Erika L. Steele

A peek at a corner of our May garden bursting with yellows and violet colored blooms. Flowers decorate a pottery birdbath to pull in songbirds. Looking at this area now fully covered in snow I can almost hear the spring chatter

Today we see beautiful sunshine, but won’t May be fun?🌱
#FlowersOnFriday #Gardening #Flowers #SpringAhead

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Eyes on ICE: Document and Record · No Kings On Saturday, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in...

I'm attending No Kings's event, “Eyes on ICE: Document and Record” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Image of holy family surrounded by a city in rubble

ADVENT, WEEK 2 - PEACE.

"They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore."

Christ in the Rubble
(Artist: Kelly Latimore)

Copake, NY

5 Calls Newsletter The 5 Calls Newsletter breaks down what your representatives are voting on and what you can do to influence them. From your friends at 5 Calls

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Look up look around!

Planning to do all of the things to honor these humans.

NO KINGS WESTERLY, RI · No Kings **In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...

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Today they have crossed a deep red line.

We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.

NIH scientists speak out over estimated $12 billion in Trump funding cuts Dozens of scientists, researchers and other employees at the U.S. National Institutes of Health issued a rare public rebuke Monday criticizing the Trump administration for major spending cuts that “harm the health of Americans and people across the globe,” politicize research and “waste public resources.”

More than 60 employees at the US National Institute of Health issued a rare public rebuke Monday of the Trump administration for major spending cuts that “harm the health of Americans and people across the globe,” politicize research and “waste public resources.” www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Photo by Christopher Wurst. Taken in Dublin, Ireland the spiritual home of moss.

For fans of science and, of course, moss, check out this moss-t excellent newsletter penned by Scripps Oceanography alumna Kate Furby. In HOT MOSS, she explores the wonderful world of these peculiar plants and the benefits they bring to our planet. mossgoss.substack.com/p/are-you-af...

Wwwhhhaaaaaaaat?

Public Health matters

Politics Chat, April 1, 2025 YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

Heather Cox Richardson - clear explanations with the historical references.

www.youtube.com/live/fUR3qFT...

Pete Hegseth is a f*cking liar. This is so clearly classified info he recklessly leaked that could’ve gotten our pilots killed.

He needs to resign in disgrace immediately.

Signed up - just a few days before Goldberg was invited to the chat. What timing!

This is next level insane.

A vintage black and white photo taken during an American Library Association World War One book drive. A librarian in an suit with an ankle-length skirt speaks into a megaphone while standing atop an immense stack of books.

HI HELLO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.

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Crowds are massive in Silver Spring, Maryland…the home of NOAA. People chanting, “Save NOAA Now!” and “We will not weather the storm.” Make your voices heard and keep it up. #NOAA #NWS Severe Weather is on its Way. And so is hurricane season. 🌀 🧪

I will *not* be watching the State of the Union tomorrow evening. Nothing enrages Trump more than us tuning him out. Instead, I will be viewing and contributing to the State of the People, a 24-hour livestream of counter-programming beginning this evening. Register at stateofthepeople.media.

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Currently working on stories about cuts to NOAA, NSF, NASA related to #climate science and hoping to talk to people within those agencies.
You can contact me securely at:
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In 3 days, the number of measles cases in a highly unvaccinated area of Texas has doubled. There are now 48 cases, all of whom are unvaccinated, and 13 of whom have been hospitalized so far, for a hospitalization rate of 27%. This is huge figure in epidemiology. This outbreak will keep spreading.

DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE:
1. Chickenpox
2. Diphtheria
3. Measles
4. Pertussis
5. Pneumococcal Infection
6. Polio
7. Tetanus
8. Typhoid
9. Yellow Fever
10. Smallpox

DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER:
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🚨 The Trump administration is attempting to seize power beyond what the Constitution allows—giving Elon Musk, an unelected billionaire, unchecked influence.

As a federal scientist, expert, or civil servant, you have rights. Don’t let them bully you.

These resources can help: act.ucsusa.org/4hqSJoz

Read.
Read books.
Reading books is resistance.

Buy.
Buy books.
Buying books is resistance.

Share.
Share books.
Sharing books is resistance.

Celebrate
Celebrate books.
Celebrating books is resistance.

I'd like to note the outrage of overediting a Nobel laureate in his area of expertise, and that a lot of writers (including me) have had horrible experiences of overediting in the legacy media: not just changing language but meaning and often values. Making your voice and views into theirs.