Miriam Perry
@miriamperry.bsky.social
The Marquis de Lafayette gifted the key to the Bastille to George Washington in 1790. It symbolized a "token of victory by Liberty over Despotism”. Washington treasured this key, and it remained in the mansion after his death.
Can people with the appropriate knowledge and background please start a Program 2026? Like right now? And follow it with a Plan to Restore Sanity 2028?
April 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Can people with the appropriate knowledge and background please start a Program 2026? Like right now? And follow it with a Plan to Restore Sanity 2028?
State Dept’s budget is being slashed. Fulbright scholarships are on the chopping block. What about Peace Corps and Americorps? What about other cultural exchange programs?
April 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
State Dept’s budget is being slashed. Fulbright scholarships are on the chopping block. What about Peace Corps and Americorps? What about other cultural exchange programs?
They assume we will forget about this and/or the vast majority won’t link health consequences down the line to these cuts. Plus probably fewer scientists left to publish morbidity/mortality data.
April 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
They assume we will forget about this and/or the vast majority won’t link health consequences down the line to these cuts. Plus probably fewer scientists left to publish morbidity/mortality data.
You think they would have learned from Gaetz’ Venmo mishaps. I guess not.
March 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
You think they would have learned from Gaetz’ Venmo mishaps. I guess not.
Clearly 4 weeks was too long
March 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Clearly 4 weeks was too long
There are people who are missing teeth and don’t have dentures/don’t wear them. Survivors of oral cancers missing parts of their throat/tongue. Stroke survivors. Etc. All this affects speech. How are our seniors with speech impairments supposed to be understood by AI?
March 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
There are people who are missing teeth and don’t have dentures/don’t wear them. Survivors of oral cancers missing parts of their throat/tongue. Stroke survivors. Etc. All this affects speech. How are our seniors with speech impairments supposed to be understood by AI?
How AI will interpret MeeMaw’s accent while she’s also hard of hearing and can’t understand it, is beyond me. Keep real people in their jobs so MeeMaw can get her questions answered.
March 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
How AI will interpret MeeMaw’s accent while she’s also hard of hearing and can’t understand it, is beyond me. Keep real people in their jobs so MeeMaw can get her questions answered.
Make good trouble. Necessary trouble.
March 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Make good trouble. Necessary trouble.
@ossoff.senate.gov the other side of this catastrophe of will be TB drug resistance.
February 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
@ossoff.senate.gov the other side of this catastrophe of will be TB drug resistance.
If approximately 1 in 1000 measles cases result in death, there are more than the 150 cases being reported. Many, many more.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC....
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC....
Inpatient morbidity and mortality of measles in the United States
Measles is an extremely contagious, vaccine-preventable infection that was officially declared eradicated in the US in 2000. However, measles outbreaks are increasingly occurring in the US. Measles ca...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
February 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
If approximately 1 in 1000 measles cases result in death, there are more than the 150 cases being reported. Many, many more.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC....
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC....
It’s very poetic. Like arms reaching towards a barely visible horizon. Beautiful.
February 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
It’s very poetic. Like arms reaching towards a barely visible horizon. Beautiful.
Absolutely agree! Ossoff needs to win but a popular Kemp would complicate things greatly.
February 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Absolutely agree! Ossoff needs to win but a popular Kemp would complicate things greatly.
Not to mention that measles basically wipes out your immune system’s memory. This “amnesia” means your body is now susceptible to other pathogens that it had previously created immunity to.
February 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Not to mention that measles basically wipes out your immune system’s memory. This “amnesia” means your body is now susceptible to other pathogens that it had previously created immunity to.
Time for some good trouble.
February 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Time for some good trouble.