LaurieHB @lauriehb.bsky.social · 21/05/2025If USDA and FDA checks on food/drug safety are gone, corporations will get lax. They were FORCED to apply sanitation standards in the Progressive Era. They won't do it out of the goodness of their hearts if it costs more. Tracking of disease/deaths disabled in CDC too. www.cdc.gov/salmonella/o...cdc.govSalmonella Outbreak Linked to Whole CucumbersSalmonella outbreak linked to whole cucumbers. 010
Reposted by LaurieHBDr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 07/04/2025These bans were hard won and are backed by lots of science. PFAS chemicals cause cancer (kidney and testicular) and are linked to pregnancy problems and liver and thyroid disorders. And make vaccines less effective. They really are trying to kill us. 🧪 www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comTrump officials quietly move to reverse bans on toxic ‘forever chemicals’EPA bids to change chemical risk evaluations, which could expose public to higher levels of PFAS and other pollutants 715797
Reposted by LaurieHBNicki Washington, Ph.D. @drnickiw.bsky.social · 04/04/2025If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks. The website to check linked in the reply. www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...newsobserver.comNC Court of Appeals gives over 60,000 challenged voters 15 days to prove eligibilityThe majority wrote that, even though they have the authority to completely throw out the contested ballots, they decided to instead mandate a cure period for most of the challenged voters. 324113059356
LaurieHB @lauriehb.bsky.social · 28/02/2025"If it takes a village to raise a child, it also takes a village to raise a rapist,” Jackson Katz says. “Perpetrators aren’t individual monsters; they are people reflecting a system. We need to address that system.” www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.com‘This moment is medieval’: Jackson Katz on misogyny, the manosphere – and why men must oppose TrumpismThe result of the US election unleashed a ferocious feminist backlash, he says, and makes his 40-year struggle to end violence against women more urgent than ever 010
LaurieHB @lauriehb.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Picturing Ego Must and 47 just laughing their asses off at the continued gullibility of the cult: "Can you believe they swallowed that crazy list we made up before we even started the audit on USAID?" "Hey, they still think I'm JC's disciple on earth!" Raucous laughter while counting the $$$. 000
LaurieHB @lauriehb.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Whatever you can do, please try to do it. It might seem small but added to the acts of other people, it adds up. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comA quarter of US shoppers have dumped favorite stores over political stancesA new poll also found that four in 10 Americans have shifted spending to align with moral views in recent months 010
Reposted by LaurieHBLaurie Loves Data @laurelann.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Over the last 40 years, the income share going to the middle-class fell from 62% to 43% The share held by the wealthy increased from 29% to 48% Real wage growth was highest for the top 10% We need stronger unions, an increased minimum wage and affordable education to help level the playing field 69941
LaurieHB @lauriehb.bsky.social · 14/02/202547 walked out of a press conference because he couldn't remember what he was supposed to say. He walked out, confused. If Biden had done that, it would have SATURATED the news for weeks. The propaganda and censorship (see also the PA "attempt on his life" non-story) is already in full swing.media.tenor.coma man in a purple sweater is talking to a man in a plaid shirtALT: a man in a purple sweater is talking to a man in a plaid shirt 000
Reposted by LaurieHBKen Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Stand up, keep fighting. Here's what @thedemocraticparty.bsky.social did today: 55281351997
Reposted by LaurieHBMelanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year. 2022: $0 2021: $0 2020: $0 2019: $0 2018: $0 Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years. 14015074118102
Reposted by LaurieHB🦋 BlueDaisy 🦋 @bluedaisyrose.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Let's get this circulated!! 😤 7921691410391
Reposted by LaurieHBEmma Kennedy @emmakennedy.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Can you imagine the volcanic non stop rage Fox would be spewing if Harris had won and then handed the keys to the govt to George Soros who then went into federal buildings and took control of their computers? 15956203
LaurieHB @lauriehb.bsky.social · 22/01/2025And so it begins. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comKKK distributes flyers in Kentucky telling immigrants to ‘leave now’Documents, including phone number and invitation to ‘join us’, distributed same day Trump took office 020
LaurieHB @lauriehb.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Are the leopards eating your faces yet? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comUS police union that backed Trump says January 6 pardons send ‘dangerous message’Fraternal Order of Police and International Association of Chiefs of Police criticize blanket clemency to 1,500 020
LaurieHB @lauriehb.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Happy New Year! Got my 2025 calendar--the one with the prescient cats? 010
Reposted by LaurieHBDr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 24/11/2024#Mood Cartoon by Pia Guerra 362493329
LaurieHB @lauriehb.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Nope.The BLM protesters were responding to actual events (and a Harvard-Radcliffe study determined that the BLM protest were overwhelmingly peaceful). The 1/6/21 insurrectionists were responding to blatant lies, proven over 60 court cases. Note the date of this report: www.cisa.gov/news-events/...cisa.govJoint Statement from Elections Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council & the Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Executive Committees | CISAThe members of Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council (GCC) Executive Committee – Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Assistant Director Bob Kolasky, U.S. Election... 000
LaurieHB @lauriehb.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Few people bothered to read Harris's platform, though it was the first thing that came up if you Googled her name. "Information age," my ass. 000
Reposted by LaurieHBMikel Jollett @mikeljollett.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines: Measles: Before: 530,000, After: 47 Mumps: Before: 160,000, After: 429 Rubella: Before: 50,000, After: 3 Diphtheria: Before: 20,000, After: 2 Smallpox: Before: 30,000, After: 0 Polio: Before: 16,000, After: 0 634187868107
LaurieHB @lauriehb.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Seems like the main takeaway from last week was: "Crime really does pay!" What a great lesson for young people, huh? 030