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Isolde

@isolde789.bsky.social
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Librarian, believer in science & democracy

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Arif "Felonious Munk" Shahid @feloniousmunk.blacksky.app · 24/05/2025
This is who you're arguing with online...statistically
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Reading levels in the United States
• Low literacy: More than 130 million adults in the U.S. have low literacy skills. This means they have difficulty reading a simple story to their children.
• Below 6th grade: Over half of American adults (54%) read below a 6th-grade level.
• Below 3rd grade: Almost 1 in 5 adults reads below a 3rd-grade level.
• Functional illiteracy: 45 million Americans are functionally illiterate and read below a 5th grade level.
• Literacy skills: 79% of U.S. adults have
English literacy skills sufficient to compare and contrast information, paraphrase, or make low-level inferences.
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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Studies terminated at NIH: -On reducing asthma from mold -On prenatal risks & screening -On statins influence on dementia -On the safety/risk of gender-affirming care -On how Covid vax outcomes & disparities -On improving HIV care -Training programs for the next generation of scientists
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · 15/03/2025
This, by the by, is an effing disaster if it holds up. The number of public libraries that will go under if IMLS is shuttered is mind-boggling. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.
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Isolde @isolde789.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I've been calling my R representative and Senators Dave McCormick and John Fetterman. Does anyone think it has any impact at all?
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
At least 12 universities now have hiring freezes and nearly 30 have cut PhD admissions this year If you hear of other places you can add them to this google doc:
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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 23/07/2024
your identity in a capitalist society
Sign on a glass door: Please remember you're shopping bags
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J.J. @jayjaysaysso.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Or any of his other promises
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
I would phrase this a little differently, and limit my criticism more to generative chatbots, but writing is a neurological process that’s crucial to thinking critically. It forces you to reflect on what you know & rid yourself of preconceived notions prior to communication. Don’t dumb yourself.
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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
If you think you wrote something with AI — no you didn’t. Other people wrote it, and you just used a plagiarism machine to keep yourself from knowing their names.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Writing is thinking. It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point.
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Isolde @isolde789.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
I have ptsd when I hear Steve Kornacki’s voice
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Isolde @isolde789.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Joining Bluesky feels like finally listening to Synchronicity after watching the cool kids carrying around the cassette for months
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