Laurie McMillan

Lots to learn from jigsaw puzzles! 🧩

“Slow down you must”
“Arrive safely you will”
^signs as I entered NY State this evening
#MayTheFourth

Arm with 2 bandaids where shots were administered

Got shots for flu, covid, and walking pneumonia yesterday. Have a mammogram and dentist appt scheduled for today. Not mad about the pain….just grateful I have affordable healthcare for prevention, early detection, and treatment

That’s what everyone deserves

Just finished #CilkasJourney by #HeatherMorris, author of #TheTattooistOfAuschwitz

A hard but important story. The atrocities people are capable of…and the small heroic actions we can also choose, even in the midst of moral ambiguity and overwhelming horror

So cool to see my book added to this collection!

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.

More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.

I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

Australian newspaper "The Sun-Herald" opinion piece calls it out. American msm, take notes.

Book Women Race And Class by Angela Y Davis

My daughter @callieanderson.bsky.social asked to borrow my copy of #WomenRaceAndClass by #AngelaDavis - a book that opened my eyes and inspired me back in the 90s.
Makes me proud to be a fellow alum! @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org

Picture of book Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout next to breakfast plate and coffee and water

“He would never believe he had anything worthy in his life to document. But he does; we all do”
-from @lizstrout.bsky.social #TellMeEverything #facts #writing

Thank you—I hadn’t seen it

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”

A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

Speaker Shanita Hubbard at podium

“Joy is still possible in the midst of turmoil. It’s even radical” -Shanita Hubbard #Ujima conference

Gulf of Understanding Check out my custom Gulf of Understanding map created with MapQuest!

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Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.”
-Angela Davis

Happy 81st birthday, Angela Davis.

"If you live long enough a defeat will turn into a victory."
--Angela Davis

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Firing inspector generals by executive order was illegal

You guys need to see this and take it in…

Wise words from someone who is a target. And he’s been listening.

a woman sits at a desk in a classroom with a mgm logo on the bottom ALT: a woman sits at a desk in a classroom with a mgm logo on the bottom

Different argument, but Elle would be proud: “…for that matter all masturbatory emissions where his sperm was clearly not seeking an egg could be determined as reckless abandonment.” “Why now? Why this sperm?” #LegallyBlonde

If she can do it, we can all do it.

Very much here for the staff of IKEA inventing fake board games for their room display

Scientist with huge observatory telescope

Dr. Phill Reed showed my office some of the highlights of the Carlson R. Chambliss Astronomical Observatory and the Planetarium (not pictured, in the process of being updated with amazing new projection equipment) at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania #ItsGoodToBeGolden

As your weird /cool aunt, I just want to encourage you to be yourself and have fun. Life is short, most people aren’t even paying attention to you, so be bright. Try and beat back your fear and make wonderful things, even if they make you embarrassed. Try unusual things. And be as kind as possible.

Iconic Bethlehem scenes tonight:
1) a #peep car in front of the #Steelstacks after #PeepFest
2) an I-beam in the foreground of a pic of the skating rink at the #Steelstacks

Looking forward to checking out this timely collection

Rocks that look like they have a face on them

At first I saw a Darth Vader head and then I saw a big doggy playing in the leaves. Poor thing turned to stone

This loss hits hard
A life well-lived

My music algorithm is on point this morning. I’m being unproductive bc I have to keep dancing. My own version of Sunday morning worship 💃🏽 🙏🏼 ✌🏻