Ginger Edwards

Ginger Edwards

@ginged78.bsky.social

Native gardener, potter, birder, auntie, animal rescuer. Alice-through-the looking glass.

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Ginger Edwards
@ginged78.bsky.social
Gail Waldby ❌👑@gailwaldby.bsky.social

Future of Cancer Coverage for Women Federal Firefighters Uncertain Under Trump #Firefighters #Wildfire #Wildfires kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

kffhealthnews.orgFuture of Cancer Coverage for Women Federal Firefighters Uncertain Under Trump - KFF Health NewsIn the waning days of the Biden administration, the Labor Department added ovarian, uterine, cervical, and breast cancer coverage for wildland firefighters. It’s unclear whether the new protections wi...
Ginger Edwards
@ginged78.bsky.social

I have prednisone irritability and will have it for the next two weeks, so I am just banging the heads of idiots on Twitter. I know it's not healthy, but I set timer that sings "Let it Go" when my Twitter time is up.

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Timothy Caulfield
@caulfieldtim.bsky.social

Important work! Clean up scientific literature! 💪 Fearless science sleuth risked her career to expose publication fraud www.nature.com/articles/d41... Tracks hijacked journals, which "scam websites that clone authentic journal to con authors out of publication fees." Go @abalkina.bsky.social 🙏

nature.comThis fearless science sleuth risked her career to expose publication fraudAnna Abalkina is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2024.

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Phil Williams
@philinvestigates.com

EXCLUSIVE: Inside the influential white-supremacist conference that calls Tennessee 'home away from home' | Instead of white robes and masks, conference attendees come dressed in suits and ties. www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

newschannel5.comInside the influential white-supremacist conference that calls Tennessee 'home away from home'The white-supremacist American Renaissance Conference is an annual event that has been held here at the park's lodge and conference center since 2012.

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FlipFlop
@sloppyflipflop.bsky.social

RFK Jr. wants to ban high fructose corn syrup as an ingredient in America's foods & drinks. In 2024, the HFCS market is estimated to be worth $9.21 billion. These kinds of decisions are going to be DEVASTATING to our economy. To farmers. Google "Where is Sugar Cane Grown?" 🤔

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Robert Mackey
@robertmackey.bsky.social

Here's @us.theguardian.com on @benwikler.bsky.social joining DNC race. In addition to huge campaign wins like holding Tammy Baldwin's seat and flipping the state supreme court, he would be the first former headline writer for @theonion.com to lead a national party www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

theguardian.comWisconsin’s Ben Wikler joins race for Democratic National Committee chairIn announcement, state’s Democratic chair touts grassroots and new media organizing success in closely divided state

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(((Steve Chapman)))
@stevechapman.bsky.social

If Mace or Greene had encountered McBride in a women's restroom in the past, they would almost surely have been fine with it because she looks like a woman. If Mike Johnson had encountered McBride in a men's room, he would have. been freaked out. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/u...

nytimes.comHouse Republicans Target McBride With Capitol Bathroom BillG.O.P. lawmakers whose leaders have pressed to roll back transgender rights around the country moved to bar Sarah McBride, the first transgender member of Congress, from women’s rooms on Capitol Hill.

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(((Steve Chapman)))
@stevechapman.bsky.social

But it’s been heartening to see some firmly reject Trumpism

Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social

The most exhausting thing about this era has been watching people I once respected -- personally, professionally, politically -- steadily migrate toward Trumpism. Even as Trump gets progressively nuttier and more authoritarian. Just a relentless, eight-year barrage of gut punches.

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