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@nataliehirtwrites.bsky.social

Writer. Dog lover. Elder care. There’s always a reason for cake.

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College financial aid hit with glitches, delays due to federal staffing cuts Cracks are starting to appear in the federal financial aid apparatus after the Trump administration imposed sweeping staff cuts at the Education Department last month.

As with social security, they're now breaking student loans, as well:

"Colleges nationwide complained of similar problems accessing student records and of getting a boilerplate message confirming the problems but providing no other information..."

www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

16.04.2025 17:16 — 👍 2037    🔁 721    💬 114    📌 39

NOT-SO-FUN FACT: The S&P 500 has wiped out ALL gains since April 2024.
#TrumpTariffs #TrumpMarketCrash

09.04.2025 00:34 — 👍 1898    🔁 623    💬 70    📌 23
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Hi Bluesky! My name is Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH.

I am an epidemiologist specializing in infectious diseases, a feminist writer (soon to be author), and founder of The Thurman Perry Foundation.

I eat, sleep, & breathe helping women and girls. And I talk all things books, feminism, & incarceration!

10.11.2024 15:43 — 👍 2473    🔁 312    💬 103    📌 19

Ooh those look so good.

16.03.2025 07:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I had meatloaf for breakfast yesterday.

15.03.2025 04:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@cnlester.bsky.social I just read Virago in Furies. Omg. I’m shook. So so good. Love it love it. Had to come find you & say so. 😭❤️🏳️‍🌈

27.02.2025 20:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

@emmadonoghue.bsky.social had to tell you how much I loved your story in the Fury collection. Called, “Termagant.” Loved it 💖

27.02.2025 19:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Despicable

27.02.2025 19:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just “discovered” Kristy Logan by reading her short story, Wench. Omg! I love her work.

27.02.2025 19:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@lindasgrant.bsky.social I just read your short story, Harridan. Had to come find you here & tell you how I loved it.

27.02.2025 19:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Endorsement for Sunshine Girl from Suzy Vitello.

Endorsement for Sunshine Girl from Suzy Vitello.

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! My journalist novel, SUNSHINE GIRL (out 4/22/25 from Heliotrope Books) is now available for pre-order at Powell’s and on Bookshop. 🎉 Go to nancytownsley.com/sunshine-girl for the links. So grateful for this blurb from editor extraordinaire @suzyvitello.bsky.social.

25.02.2025 01:33 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it

understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

23.02.2025 07:47 — 👍 6713    🔁 3562    💬 133    📌 129
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FAA Employees Say Trump and Musk's Purge Is a 'Threat' to Air Safety Donald Trump and Elon Musk fired hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration employees. The administration argues it won’t affect air safety.

“There are currently four people remaining over there to do the work of 15 people. The danger to the national airspace can’t be understated."

"This is a very real threat to the American flying public.”

EXCLUSIVE ⤵️

18.02.2025 17:08 — 👍 8953    🔁 4219    💬 278    📌 546
The cover of my book Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream, which shows an abandoned Toys R Us under an ominous sky.

The cover of my book Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream, which shows an abandoned Toys R Us under an ominous sky.

I am extremely freaking thrilled to announce that Bad Company is *officially* available for preorder wherever you buy books. (I am linking to Bookshop but buy it wherever!) I worked so, so hard on this book, and it would mean a ton to me if you ordered it. bookshop.org/a/109816/978...

11.02.2025 18:20 — 👍 8340    🔁 1320    💬 278    📌 105
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40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation Black History Month is not only a celebration of the rich history of Black life, politics, culture, and struggle. It is also a reminder to engage every day with that history as we ...

For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation

01.02.2025 14:24 — 👍 5905    🔁 2494    💬 48    📌 119

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