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Justice in Aging @justiceinaging.org · 05/01/2025

Regardless of our zip code or how much money we have in the bank, we should all be able to live and age in accessible, affordable housing in our communities. Yet, older adults are the fastest-growing age group experiencing homelessness.

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Four Areas Where Older Adults Need our Advocacy in 2025 - Justice in Aging

Looking ahead to the next Administration and Congress, the programs older adults rely on will be at the crux of policy debates and discussions. Older adults

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Paige W @paigeee.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

North Dakota mornings don’t hold back. It was -14°, but this view almost makes you forget the cold… almost. #photography #cold

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Bryan Hansel @bryanhansel.com · 04/01/2025

Sunset over Lake Superior near Lutsen, Minnesota The color reflections were really cool.

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Wings & Space Photography @wingsandspace.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Got home from work and it was really such a sight to behold. Our Moon with Venus - just unbelievable. 📸 Nikon Coolpix P1000 #moon #moonphotography @moonhour.bsky.social #venus #astrophotography #photography #NorthernIreland #Belfast

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Paige W @paigeee.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Quiet, cold, and exactly what North Dakota feels like in January. #photography

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Paige W @paigeee.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Venus and the crescent moon holding hands above me. Sometimes the sky whispers #photography #astrophotography

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Justice in Aging @justiceinaging.org · 31/12/2024

As we enter 2025, four critical issues demand our attention: 🏥 Safeguarding access to health and long-term care 🔐 Protecting Social Security and SSI 🏠 Ending older adult homelessness ⚖️ Defending legal protections for older adults, including older immigrants and LGBTQ+ older adults

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Four Areas Where Older Adults Need our Advocacy in 2025 - Justice in Aging

Looking ahead to the next Administration and Congress, the programs older adults rely on will be at the crux of policy debates and discussions. Older adults

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 02/01/2025

Is volunteering a genuine, freely chosen act? Or is it another name for unwaged work? Emma Dowling (University of Vienna) speaks to care volunteers in Germany on why they give up their time and how they defend their autonomy in times of crisis. #OpenAccess in the journal buff.ly/4gT7EHa

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Kyle J Gillett @wxkylegillett.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

A few moments from 2024...

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Paige W @paigeee.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Day 4: One thing I love about North Dakota is how dark the night skies are. We're lucky to be in an area with low light pollution, making it perfect for stargazing. On the Bortle Scale, most of the state is a Class 1-3, meaning you can see the stars in stunning detail. ✨ #photography #northdakota

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Paige W @paigeee.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Day 3 of our series: The East Norway Lutheran Church, near Aneta, ND, holds a special place in history. The congregation, organized in 1891, was led by Rev. L. L. Langehaug from 1905 until 1939, when he tragically suffered a stroke during a sermon. #photography #northdakota

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Alex Rowson @alexrowson.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Bideford Bay at the end of the rainbow. #devon #estuary #photography

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Jascha Polet @jascha.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Axial seamount, off the Oregon coast, is getting ready to erupt (again) in 2025. The most well instrumented under sea volcano has reached similar inflation as when it erupted (as predicted at that time) in 2015. Real time data is online for anyone to see! ⚒️🧪🌋 www.sciencenews.org/article/scie...

Plot of differential inflation from the Eastern Caldera BPR (MJ03E) minus the Central Caldera BPR (MJ03F). If the rate is positive, a blue dashed line extrapolates into the future using the average rate of differential inflation from the last 6 months; middle blue dot is date when 2015 inflation threshold is reached, right purple dot is when a threshold 20 cm higher will be reached. Specifics are included in the legend on the plot. https://axial.ceoas.oregonstate.edu/Forecasts4.html

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Paige W @paigeee.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Day 2 of the series: The East Norway Lutheran Church, built in 1903 on land donated by Johanna Newman, stands quietly in the snow, watching over the prairie. This place once brought Norwegian settlers together back in 1891. Can you imagine the life and laughter this building has seen? #photography

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

🔥🔥A 2021 study found that Medicaid expansion as part of the ACA led to a substantial reduction in mortality, primarily driven by reductions in disease-related deaths. A 2018 study in the Journal of Political Economy found that, Medicaid reduced infant and child mortality since the 1960s and 1970s.🔥🔥

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Paige W @paigeee.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

The old Norwegian church near Aneta, ND. Weathered, worn, and glowing in the prairie sunset. This place feels like a story waiting to be told. Kicking off a photo series with this gem. what’s your vibe: peaceful or haunting? #photography #history

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Paige W @paigeee.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

When the sky is blue and the ground is white, the contrast is breathtaking really. #photography #northdakota

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

I love how Denmark isn’t taking any shit from Donald Trump. 🇩🇰 🤣

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Paige W @paigeee.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Then one foggy Christmas eve.... Hoar frost is one of the best parts of winter. ❄️ Hoar frost forms when water vapor in the air comes into contact with a solid surface that is already below freezing, creating ice crystals as shown on the branches . #wx #photography

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Night Lights @nightlights.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

At Christmas in Tromsø, Norway, chimneys spew out aurora 😁🎄

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Paige W @paigeee.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Living in North Dakota usually entails finding random farms to come back to when you actually have your camera. This is one I had to mark on the map and go back when the sky was right. #photography

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Janani Umamaheswar @jananiu.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Ending the year with a new article! I explore how family members of men who have engaged in violence draw on narrative techniques found in fictional literature to make sense of their loved ones’ actions. Criminologists, the humanities have so much to offer us! doi.org/10.1177/1741...

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Mark Winegar, Ed.D. @mark4ed.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Finland’s 5th principle is to recognize the “out-of-school situations” play a significant impact on learning.

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Society for Personality and Social Psychology @spspnews.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

💡New research: Stronger conspiracy beliefs are associated with a stronger tendency to act dishonestly and an overestimation of others' dishonesty. These findings underscore the importance of trust dynamics. 📖Read more in #SPPS: ow.ly/QYhc50UvXXM

A person looks at their smartphone in bed, in a dark room.

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Paige W @paigeee.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Tackling rural grocery deserts in North Dakota calls for a combination of state support, community involvement, and creative solutions to make sure everyone has access to fresh, healthy food. It’s about finding ways to make it work for the people who need it most... Kids included in the p. Edu sys.

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Paige W @paigeee.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Despite these initiatives, challenges persist due to factors like low population density and limited consumer bases, which make it difficult to sustain full-sized grocery stores in rural areas. www.publicnewsservice.org/2024-12-23/r...

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The ups and downs of combating rural grocery deserts in ND

Several rural communities across North Dakota are strategizing how to slow the pace of local grocery stores shutting down. Some are making use of state grant money to aid their efforts, but challeng...

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Paige W @paigeee.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Posting here is like yelling into the sky on a quiet day—there’s no echo, no response, just my voice drifting off into the endless blue. 😅 Anyways, here's a bolted sunset in the midst of storm season here in North Dakota.

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nancyforde.com @nancyfjorde.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

To celebrate the #Solstice, I re-shared my 1st published story (thanks @ccohanlon.bsky.social) on visiting Land of the Midnight Sun: Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland.) 1st solo trip as a mum when my child was 7 and why single mumhood can be like remote island existence. open.substack.com/pub/nancyfor...

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Anaana (Mother)

My journey to the largest island on Earth. (Formerly published in The Island Review.)

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Jen Walton @jenwalton.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

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Paige W @paigeee.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Views like this make the -28 degree wind chill not as unfathomable.

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Paige W @paigeee.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Northern plains summer magic 💜

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Paige W @paigeee.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

#Sunsets that stop you in your tracks. There's something about that reflection—quiet, simple, perfect.

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Justice in Aging @justiceinaging.org · 09/12/2024

Older adults like 97-year-old Rosaline George rely on home care services to survive, but have few options to pay for them. Rosaline can't afford to pay out-of-pocket, and to access Medi-Cal, she'd have to pay a "share of cost" that amounts to 75% of her modest Social Security check.

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Living on $600 a month? Seniors over income limit can struggle to afford Medi-Cal

In California, elderly or disabled people who make too much money to qualify for its Medicaid program can still access it if they pay a "share of cost" toward their medical bills. But the rules…

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Paige W @paigeee.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Can AI like ChatGPT push social science research forward without losing the human insight that gives it depth? I wonder- is innovation worth it if it risks stripping away the ethical and personal touch that makes research matter? Progress demands balance.

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

An interesting study of gaps between “healthspan” (yrs of healthy life) & “lifespan” across the globe. Takeaway: the US has amongst the largest gaps, despite relatively low lifespan. And women in the US have even bigger gaps. 🛟🩺🧪😷 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 16/12/2024

Women in the US might live longer than men do, but a smaller share of those years are "healthy" years--probably because women are spending so much of their energy taking care of everyone else, and no one is taking care of them.

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Paige W @paigeee.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Rural seniors often face isolation, which can hurt their health, but social networks—like family and community connections—are key to improving their well-being. However, many rural areas lack the resources to strengthen these networks. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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Loneliness and social networks of older adults in rural communities: a narrative synthesis systematic review

Loneliness has significant impacts on the health of older adults. Social networks help to improve psychosocial and quality of life outcomes among older adults. A fifth of older adults live in rural co...

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Paige W @paigeee.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

This church was built in 1902 and still has its bell hanging at the top. The floor is caved in a bit and some pews still remain. Eastern North Dakota 💜

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 14/12/2024

I’m in a MAGAZINE y’all lol I hate we had to miss the big party in London, England but I am so honored to be featured in MISSION Magazine alongside 21 other amazing young changemakers worldwide The work of my nonprofit fills my soul. & so does the continued kindness of the LEGENDARY Nile Rodgers

Photo of legendary musician and producer Nile Rodgers and others holding up copies of their feature in Mission Magazine

Screenshot of a physical copy of Mission Magazine from the series party at the Selene club in London

"What inspires you most about your generation?"

Quote from Gabrielle Perry in the screengrab from Instagram
"Millennials, women especially, were raised with a heavy level of fear and trepidation societally. As a generation, I constantly see us looking fear in the face and moving beyond it. We reject the old way of everything. We question everything. We build and model new ways of living and thinking, and we accept that women do not exist as supporting actors in everyone else's stories. And we have modeled that for the next generations as well. I'm so honored to be a part of a generation of changemakers.”

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

For anyone who missed this prescient piece by Laurie Laybourn and James Dyke when it came out, it’s a MUST read for understanding the social instability that’s coming as our world warms and we weather the social consequences of it. theconversation.com/a-doom-loop-...

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A ‘doom loop’ of climate change and geopolitical instability is beginning

Climate change is driving inflation and instability, which harms climate action. But it’s not too late to escape the doom loop.

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Paige W @paigeee.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Also, why is it so uncomfortable to post anything at all?! Like, here’s this thing I care about, but also... what if nobody else does? Do you just hit 'post' and hope for the best, or overthink it for an hour?

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