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Judith Van Praag

@dutchessabroad.bsky.social
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Immigrant, INJF, 2G, public speaker, colorist, former set & costume designer, actor’s coach; writing books and scenarios about love after WWII, and more recently TBI, ECT,TMS, resulting in neurodivergence, PDA etc. linktr.ee/DutchessAbroad

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/05/2026
Autopsies show how hard doctors tried to save babies who died after not getting a vitamin K shot: tubes inserted in their airways, blood transfusions. They’re excruciating to read because they underscore how preventable these deaths could have been. By @deldeib.bsky.social
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What I Can’t Forget About the Babies Who Died After Not Receiving a Vitamin K Shot
Babies have died after not receiving the vitamin K shot at birth. Their autopsy records underscore how preventable their deaths could have been.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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Kirsten Verdel @locuta.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Trump dag 440: Pentagon evacueert 1500 mensen uit Bahrein, Trump weigert achterstallige VN-contributie te betalen, Forest Service sluit 57 onderzoeksfaciliteiten, tweede bemanningslid F-15 gered, Rusland waarschuwt voor nucleair incident Iraanse centrale: reportersonline.nl/trump-dag-44...
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Trump dag 440: Pentagon evacueert 1500 mensen uit Bahrein, Trump geeft Iran ultimatum van 48 uur om Straat te heropenen, weigert achterstallige VN-contributie te betalen, Forest Service sluit 57 onder...
Nieuwe besluiten van Trump en consorten, en nieuwe fallout. Een overzicht van dag 440. – Het Pentagon evacueert zo’n 1500 […]
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Judith Van Praag @dutchessabroad.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Current Seattle Gas Price Highlights (March 2026): Average Regular: ~$5.22 - $5.30 per gallon. Average Premium: ~$5.67 per gallon. Highest Areas: King County is seeing prices around $5.30 per gallon.
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iatsedeicommittee.bsky.social @iatsedeicommittee.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
IATSE DEI Committee Honors the Legacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson, a Champion of Justice and Solidarity Full Statement: iatse.net/iatse-dei-co...
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Andy Behrman @electroboyusa.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
We're going to win this election one House and Senate seat at a time! Let's all follow @janetmillsforme.bsky.social for U.S. Senate in Maine and get her followers from 1,000 to 3,000. 1) I'm sharing this with my 77,000 followers 2) Share this with your followers 3) Rinse 4) Repeat
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hfernhout.bsky.social @hfernhout.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
#BobDylanOnThisDay youtu.be/xXE7KHm2D7A?... Political World Princeton 15 01 1990 We live in a political world Where peace is not welcome at all
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morgfairsdogs.bsky.social @morgfairsdogs.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Knightly 244079 Kill Command #NYCACC #RescueOnly He is a handsome 2 yr old Getting no chances Friendly, seeks comfort from familiar staff Struggles with strangers & sudden movements Help save Knightly! #Pledge4Rescue #foster #adopt
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Erika Dreifus @erikadreifus.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Spending any time this Sunday seeking support/homes for your fiction/poetry/cnf? This post/thread-in-progress may help.
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 11/01/2026
Neurodivergent children or children with intellectual developmental disabilities are no different. You may have to adjust your expectations. You may have to find support accommodations. However, they deserve to contribute too. They deserve belonging and significance
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eun song @aestheticspolitics.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
everyday is a good day to hear Pat Parker <3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuoZ...
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Don't let the fascists speak - Pat Parker
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Judith Van Praag @dutchessabroad.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
The Gestapo (Geheime Staatspolizei) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany, responsible for suppressing opposition and enforcing the regime's terror, operating outside the law to arrest and persecute perceived enemies without due process, and playing a crucial role in the Holocaust.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/01/2026
Breaking News: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has started administrative actions against Senator Mark Kelly that could reduce his military rank and pension.
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Hegseth Starts Proceedings Against Sen. Mark Kelly Over His Remarks
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blasted the senator for “seditious” remarks. Mr. Kelly said he had done nothing wrong and cited similar comments by Mr. Hegseth.
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Judith Van Praag @dutchessabroad.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
The saw in a roadside restaurant somewhere in the mountains reminds me of my mother sawing wood for the cooking stove, whenever my father drove her mad, not responding other than leaving for the barn, providing wood to keep us, the teapot warm, bread toasting, and pot roast stewing.
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Judith Van Praag @dutchessabroad.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
This is what you do when you have the mind of an #artist who’s into #repurposing materials. Smith’s #96 is my poison, #silk my #passion. Here’s to a creative and #peace filled 2026. #HappyNewYear2026
Cloud of puffy empties, Sil tea bags, Smith tea company’s labels, white bowl with dried jasmine green green tea.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 30/12/2025
"You said autistic children are a burden. That they ruin families. That they’ll never pay taxes or write poems. That they are, in essence, collateral damage. I’d like to introduce you to my daughter." #McSweeneysTop25of2025
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An Open Letter to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Who Thinks My Daughter Is a Tragedy
Our 11th most-read article of 2025. - - -Dear Mr. RFK Jr., (The “dear” is tradition. Don’t mistake it for affection.) You said autistic children a...
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Judith Van Praag @dutchessabroad.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Skinning the chick peas for smooth hummus
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Judith Van Praag @dutchessabroad.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
I'm excited for Jocelyn Jane Cox to present #MotionDazzle her #memoir on #iceskating #mothering and #caregiving the same week as the US Figure Skating Championships take place. Meet her in St Louis? Tues., Jan 6, 7 pm, at Leviathan Bookstore bsky.app/profile/levi...
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Dana Stevens @thehighsign.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
A Few Good Men. Best in Show. A Mighty Wind. Miss Congeniality. Barcelona. All three movies in Linklater's "Before" trilogy. Music & Lyrics. Michael Clayton. All films that were able to be made because of the production company Reiner co-founded in order to give talented filmmakers creative freedom.
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Judith Van Praag @dutchessabroad.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Tom Stoppard may not have known about the difference his words made on this specific a scientific level, he was well aware how much words matter, how they can change minds if not lives. RIP Sir, you live on in your work, and in health care!
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Judith Van Praag @dutchessabroad.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
“In another, there he was, cock tail in hand.” I imagined the man with a rooster’s tail “…at some fancy city watering hole…” Why a cock tail? Read again, “…cocktail in hand.”
Concrete sidewalk with polished whitened sections, noses of grey shoes, fuchsia frontaal coat panel
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Judith Van Praag @dutchessabroad.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
What Perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Portrait of African-American artist Marvin Gaye, looking away from the camera, dressed in shiny black (possibly patent leather) trench coat, collar points turned up.  Album title: What’s Going On plus name of the artist.
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Judith Van Praag @dutchessabroad.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
In Seattle, that is.
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Tina Hoggatt @thoggatt.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Seriously though, as helpful, soul-nurturing and absorbing as a workshop in my view is reading. Just reading widely and for discovery. I loved the Booker prize winner's speech last night (Flesh) and his emphasis on risk taking. Applies to reading too! #kidlitchat
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Judith Van Praag @dutchessabroad.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Yay! Our team of 5 women screenwriters made the quarter finals with our TV comedy pilot script! Only 2 of our names are listed (not mine), but we’re all stoked!
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Andy Behrman @electroboyusa.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Eric Swalwell has endorsed @ammarcampanajjar.bsky.social, the "poster boy" for #Prop50 in California! Ammar is running for Congress in #CA48 to beat #MAGA Rep. Darell Issa! We need to bring in tons of small dollar donations! Chip in $5, $10, $25, or more now: secure.actblue.com/donate/a-b-sky
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Andy Behrman @electroboyusa.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
"Electroboy" is my memoir about my battle with bipolar disorder and which is being made into a feature film with Timothee Chalamet. The book is out of print - I have h/c and p/b copies which I inscribe to you and ship overnight to you. The cost is $30 for a h/c and $20 for a p/c - send me a DM!
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Trump clearly decided that rapid identification of public health threats to the U.S. is something that only Democrats want. Public health largely began in the military because once upon a time, leaders understood that disease is the greatest threat to militarily readiness. That’s over.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today. The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly. We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.
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Judith Van Praag @dutchessabroad.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
The power of imagination
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Judith Van Praag @dutchessabroad.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Fulfilling childhood dream. Each day I come home with my pockets filled with apples picked (stolen) from a nearby tree. The glee! The owner lets them drop and Roy, so there you have it, win-win.
One red/green apple on counter, in front of carefully piled little red/green apples on a  white saucer (of soup bowl long gone).
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
The Trump administration says that Democrats' demands would provide health care to undocumented immigrants. That's not true. Undocumented immigrants can receive emergency care because of the 1986 Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA), signed by Reagan. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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GOP misleads with claim that Democrats shut down to give health care to 'illegal immigrants'
U.S. law prohibits federal health care benefits for undocumented immigrants. Democrats want to return benefits for those with lawful presence, like DACA recipients and asylum-seekers.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 01/10/2025
It’s midnight, which means Trump’s government just ran out of money. Our entire government is shut down because Republicans in power refuse to lower health care costs.
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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Long Covid has now overtaken Asthma in the US, as a cause of chronic health disease in children. There is currently no cure. Yet no action is being taken and Violet Affleck is very much on point.
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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/09/2025
Breaking News: ABC said that “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” would return on Tuesday, ending an impasse that began last week. nyti.ms/3KAl4Np
Jimmy Kimmel sits behind a desk. He’s wearing a tie and a jacket. A headline reads: “Jimmy Kimmel's Show To Return to ABC on Tuesday Night.” Photo credit: Randy Holmes/Disney.
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Historiek - Geschiedenis @historiek.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Eerste ‘stablecoin’ ter wereld werd 416 jaar geleden uitgevonden in Amsterdam historiek.net/amsterdamsch...
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Eerste ‘stablecoin’ ter wereld werd 416 jaar geleden uitgevonden in Amsterdam | Historiek
De in 1609 opgerichte Amsterdamsche Wisselbank bracht stabiliteit in het handelsverkeer en geldt als de eerste centrale bank ter wereld. Haar geschiedenis toont verrassend actuele lessen.
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Judith Van Praag @dutchessabroad.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
That’s how we bathed after my parents decided to leave Amsterdam and live on a farm in the middle of nowhere, return to nature.
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Jamie Glass @jglass8.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Sunday morning blooms #SundayYellow #OrangeSun #desert #Stunday #ColorADay #EastCoastKin #Bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #Flowers #Gardening #FloralPhoto #FlowerHour #photography #nature #photographersofbluesky
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Jimmy Kimmel and other late-night comedians have certainly said things about me that I found offensive, even outrageous. It never crossed my mind to call up the networks and say, "Hey, get rid of this guy." Because that's not how America works. play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...
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The Political Scene | The New Yorker
The Washington Roundtable is joined by the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Keren Yarhi-Milo, the dean of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, to discuss...
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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 18/09/2025
What we are witnessing is an outright abuse of power. This administration is attacking critics and using fear as a weapon to silence anyone who would speak out. Media corporations — from television networks to newspapers — are capitulating to these threats.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/09/2025
A new study shows wildfires are causing more than 40,000 premature deaths per year — and that rising temperatures will lead to even more.
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See where wildfire smoke is getting worse in the U.S.
The past six summers have been the smokiest on record. New research shows that smoke could become the costliest consequence of climate change for Americans.
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Judith Van Praag @dutchessabroad.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
I wanted to attend the #IHRA info webinar at 6 AM/PDT, but before I could get up, my guy told me his dream. We were back in The Netherlands, meeting up with friends of mine he hadn't met before. One said she loved Judith, but couldn't face seeing her (me) after our tragedy (losing our baby at birth)
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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Since I'm not at the NY Art Book Fair for the first time in a decade, I'm using my weekend to make another publication. Shocking! It will combine almost a year of my Bluesky posts about self-publishing, some studio photos, and the text from Why Self-Publish Under Fascism? I think this is the cover:
A screen grab from InDesign of the cover design in progress for a new 20-page Public Collectors booklet titled "Public Publishing Diary / Why Self-Publish Under Fascism? which shows a stack of copies of the latter titled booklet along with some of the tools used to make it: a bone folder, long arm stapler, a pen, and a loose box cutter blade.
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Judith Van Praag @dutchessabroad.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Wind blows from up north, dim Parasol ash-dusted, acrid smelling air. #badhaiku #JudithSVP
Ash dusted folkloric themed parasol seen from above, covering glass topped table surrounded by green deck chairs, on concrete terrace strewn with pine cones, in forestry backyard under towering pine tree.
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Judith Van Praag @dutchessabroad.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Word of the Day #Eugenicist
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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 21/08/2025
Our profile of Yuki Tsunoda and his Tokyo Culinary Guide from Issue 02 of @essesmag.com are now live on line. This dude knows how to eat... www.essesmag.com/articles/yuk...
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Yuki Tsunoda's Culinary Guide to Tokyo
Formula 1’s biggest foodie and Japan’s rising star stays hungry on and off the track. Learn about the restaurants and cuisine that have shaped him into who he is today.
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West Coast TJ @westcoast-tj.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
"The word "encourage" literally means to instill courage; we can do that or its opposite with how we speak, with what we say, with how we show up. It's not the only work we can do during this emergency, but it's an important part of it."
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Roz Morris @rozmorris.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
What might make your trauma memoir stand out? @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social at @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2025/08/05/d... #writingcommunity #memoir #authorlife #writinglife #skywriters
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“Sh*t Happened” Isn’t Enough: Crafting Compelling Memoir from Dramatic Action
By Allison K Williams Recently, I heard a panel of distinguished agents and publishing-house editors discussing trends in publishing, social media, and where authors fit in the literary machine. Wh…
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