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Amy Ginsburg

@authoramy.bsky.social
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Author of The After Days. Embracing the many joys of retirement despite ovarian cancer. Enthusiastic but minimally-talented crafter, bread baker, golfer, and pickleballer living in Maryland and Delaware. amyginsburg.com

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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Way to go @anthropic.com . Thank you for prioritizing common sense, people's rights, and safety. I'll only use your AI from now on.
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
There had to be 1000 people at my suburban Maryland No Kings protest, 3 times as many people in June. Maybe our democracy still has a chance to survive.
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
You know, having ovarian cancer would be easier (though not easy) if there weren't petty problems with paperwork, like a CT scan order being sent and received and processed properly. #cancer #cansky
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
From Star Trek The Drumhead
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
I don't post often these days, but it's Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. (I was diagnosed with Stage 1 Ovarian Cancer 3 years ago & it recurred a year ago. Thanks to chemo & Lynparza, my nodules are now "too small to measure" so I'm doing well.) If you have these symptoms, see your doctor. #cansky
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
New report from AAMC about clinical trials, other grants, and training www.aamc.org/about-us/mis...
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Clinical trials and research training stalled as billions in NIH funds sit idle
Billions in NIH research funds remain unspent, stalling clinical trials, halting grants, and disrupting training for future scientists.
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
My CA125 (a ovarian cancer marker) has risen 50% - whether due to disease progression or intestinal inflammation from Lynparza side effects is the big question. Until blood work and a CT scan in 2 weeks, like Schrodingers cat, I both do and do not have disease progression. Waiting sucks. #cancer
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
#nokings in North Bethesda, Md
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
And so starts the civil war. Or at least a war on our civil rights. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
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Live Updates: Trump to Send National Guard to L.A. to Quell Immigration Protests
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SWOG Cancer Research Network @swog.org · 01/06/2025
Roughly 1 in 20 Americans living today is a cancer survivor, and roughly 40% of us will get a cancer diagnosis at some point. Today, June 1, is National Cancer Survivors Day #NCSD2025, a reminder of how essential it is that we continue and extend the work of #CancerResearch!
National Cancer Survivors Day, June 1, 2025
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Not good. Not good at all
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Uiqtidar @uiqtidar.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
"Cancer is cured, the economy grows at 10% a year, the budget is balanced — and 20% of people don't have jobs." Interesting. @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/05/28/a...
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Behind the Curtain: Top AI CEO foresees white-collar bloodbath
Hardly anyone is paying attention.
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
As someone with advanced ovarian cancer, it is slightly horrifying to have one's lethal disease quantified as a market. Then again, a larger market probably equals more chances of a cure. #cansky #cancersky #cancer #ovariancancee linkewire.com/2025/05/26/o...
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Ovarian Cancer Market Projected to Reach USD 35.00 Billion by 2034, Growing at a CAGR of 24.1%
Market Overview Polaris Market Research’s latest research report, titled Ovarian Cancer Market, offers a comprehensive and data-driven analysis of the mar
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The Mighty Jungle💙💛 @ocanannain.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Woman’s life-saving treatment delayed by Trump cuts to NIH: ‘Cancer shouldn’t be political’ A 43-year-old woman and mother of two with advanced cancer is experiencing life-or-death delays in treatment because of the Trump administration’s cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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Woman’s life-saving treatment delayed by Trump cuts to NIH: ‘Cancer shouldn’t be political’
Natalie Phelps, who has stage 4 colorectal cancer, has raised the alarm over how patients in the agency’s clinical trials are facing setbacks in treatment
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
The New Wilderness is an interesting take on a bleak future where living off the land is one of the few viable options left in a polluted, dire America. #booksky #bookreview #novels #dystopianfiction
The New Wilderness
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
‼️ ATTENTION SENIORS REPUBLICANS are gonna CUT $500 billion from MEDICARE Yup, Republicans' "Big Bill" has a hidden poison pill in it that triggers half a trillion dollars in CUTS TO MEDICARE Call your Representative and Senators and demand they remove the Medicare poison pill (202) 224-3121 1/2
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Well, that sucks. I would have loved a next-generation treatment for my ovarian cancer.
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
The Democratic staff's analysis also reported a 31% decline in cancer research grant funding in the first three months of 2025, compared to the same timeframe in the previous year. www.axios.com/2025/05/19/n...
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NIH funding cuts put current and future cancer patients at risk
Cancer remains the second-leading cause of death in the U.S.
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
In The Frozen River, a strong, tenacious woman provides fascinating insights into life in early American history. Highly recommend. #booksky #bookreview #readingcommunitt
The Frozen River
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Here’s what a GOP plan could mean for different Americans next year: People making under $17,000 a year: lose an average of around $1,000. People making between ~$17,000 and $51,000: lose an average of around $700. People in the top 0.1%: gain an average of over $389,000.
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Decided (with my doctor) to decrease my dose of Lynparza due to side effects that were compromising my ability to fully enjoy my life. Of course, now I worry the dosage reduction might mean the drug's not as effective at preventing a second recurrence of my #ovariancancer. UGH! #cancersky #cancer
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Democrats need to get so much better at marketing.
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Beautyland - what a gorgeous story. It's the rare author who can turn mundane observations into heart-wrenching and profound revelations. #booksky #bookreview #readingcommunity #fiction
Beautyland
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Women’s Health Under the Microscope @whum-camuni.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Today we recognize World Ovarian Cancer Day – @ovariancanceruk.bsky.social @ovacome.bsky.social A time to raise awareness of one of the most challenging cancers to detect early. 💚 Let's talk about risks, symptoms, diagnosis, and myths – because knowledge saves lives.
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
This is corruption, not to mention it endangers the millions of people who fly or live near airports. What a fubar
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Beautifully written story of a plausible dystopian future centered on food. #readingcommunity #booksky #dystopian #fiction
Land of Milk and Honey
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@doublewhammied @doublewhammied.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Read it and weep, folks. #CanSky #MedSky #IDSky #sciencematters #researchsaveslives
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
It's not definite the idiots in power actually restored this critical long-term study.
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PINO FOTUS @pino-fotus.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Oh.
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Julia, a retelling of 1984, was darker than the original but a terrific read. #booksky #dystopian #fiction #novel #readingcommunity
Julia by Sandra Newman
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Horrific. And tragically becoming commonplace.
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
A Horrible Truth That Shouldn’t Be….
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
My novel The After Days (a.co/d/4EmvmBj) reveals how two suburban couples handle (or don't handle) an international power outage. And now it's happened to two countries. #booksky #writingcommunity #reading #fiction #novels Widespread Power Outage Hits Spain and Portugal
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Spain and Parts of Portugal and France Hit by Widespread Power Outage (Gift Article)
The blackout hit critical infrastructure like airports and caused transportation disruptions across the two countries. The cause of the outage was unclear.
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Pete Quily @pqpolitics.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
ProPublica report: 1 million children will not be treated for severe acute malnutrition Up to 166,000 people will die from malaria New cases of tuberculosis will go up by 30% 200K more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade #DOGE Return on evil www.thefarce.org/taxpayers-wi...
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Taxpayers will pay at least $475 billion so Elon Musk can have fun giving babies HIV
Not including his Musk's tax cuts and new no-bid contracts.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Loved, loved, loved this story about an amazing AI robot discovering her humanity. A must read. #booksky #readingcommunity #novels #scifi #literaryfiction #bookreview
Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
The return on tax dollars spent on ovarian cancer research from www.ourhealthroi.com #cansky #cancer #ovariancancer #research
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Susan Rahn @stickit2stage4.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
This woman’s anger is all of us.
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
An excellent summary of this meshugenah administration. (Gift article) wapo.st/42t676t
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Opinion | For the Trump administration, it’s amateur hour
I wish there was a Yiddish insult that captured the missteps we’re seeing from the White House.
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
I'm disgusted by the abject stupidity of our current government. And afraid it will eventually kill all of us who can't afford to live in some uber-wealthy compound that will, of course, offer all the services liberals fight for, but only for those rich enough to live in the compound.
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Absolutely tragic, not to mention totally bonkers U.S. Officials to Cut Funding for Landmark Study of Women’s Health www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/h...
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U.S. Officials to Cut Funding for Landmark Study of Women’s Health (Gift Article)
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced thousands of research papers, altering medical care for patients around the world.
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The Resister Linda Cardwell 🦋💙 @cardwell4u.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
From The Art of the Brick, a fascinating exhibit of creativity. #art #legos #retirememtfun
Giraffe made of legosThe wave made of Legos
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Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Card making is such a perfect craft. 1)Finite time commitment 2)You don't have to figure out what to do with it when it's done 3)It brightens someone's day when they receive it. #papercraft #crafting #cardmaking
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