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Actor, writer, auntie, dog mom, and public health fangirl. Jamerican living in the southern US. Sometimes fancy nerd. Everyone is an educator. https://www.monafoundation.org/ https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/
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Ronald McNair: 2nd African American and 1st Baha’i to fly in space. Persevered from a childhood in Jim Crow era South Carolina to earning a doctorate in physics at MIT and becoming an astronaut. Died in the Challenger shuttle disaster. #Bahai #BlackHistoryMonth bahaiteachings.org/dr-ronald-mc...

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Please take the time to leave a comment supporting trans people’s right to get passports with gender marker changes.

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Sharon Astyk is doing a 2-hour program on H5N1 preparedness. ko-fi.com/s/2406ea7e58...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

LA artists: The current grant cycle application deadline for this was extended to Feb 20. Another cycle starts soon too.

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Starting a list of resources for folks who are either impacted by the EKY/SWVA floods or who want to help. The water is high, y’all, and we’ve got freezing temps almost all week. Feel free to add to this

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

On this, what can be one of the loneliest days of the year for some, I just want to say I truly, deeply hope those of you still looking find the love you know damn well you deserve and I hope that you find it sooner rather than later. You deserve to be loved. You really do.

submitted 8 days ago • 14 comments

We have GOT to clean the air in film/tv set hair and makeup trailers. Folks working in them basically huff fumes 12-18 hours a day. 😡

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Hey Upstate South Carolina friends! Please sign the petition asking the TR city council to refuse to allow the mega resort on Paris Mountain. We've had enough green space destroyed already. chng.it/8CLLzKb8Sf

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Are you an artist in need of critical medical, mental health, or dental treatment? Do you create in visual arts, film/video/electronic/digital arts, or choreography? You could be eligible to apply for a grant of up to $5,000: bit.ly/2HEzfRi @rrauschenberg @nyfacurrent

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*Always pay attention to the hashtags* 😅 #AccessibilityAwareness

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Because in the United States, it’s legal to feed chicken shit to cattle. That’s why. That’s literally the reason www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

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But three studies about bird flu remain on hold even as the outbreak spreads. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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Insulting looks, body, intelligence, age, education levels etc — EVEN when correctly angry about an injustice — feeds racism, ableism, classism and every other ism injustice thrives on. Speak out, but not at the expense of already marginalized folks.

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

Please try to remember that if you don't actually know someone, you don't know much about their life or what they are up against. Even people who are quite active on socials are only sharing bits and pieces. Presumption can make you absurd.

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JAMA Viewpoint: “Regardless of the popularity or powerful interests behind a policy, the responsibility of the profession is to speak out when the science is clear that it will threaten health or safety.”

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DYK? Since July 2022, the lag between COVID-19 symptom onset and a positive PCR test is 4.5-6.5 days. You might test positive earlier than 5 days after symptom onset, but it can be up to one week. That's PCR--with RATs you're even less likely to test positive within the first 5 days of symptoms.

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Also do not forget that bluesky has a wonderful feed of gifted articles from behind paywalls that you can enjoy. I learn a lot and find new writers and publications to follow: bsky.app/profile/did:...

submitted 65 days ago • 3 comments

Happy Black History Month. Listen to, support, fund, and uplift Black people. #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth Black journos: go.bsky.app/QvS5FNb Black scientists: go.bsky.app/Ao3Qt9a Black academics: go.bsky.app/RyKSzcb Black democracy experts: go.bsky.app/6WTBzhX Black in tech: go.bsky.app/2RAbS3g

submitted 22 days ago • 190 comments

Generations of Black patriots have fought in every battle. In every war. They fought when that freedom didn’t include them. Black History is, and will ALWAYS be, American History. #BlackHistoryMonth

submitted 22 days ago • 44 comments

When Congressman John Lewis was a child, he tried to get a library card. He was turned away & told “The Library is not for coloureds” 💔 He’s a civil rights icon, lover of books, recipient of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. “The Library IS for Everyone” 💚 #BlackHistoryMonth

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