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@maryannehardy.bsky.social
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Mom, wife, retired patient advocate, nurse, and public health professional. lifetime feminist and intermittent activist. Marylander.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/09/2026
Young people in California aren’t just struggling to buy a home. Many have stopped believing homeownership is even a realistic goal. I asked Xavier Becerra what the governor of California can actually do about it.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/09/2026
Becerra’s answer: build a lot more housing, expand down-payment assistance, and help families who make too much to qualify for traditional assistance but nowhere near enough to afford California’s housing market. Because an entire generation giving up on homeownership cannot become the new normal.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 11/09/2026
We're all about serving the American public, but we've gotta get our basic needs met. We can grind for a bit but not endlessly - now this bs It's discriminatory and intended to force out even more of our staff after years of spreading ourselves thin Fuck. This. www.govexec.com/management/2...
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CDC, after months of delays, gives employees 20 days to resubmit disability accommodation documentation
CDC is spending months, if not longer, to process reasonable accommodation requests because HHS-wide layoffs and separation incentives decimated the department’s human resources functions.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Horrific though unsurprising report from @propublica.org: Ectopic pregnancy deaths have basically doubled since the end of Roe
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 11/09/2026
Observing ICE is legal! Recording ICE is legal!!
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Lawsuit challenges intimidation of DHS observers across the country
The sweeping lawsuit brought by Common Cause argues federal agencies are illegally surveilling and intimidating people who try to peacefully observe federal immigration enforcement activity.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I am tired of people saying we can’t win in front of the Supreme Court. I’m annoyed by those who say my firm is too partisan to be effective. Today we won a huge redistricting fight before SCOTUS and a ballot access case before the Nebraska Supreme Court. The lesson: When we fight we win.
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Oops! #BookSky
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/09/2026
MSNOW aired the part of the Talarico interview that Fox isn’t showing: REPORTER: …you said ‘there are 6 biological sexes.’ Do you still believe that? TALARICO: I think the reason that politicians… across the street want to talk about 6 sexes is because they don’t want to talk about $6 diesel.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 11/09/2026
“If you’re technology challenged,” Jarvis said, “it doesn’t help that someone comes up with a technology-based solution.” This is the fundamental problem with shoving AI into everything The single biggest thing needed for better rural health is BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE
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Trump officials say AI will help save rural health care. Some leaders in the field don’t believe it
Rural health care providers have struggled for years. The Trump administration is pointing to a cutting-edge, if unproven way to save them: artificial intelligence.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
👀 abcnews.com/US/loyalist-...
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Joe diGenova, loyalist tapped by Trump to oversee controversial DOJ probe targeting his foes, resigns: Sources
A Trump loyalist who had been tapped to oversee a sprawling DOJ conspiracy investigation targeting political foes of President Trump has abruptly resigned, sources say.
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 11/09/2026
Jamie Raskin points to rulings from judges appointed by Republican and Democratic presidents while criticizing Trump’s attempt to restrict birthright citizenship. The Supreme Court rejected Trump’s initial order in June 2026, and a federal judge subsequently blocked his revised effort.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
RFK Jr. uses military aircraft as he campaigns for GOP in midterms www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
washingtonpost.com
RFK Jr. uses military aircraft as he campaigns for GOP in midterms
The White House and Department of Health and Human Services lawyers signed off on the plan to let the health secretary use military jets, five people said.
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Venus is 2.8 times hotter than Mercury, despite Mercury being closer to the Sun. Why? Venus' atmosphere is primarily CO2, which traps heat. So what happens when we add CO2 to our atmosphere? It traps heat. This shouldn't be that difficult to understand.
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barbisblue @barbisblue.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
"Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation."

--Walter Cronkite

The Retired School Librarian.com
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Queer Allyship (Jennifer, she/her) @queerallyship.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I celebrate Pride because visibility matters. I celebrate Pride because belonging matters. And I celebrate Pride because everyone deserves to know they are not alone. #PrideMonth #Allyship #QueerAllyship #Pride2026 #BelongingMatters
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Maggie Wiggin @maggie162.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
My god, Octavia Butler, just miss ONCE
 Page from a book saying:

From EARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING
Choose your Leaders with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward is to be controlled
by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool is to be led
by the opportunists who control the fool.
To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen.
To be led by a liar
is to ask to be told lies.
To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Slaughtering our golden goose: massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com
Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration
Budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing.
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Christmas is coming. Remember how we pressured ABC to put Kimmel back on with our wallets? Well, many of the fascist oligarchs make a lot of money off of us at Christmas time. Maybe this year, we ignore the big stores and buy local, modest gifts. It's not supposed to be about money anyway.
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Carlos E. Gates @carlosegates.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
When Ted Cruz is alarmed at the behavior of his own party, we’re all fucked.
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
I talked to a NOAA colleague yesterday who told me that 75% of the federal employees of his division have left and he’s worried about their ability to get work done even if Congress funds NOAA at some level. The devastation to science will be felt for generations.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
1. We interrupt this programming for some LEGITIMATELY GOOD NEWS Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows How did the city do it? Baltimore adopted a comprehensive set of "woke" policies, treating violence as a public health issue
popular.info
The secret to Baltimore's extraordinary year
This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 17/07/2025
Maryland and 19 other states are rightfully suing the Trump Admin for illegally shutting down a FEMA program that supports critical flood prevention and other disaster mitigation projects to protect communities here and across the country. Glad Attorney General Brown is taking on this fight.
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Maryland sues Trump administration over FEMA funding cuts
Here's what other states are suing the Trump administration in addition to Maryland.
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Amanda J. McGee @amcgeewrites.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
The irony of a federal data database declaiming "We care about the privacy of your data" in these times.
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Stephen Trumbull @smtrumbull.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
In case I wasn’t clear…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
RFK Jr. just fired thousands of federal workers at crucial health agencies, including the FDA, CDC, and NIH. These are the people who inspect our food, track infectious diseases, and research life-saving treatments and cures. How is this "Making America Healthy Again"?
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
I'm sorry, nine HUNDRED former DOJ lawyers all signed this letter opposing Emil Bove's nomination to be an appellate federal judge? 900?!
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WHO @who.int · 29/06/2025
Are vaccines safe? What’s actually in them? In this episode of Science in 5, WHO’s Dr. Kate O’Brien breaks down how vaccines are tested, approved, and monitored even after they reach the public. She also explains what happens if a safety concern is flagged. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqur...
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WHO's Science in 5 - The truth about vaccine safety - 30 April 2025
YouTube video by World Health Organization (WHO)
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LindaYoung @lindayoung164.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
I used to work for an independent research company that did studies of the programs for the aging. Caregivers already get almost no support. A few hours one day a month is not enough when that's used for errands and not rest.
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joemed3 @joemed3.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Good Thursday morning y’all. That’s it. That’s all I got today. Nobody sees my posts anymore anyway. Have a great day everyone. Stay safe. Be you. Be kind. #GoodMorning #Resist #TACO
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maryannehardy.bsky.social @maryannehardy.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
I LOVE BlueSky! Where else could I find this!!! LOL!
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Bonnie Towner Democrat @bonniet-123.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
The decision leaves the state on the hook for $200 million or more in additional expenses for debris cleanup and other emergency work. The bottom line: Once again, 45 has said one thing and done another, and sadly, North Carolinians will pay the price. 45 is a sorry S.O.B.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 30/05/2025
It's been a rough few months made up of a seemingly endless series of rough days. But at least today we learned that Dan Bongino fucking hates the job he never should have been given, so that's nice.
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The Daily Beans Podcast @dailybeanspod.com · 29/05/2025
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Al Toth @atoth99.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Canada, Germany, England, Denmark, Netherlands, and France all have travel advisory warnings for visiting America. Let that sink in.
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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 30/05/2025
Somebody somewhere Needs flowers tonight
Bouquet of yellow flowers on a small rock outcropping in the microbial matts.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
🙋‍♂️ I was in *the safety trial* for (the original) Gardasil HPV vaccine for males. And I can assure you that I was like this before I got the shots. I can also confirm firsthand that vaccines are tested for safety more times and in more ways than most people will ever be able to comprehend.
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Every time I hear someone say "vaccines were never tested for safety" I just want to scream into the void.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 30/05/2025
Amanda Gorman finished this poem just after the January 6 riot. Read the full poem here: www.cnbc.com/2021/01/20/a... Never give in to the lie that there's nothing left worth fighting for. “For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it.” Goodnight 💚
We will rise from the gold-limned hills of the West.
We will rise from the wind-swept Northeast
where our forefathers first realized revolution.
We will rise from the lake-rimmed cities of the Midwestern states.
We will rise from the sun-baked South.
We will rebuild, reconcile and recover
in every known nook of our nation,
in every corner called our country
our people diverse and beautiful
will emerge battered and beautiful.
When day comes, we step out of the shade
aflame and unafraid.
The new dawn blooms as we free it.
For there is always light,
if only we’re brave enough to see it.
If only we’re brave enough to be it. 

-Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb
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Andy Behrman @electroboyusa.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
I really don't care, do you?
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Al Franken @alfranken.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Four smiles! Celebrating my 74th with grandkids, Claire and Jacob, and granddog, Charlie.
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Soundz Of Blackness @soundzofblackness.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
The charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver are bogus and racially motivated. I stand with the Congresswoman! ✋🏾💪🏾
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Melissa Stewart @lissajostewart.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
I am struggling to adequately express the level of rage I feel right now
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
ICE operations at immigration courts intensified today. Brief 🧵on what's happening: - A person facing removal shows up for a hearing. - At the hearing, ICE unexpectedly asks the immigration judge to dismiss the case without prejudice. - If the judge says yes, the hearing ends, court is over. 1/4
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
We should be investing in rural communities and making them better places to build a life & raise a family - not shutting down rural hospitals by choking off their funding. Saving rural hospitals is one more reason to call your Representative and speak out against this GOP attempt to cut Medicaid.
cbsnews.com
Hundreds of rural hospitals are at risk of closing, threatening critical care
Hospital officials told CBS News the closure was driven by the same factors that have closed other rural hospitals: low reimbursement rates.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
The murder of two Israeli Embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum in D.C. tonight is horrifying. This is what happens when antisemitic propaganda is permitted to go unaccountable. We cannot condone hateful rhetoric against the Jewish community. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...
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Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Shot and Killed Outside Event in Washington, Officials Say
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
More than 700K Americans died from COVID after he wrote this. We still have not achieved herd immunity.
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We'll Have Herd Immunity by April

Covid cases have dropped 77% in six weeks.
Experts should level with the public about the good news.
By Marty Makary
Feb. 18, 2021 12:35 pm ET
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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
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