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Picture book author, voting rights advocate, biologist, former teacher & science educator, repped by Natascha Morris. She/her www.leahrosekessler.com https://www.schulerbooks.com/book/9781576879849 (Banner from RAT FAIR - illlus by Cleonique Hilsaca)
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Come on , Michigan. We can do it.

Folks, the House advanced the disastrous reconciliation bill, with the destructive 10-year State Ban against regulations for AI intact! We now MUST mobilize our calls to the Senate! Call today! If you need a script the post below offers a fantastic alternative! We only have one chance! Lets go!

Shirley gets it. We do what we can, and this is a thing we can do. ❤️

🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday 📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj

Two days left to comment. Takes mere seconds. Saves lives. If you’ve been feeling helpless— this is a thing you can do! It’s been effective in the past. Healthcare is a human right. Disability & health justice is for everyone. Be LOUD. Our enemies are spineless, and we outnumber them.

Takes five seconds, and might mean you can still get COVID boosters.

The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters. www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

Whoa! New polling shows that a majority of voters in EVERY SINGLE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT oppose cuts to Medicaid. Members of Congress should take note. ☎️ Flood the Capitol switchboard to voice your opposition to the bill from hell. 202-224-3121. Defend Medicaid! Defeat Cancer!

Imagine choosing RIGHT NOW to tie yourself to Elon's sinking ship 🤦 Time to find a new burrito joint friends #teslatakedown techcrunch.com/2025/05/16/c...

I know people are tired, but everybody needs to call their congressional reps (of any party) and ask them to vote no on the "big beautiful bill."

I just sent a message to my dem congressman asking him to call for hearings into this. I think we should all do this (regardless of our rep’s party). Let’s make some noise on this.

"Your life should not be a museum." "Being alive is as special an occasion as it gets."

one of the libraries in my system has a post hole digger, and all I can think of is "check it out now, post hole digger, check it out now, post hole digger"

We must keep fighting! News here via @lizneeley.bsky.social about some climate datasets that are being restored to the public after farmers’ groups fought for them in court. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

4 new words added to the script. I want my lawyer. Every day is shut the fuck up Friday

Can‘t make or buy art for your #ttrpg project? Well, this is leagues better than using generative ai.

this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

World and national news is important, but keep up with local news too! It's what affects you most and where you can make the most impact!

You can have your choice of cans But I could never love this brand Only Dolly gets to call a drink Jolene

Yes, I'm pissed about the jumbo jet too. But this is actually the most important story today.

This is why you support the USPS. Private carriers just don't offer the same door to door service. And they never will. Because they rely on the US Postal Service. #BackTheBlue #birds

Obama turned down a *book* to comply with ethics rules surrounding gifts. Trump is accepting a jet. That’s the difference.

Take a moment to save the non-partisan civil service--Chanda has made it easy--it took about 3 minutes

Let's not forget for a second that AI is now overwhelmingly an oligarchic project. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/u...

Happy Book Birthday to @sarahollyackerman.bsky.social!🎉 📚 GOOD KNIGHT, illustrated by Ma Pe, and published by @littlebrownyr.bsky.social hit shelves today. Check it out! buff.ly/PZhCyax

I kind of want to write this picture book.

If watching library workers resist leads you to expect us to save you, you're taking away the wrong message. You should be viewing this as a clear indicator that YOU can and should stand up and push back, too. We need help, not acclaim.

Excellent work skyline. Love it when the posts line up just right. @jortsthecat.bsky.social @thisone0verhere.bsky.social

Help us call North Carolina voters on Thursday to stop the GOP reconciliation plan. Thom Tillis will be one of the most vulnerable GOP senators next year, so we’re urging NC voters to turn up the temperature on Tillis as we fight Trump’s Tax Scam. Our phonebank is open to everyone. Sign up now.

My daughter’s speech therapist went out of business because Medicaid reimbursement rates were too low. We do not have Medicaid. I’m going to keep posting this until people understand that when Medicaid gets cut *everyone* loses services.

Uline's owners are the 2nd biggest political donors to Trump, so found a non-MAGA alt rec'd on Reddi: EcoEnclose. For shipping boxes for original comic art, so I got EXACTLY the size I wanted. It's half the price once you add in shipping to my house from Uline. EcoEnc $120.32 vs Uline $238.38.

Crazy how long this conversation has been going on

There are days when I feel like what happens in courts doesn’t matter. But on those days, I pretend that I do. Because I know it does. I’ve seen it matter, even during the last 111 days. So I’m glad to see this heartfelt reminder from @chrisgeidner.bsky.social

For everyone who was like “Google search is getting worse,” we were absolutely right.

It’s really hard to take seriously any effort to normalize the parts of AI that might be useful when it’s being used as a cudgel by corrupt fascists to destroy art, science, healthcare, the indigent, and the macroeconomy. How can we accept the “good” parts of a system when we see what it’s used for?