Susan Masters
@susanboulder.bsky.social
Love #Boulder ⛰️ Fueled by happy marriage 👩❤️👨 laughter 😆 sunshine ☀️. Former speaker bureau agent, now speaker coach. Optimistic, silver-lining, happy person living life in sneakers. 👟
James Zahn, @therockfather.bsky.social, is editor of the trade publication The Toy Book. He predicts we’ll start to see much higher prices and empty shelves in the toy aisle by Halloween. A word to the wise: Shop soon for the kiddos in your life.
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Toymakers are in limbo with uncertain trade policy
As many as 80% of the toys we buy in the U.S. are manufactured in China. The trade war will likely speed up the shift to those other countries.
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April 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
James Zahn, @therockfather.bsky.social, is editor of the trade publication The Toy Book. He predicts we’ll start to see much higher prices and empty shelves in the toy aisle by Halloween. A word to the wise: Shop soon for the kiddos in your life.
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...
Important reading! “It is in America’s interest to reverse course immediately and rebuild the crucial infrastructure needed to detect and respond to outbreaks. Not only is this the right thing to do, but it also makes economic sense.”
Here is a gift link.
But if you can, PLEASE support good journalism!
A senior editor, fact checker, copy editor and many other eyes looked at this piece. Good journalism takes a LOT of work and resources.
Always always grateful to @beccarosen.bsky.social
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But if you can, PLEASE support good journalism!
A senior editor, fact checker, copy editor and many other eyes looked at this piece. Good journalism takes a LOT of work and resources.
Always always grateful to @beccarosen.bsky.social
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The Diseases Are Coming
Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn government tear will have lasting effects on global health.
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March 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Important reading! “It is in America’s interest to reverse course immediately and rebuild the crucial infrastructure needed to detect and respond to outbreaks. Not only is this the right thing to do, but it also makes economic sense.”
Want to help those impacted by the #wildfires? Make sure your #donations make the biggest difference! Here’s Charity Navigator’s list of highly-rated 501(c)(3) organizations that provide immediate & long-term assistance.
#LosAngeles #LAfire #LAfires
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#LosAngeles #LAfire #LAfires
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Los Angeles Fires
Highly rated charities providing relief and recovery to those impacted by fires in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles and surrounding California areas.
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January 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Want to help those impacted by the #wildfires? Make sure your #donations make the biggest difference! Here’s Charity Navigator’s list of highly-rated 501(c)(3) organizations that provide immediate & long-term assistance.
#LosAngeles #LAfire #LAfires
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#LosAngeles #LAfire #LAfires
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The announcement that there will no longer be fact-checking on Facebook isn’t going well for Zuck. #FactsMatter
January 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The announcement that there will no longer be fact-checking on Facebook isn’t going well for Zuck. #FactsMatter
I’m ever so grateful for Eugene Goodman. Rarely has one person made such a difference in our history.
#NeverForgetJan6th #Jan6th #insurrection
#NeverForgetJan6th #Jan6th #insurrection
This man and a small group of capitol police officers singlehandedly saved our democracy four years ago.
In November, 77 million Americans said "to hell with them" and voted for the insurrectionists.
Your "Back the Blue" flags are a pathetic disgrace and your patriotism is bullsh*t.
In November, 77 million Americans said "to hell with them" and voted for the insurrectionists.
Your "Back the Blue" flags are a pathetic disgrace and your patriotism is bullsh*t.
January 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I’m ever so grateful for Eugene Goodman. Rarely has one person made such a difference in our history.
#NeverForgetJan6th #Jan6th #insurrection
#NeverForgetJan6th #Jan6th #insurrection
🔥💯 Superb analogy. Thom Hartmann leaves the other guy speechless.
January 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
🔥💯 Superb analogy. Thom Hartmann leaves the other guy speechless.
This is great advice. When Dan Pink researched his book The Power of Regret, he learned that one of the biggest regrets is not going for it. Asking someone out, starting a business, getting the degree.
People who tried and failed were way happier than those who didn’t try.
People who tried and failed were way happier than those who didn’t try.
January 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM
This is great advice. When Dan Pink researched his book The Power of Regret, he learned that one of the biggest regrets is not going for it. Asking someone out, starting a business, getting the degree.
People who tried and failed were way happier than those who didn’t try.
People who tried and failed were way happier than those who didn’t try.
January 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"There are moments when the heart is generous, and then it knows that for better or worse our lives are woven together here, one with one another and with the place and all the living things."
- Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow
Image: Devin Leonardi, "Two Friends on the Shore of Long Island"
- Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow
Image: Devin Leonardi, "Two Friends on the Shore of Long Island"
January 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"There are moments when the heart is generous, and then it knows that for better or worse our lives are woven together here, one with one another and with the place and all the living things."
- Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow
Image: Devin Leonardi, "Two Friends on the Shore of Long Island"
- Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow
Image: Devin Leonardi, "Two Friends on the Shore of Long Island"
December 22, 2024 at 8:11 PM
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Can someone remind Elon which party is in the majority in the House?
December 20, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Can someone remind Elon which party is in the majority in the House?
No place is completely safe from natural disasters but some are safer. In this gift article you can input your city to see how it rates on both climate risk and resilience. #climate #climatechange
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Advice | See if your city is poised to bounce back from the next climate disaster
Communities across the United States face extreme weather, but some are prepared to thrive. Find out how your city ranks.
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November 20, 2024 at 4:48 PM
No place is completely safe from natural disasters but some are safer. In this gift article you can input your city to see how it rates on both climate risk and resilience. #climate #climatechange
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Reposted by Susan Masters
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The nature cure: how time outdoors transforms our memory, imagination and logic. Without engaging with natural environments, our brains cease to work well. Exposure to nature isn’t a luxury – it’s a necessity.
Includes a quote by @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social
Includes a quote by @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social
The nature cure: how time outdoors transforms our memory, imagination and logic
Without engaging with natural environments, our brains cease to work well. As the new field of environmental neuroscience proves, exposure to nature isn’t a luxury – it’s a necessity
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November 16, 2024 at 5:37 PM
1/ A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his #consciousness.
~ Albert Einstein
www.themarginalian.org/2016/11/28/e...
~ Albert Einstein
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Einstein on Widening Our Circles of Compassion
“Our task must be to free ourselves … by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
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November 16, 2024 at 5:04 PM
1/ A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his #consciousness.
~ Albert Einstein
www.themarginalian.org/2016/11/28/e...
~ Albert Einstein
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Want to speak at TEDx? "Share a relatable problem and a non-obvious solution." ~ Andrew Hyde, founder #TEDxBoulder @andrewhyde.bsky.social
Speaking at #TEDx can launch or accelerate a #speaking career. This is the single best bit of advice I’ve ever heard on how to be selected to speak.
Speaking at #TEDx can launch or accelerate a #speaking career. This is the single best bit of advice I’ve ever heard on how to be selected to speak.
November 15, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Want to speak at TEDx? "Share a relatable problem and a non-obvious solution." ~ Andrew Hyde, founder #TEDxBoulder @andrewhyde.bsky.social
Speaking at #TEDx can launch or accelerate a #speaking career. This is the single best bit of advice I’ve ever heard on how to be selected to speak.
Speaking at #TEDx can launch or accelerate a #speaking career. This is the single best bit of advice I’ve ever heard on how to be selected to speak.
“I’ll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you’ll come to understand that you’re connected with everything.”
~ Alan Watts
My life in #Boulder is close to being a hermit. But with really good food and comfy shelter. 🤣
#stillness
~ Alan Watts
My life in #Boulder is close to being a hermit. But with really good food and comfy shelter. 🤣
#stillness
November 14, 2024 at 1:45 AM
“I’ll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you’ll come to understand that you’re connected with everything.”
~ Alan Watts
My life in #Boulder is close to being a hermit. But with really good food and comfy shelter. 🤣
#stillness
~ Alan Watts
My life in #Boulder is close to being a hermit. But with really good food and comfy shelter. 🤣
#stillness
Protect #journalists and #journalism
Your Senators only have a few weeks to pass the PRESS Act, a Federal “shield” bill for journalists that the House passed with biparisan support back in January. The linked article has a link to an easy form to use, or contact your Senators in the way you usually do. techcrunch.com/2024/11/10/i...
It's the Senate's last chance to pass the PRESS Act | TechCrunch
The PRESS Act would protect a journalist's sources, and gained unanimous bipartisan support when passed by the House in January.
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November 14, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Protect #journalists and #journalism
#Boulder Flatirons. Grateful to live here. #photography
November 13, 2024 at 9:45 PM
#Boulder Flatirons. Grateful to live here. #photography