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Nellie Hermann

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Novelist, THE CURE FOR GRIEF (Scribner) & THE SEASON OF MIGRATION (FSG). Creative Director, Narrative Medicine @ Columbia.

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Map of Regional Public Health Coalitions

Northeast Public Health Collaborative (Blue)

West Coast Health Alliance (Yellow)

Map of Regional Public Health Coalitions Northeast Public Health Collaborative (Blue) West Coast Health Alliance (Yellow)

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.

The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

18.09.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 22994    πŸ” 6884    πŸ’¬ 858    πŸ“Œ 1398
Demand ABC Bring Back Jimmy Kimmel Live!

RALLY TO PROTECT FREE SPEECH

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
12pm - 1pm

310 HUDSON ST, MANHATTAN
(7 Hudson Sqaure between Spring 
and Vandam, outside ABC Network)

RSVP: WGAEA.ST/KIMMEL-RALLY

Demand ABC Bring Back Jimmy Kimmel Live! RALLY TO PROTECT FREE SPEECH FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 12pm - 1pm 310 HUDSON ST, MANHATTAN (7 Hudson Sqaure between Spring and Vandam, outside ABC Network) RSVP: WGAEA.ST/KIMMEL-RALLY

Calling all Guild members, labor allies and anyone who believes in a free country β€”

Join us outside the entrance to ABC's offices at 7 Hudson Square (310 Hudson Street, Manhattan) TOMORROW at 12 PM ET to demand that ABC bring back Jimmy Kimmel Live!

RSVP: wgaea.st/kimmel-rally

18.09.2025 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 763    πŸ” 351    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 14
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NYC PLAN Survey: Share Your City Council District, Community District, and Preferred Library Location This form is for NYC PLAN members to share their City Council and Community Board districts. This information will help us coordinate efforts and plan how to push our elected and appointed officials t...

My semi-regular reminder: NYC Public Library Action Network needs your help. We need people in each of the 51 districts of the city to set up a meeting with their City Council member to discuss our public libraries. Sign up and we'll be in touch with more. Share with your NYC friends.

14.09.2025 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 214    πŸ” 160    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

To my 10th grade English teacher, who said, β€œMake the conclusion count.”

20.08.2025 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3679    πŸ” 809    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 52

Hey guys... this is serious please go and opt out NOW!

12.08.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 261    πŸ” 174    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 7

A Democratic message that leaned in HARD into uplifting the idea of the commons and re-teaching people about importance of PUBLIC GOODS and the fact that they are GOOD and FOR EVERYONE would be an easy place to mobilize lots of people towards a project of building.

02.08.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 861    πŸ” 224    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 0

Why we so stupid?

28.07.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 219    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 4
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Sorry for the string of videos, but this is amazing and makes me wonder if this is what life could be like if we all just logged off the internet.

IG risolve

21.07.2025 03:38 β€” πŸ‘ 12968    πŸ” 1809    πŸ’¬ 522    πŸ“Œ 349
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As Bookbanks new Ambassador I’d like to spread the word about this brilliant charity giving books with food at food banks.

Please share and support if you’re able :)

www.bookbanks.co.uk

20.07.2025 05:24 β€” πŸ‘ 331    πŸ” 192    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 15
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I've spent a lot of time thinking about this fascinating exchange Colbert had with Dua Lipa, when she asked him about the role his faith plays in his comedy.

18.07.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4976    πŸ” 1340    πŸ’¬ 132    πŸ“Œ 343
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Senate Votes to Strip $1.1 Billion From Public Broadcasting in Blow to PBS and NPR The Senate voted early Thursday to strip $1.1 billion in funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, in a severe blow to NPR and PBS.

The Senate voted early Thursday to strip $1.1 billion in funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a severe blow to 1,500 local public stations, as well as PBS and NPR

17.07.2025 12:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1217    πŸ” 699    πŸ’¬ 112    πŸ“Œ 218
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Dismantling these departments that warn us about the weather is in Project 2025, and the core reason is they say these departments (RIGHTLY) drive β€œclimate chang alarmism”, which β€œis harmful to future prosperity” (aka BIG OIL PROFITS)

06.07.2025 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 10574    πŸ” 4766    πŸ’¬ 401    πŸ“Œ 265
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Chris Ware Creates Stamps For USPS Graphic artist Chris Ware has created a set of 20 stamps for the US Postal Service’s 250th anniversary in his iconic style. The pane of 20 interconnected stamps show a bird’s-eye view of a mail carrier’s route through

Graphic artist Chris Ware has created a set of 20 stamps for the US Postal Service’s 250th anniversary in his iconic style. The stamps will be available in July but you can pre-order them now. [kottke.org]

25.06.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 120    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 11
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Roughly 140 EPA staffers who signed β€˜dissent’ letter are put on leave Trump officials have placed 139 employees who signed a letter of dissent protesting the Environmental Protection Agency’s current direction and policies on leave Thursday.

The Trump administration has placed on leave roughly 140 staffers at the Environmental Protection Agency who signed a letter of dissent protesting the agency’s current direction and policies, according to emails obtained by The Post.

03.07.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 161    πŸ” 84    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 18
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With passage of the Big Bill, it is worth noting that this is the largest rollback in health coverage in history.

To date since WWII, and since the passsge of Medicare, Medicaid and ACA generally all legislation EXPANDED coverage, but this is the largest RETRACTION in health insurance coverage ever

03.07.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 259    πŸ” 125    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 8
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Republicans’ β€˜One Big Beautiful Bill’ Not So Beautiful for the Climate Four research firms project that the Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act will raise greenhouse gas emissions and likely put U.S. and global climate goals out of reach

Crossposted to SciAm from @eenews.bsky.social -- the megabill will raise U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and likely put our climate goals out of reach. πŸ§ͺ

03.07.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Phone Bank to Save Medicaid! Β· MoveOn Congress will soon vote on whether to advance a budget resolution that would take away nearly a trillion dollars of support and assistance from everyday people, including the largest proposed cuts to Medicaid in history. This budget would enact more than $1 trillion in cuts to vital public programs their own constituents depend on, including Medicaid, food assistance, and education, to help fund their massive tax giveaway for the ultra-wealthy and big corporations. Join **MoveOn, Working Families Power, Indivisible, Community Change Action, and Public Citizen** for a national phone bank to Medicaid recipients urging them to call their Senators ahead of the upcoming budget vote to stop the cuts and save Medicaid!

There’s still time to stop Republicans from taking healthcare away from over 16 million Americans. Join tonight’s phonebank as we mobilize Medicaid recipients to contact their senators and stop Trump's Tax Scam. Every call counts: www.mobilize.us/move...

30.06.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 215    πŸ” 123    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4

Just to underscore--the president is attending the opening of an immigrant tent city that was purposely built (in one week) on an abandoned airfield in the middle of the Florida Everglades because it's surrounded by alligators and pythons to deter people from fleeing, or kill them if they do.

30.06.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3627    πŸ” 1484    πŸ’¬ 258    πŸ“Œ 114
A photo of Krantz standing with his large dog jumping up to greet him. The pose is replicated on the right, but it's the skeletons of Krantz and the dog.

A photo of Krantz standing with his large dog jumping up to greet him. The pose is replicated on the right, but it's the skeletons of Krantz and the dog.

Shortly before dying from cancer in 2002, anthropologist Grover Krantz arranged to have his body donated to the Smithsonian under one condition: his remains and that of his dog would be displayed to replicate his favourite photo. More info: shorturl.at/hEqbT

29.06.2025 09:39 β€” πŸ‘ 728    πŸ” 145    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 14
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The budget bill contains tens of billions to fund an army of 10,000 more ICE agents. This is a red alert moment for our democracy.

29.06.2025 10:15 β€” πŸ‘ 14200    πŸ” 6212    πŸ’¬ 1149    πŸ“Œ 537
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This is remarkable. New Quinnipiac poll finds support for path to legalization for most undocumented immigrants has risen to 64%. Only 31% want most of them deported.

That's a 14 point net swing for legalization since Trump took office.

On immigration generally, he's at 41-57!

26.06.2025 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 6552    πŸ” 2119    πŸ’¬ 153    πŸ“Œ 347
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Pentagon Sends Hurricane Forecasters Scrambling After Suddenly Announcing Shutdown of Key Satellites β€œI've never seen anything like this,” a former NOAA administrator said of the surprise announcement.

Pentagon Sends Hurricane Forecasters Scrambling After Suddenly Announcing Shutdown of Key Satellites

Forecasters could miss out on β€œsix, eight, 10 hours” of early warning about dangerous storms, one expert said.

w/ @emilykennard.bsky.social

www.notus.org/climate-envi...

26.06.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 121    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 17

My god. 6 MILLION acres of public lands in Oregon, including the vast majority of our national forests, will be sold in a fire sale if the MAGA budget passes.

16.06.2025 04:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1610    πŸ” 1083    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 55
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Trump Administration Abandons Deal With Northwest Tribes to Restore Salmon The Trump administration canceled a deal, signed under President Joe Biden, that would have enabled the removal of four hydroelectric dams along the Columbia River that are considered harmful to salmo...

"Trump signed an executive order in April to 'restore American seafood competitiveness' but in revoking the Columbia River agreement has canceled millions of dollars to support the programs that seed the ocean with fish to catch."

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

13.06.2025 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 471    πŸ” 168    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 8
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The New York Times headline writers now call groups like the AMA and the College of Physicians and Surgeons "pro-vaccine groups." They get more preposterous with each passing day.

11.06.2025 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3023    πŸ” 769    πŸ’¬ 168    πŸ“Œ 91
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Fulbright board resigns citing interference by Trump administration All members of the board that oversees the U.S. State Department's Fulbright Program, which facilitates international educational exchanges, have voted to resign over alleged political interference from President Donald Trump's administration, the board said on Wednesday.

Fulbright board resigns citing interference by Trump administration reut.rs/402V1Ds

11.06.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 182    πŸ” 110    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 15
Seat Fillers Needed - June 14th - Constitution Avenue - DC
T-Mellon Events is looking for seat fillers and extras to provide their time for space maximization and attendance perception for an event taking place in Washington DC on June 14th. Extras and Seat fillers will check in on the morning of June 14th at 9:00 a.m.
Extras are required to wear Red, White and Blue clothing and will be provided a RED hat to wear. GOLD accessories are acceptable as well. The team will advise the extras where to stand or sit according to the line of sight from a VIP viewing platform area.
Extras and Seat fillers will be paid a flat daily fee and will be provided a lunch of fast food and soda.
We encourage people of color and ethnic groups to sign up for maximum perception control and these individuals will be prominently displayed on the televised broadcast

Seat Fillers Needed - June 14th - Constitution Avenue - DC T-Mellon Events is looking for seat fillers and extras to provide their time for space maximization and attendance perception for an event taking place in Washington DC on June 14th. Extras and Seat fillers will check in on the morning of June 14th at 9:00 a.m. Extras are required to wear Red, White and Blue clothing and will be provided a RED hat to wear. GOLD accessories are acceptable as well. The team will advise the extras where to stand or sit according to the line of sight from a VIP viewing platform area. Extras and Seat fillers will be paid a flat daily fee and will be provided a lunch of fast food and soda. We encourage people of color and ethnic groups to sign up for maximum perception control and these individuals will be prominently displayed on the televised broadcast

Someone’s paying $1k in Trumpcoin for seat fillers for his birthday Nuremberg rally

11.06.2025 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 153    πŸ” 81    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 33

In short: don’t let the absence of the words β€œInsurrection Act” fool you. Trump has authorized the deployment of troops anywhere in the country where protests against ICE activity might occur. That is a huge red flag for democracy in the United States. 19/19

08.06.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1174    πŸ” 412    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 48
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Earth is likely to cross a key climate threshold in two years A new World Meteorological Organization report spells the end of the world’s most famous climate goal.

Earth will warm 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in just two years, new data shows. Irreversible tipping points β€” like the melting of Arctic ice sheets or the collapse of coral reefs β€” are closer at hand than previously believed.

04.06.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4854    πŸ” 2413    πŸ’¬ 390    πŸ“Œ 313
Extreme close up of red eyed tree frog eyelids

Extreme close up of red eyed tree frog eyelids

Is there anything more unsettling and beautiful than the eyelids of a red eyed tree frog? They're so ornate and bizarre. I can't think of anything else like them.

01.06.2025 03:05 β€” πŸ‘ 361    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 10

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