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Financial Editor + poet (when my immune system behaves). Former attorney. Past VoPro organizer. Latest Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/maggierussell/p/when-wolves-are-a-third-rail More: https://www.maggierussellwriter.com/home/content-writing
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Yay plants!

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I honestly only read the abstract, so I’m not 100% clear on whether this would help #chronicillness diseases involving joints such as RA, psoriatic arthritis, or Ankylosing Spondylitis, axial spondylitis, but it sounds hopeful at the least! Very cool!

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Your assignment this week is to read a book that some “Mom for Liberty” would bring to a school board meeting and cry about.

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Tennessee Senate Republicans on Thursday voted for legislation that requires immigration or citizenship documentation from the more than 900,000 students attending the state’s public schools. Seven Republicans voted with Democrats against the measure.

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I just literally can’t hate this idea any harder.

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The GOP bill, a direct product of President Donald Trump’s decade-long obsession with illegal voting, would require documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration, bar states from counting late-arriving mail ballots, and dramatically infringe on states’ authority to run elections.

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Um… I mean, I do know the answer but that’s not my issue here.

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Packed house for a lunch time panel presentation on Paths to Publishing at @parnassusbooks.bsky.social with agents, authors, and attorneys. So helpful!

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I want news of a new shark species to be uplifting, but I’m not sure. Is new shark species a “yay! Nature!” moment, or is it the murder hornets of 2025? (As in “that’s it, even outside is scary”)? Persuade me towards the positive BlueSky folks. I’m malleable on this one.

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I've seen your comments online, and I've talked to you out on the road, on our main streets, and at the grocery store. I know people are worried and scared right now. But you are not powerless. Each of us has a responsibility to do our part. Your voice matters — and we need you to speak up.

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I changed my name when I got married in 2020. It is bizarrely difficult to figure out how to do the right steps in the right way. I am good with forms. I have a JD. I still paid $100 to a private group (HitchSwitch) to review my situation &tell me what to file when. Passport is harder than you think

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Veterans are against the Save Act. The men & women serving in the US military should not be victims of voter suppression! FCS!

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Ed. Note: Parton’s Imagination Library has sent more than 100 MILLION books FREE to kids all over the world. #DollyParton #Nashville #MusiciansWeLove SIGN: www.change.org/p/rename-nas...

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Unemployment insurance is a joint state and federal program. The GOA conducted a study in 2023 showing problems in implementation by states- mostly due to DOL tech issues. They are taking advantage of a problem they caused.

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Whoa! This article details how they mapped a meshwork of neurons, previously thought to be impossible by creating new tools for collaborative work on complex data that is not limited only to mouse neurons. It’s mind boggling!-could this be used even outside of science (visual arts? Music?).

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Thanks to the diligent efforts of volunteer archivists, a complete pre-2025 copy of the CDC website is now available. Please share this far and wide, this information saves lives. 🧪 restoredcdc.org/www.cdc.gov/

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AUTISM IS NOT AN EPIDEMIC, PEOPLE WITH AUTISM ARE NOT BROKEN

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Simultaneous fury, exhaustion, and also profound confusion as to how humans can lack basic knowledge of economics: This bird’s expression or my current feelings?

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#NationalLibraryWeek #LiteracyMatters

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👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

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"Identification of human-specific connectivity patterns in temporal & parietal lobes, regions linked to language & social cognition, challenges traditional views that prioritize the prefrontal cortex in defining human cognitive uniqueness." @neuroecologylab.bsky.social in new issue of J. Neurosci.👇🧪

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Live at the Analog in the Hutton Hotel, the @slowdownshow.org is getting started on a celebration for National Poetry Month.

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This is what happens when everyone knows gramps shouldn't be driving but no one wants to take away his keys.

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When they let the poets takeover writing headlines. 😳

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Saturday (4/5/25), I woke up to a blackflipped Instagram stories feed. Instead of the usual content, I was shown companies & people I hadn’t seen in ages. Anything with a political bent was on there, but I had to massively hunt and search for it, including from my buddies. Today? Back to normal. 🙄

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As the economic news keeps coming out over the coming weeks keep one thing in mind: this is the fault of one man and didn’t need to happen.

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Another amazing poetry night at @parnassusbooks.bsky.social

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Ya’ll, there are only 3.5 million people in the ENTIRE state of Utah. This is massive!

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⚡️ HAPPENING NOW IN NASHVILLE — giant line to get into the Senator @elizabethwarren town hall @marshablackburn hasn’t done one in 8 years, Hagerty has never done one. So Senator Warren is here.

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@maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social in conversation with Major Jackson (@slowdownshow.org) tonight at @parnassusbooks.bsky.social was a shot in the arm to keep paying attention and making art (and maybe some good trouble?). So much to chew on and savor from it!

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