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Here’s what we did today

Best podcasts that are covering the news right now?

Anyone making plans for a Victory garden this summer to decrease the stress on our food systems and give you something else to think about?

My 40 hour job serves women, refugees and immigrants. How unethical is it for me to just retreat inward when I get home. Just garden and knit and live? So many people are going through hell and I feel guilty. And I don’t know anyone with a lot of bandwidth right now.

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

I just subscribed to 5 Calls Newsletter! buttondown.com/5calls

“If HF 2082 becomes law, Iowa would be the first state to remove gender identity as a protected category after adding it to its civil rights law.” littlevillagemag.com/shipley-holt...

Please share these with everyone you know. TY. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

📣Millions of kids rely on #WIC for access to healthy foods. Let your reps know: We need a fully funded WIC! ➡️ bit.ly/WIC25

I’ll just leave this here.

Let’s gooooooo! #hawkeyes #womenscollegebb

TODAY’S UNREQUESTED ADVICE …is it good advice? did you like it? Give it a 💙and please RP😘😘

The media has a role, yes, but let's challenge this a bit. How do we make the public more resistant to lies?

Why do all these predators cover for each other?

Vaccines work, actually

Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines: Measles: Before: 530,000, After: 47 Mumps: Before: 160,000, After: 429 Rubella: Before: 50,000, After: 3 Diphtheria: Before: 20,000, After: 2 Smallpox: Before: 30,000, After: 0 Polio: Before: 16,000, After: 0

Some advice for 💙 #neversayhisname #resist

We’re about to find out whether there are any patriots among Republican Senators, or whether they’ll make excuses for the foreign-backed demolition of our Republic that is now plainly underway.

For those who have a better understanding of recent history, are there been any examples of democratic nations that were able to course correct after this much of a nose dive?