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wendyguild.bsky.social
Writer, reader, thinker, lifelong learner, paint dabbler, avid gardener, animal lover. Human rights, DEI, empathy
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A new website created by about a dozen federal employees, called “We the Builders,” aims to be a secure outlet for government workers to share stories about how their workplaces are being impacted by DOGE, and a place to explain the real-world impact of its access to government tech systems.

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RIP, good boy

When the worst people in the world realize they have to join the resistance…

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Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

Thank you to those flight, attendants! Oh my goodness, can you imagine?

Sequoia National Park in California

Glacier National Park isn’t just a breathtaking landscape—it’s a living testament to the hard work of federal employees who care for our public lands. From park rangers & forestry crews to dedicated biologists, these individuals ensure that our natural treasures endure for future generations.

The mass firing bloodbath at HHS continues. We will likely pay for these mistakes in blood of those who could have been saved. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement. The wholesale erasure of history in real time.

Can we get a #Jeopardy where the contestants are all menopausal women and they ring when they remember the answer two days later in the middle of the night? Thanks.

Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong. Not a sprint. Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.

Whether you grow them yourself or buy a bouquet, it’s always so nice to have fresh flowers in the house in winter.

“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.” Albert Camus

We need creative passion now more than ever.

The lawsuit alleges the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys.

#medsky#pedsky#idsky#immunosky 🧪 In the midst of all of the scary headlines recently, I thought I could take a moment to share a bit of good news: for the first time in history, a malaria vaccine with >90% efficacy seems to be within reach! Here’s why that’s a really big deal for EVERYONE 🧵

JUST IN: Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"The best and the worst thing about vaccination is that it 'makes nothing happen.' A child successfully inoculated against measles doesn’t fall sick with that condition, doesn’t miss school, doesn’t go to the hospital. They don’t suffer life-changing complications. They don’t die prematurely."

What you can do Revised and expanded by Robert Reich robertreich.substack.com/p/more-on-wh...

I've been saying this since the day after the election! There is no way there are that many stupid people in America!

Thanks, Ray. <3 I needed this.

Are you funded by #NIH, #NSF or #CDC? Please post any letters or communications you’ve received from these agencies or HHS about restrictions on grant funding, publications etc. I want to catalog all of them for the record. #medsky #episky

A penguin jumped on a boat to escape a Seal… so they took him to the iceberg where his friends were waiting..🐧

Jan 6 must be fully & conclusively adjudicated in a court of law if this country is to ever move forward. They can't just wish it away unless we let them.

Happy National Embroidery Month my friends!

@timothysnyder.bsky.social on lessons history has taught us about resisting authoritarianism.

Not today, Satan

History is littered with democracies that lost their freedoms without seeming to notice while it was happening. Let’s not become one of them.

Surprising no one…

“NPR has identified dozens of defendants with prior convictions or pending charges for crimes including rape, sexual abuse of a minor, domestic violence, manslaughter, production of child sexual abuse material and drug trafficking.” www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...

TikTok took it down, so let’s share the shit out of this reading list. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #NeverAgainIsNow #BookSky #StateMediaCensorship