Sarah Brand
@sarahbrand.bsky.social
DC-adjacent. local elected/activist, data nerd, sometimes SF/fantasy writer, live-in photographer for my cats. opinions are mine and do not reflect the views of my cats. elected official account: @sarahbw.bsky.social
my husband and I are rewatching season 1 and it's actually kind of painful how good it was at the beginning. (and 100% agreed about the small talk potential, it was SO nice)
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 AM
my husband and I are rewatching season 1 and it's actually kind of painful how good it was at the beginning. (and 100% agreed about the small talk potential, it was SO nice)
(for those who aren't familiar, HEOR is pharma consulting for people who like economics, statistics, programming in Microsoft Excel [sometimes], communications, talking to doctors and [sometimes] patients, and learning about drugs and diseases, but don't want to do any of those things all the time.)
November 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
(for those who aren't familiar, HEOR is pharma consulting for people who like economics, statistics, programming in Microsoft Excel [sometimes], communications, talking to doctors and [sometimes] patients, and learning about drugs and diseases, but don't want to do any of those things all the time.)
this was in 2012. since then, more universities have started offering HEOR-related classes and/or grad programs, so today I doubt I could wander in off the street (metaphorically speaking) with a BA in economics and a dream in my heart (gainful employment).
November 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
this was in 2012. since then, more universities have started offering HEOR-related classes and/or grad programs, so today I doubt I could wander in off the street (metaphorically speaking) with a BA in economics and a dream in my heart (gainful employment).
Wait, what do they do about… all the lyrics
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Wait, what do they do about… all the lyrics
Not weight lifting specifically, but I had a good personal training experience at Fitness Together in Bethesda back in 2017/18. I stopped because $$$, but it did get me to exercise regularly, which nothing else has managed before or since.
November 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Not weight lifting specifically, but I had a good personal training experience at Fitness Together in Bethesda back in 2017/18. I stopped because $$$, but it did get me to exercise regularly, which nothing else has managed before or since.
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i think a good example of Propaganda Works is the number of you who think that the national Democratic Party spent the years 2013 to 2020 denouncing Americans for insufficient Tumblr-speak
November 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
i think a good example of Propaganda Works is the number of you who think that the national Democratic Party spent the years 2013 to 2020 denouncing Americans for insufficient Tumblr-speak
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Back in the day I transcribed an old Barth speech that isn't anywhere on the English Internet, I think, and my old site is gone, but it's still on the Wayback Machine. One of my fav speeches ever, changed my life. web.archive.org/web/20210121...
Am reminded of a 1911 lecture by Karl Barth, “Jesus Christ and the Movement for Social Justice”.
“When I talk about the movement for social justice, I am not talking about what some or all Social Democrats are *doing*; I am talking about what they *want*.”
“When I talk about the movement for social justice, I am not talking about what some or all Social Democrats are *doing*; I am talking about what they *want*.”
January 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Back in the day I transcribed an old Barth speech that isn't anywhere on the English Internet, I think, and my old site is gone, but it's still on the Wayback Machine. One of my fav speeches ever, changed my life. web.archive.org/web/20210121...
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my patience has increased but I will say, it is ok to have trouble reading, it is not ok to scream at people for things you imagined they said because you can't read what they actually said
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
my patience has increased but I will say, it is ok to have trouble reading, it is not ok to scream at people for things you imagined they said because you can't read what they actually said
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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like i don’t understand what solutions to these problems look like that don’t include remaking or altogether replacing the democratic party. i haven’t seen a single articulation of one at all, let alone a convincing one. it’s not sufficient but it is necessary
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 AM
like i don’t understand what solutions to these problems look like that don’t include remaking or altogether replacing the democratic party. i haven’t seen a single articulation of one at all, let alone a convincing one. it’s not sufficient but it is necessary