MelissaJ64
@melissaj64.bsky.social
Blessed mama and grandma. Love history, reading, family, music and friends. Educator. Life is good. 🌺 All you need is love. 🏳️🌈🇺🇸
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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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Pete Buttigieg: “Even the greatest country, if it loses the rule of law, will not have much left.”
REPOST if you stand with Pete Buttigieg!
REPOST if you stand with Pete Buttigieg!
February 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Pete Buttigieg: “Even the greatest country, if it loses the rule of law, will not have much left.”
REPOST if you stand with Pete Buttigieg!
REPOST if you stand with Pete Buttigieg!
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(h/t: @the.language.nerds)
February 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
(h/t: @the.language.nerds)
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In its simplest terms, the apparent demise of #USAID is the result of the world's richest man ending a program that helps millions of poor people. You don't need a Ph.D. in moral theology to see why this is an evil. You can just read Jesus's parables on the rich and the poor.
February 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In its simplest terms, the apparent demise of #USAID is the result of the world's richest man ending a program that helps millions of poor people. You don't need a Ph.D. in moral theology to see why this is an evil. You can just read Jesus's parables on the rich and the poor.
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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So how’s it going so far?
January 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
So how’s it going so far?
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•sarcasm on•
I have no idea what this might look like. You?
•sarcasm off•
I have no idea what this might look like. You?
•sarcasm off•
January 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
•sarcasm on•
I have no idea what this might look like. You?
•sarcasm off•
I have no idea what this might look like. You?
•sarcasm off•
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FACT: The law requires 30 days notice.✅
FACT: Trump has only been in office for 6 days.✅
W. POST: Trump's firings "appeared" to violate the law.👀
Support fearless, pro-democracy, independent media. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...
FACT: Trump has only been in office for 6 days.✅
W. POST: Trump's firings "appeared" to violate the law.👀
Support fearless, pro-democracy, independent media. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...
January 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
FACT: The law requires 30 days notice.✅
FACT: Trump has only been in office for 6 days.✅
W. POST: Trump's firings "appeared" to violate the law.👀
Support fearless, pro-democracy, independent media. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...
FACT: Trump has only been in office for 6 days.✅
W. POST: Trump's firings "appeared" to violate the law.👀
Support fearless, pro-democracy, independent media. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...
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E-M-P-A-T-H-Y
Spread it around!
Spread it around!
January 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
E-M-P-A-T-H-Y
Spread it around!
Spread it around!
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Dr. King spread a message of justice and persisted in the face of hatred.
His legacy calls us to serve each other and to continue striving towards a more inclusive and united Minnesota.
His legacy calls us to serve each other and to continue striving towards a more inclusive and united Minnesota.
January 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Dr. King spread a message of justice and persisted in the face of hatred.
His legacy calls us to serve each other and to continue striving towards a more inclusive and united Minnesota.
His legacy calls us to serve each other and to continue striving towards a more inclusive and united Minnesota.
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He walks with a cane, as do I. I recognize the mannerisms of trying to maintain your balance: eyes down, reticent to be touched or bumped. As often as I fall, it's a real concern.
Lots of douchey people sharing this, immediately critical without any sense of understanding or empathy. Touch grass.
Lots of douchey people sharing this, immediately critical without any sense of understanding or empathy. Touch grass.
The husband of Republican senator Deb Fischer just refused to shake hands or make eye contact with Vice President Harris.
The level of class you can expect from MAGA.
The level of class you can expect from MAGA.
January 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
He walks with a cane, as do I. I recognize the mannerisms of trying to maintain your balance: eyes down, reticent to be touched or bumped. As often as I fall, it's a real concern.
Lots of douchey people sharing this, immediately critical without any sense of understanding or empathy. Touch grass.
Lots of douchey people sharing this, immediately critical without any sense of understanding or empathy. Touch grass.
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Hot off the presses and I get it first! 😝 But that’s also why I share it first. 😉😘
#LettersFromAnAmerican by @hcrichardson.bsky.social…
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
#LettersFromAnAmerican by @hcrichardson.bsky.social…
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
January 3, 2025
Today a new Congress, the 119th, came into session.
open.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Hot off the presses and I get it first! 😝 But that’s also why I share it first. 😉😘
#LettersFromAnAmerican by @hcrichardson.bsky.social…
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
#LettersFromAnAmerican by @hcrichardson.bsky.social…
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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Thoights on brain size, birth, and the ignorance of obscene wealth open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
Thoughts on Brain Size, Birth, and the Ignorance of Obscene Wealth
2025 is going to be a bumpy ride
open.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Thoights on brain size, birth, and the ignorance of obscene wealth open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
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Do you know how much CEO pay has skyrocketed since 1978?
100%? 500%?
Try 1,085%
Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
100%? 500%?
Try 1,085%
Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
CEO Pay Has Risen 1,085% Since 1978, But for Workers? Just 24% | Common Dreams
CEOs at top US companies saw their pay skyrocket by 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay only increased by 24%
www.commondreams.org
December 23, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Do you know how much CEO pay has skyrocketed since 1978?
100%? 500%?
Try 1,085%
Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
100%? 500%?
Try 1,085%
Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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No Child Left Behind: Elementary school edition.
Schools were forced into a Faustian bargain. They could teach kids Social Studies that wouldn’t appear on a state test or they could spend Social Studies time teaching kids more English and Math that would appear on a state test. We see the results
Schools were forced into a Faustian bargain. They could teach kids Social Studies that wouldn’t appear on a state test or they could spend Social Studies time teaching kids more English and Math that would appear on a state test. We see the results
December 23, 2024 at 3:08 PM
No Child Left Behind: Elementary school edition.
Schools were forced into a Faustian bargain. They could teach kids Social Studies that wouldn’t appear on a state test or they could spend Social Studies time teaching kids more English and Math that would appear on a state test. We see the results
Schools were forced into a Faustian bargain. They could teach kids Social Studies that wouldn’t appear on a state test or they could spend Social Studies time teaching kids more English and Math that would appear on a state test. We see the results
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Now he wants Greenland too.
So Annex Greenland & Canada… Invade Mexico… Steal the Panama Canal...
Imagine the reaction if any other world leader was regularly saying belligerent stuff like this.
So Annex Greenland & Canada… Invade Mexico… Steal the Panama Canal...
Imagine the reaction if any other world leader was regularly saying belligerent stuff like this.
December 23, 2024 at 3:41 AM
Now he wants Greenland too.
So Annex Greenland & Canada… Invade Mexico… Steal the Panama Canal...
Imagine the reaction if any other world leader was regularly saying belligerent stuff like this.
So Annex Greenland & Canada… Invade Mexico… Steal the Panama Canal...
Imagine the reaction if any other world leader was regularly saying belligerent stuff like this.
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🚨Speaker Johnson, it's time to step up and show some backbone. A shutdown is a threat to our national security, Veterans, and Armed Forces who are bravely serving and counting on you.
DO. YOUR. JOB.
DO. YOUR. JOB.
December 20, 2024 at 4:08 PM
🚨Speaker Johnson, it's time to step up and show some backbone. A shutdown is a threat to our national security, Veterans, and Armed Forces who are bravely serving and counting on you.
DO. YOUR. JOB.
DO. YOUR. JOB.
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Dr. Peter Hotez is fighting false assertions that vaccines cause autism & the implausibility of vaccines causing autism based on studies showing how the neurodevelopmental process of autism occur before birth. We NEED believers in SCIENCE as head of HHS!
Thank you, Dr. Hotez for everything you do!
Thank you, Dr. Hotez for everything you do!
December 13, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Dr. Peter Hotez is fighting false assertions that vaccines cause autism & the implausibility of vaccines causing autism based on studies showing how the neurodevelopmental process of autism occur before birth. We NEED believers in SCIENCE as head of HHS!
Thank you, Dr. Hotez for everything you do!
Thank you, Dr. Hotez for everything you do!
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See below for my statement in response to Chairman Loudermilk's "Interim Report":
December 17, 2024 at 7:36 PM
See below for my statement in response to Chairman Loudermilk's "Interim Report":
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A mom just came in SO EXCITED to find a map store bc her son would LOVE it.
She tries to be coy. "My son is... Really into maps. Real special kid."
I'm like, ma'am, this is a map store. Half my customers are on the spectrum. I have a trains and transit section. You're among friends.
She tries to be coy. "My son is... Really into maps. Real special kid."
I'm like, ma'am, this is a map store. Half my customers are on the spectrum. I have a trains and transit section. You're among friends.
December 17, 2024 at 10:42 PM
A mom just came in SO EXCITED to find a map store bc her son would LOVE it.
She tries to be coy. "My son is... Really into maps. Real special kid."
I'm like, ma'am, this is a map store. Half my customers are on the spectrum. I have a trains and transit section. You're among friends.
She tries to be coy. "My son is... Really into maps. Real special kid."
I'm like, ma'am, this is a map store. Half my customers are on the spectrum. I have a trains and transit section. You're among friends.
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This last election showed that not enough people know how tariffs work.
Share around so Americans know they will be the ones paying higher costs. Not China, Mexico or Canada.
Share around so Americans know they will be the ones paying higher costs. Not China, Mexico or Canada.
December 11, 2024 at 8:16 PM
This last election showed that not enough people know how tariffs work.
Share around so Americans know they will be the ones paying higher costs. Not China, Mexico or Canada.
Share around so Americans know they will be the ones paying higher costs. Not China, Mexico or Canada.