA:
- 7 different champions in 7 seasons for the first time ever
- a reigning champion hasn't made it past the second round since 2019
- two 60-win teams were second round exits for the first time since 2007
- 7 different champions in 7 seasons for the first time ever
- a reigning champion hasn't made it past the second round since 2019
- two 60-win teams were second round exits for the first time since 2007
May 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I am always for parity!
Let’s Go Cavs! #cavs #cleveland
Jarrett Allen stuffs Andrew Wiggins and Donovan Mitchell finishes an effortless alley-oop on the break
April 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Let’s Go Cavs! #cavs #cleveland
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Through subtle historical parallels, the Chicago-based movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" alludes to the counterproductive nature of U.S. tariffs.
Will tariffs work? Watch Ben Stein explain in iconic Chicago movie 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'
The actor, writer and economics guru Stein famously lectured about the dangers of tariffs in the 1986 movie.
buff.ly
April 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Through subtle historical parallels, the Chicago-based movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" alludes to the counterproductive nature of U.S. tariffs.
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Today, the President Trump signed an Executive Order to dismantle the Department of Education. @aapd-disability.bsky.social prepared an explainer on what this means for people with disabilities. Even if the agency is dismantled, civil rights still exist. www.aapd.com/explaining-e...
Explaining the Impact of the Educational Executive Order on People with Disabilities - AAPD
If you wish to view this resource as a PDF, click here. If you wish to view this resource as a Word document, click here. March 20, 2025 Contact: Rachita Singh, rsingh@aapd.com What is Happening at ...
www.aapd.com
March 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Today, the President Trump signed an Executive Order to dismantle the Department of Education. @aapd-disability.bsky.social prepared an explainer on what this means for people with disabilities. Even if the agency is dismantled, civil rights still exist. www.aapd.com/explaining-e...
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Whenever I look up something like this, the results confirm I'm the dumbest person with my name. Also AI should stop stealing from both of us
March 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Whenever I look up something like this, the results confirm I'm the dumbest person with my name. Also AI should stop stealing from both of us
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The Oscar-winning documentary, made by a team of Palestinian-Israeli filmmakers, follows the displacement of rural Palestinian communities in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
At Oscars, 'No Other Land' co-directors call for national rights for Palestinians
The Oscar-winning documentary, made by a team of Palestinian-Israeli filmmakers, follows the displacement of rural Palestinian communities in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
www.npr.org
March 3, 2025 at 4:34 AM
The Oscar-winning documentary, made by a team of Palestinian-Israeli filmmakers, follows the displacement of rural Palestinian communities in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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my story on intergenerational home-sharing is now outside the paywall
It’s an underrated idea that bridges generations, boosts needed housing supply, and helps more people afford to age in place
www.vox.com/housing/3960...
It’s an underrated idea that bridges generations, boosts needed housing supply, and helps more people afford to age in place
www.vox.com/housing/3960...
February 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
my story on intergenerational home-sharing is now outside the paywall
It’s an underrated idea that bridges generations, boosts needed housing supply, and helps more people afford to age in place
www.vox.com/housing/3960...
It’s an underrated idea that bridges generations, boosts needed housing supply, and helps more people afford to age in place
www.vox.com/housing/3960...
I love Jane Austen and I think I would enjoy this book.
"Jane Austen's Bookshelf" spotlights eight women writers, largely lost to history, who influenced the English novelist.
Rare book dealer Rebecca Romney dedicates a book to the women Jane Austen read
"Jane Austen's Bookshelf" spotlights eight women writers, largely lost to history, who influenced the English novelist.
www.npr.org
February 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I love Jane Austen and I think I would enjoy this book.
I just saw a news story on npr that less young people are going to college.
It's time to start a thread on higher ed budget cuts announced due to actual and potential cuts to federal funding. Northwestern is placing additional scrutiny on all spending and trying to cut non-personnel spending by 10% this year.
February 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I just saw a news story on npr that less young people are going to college.
I am in Ohio and was only outside 5 minutes feeding the birds without gloves to be able to open new seed bags, and my fingers got red and stiff quick. Brrr.
Map shows 12 states facing extreme cold as frostbite warning issued
Map shows 12 states facing extreme cold as frostbite warning issued
www.newsweek.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I am in Ohio and was only outside 5 minutes feeding the birds without gloves to be able to open new seed bags, and my fingers got red and stiff quick. Brrr.
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We're hiring a Paper Conservator to join our team at the University of Reading's Museums and Collections!
You'll deliver conservation treatments across archive, museum, art and library materials (including Three designated collections).
Apply now: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
You'll deliver conservation treatments across archive, museum, art and library materials (including Three designated collections).
Apply now: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Paper Conservator:Whiteknights Reading UK
jobs.reading.ac.uk
February 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
We're hiring a Paper Conservator to join our team at the University of Reading's Museums and Collections!
You'll deliver conservation treatments across archive, museum, art and library materials (including Three designated collections).
Apply now: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
You'll deliver conservation treatments across archive, museum, art and library materials (including Three designated collections).
Apply now: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Seems like Nazi flags are around a lot more over the past five years or so. It is awful.
Local residents confronted and drove off neo-Nazi demonstrators waving large swastika-emblazoned flags along a highway overpass on Friday in Evendale, Ohio, home to a historically Black community that has endured a long history of racism.
Residents in Cincinnati confronted White supremacist demonstrators, three months after neo-Nazi march in another Ohio city | CNN
A group of demonstrators wearing black clothing, some holding Nazi flags with swastikas, quickly left a Cincinnati-area overpass when they were confronted by residents Friday, video shows.
www.cnn.com
February 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Seems like Nazi flags are around a lot more over the past five years or so. It is awful.
We are both curled up and relaxing. Nothing better than my grandma Edith’s quilts.
February 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
We are both curled up and relaxing. Nothing better than my grandma Edith’s quilts.
Does it take anyone else an hour to play one game of AppleNews’ Quartiles? This game is maddening.
February 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Does it take anyone else an hour to play one game of AppleNews’ Quartiles? This game is maddening.
This is something!
Surgeons in Boston successfully transplanted the kidney of a genetically modified pig into a 66-year-old man with kidney failure last month, Massachusetts General Hospital announced. It's the fourth transplant of its kind in the U.S., and is part of a new clinical trial sanctioned by the FDA.
Surgeons Transplant Engineered Pig Kidney Into Fourth Patient
A 66-year-old man from New Hampshire became the fourth person to receive a pig’s kidney.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This is something!
Just got this report this week. In the past, Autism has been one of the disorders that struggles getting access to behavioral healthcare on a parody level. I’m anxious to read this report.
New: Labor Dept probe of insurers found widespread noncompliance and violations of federal law in how they cover mental health care -- findings that mirror a recent @propublica.org investigation.
@deldeib.bsky.social @mayatmiller.bsky.social @anniewaldman.bsky.social @maxblau.bsky.social
@deldeib.bsky.social @mayatmiller.bsky.social @anniewaldman.bsky.social @maxblau.bsky.social
Insurers Failed to Comply With Mental Health Coverage Law, Department of Labor Report Finds
The probe found widespread noncompliance and violations of federal law in how health plans and insurers cover mental health care, echoing the findings of a recent ProPublica investigation.
www.propublica.org
January 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Just got this report this week. In the past, Autism has been one of the disorders that struggles getting access to behavioral healthcare on a parody level. I’m anxious to read this report.
Everyone in America is experiencing this rise in insurance premiums.
📈 Home insurance + climate change: New analysis from the Federal Insurance Office shows "that homeowner insurance costs are rapidly rising across the U.S.—8.7% faster than the rate of inflation in 2018-22.” (This article is free for #CCNow partners to republish in our sharing library.)
Climate-Fueled Insurance Cost Hikes Putting American Dream 'Out of Reach' | Common Dreams
As catastrophic wildfires ravage communities in Los Angeles, a new report reveals how rising home insurance costs due to climate change could push families towards financial ruin. Are we willing to sa...
www.commondreams.org
January 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Everyone in America is experiencing this rise in insurance premiums.
Thank goodness.
Israel's security cabinet has voted to approve a ceasefire deal to end the fighting in Gaza. Full cabinet approval is expected later today.
Israel's security cabinet approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal
Israel's security cabinet has voted to approve a ceasefire deal to end the fighting in Gaza. Full cabinet approval is expected later today.
www.npr.org
January 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Thank goodness.
Heard this from the locals for years. Glad something is now being taken series.
NEW: Hydroelectric dams on Oregon’s Willamette River kill salmon. Congress says it’s time to consider shutting them down.
The newly signed legislation follows reporting from @opb.bsky.social and ProPublica.
The newly signed legislation follows reporting from @opb.bsky.social and ProPublica.
Hydroelectric Dams on Oregon’s Willamette River Kill Salmon. Congress Says It’s Time to Consider Shutting Them Down.
The newly signed legislation follows reporting from Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica that underscored the risks and costs associated with a plan to migrate salmon past hydroelectric dams…
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January 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Heard this from the locals for years. Glad something is now being taken series.
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I’m a huge fan of U.S. Vets and was proud to support their DC location. Veterans who are displaced in LA can reach out to them for assistance.
January 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I’m a huge fan of U.S. Vets and was proud to support their DC location. Veterans who are displaced in LA can reach out to them for assistance.
This makes great sense for keeping kids with relatives.
Legislation that would make it easier for relatives to get licensed as foster parents and receive assistance is expected to be considered in early January by the state House, having already passed through the Senate. Gov. JB Pritzker has said he will sign the measure if it gets to his desk.
Relatives of kids in DCFS care would have better access to state assistance under proposed legislation
A bill aimed at making it easier for relatives to get licensed as foster parents for family members is poised to pass in Springfield.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 26, 2024 at 3:55 PM
This makes great sense for keeping kids with relatives.
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The Arctic Ocean, photographed from the same location 107 years apart.
December 11, 2024 at 1:24 PM
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I was just in #Idaho and just thought it was so beautiful. But this is disturbing.
NEW: Idaho law doesn’t require its elected county coroners to follow any national standards for death investigations. The lack of oversight has left grief-stricken parents without answers in their children’s deaths.
By @audreydutton.bsky.social
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By @audreydutton.bsky.social
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For Decades, Calls for Reform to Idaho’s Troubled Coroner System Have Gone Unanswered
Idaho’s patchwork of 44 coroner’s offices leaves grief-stricken parents without answers in their children’s deaths and creates disparities in coroners’ investigations.
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December 3, 2024 at 1:17 AM
I was just in #Idaho and just thought it was so beautiful. But this is disturbing.