Samantha 📚🧪🧶
@sammyb80.bsky.social
Lover of books, science, and all things yarn. Fed up with the world as we know it. She/her
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A great quiz about avoiding mosquitoes. How savvy are you about avoiding these suckers? 🦟 🧪 www.npr.org/2025/07/08/n...
Want to make yourself less appealing to mosquitoes? Our quiz has surprising ideas
Level up your knowledge of mosquito bite prevention with our quiz. It's full of surprising, science-backed tactics that may save you from getting eaten alive this summer.
www.npr.org
July 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A great quiz about avoiding mosquitoes. How savvy are you about avoiding these suckers? 🦟 🧪 www.npr.org/2025/07/08/n...
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1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
2025 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
January 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
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Hey, it’s one of those Mexican firefighters who came over here to take our jobs. And save our kittens.
January 11, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Hey, it’s one of those Mexican firefighters who came over here to take our jobs. And save our kittens.
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Whoever runs The Carter Center socials & the photographer that captured this shot are national HEROES.
There is something so beautifully poetic about a narcissist being eclipsed by a statue of someone else 😭
There is something so beautifully poetic about a narcissist being eclipsed by a statue of someone else 😭
January 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Whoever runs The Carter Center socials & the photographer that captured this shot are national HEROES.
There is something so beautifully poetic about a narcissist being eclipsed by a statue of someone else 😭
There is something so beautifully poetic about a narcissist being eclipsed by a statue of someone else 😭
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I stand with Chaplain Kibben.
🚨NEW: Speaker Mike Johnson reportedly wants to fire House Chaplain Margaret Kibben. She is a 30-year Navy veteran and has been criticized by the GOP for holding a prayer to mark the 4th anniversary of January 6th.
REPOST if you stand with Chaplain Kibben against the GOP!
REPOST if you stand with Chaplain Kibben against the GOP!
January 11, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I stand with Chaplain Kibben.
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In September ProPublica reported the first abortion ban deaths confirmed by the state's maternal mortality committee. Now the state has disbanded the committee for sharing these details w/ ProPublica. This is part of a growing right-wing push to conceal the violent toll of anti-abortion laws:
Um, Georgia Just Shut Down the Committee That Reported Abortion Ban Deaths
Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.
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November 22, 2024 at 2:00 AM
In September ProPublica reported the first abortion ban deaths confirmed by the state's maternal mortality committee. Now the state has disbanded the committee for sharing these details w/ ProPublica. This is part of a growing right-wing push to conceal the violent toll of anti-abortion laws:
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I know everyone is talking about Matt Gaetz but please don't miss this:
Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...
Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...
Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths
In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outs...
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November 21, 2024 at 10:18 PM
I know everyone is talking about Matt Gaetz but please don't miss this:
Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...
Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...
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RFK Jr. wants to tackle chronic disease. Despite controversial views on vaccines, his focus on healthy food and taking on special interests may find broad support — and face political headwinds.
RFK Jr. wants to 'Make America Healthy Again.' He could face a lot of pushback
RFK Jr. wants to tackle chronic disease. Despite controversial views on vaccines, his focus on healthy food and taking on special interests may find broad support — and face political headwinds.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2024 at 7:28 PM
RFK Jr. wants to tackle chronic disease. Despite controversial views on vaccines, his focus on healthy food and taking on special interests may find broad support — and face political headwinds.
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Nobody who has said ‘do your own research’ has actually demonstrated an aptitude for critical thought. They always say it while saying things like ‘vaccines cause autism’
November 16, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Nobody who has said ‘do your own research’ has actually demonstrated an aptitude for critical thought. They always say it while saying things like ‘vaccines cause autism’
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Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction
Graphic from Edward Tufte
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Graphic from Edward Tufte
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November 15, 2024 at 5:00 AM
Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction
Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪
Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪
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Black people were banned from the state of Oregon until 1926. Less than a century ago.
JUST IN: Democrat Janelle Bynum has officially defeated Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.), flipping back a congressional seat that Democrats had previously held for years. www.huffpost.com/entry/janell...
Democrat Janelle Bynum Defeats Oregon GOP Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer
Bynum, a three-term state legislator, flipped back a congressional seat that Democrats had previously held for years.
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November 15, 2024 at 2:00 AM
Black people were banned from the state of Oregon until 1926. Less than a century ago.
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Cicero was a very wise man
November 14, 2024 at 6:21 AM
Cicero was a very wise man
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As we were saying...
You should probably get used to hearing this word a lot over the next few years.
November 13, 2024 at 8:47 PM
As we were saying...
Making sure my kids have the opportunity to read ALL the banned books 📚
November 13, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Making sure my kids have the opportunity to read ALL the banned books 📚
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Happy hump day, BlueSky.
November 13, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Happy hump day, BlueSky.
