Infectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates — their novels highlight the fragility of public health today Between 40% and 50% of children didn’t live past 5 in the US during the 19th century. Popular authors like Charles Dickens documented the common but no less gutting grief of losing a child.

VACCINES SAVE LIVES

Vaccines ended the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vaccines and other public health measures save the lives of millions of children worldwide.

Do not let RFKJr and the Trump admin take us back to a time when 5 in 10 children died before the age of 5.

theconversation.com/infectious-d...

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.

Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.

Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

soooo so so many people are in Kroger rn buying flowers and cards and chocolates and it makes me so happy 🥹🥹🥹🥹 all of this love!!! So many people wanting to shower their loved ones

Believing that Tulsi Gabbard — longtime Russian asset and newly confirmed Director of National Intelligence — is acting in the interests of the United States requires an extraordinary level of self-delusion.

This is just one of thousands of harrowing stories told about the U.S. Government abandoning Americans abroad in the USAID shutdown. This is Benghazi times a million. 1/

"Don't ever let anyone tell you that what you see with your own eyes isn't happening."

🇮🇱 Stand Up to Jewish Hate

#NoHate
#Voices4Victory

House GOP wants $4 TRILLION dollar debt ceiling increase.

You marks really thought the world’s richest man and the guy with the golden toilet seats were really going to “fight the elites” for you?

Nah, they just want their tax breaks.

Video evidence of January 6 Capitol attack missing from US government website Press organization submitted legal filing about missing video related to the case against Glen Simon

Nine videos related to the January 6 case against Glen Simon, who pleaded guilty, have disappeared and are no longer available in the database, according to a legal filing submitted Tuesday.

Screenshot of the Reddit r/fednews feed titled "Emails to HR @ OPM with questions will put you on DRP list." Enjoying my lunch break obv (nicotine and caffeine for lunch, a holdover from the military days :D) Was informed this morning that there were a number of individuals in our agency who had responded to the Delayed Resignation Program emails with further questions, and their names were added to the list furnished to our agency for program participants. Said individuals are continuing to fight to get their names removed from the list of program participants. Be careful emailing OPM! EDIT: From the comments, someone CC'd a supervisor on their response, and the supervisor's name was added to the list.

In the DOGE twilight zone...

The DRP: Where asking a question is the same as submitting your resignation. OPM, lowering the bar for government efficiency since... well, forever.
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Fed friends: No matter how badly you want to, do not reply "unsubscribe."

#SNLskitContent #IRL #funnynotfunny

The library is an important and amazing place. ☺️ 📚 🖤

Thought for the Day…

I think I've found a way to articulate what bothers me about the trajectory of the modern tech industry (and to some extent... society).

We are on this Earth to provide for each other. That's the "mission" of humanity as I see it.

This is incompatible with what the tech industry seeks to do.

Venezuelan Migrant Sent to Guantánamo Bay Is ‘Not a Criminal,’ Family Pleads (Gift Article) Luis Alberto Castillo arrived in the United States so that he could “give everything to his son,” said his sister. Then, while scrolling on TikTok, she found out he was headed to Guantánamo.

We only know this man is in Gitmo because Noem tweeted a propaganda photo that included him and his sister saw it. He has no criminal record. He entered the US in January and immediately made an appointment with CBP to claim asylum. They sent him to a concentration camp bc of his basketball tattoo.

Go read a book.

Turn your tv off and grab one of these books📚 #booksky @skylight.social

Me: idk, I feel like the Samuel L. Jackson bits were maybe too heavyhanded, we don’t need the subtext spelled out for us, the audience is smarter than that

Me after reading several insane takes about the halftime show: I think maybe the Samuel L. Jackson bits were not heavyhanded enough

Libraries are the best. I just placed holds on 17 books of crochet patterns and stitches 😌

This is your reminder that libraries are a great place to find resources for hobbies - some even have beginner kits (like yarn, needles/hooks) you can take out to get started!

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.

HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻

archive.org/details/2025...

Hey #Booksky if you’re in the US and looking to step away from the zon for physical books can I highly recommend Thrift Books?

They donate and partner with non-profits to support school libraries in underserved areas, and prison libraries. Plus, the book prices are *very good*

www.thriftbooks.com

This is your reminder to

USE YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY

THERE'S BOOKS THERE
AND MOVIES
MUSIC
PUBLIC COMPUTERS W/ INTERNET

IT'S ALSO FREE

A small blue bird with w a rusty orange chest and belly. He is perched on an ice covered branch. The background has red and blue from a passing train.

Eastern Bluebird perched on an icy branch. These small friends went through plenty of mealworms today! I had a stroke of luck with this shot, the color in the background is a passing train. 🪶

A seagull drinks from a container marked “DOGS ONLY, NO SEAGULLS.”

every day we see more and more evidence of society descending into utter lawlessness and chaos

THIS IS IT. The special general elections for Florida’s 1st & 6th Congressional Districts are on APRIL 1, 2025. If we flip these seats, we can STOP Project 2025. No excuses! Mark your calendars! Show up!

Popular meme format, grandma labeled with "bluesky's public launch was one year ago today." Younger person helping her labeled with "sure grandma let's get you to bed."

happy first birthday to Bluesky, and what a year it's been!

with every day, the need for an open network that puts people first becomes increasingly clear. we're glad to be building this with you. after all, the heart of a social network is the people.

every single morning now is a fight between being informed and vomiting blood from fear and anger

I’m a part time librarian and I just want to echo what I’ve seen other librarians say recently: there is a HUGE uptick in requests for social justice, climate justice, abolition, history, etc books and I just want to say nobody is giving up the fight. If anything people are fighting harder #library