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Cultural historian & writer; ret. Early American Specialist, Main Reading Rm., Lib. of Congress. Orthodox Christian; politics follow Matt. 25:31-46. Lover of arts & natural world (N. America & Brit. Isles). Stop climate change, or little else will matter.
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w/ story link: Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members. Drug cos need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. w/ story link: insights.citeline.com/pink-sheet/v... #healthpolicy

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Worth trying. Put February 28 on your calendar.

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Even during challenging times, we must keep fighting for strong policies protecting nature. And now, more than ever, we need people like you to use your voice to speak up for nature! Learn how you can be an advocate for nature: www.nature.org/en-us/about-...

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This new book makes clear that the reality of structural racism and the related poverty and inequality is not simply long-ago history, but continues to define present-day America. @calscherm.bsky.social

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I always knew these folks were great vets. Now I know they’re great people, as well. God bless them!

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Just delighted to see this particular person on Bluesky.

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Can’t wait to read it! What a terrific collaboration!

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Congratulations to the virus and bacteria communities on the confirmation of their longtime supporter and champion Robert F. Kennedy Jr as secretary of health and human services.

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The Trump Administration’s targeted obliteration of scientific data is forcing life-saving information into the shadows as medical professionals scramble to save it: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Well, this is a good time to live here

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This is a really important— & surely not accidental— point! Largely because of the opportunities to rise via (yes) good *merit-based* Federal jobs, the DC area is home to a robust & thriving Black middle class. Its survival is now at risk. That is a deliberate form of racial violence.

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These cuts will kill cancer patients. It really is that simple.

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Ah, yes. The Trump/Musk Administration’s signature combination of pettiness, malice, and implicit threat.

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Oh, and he also just fired the Archivist of the United States (= head of the National Archives). www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-f...

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The Trump massacre continues. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...

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You know this historian with a thing for things loved talking about vast early American history and material culture in the latest issue of the WMQ! Grateful to the Early Modern Studies Institute at the Huntington-USC and the WMQ for the forum. Available now on Project Muse (DM for copy)

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The invertebrates feed only has 500 so I'm posting bugs because they need the love. bsky.app/profile/did:...

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In case you need a moment of peace & beauty….

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America’s new concentration camp is now open for business. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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The American Republic died on Jan. 20. We are now in salvage mode, trying to determine whether enough of its foundational structures can still be saved to approximate something like it in the future. #Trump

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A moment of beauty for you today:

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At morning meeting, Trump officials tell staff at the Office of Personnel Management to draw up plans to cut the agencies staff and programs by 70%, expected to disable federal retirement services programs, federal employee health benefits and more. federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2...

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Shame on you, Harvard. A terrible, cowardly mistake by my alma mater. Regretting I’m not rich enough for them to take notice when I cut my annual gift, since awe at money & power seem to be their overriding values now. www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/01/harv...

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He folded. 😊

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Just deleted Google Maps from my apps.

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A superb— and deeply moving — historical analysis by the great David W. Blight:

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Landscape photographers are now doing essential work for humanity. They are documenting the beauty and wonder of the world we are destroying through climate change. Support them! #LandscapePhotography

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This.

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I love this. Not at all surprised to learn that it’s in beautiful, thoughtful Finland….

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If you missed the #Slaveryarchive Book Club with James H. Sweet (University of Wisconsin) on his new book Mutiny on the Black Prince you can catch up now via YouTube youtu.be/v_7AtcMEyR4?...

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A rare & gorgeous iteration of winter….

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Looks as though many of us will now not live as long as we had every reason until this week to suppose we would.

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Well, at least now when Trump invades Greenland and Panama, we know it will be done incompetently. So there’s that. #Hedgseth

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How did I miss #RedSquirrelAppreciationDay? Let’s keep the celebration going….

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Borrowdale mood this morning. #landscapephotography #lakedistrict #nikon

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We have another post-doctoral opportunity to announce and share! Check out the link for details. Position: Sustainability & Conservation Science Postdoctoral Fellowship at @upenn.edu in partnership with The Nature Conservancy. @michaelemann.bsky.social web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/opport...

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