Reposted by Amy Nakajima Sunny Apocalypse🤗💛💙🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇱🌎🕊️ @teedublavee.bsky.social · 08/06/2025👇please spread. 🤗 033 3
Reposted by Amy Nakajima Tom Hollenstein @tomhollenstein.bsky.social · 05/06/2025My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy. Details found here👇 www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...queensu.caQueen’s Special U.S. Doctoral Recruitment Initiative | School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral AffairsDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown...Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission. 1918971417 1.9K
Reposted by Amy Nakajima Willy Skinner @willygrant.bsky.social · 05/06/2025The right person 😊 1265 26
Reposted by Amy Nakajima Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 05/06/2025My interview with @npr.org and long history with neglected tropical diseases www.npr.org/sections/goa...npr.org'Neglected tropical diseases' now face even more neglectU.S. aid cuts could jeopardize the supply of donated drugs that are hailed for their effectiveness in combating neglected diseases like river blindness, schistosomiasis and trachoma. 211852 118
Reposted by Amy Nakajima womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Paula Rego, Hey Diddle Diddle, 1989 etching from the nursery rhymes series #WomensArt 037750 377
Reposted by Amy Nakajima Dem Lady Always @demladyalways.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Important words to keep in mind! One voice matters. Thousands of voices combined create a roar that cannot be ignored. It creates protection and strength as well. 💙 May Day! A day of National Resistance. Resist however you are able! In person, through retail, on line. Together our voices rise. 💙 032 3
Reposted by Amy Nakajima Dem Lady Always @demladyalways.bsky.social · 01/05/2025There are lots of ways to show up and have your voice heard! From reduced shopping at Amazon to posting here on BlueSky. Our voices matter! Any and ALL ways! 💙 #Resist #HandsOff #Baddassfeminist 01411 14
Reposted by Amy Nakajima Dem Lady Always @demladyalways.bsky.social · 01/05/2025It is no wonder we all feel so traumatized As exhausted as we all may feel we must keep fighting. To stop this insanity and evil destruction of our country💙 Lean into each other for support we are here to do this together! Many hands make the work light and many voices make the message strong💙 066 6
Reposted by Amy Nakajima Dem Lady Always @demladyalways.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Love this idea! Pass it on! 💙🩵 193 9
Reposted by Amy Nakajima Zoe Washburne Rebel Scum @zoewashburne.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Don't Obey In Advance - good advice www.allrisenews.com/p/skadden-st...allrisenews.comLaw students organize to give Trump-caving firms a recruitment problemBy creating a spreadsheet, Georgetown Law students sparked national headlines, along with PR headaches and staffing challenges inside the world's most powerful firms. 0125 12
Reposted by Amy Nakajima womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Favianna Rodriguez, US artist & activist with Latina,Afro-Peruvian roots, known for her social justice posters #womensart #Monday 044872 448
Reposted by Amy Nakajima Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Look at the beautiful wedding cake I got donated! People are so kind! @3wishesprogram.bsky.social 1126918 269
Reposted by Amy Nakajima Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Jan Sluijters painted the 'The Beggar,' around 1910 when movement and anecdote still formed the main constituent of his paintings. After this period, we can see the action in his work disappear for a few years. 11068 106
Reposted by Amy Nakajima David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Wow. When @theglobeandmail.com headlines that piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre’s platform is an exercise in “magical thinking,” you know he’s in trouble. 🤷🏼🍁🤔💯🤷🏼 24637312 637
Reposted by Amy Nakajima Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 21/04/2025There's only one reason for Trump's massive deletion and closing of national climate, weather, ocean, & environmental data sets: to silence and turn a blind eye to evidence of major threats in order to protect the fossil-fuel industry. This is modern book burning. www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/docume...nesdis.noaa.govNotice of ChangesNotices of changes are formal public announcements of planned services changes to applications and other products. 416663 166
Reposted by Amy Nakajima Stephen Hui @stephenhui.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Follow this 📚 trailer to the 2nd Edition of 105 Hikes In and Around Southwestern British Columbia! The new 105 Hikes is coming to bookstores across the land in May 2025. Published by Greystone Books — in paperback and ebook. Pre-order now: 105hikes.com #105Hikes 0124 12
Reposted by Amy Nakajima DSP💙#🟦✡️ @drawstickpeople.bsky.social · 16/04/2025DSP Cooks Chicken Meatballs with yummy spices & veggies (changed a bit for Passover) If you enjoy cooking & are on IG, follow @ruhamasfood. She's delightful & has recipes that are quick & really flavorful #dspfood #medfoodsky 243 4
Reposted by Amy Nakajima David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 15/04/2025“So this is my radical proposal for universities: Act like universities, not like businesses. Spend your endowments. Accept more, not fewer students. Open up your campuses and expand your reach not by buying real estate but by bringing education to communities. Create a base. Become a movement.”nytimes.comOpinion | This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, if They Dare (Gift Article)It’s been tried in other countries facing authoritarian crackdowns. It works. 17810210 810
Reposted by Amy Nakajima Don Vinh @donvinh.bsky.social · 14/04/2025In the 🇺🇸: Measles up Pertussis up If only there was a magic bullet to get rid of it all. WAIT!! .... There is 👇🏼 528747 287
Reposted by Amy Nakajima Maxwell Smith, PhD @maxwellsmith.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Measles cases in Ontario, by year: 2013: 15 2014: 22 2015: 20 2016: 7 2017: 7 2018: 8 2019: 14 2020: 0 2021: 0 2022: 1 2023: 7 2024: 64 2025: 804 And it's only April 10. Nearly 5x more than the previous 12 years *combined*. From Public health Ontario: www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/Docu... 23566261 566
Reposted by Amy Nakajima iTunes Brian 🇨🇦 🇮🇪 🇷🇸 🇺🇦 @itunesbrian.bsky.social · 10/04/2025A funny Alymer’s soup ad in Canada! youtube.com/shorts/FOTKi...youtube.comAylmer - The Canadian soupYouTube video by Aylmer Foods Canada 021 2
Reposted by Amy Nakajima ACLU @aclu.org · 09/04/2025UPDATE: After public opposition, National Park Service restored the Underground Railroad page to include Harriet Tubman. We have power through resistance. 12815174 815
Reposted by Amy Nakajima Reuters @reuters.com · 09/04/2025Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after US aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said reut.rs/3E9kB27reut.rsSouth Sudan cholera patients died walking to clinic after US cut aid, charity saysEight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after U.S. aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said on Wednesday. 48988304766 8.8K
Reposted by Amy Nakajima womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Tulips by British author, illustrator and natural scientist Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) #womensart 039448 394
Reposted by Amy Nakajima APHA @apha.org · 09/04/2025HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is a danger to the public’s health and should resign or be fired, says APHA. In just a few short weeks, his actions on vacccines, fluoride and other public health science have shown how wrong he is for the job. Read & share our statement: apha.org/news-and-med... 20925417 925
Reposted by Amy Nakajima Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · 10/04/2025RECOVER study of >465,000 children and young adults found that a 2nd COVID infection more than DOUBLED risk of Long COVID (myocarditis, loss of taste/smell, blood clots). Preventing reinfection, espec w/vaccination, may reduce long-term health risks in children. buff.ly/vX12Xw1 #medsky #pedsky 😷 810940 109
Reposted by Amy Nakajima Elise Schuenke @troubledminnesotan.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Little gentle reminder to all the human creatives out there 💪 247314946818 31.5K
Reposted by Amy Nakajima womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Tattooed porcelain figurines by contemporary Scotland-based artist Jessica Harrison #WomensArt 055660 556
Reposted by Amy Nakajima FWC Indivisible @fwcindivisible.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Dept. of Education enforces the law to ensure that students with disabilities receive appropriate education. Without federal oversight, protections will weaken, stealing students' legal rights & damaging our country. Speak out for special needs students!dlvr.itSupport our campaign to oppose MAGA extremists 12914 29
Reposted by Amy Nakajima Ed Hyde @edhyde.bsky.social · 09/04/2025@clrenney.bsky.social of @nzctu.bsky.social pithily summarises the state of AoNZ politics: “This government doesn’t seem to have a world view. It’s like a three year old having a tantrum. It knows what it doesn’t like, but not what it wants.” 001 1
Reposted by Amy Nakajima Daniel Chomsky @danielchomsky.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Donald Trump shows his commitment to ordinary American workers by deliberately making their working conditions as onerous as possible. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/u...nytimes.comFederal Workers Walk Into Chaos Amid Return to OfficePresident Trump has described his new in-office requirement as a way to ensure workers are doing their jobs. He sees potentially leading more employees to quit as an added benefit. 003 3
Reposted by Amy Nakajima 💖💄 Aoife ♿💖 @aoiferocksitout.bsky.social · 29/03/2025If you don't live in NY, please call our board of tourism and let them know you won't be visiting here if a law is passed that criminalizes mask wearing! If you live in NY, call your State Senator and Assembly Member! 15830 58
Reposted by Amy Nakajima Darren Markland @drdagly.bsky.social · 26/03/2025This. Means. Everything. 07613 76
Reposted by Amy Nakajima Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 27/03/2025If you’re able to mask & choose not to, please understand you’re making it easier for politicians to pass mask bans. Fasicsm thrives on apathy and “othering” Mask bans hurt an othered group the most… disabled people Please wear a mask in solidarity. If we normalize masks they become harder to ban! 14645192 645
Reposted by Amy Nakajima Martha Lincoln @heavyredaction.bsky.social · 26/03/2025I’m a former IIE Fulbright recipient. I hope to see a statement from Fulbright about the detention of Rumeysa Ozturk, doing doctoral research at Tufts’ Child Study and Human Development program. Her work addresses childrens’ media. She is the co-founder of an independent children’s media initiative. 9760261 760
Reposted by Amy Nakajima Cougsta, Mean & Nasty Edition @cougsta.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Great. 🤦🏼♀️ www.cbc.ca/news/health/...cbc.caBird flu is hitting the U.S. hard. Now, migratory birds are flying north | CBC News5 years after COVID-19, scientists are watching another virus warily: H5N1. It’s been circulating widely in the U.S. — and now, wild birds are set to start north for migration season. 124 4
Reposted by Amy Nakajima womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 26/03/2025German artist Mary Bauermeister, Steinspirale (stone spiral), 2011 #WomensArt 040445 404
Reposted by Amy Nakajima Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Help track what’s at stake 07030 70
Reposted by Amy Nakajima Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Please please please continue to submit details of your terminated grant using this Google Form 👇 Your submissions continue to be key to understanding patterns of grant terminations and facilitating advocacy and litigation. 💪💪💪docs.google.comCancelled NIH grant information submission formPlease use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH... 07377 77
Reposted by Amy Nakajima womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Woman Warming her Hands, (early 20thc) painting by Laura Sylvia Gosse (1881-1968) English painter and printmaker who ran an art school with the painter Walter Sickert #womensart 031318 313
Reposted by Amy Nakajima David Coleman @theduckofdeath.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Lord Fuckwad hath spoken! So let it be written. So let it be done. 052 5