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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I hate all of this. I don't know what people think students learn in these classes, but I *loved* my women's health class at UMd (as well as all my women's lit classes, esp women's science fiction/feminist science theory). Preaching to the choir, etc., but these classes were foundational for me.

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I love this idea (for all the reasons in the thread) and @cambridgemass.bsky.social and @cityofsomerville.bsky.social should go in on this together because our commuting/cycling/e-bike riding populations are strongly linked. (Will it happen? Someone has to suggest it!)

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Everything I'm writing comes out so f*&ing earnest. That said, it's the anniversary of 9/11 & almost Rosh Hashannah. That said, let the immigrants in your life know how much you appreciate them. (Some might be in tipping jobs, tip extra.) Same for all your trans fam/friends.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/09/2026

Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...

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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See

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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Closing in on 10k now. I won't be able to keep boosting this over rosh Hashana, so if you could help this spread before that, that would be fantastic

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

So my mom is finally moving to a senior community not far from her current house, where I grew up, in suburban MD. I have two trips to make here to help with the upcoming move. I knew there was a large box of my diaries and a bunch of books that I will want to box up and ship but -

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Hey folks, this hasn’t gotten much attention, but remember those proposed OMB rule changes we all commented on recently? There’s a new attempt to sneak them just for NSF. We have three days to comment. Please don’t sleep on this!

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Fun list, though *obviously* I disagree with their fave round-up at the top, because *obviously* Honeycomb should have been among those. (It did get a rave review further down. Otherwise I'd doubt their reviewing.)

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Many people are talking about not cutting off parents, and from two perspectives: 1) I've been on the support side of someone cut off for truly no reason other than things imagined/invented by the kid and the other parent, and it sucked, but that person waited it out and had faith it would pass. 1/

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

My extended fam took my mom to Whistler last week for her 80th. I planned it, and, while extremely stressful for me to plan a trip for a group of seven, ranging from an energetic 12yr-old to a mobility-impaired 80yr-old, it was a success! Some thoughts/photos:

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

A friend got hepatitis from going to a medical clinic in Cuba and went into a coma and had to have a liver transplant as a result. I was going to be working a pretty remote area of mexico for a couple of weeks, so I asked my doctor for the hep vaccine. Her: "Just don't have unprotected sex."

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Lovely essay: "Treating others well isn’t saccharine, it is sublime... we might be battered and brittle from pandemics, elections and foreign wars, but if you can accept the fact that optimism can be a superpower, and that it’s okay to sometimes feel at peace, then Ted Lasso can be sublime."

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Column | Ted Lasso brings his unsinkable optimism back home

As its long-anticipated fourth season gets underway, the show’s team is now female, and the “BELIEVE” sign is still there, re-torn and re-taped.

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I'm a journo, I get that articles are only about 1 thing, and this is about a decline in wine sales and people ripping out vineyards. But this guy, the focus? He doesn't even really like wine! There are other winemakers/growing who are thriving (I hope, I know at least they sell out around here) 1/

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

For the locals: after going to a group debate at SHS and considering all the candidates, all of whom basically share my general values, this is truly the level of knowledge, detail, savvy, and nerdery that I want in my state senator. @burhanazeem.bsky.social www.reddit.com/r/CambridgeM...

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From the CambridgeMA community on Reddit: “What’s That About?” Cambridge Vice Mayor & Candidate for State Senate Burhan Azeem: Full Interview

Explore this post and more from the CambridgeMA community

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I had a friend suggest I tell an AI all the important elements of a Gastropod episodes, feed it all the 12 years of episodes we've done, and ask what topics we should still cover. UM NO WAY IN HELL. 1) we know what we have and haven't covered. 2) we consider what has enough depth for us 3)

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

We should not have to pay for safe streets with blood and vigils. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/17/o...

Hundreds of people, many in yellow, gather at Boston City Hall for a vigil and protest in honor of Louisa Gag, city bike worker and activitst killed by a driver.

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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Please blow up the public comment (included below): BREAKING NEWS (7/15) — The administration wants to destroy Chaco Canyon without consulting Tribal Nations. It’s an irreplaceable historic & cultural site with 4,700 archeological sites that could be lost to the bulldozers of oil & gas development

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I've decided for the next two days to root for the country whose food I prefer-so Sp vs Fr, Sp is the obvious winner (for me). Eng vs Arg? I don't eat meat so nix to Arg. BUT Eng? traditionally pretty awful. That said, London has absolutely amazing restos that aren't nec British so I guess England!

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I so agree with this whole thread & have two things about it: 1) I feel incredibly privileged that we could spend the money up front for a super insulated home and solar panels and a heat pump and a tiny yard overflowing with native plants, producing enough energy to help pay electr for a local NGO

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I’ve driven past this multiple times this week while visiting my mother, always stopping and thinking of the person memorialized by the ghost bike *and* our family friend killed at the very same spot in 1988. We should not have to pay in blood.

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Five living writers that I've read five books by each? I could come up with dozens! But top of my head: Alix Harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social NK Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social S.A. Charkaborty Marcie Rendon Deanna Rayourn Leigh Bardugo Saara El-Arifi And on and on and on and on...

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I was in Rapid City SD for work last week, and there were official signs for the upcoming 4th celebration around town. I didn't realize til my co-host pointed it out on our second day: they said "Real America Birthday Celebration" and I have never yelled FU out loud to a sign so loudly in my life.

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I am en route to Rapid City for a reporting trip for the next few days. I spent three months in SD after college and I...never had any plan to return. (Sorry SD folks! Was a challenging three months for many reasons!) We'll be working pretty much non-stop but if you have resto recs...

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I’m having one of those ‘wow things are super shitty and incredibly depressing’ mornings so here’s a photo I took last week of a pollinator‘s tush poking out of a penstemon in my little urban yard.

Striped back side of a pollinator poking out of a foxglove beardtongue flower

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I was just interviewed by the alum assoc of my alma mater - Univ of Maryland - and it was lovely to talk about my career/Gastropod but also the roots at univ. I may have majored in Eng, but all of my electives in the honors dept were these amazing topics that totally informed my choice of career! 1/

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I just turned on wbur/on point while eating early lunch and they're talking about the Chesapeake and I'm reminded how in grad school I assumed everyone knew the word eutrophication. (I was incorrect.)

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I put off starting the new season of Shrinking mostly because I knew I wouldn't want it to end, and the first episode was *so good.* Such brilliant writing. Such an amazing ensemble. I laughed until I cried and then I also legit cried.

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

In the AYFKM bike discourse: towards the end of my work day yesterday I heard loud yelling outside and almost went out to investigate. Then my spouse walked in the door, visibly shaken. He was biking home from his job, as he does every day. Our street is a narrow neighborhood one-way street 1/

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

A super interesting discussion on philanthropy, wealth, capitalism, and the environment.

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

@petersagal.bsky.social any chance you remember-or know how I can search for bc it isn't coming up-this audio? We/Gastropod are doing an ep about bacon, and I remember, has to be at least 12 yrs ago, you/Paula/others, and the dialogue went something like this: "Bacon is proof that gd hates Jews." 1/

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Should I share where my fave spots in Somerville are to forage them? hopefully soon will be my urban backyard—we should have at least a small container's worth this year...

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Isi Baehr-Breen @isibb.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Hasn't even been a year and Zohran's governance is having a massive impact on my family. Our daycare was able to open a 15-seat 3K program because of the 2,000 extra seats the admin funded. Everyone we know got in somewhere they wanted. This is gonna save us almost 50 grand.

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

The episode I thought we'd never do is now out! Yes, Gastropod (finally, after repeat sad-eyed begging from many listeners) put out a *pet food* episode. Should dogs be eating raw meat like wolves do? Can cats go vegetarian? You can listen, you know, wherever you find all your podcasts...

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Noting: the amount of money in the Weaponization Fund ($1.776B) would be more than needed to fund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (RIP), ie the source of all Fed govt funding for NPR/PBS etc, for three years.

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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 08/05/2026

Most people don’t know this, but Lincoln’s “house divided” line came at the beginning of a speech where he outlined the conspiracy of slaveholders to contort the politics of the nation to their whims despite being a significant political and popular minority.

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Lydia Moland @lydiamoland.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Thanks to the great team at GASTROPOD for this wonderful conversation in which I got to do one of the things I love most--talk about Lydia Maria Child's *agricultural activism.* In a nutshell: how to fight slavery by growing beets! How I HATED beets as a child. But now . . .

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Again this should inspire wall-to-wall media coverage for months. The crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement is dead. Black people just lost all of their remaining political power in the South. This is a monumental moment in American history that simply isn't being treated as such.

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Come out to Harvard bookstore tomorrow evening! I'll be chatting with the brilliant and funny @inkfish.bsky.social about her fantastic new book!

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I know a lot of people kind of pick and choose which episodes of podcasts they listen to, so if we have listeners on here who don't particularly like beets (I don't!) I still hope you're listen to our beet episode because of LYDIA MARIA CHILD WHO IS AMAZING gastropod.com/feel-the-bee...

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Feel the Beet: The Most Fascinating Woman You've Never Heard Of - Gastropod

The story of the most amazing woman you've never heard of—and her attempt to harness the power of beets to end slavery! Plus, a better beet for beet haters?

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

In other news, last Friday was the 12yr anniversary of what would turn out to be a momentous email sent to a friend I'd met a yr earlier via Michael Pollan fellowship: hey, I have this idea for a podcast, you have some experience in the space, will you check out my write up? lmk what you think? 1/

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I don't have the ear of any exec, and you probably don't either. But if you happen to, I'd love your help to convince them that people still actually *listen* to podcasts. Podcasts, you know, digital *audio.* Not video. And that audience is as valuable as it was just a year ago. 1/

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I would just like to say that Rick Steves is a total mensch *and* his mp3 audiotours are a total delight and rich with history and context. I'm late to the Rick Steves fan club, but what a treat! We did Athens walking tour, the Acropolis, and the Athens Natl Archaeology Museum. I recommend all.

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

In non-world-threatening but still political news, we just put out one of the most complicated episodes we've had to wrangle recently, based on the new government food guidelines from January/the odd new upside down pyramid: gastropod.com/protein-pyra...

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Protein, Pyramids, and Politics: The Forgotten Stories and Controversial Science Behind Government Dietary Advice - Gastropod

The how, what, and why of RDAs, nutrition labels, and dietary goals.

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Sean Gibbons 🦠💩 @gibbological.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I just called my congressperson and senators, asking them to reconvene congress, take back their War Powers immediately, introduce articles of impeachment, and to pressure cabinet officials to invoke the 25th amendment. The president has clearly lost his remaining marbles. Time to act. 5calls.org

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5 Calls

Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

🧵Congress 202-224-3121 Find your Senators www.senate.gov Find your Rep www.house.gov "I'm [NAME] from [PLACE, ZIP]. I'm calling to urge the Senator/Rep to contact Adm. Correll & remind him that he has the same legal obligation as any soldier to refuse an illegal order from this Commander in Chief."

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I just saw Suffs and I'm sure there are issues, but to watch a rousing, earnest, complicated take on how change happens, the different (at times clashing) approaches nec to make it happen, the fact that it CAN happen even when it seems impossible... Well, I cried, and also it felt like quite a balm.

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Incredibly inspiring. (And whew what a time to lead an Israeli university.)

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Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

@kerstanley.bsky.social Just wondering if your friend who went to AU is willing to chat? Totally understand if not! but it'd be a huge huge help if so. Thanks!

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