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Amidst many other wrong and vengeful firings, this one is incredibly heartbreaking and infuriating. Librarians are precious stewards of knowledge. Hayden and her staff deserve more respect. The Library of Congress itself deserves more respect.

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🧵1/ BIG NEWS!! CDC just dropped a landmark report — the first US data on RSV hospitalizations after rollout of the maternal vaccine and infant antibody. What happened? Hospitalizations in babies under 3 months fell nearly 50% vs pre-pandemic years. Quietly, radically effective.

submitted 12 days ago • 26 comments

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It's not how tariffs work. Yet he finally explains that he wants (presumably foreign) consumers to pay his administration for the luxury of shopping in the US. So if you have things to sell his "deals" will basically gatekeep who can afford to buy them, with none of the added costs going to you.

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Here are some actionable suggestions if publishers want to actually help Black and Brown writers (rather than some publicity stunt that helps one or two people, gives a pat on the head to the publisher, and does nothing for anybody else). 1. Actively hire more Black and Brown people in publishing.

submitted 18 days ago • 7 comments

I'm sorry I know there's a lot going on but how are we not screaming about Ron DeSantis stealing $10 million from Medicaid and the money ending up with pro-DeSantis superPACs, funneled through a charity run by his wife? HOW IS THIS NOT NATIONAL NEWS? www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

submitted 27 days ago • 191 comments

In the hour of darkness and peril and fear, let’s all channel a little Paul Revere. @hcrichardson.bsky.social #paulrevere #boston250

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As a biologist, I'm appalled at pride the White House takes in willful ignorance. In yesterday's executive order about NPR and PBS, their first example of "the trash that passes for `news' at NPR and PBS" is the statement that "banana slugs are hermaphrodites." But this is unequivocal fact.

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FDA inspection teams have been critically reduced. Abbott Labs also produces Ensure. Our most vulnerable populations are at risk with a lack of regulation, and the company does not appear to be addressing concerns adequately.

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After 9 months stuck in space, astronaut Sunita Williams finally returned home to her dogs. This is the moment they were reunited. 🐶❤️ #Goodnews

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Ellen Eglin worked as a housekeeper and as a government census clerk. She invented the clothes wringer to shorten the dry time for laundry. She was concerned that if it were patented it in her name, white women would not buy one. She sold the patent for $18. www.blackpast.org/african-amer...

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Gladys West is a mathematician who worked for the Navy for 42 years. Her modeling helped lay the groundwork for the development of modern GPS systems. She was inducted into the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2018. www.britannica.com/biography/Gl...

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Lisa Gelobter has been a computer scientist since the early days of the Internet. She worked as an engineer and program manager for Shockwave, and was on the launch team for Hulu. She was also the Chief Digital Service Officer for President Obama's Dept of Education. anitab.org/profile/lisa...

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Begging folks to stop referring to the pandemic in the past tense. It’s still “during COVID”. The pandemic isn’t over just because you want it to be. We have no sterilizing vaccine. No treatment or cure for Long Covid. People are still dying & becoming disabled every day because we refuse to adapt

submitted 53 days ago • 47 comments

Not much has been written, at least online, about Theora Stephens. She was a black hairdresser who lived from 1915-1996. She patented modern flat and curling irons in 1980. Hairstyles of the 80s and beyond owe her a lot. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theora_...

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Olga Gonzalez-Sanabria hs worked at NASA since 1979. Currently at the Glenn Research Center she serves as the Director of Engineering and Technical Services. She was a major contributor in developing the Long Cycle Life Nickel-Hydrogen Batteries that power the ISS. custom-powder.com/mothers-of-i...

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Dr. Ayanna Howard is a successful entrepreneur, roboticist, and educator. She founded Zyrobotics to make products to help kids with learning disabilities. She worked for NASA and Georgia Tech, and is now the Dean of the OSU College of Engineering. engineering.osu.edu/about/office...

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Dr. Rebecca Crumpler was born in Delaware in 1831. She worked as a nurse in Massachusetts in the 1850s. She earned a spot at the New England Female Medical College. She graduated in 1864, the first black woman doctor in the US. She wrote "A Book of Medical Discourses." www.nps.gov/people/dr-re...

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

You cannot make this shit up. Sharing this jaw-dropping story with a gift link -- give it a read.

submitted 57 days ago • 819 comments

Dr. Donna Auguste has over 20 years of experience working with consumer electronics and software. While working at Apple she led a team that developed the Newton, a predecessor to the Palm Pilot, one of the first personal data assistant devices. www.colorado.edu/atlas/donna-...

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Alice Ball was the first woman to obtain a masters degree from the University of Hawaii. She developed a revolutionary method for treating leprosy that allowed an oil that had been helpful to be processed into a water soluble injectable form. scientificwomen.net/women/ball-a...

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Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett was a key developer of the Covid-19 vaccine while working at the NIH in 2020. ""The vaccine you are going to be taking was developed by an African American woman and that is just a fact," Fauci said." www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-1...

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