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Retired software engineer, married with two grown children and two grandchildren, avid reader: lot of history, guitar strummer, once a math teacher, love learning science and ecology, PNW denizen, originally from MA, follows Boston sports teams
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Great article on timely topic!

submitted 12 hours ago • 0 comments

“So much of what we and our readers care about is under threat by the new administration... We will not let chaos deter us from getting out there and sharing stories of what’s happening in the communities that we cover.” -Jennifer Sahn, HCN's ed-in-chief www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/high...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

I watched this story last night on PBS New Hour. Excellent reporting.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Pritzker: If we don’t want to repeat history, then for god’s sake, in this moment, we better be strong enough to learn from it.

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submitted 12 days ago • 260 comments

The NYT article prompted me to find more information on what Jennifer discussed in the piece. If you’re also needing more info on her work and experience with government, check out this excellent, excellent podcast interview with her. #GovernmentReform

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

I read about Marie Tharp in Mapmatics by @inapaul.bsky.social last year. Nice to see another woman get recognized for pursuing her scientific career and , as I often find, be the one who makes breakthroughs in science. #WomenInHistory

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

This guy is the reason you’re about to have no weather forecasts

submitted 19 days ago • 9 comments

Important reminder to not confuse online outrage with action - especially when we so desperately need the latter.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

We need more of this. Thank you AOC

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

at least @techdirt.bsky.social is not fucking around

submitted 21 days ago • 18 comments

My review of Zara Steiner's The Lights That Failed: European International History, 1919-1933, is on goodreads: www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #history

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Congressman Jamie Raskin live now. This is the strong stuff we wanted.

submitted 22 days ago • 22 comments

PLEASE SHARE 🧪‼️ Since CDC websites and datasets are being taken down by the Administration… The ENTIRE archive of ALL CDC datasets uploaded BEFORE January 28th, 2025 can be found here: archive.org/details/2025...

submitted 23 days ago • 164 comments

It’s #BlackHistoryMonth, and I’ve just purchased this book I should have read when it was released in 2020. I own a kindle because of dust mite allergies, but I’m getting this one in hardcover. Reading it in coffee shops is my small way to stand up for what’s right. #History

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Resources for scientists who are being threatened or targeted below from the @nationalacademies.org www.nationalacademies.org/chr/resource...

submitted 24 days ago • 5 comments

Adding to my To Read list. #History

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

I've done activities with stats classes looking at the distribution of what students guess for the % size of various groups in the US vs the actual numbers; their estimates are like those in the chart. (& then also talk about how those official population estimates are done.) #MathSky #ITeachMath

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

In an opinion piece in today’s NYT, David Brooks provides some historical perspective for the loony going’s on in the White House. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/o...

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

The important difference between a committed nazi and someone who just likes to troll people by acting like a Nazi is that there is none.

submitted 32 days ago • 115 comments

Although I didn’t do too much after taking data science courses through Johns Hopkins online program, I still appreciate reading about people who have made and are making progress solving real-world challenges. Good story!

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

One thing we can all do is sign up for outbreaksnearme.org/us/en-US to report flu and other illnesses.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

I cannot overstate how beneficial to my own mental health it has been to be regularly active volunteering in my community—and that's aside from how it helps the health of the community. Find the helpers? BE the helpers.

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

The news I prefer to see on this platform.

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

About halfway through this expansive study of international relations in the interwar period. Great book, learning a lot. #histbookchat

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

NEW: My staff just got ahold of this memo from House Budget Committee Republicans. It's lengthy and hard to digest but it tells us exactly how Republicans plan to sell out the American people for another round of tax cuts to the rich. We're breaking down the highlights as we go:

submitted 38 days ago • 532 comments

One of the best protest songs of the 60s. Learned to play a simple version of it during my first year learning guitar.

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