Niki G

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

Is a book ever really “done”? Currently back on revision and writing more scenes for the book I “finished” months ago. #bookthings

TYRE’S MOM: “A devastating blow to our family… They failed my son…” MEMPHIS gathered where MLK was murdered to rally for #JusticeForTyre — after an all-white jury found 3 of the cops not guilty on all charges. Full: www.fox13memphis.com/news/tyre-ni...

Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter. They graded it. Bwahahaha.

9 years old today. My last baby. So much joy, so much grief. His mind is growing fast, but his body is slowing. It feels like only yesterday, yet tomorrow comes faster every day. Celebrate fiercely, and know every year is a gift you can’t hold onto. I hate muscular dystrophy.

If you think a just-fertilized ovary is entitled to life but are indifferent to what happens to a kidnapped 4-year-old with cancer, sent to a dangerous country without meds, you don’t give a fuck about the lives of children. You are just in a cult that fetishizes being against abortions.

“With their savings, they paid for expensive and extremely difficult in vitro fertilization process to have their daughter, he said.“

Just ordered my authors proof of my first novel 📖 excited to finally get to HOLD my hard work in my hands. Still have some edits to make but I am incredibly proud of my work. #bookish

I need to make dinner. Again. Every night. Dinner. Who came up with that?

Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992. Was there a breast cancer epidemic?! NO. Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976. PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something. This is also about autism.

Welp. Everyone cancelled (except grandparents) on coming to my son’s birthday party. (3 siblings+ and neighbors all suddenly sick) On the day of, at that. How fun. We will have fun either way. 🤷🏼‍♀️ some people..

post a gif of who you wanted to be as a little kid ✨

Just deep cleaning the house for the Easter/birthday party tomorrow. 🐰 hope it goes well 🥕 My youngest wanted his birthday to be Easter themed this year (and thus a week early, sneaky little one) Wish us luck!

The plan for NIH is in, source with full 64 page proposal for all of HHS is linked. Reported in WaPo. This is catastrophic. Reduction to 8 centers. 40% cut in budget. 15% IDC cap. This will decimate science across America open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

If you love your library, listen up…

Jeanine: We found out there are people who are between the ages of one and four who are getting social security Jessica: That's the benefit for kids whose parents are dead.

Catch my goofy ass card game in the new season of Black Mirror

#NationalLibraryWeek #LiteracyMatters

Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married? Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote. Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...

!! CALL TO ACTION !! #Booksky please join me in the fight to save our libraries. EveryLibrary is working hard to save the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which is the federal agency charged with distributing Congressionally approved funds to state libraries and grant recipients.

You’d think when you’re claiming the richest country in the world can’t afford childhood cancer research you might wait a year before throwing yourself a 100 million dollar birthday parade. But carpe diem, suckers.

A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC

i miss the early internet. people were like “you gotta see this dude. this cat sure is long.” and they were right. it was really long. it never shoulda gotten any more complicated than that.

Five years ago today, I married my best friend the last day the courthouse was open. They called us and said “come in now or you’ll have to wait until we reopen and we don’t know when that might be” It wasn’t our plan, BUT I have no regrets. COVID changed things but it didn’t change our love.

As many roles he had that I loved, he'll always be Madmartigan for me. RIP Good Sir.

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women. More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications. I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

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As the U.S. Government endeavors to make tuberculosis great again, please consider preordering a signed copy of my book about our deadliest infection, its long history, and why in the 75 years since TB became curable, we've allowed over 150,000,000 people to die of the disease. everythingistb.com

🐕 Couldn’t make it up if we tried — the same day Trump celebrates K9 Veterans Day… DOGE cuts hit the TSA and they stop feeding and taking care of their bomb-sniffing dogs 😕

We don't spend a penny on marketing. It's all word of mouth for @costplusdrugs.com That's how we keep prices so low. Please spread the word !

I don’t buy books on Amazon. Leftover from my previous life as an indie bookseller. If you are freshly anti-Bezos, some of my favorite options: 📕 Buy Locally! Hopefully you still have a local bookshop. 📕 Bookshop.org 📕 Audio: Libby, Hoopla, Chirp, Spotify.

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As a paper & pencil girlie this was hard! I was gifted an iPad and made an attempt to draw my husband to cheer him up after surgery. Gimme tips and pointers plz- also still proud of myself for this as it’s my second time drawing digitally in my life

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

Today was hard. I told myself I wouldn’t cry in front of him, but as soon as I got there I broke down. He’s the only person I’ve ever been comfortable to be fully myself (unmasked) and I have no clue how to mask this pain. He had a set back and now he may have to stay longer than a week. It hurts

So thankful my mother in law is coming to watch the kids today so I can go see my husband 😭 it’s been so hard being away from him while he’s recovering in the hospital. One of the hardest things we’ve been through together. Still just happy he survived

My husband/best friend’s surgery didn’t go as well as planned. I’m devastated but thankful he’s alive. This recovery is going to be rough. Just venting and feeling lost.

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Surgery day for my husband. Send ALL the good vibes and luck you can if you see this. Thank you 💕

Hold the fuck on a minute — Assistant President Poopy Pants spent $15 million taxpayer dollars to attend a single football game, but Phony Stark’s Division of DOGEbags can’t find the money to fund childhood cancer research? Are you fucking kidding me?!?

As a dude in his late 30’s who recently got back into making art, I am here to tell you: IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO CHASE YOUR PASSION. GET AFTER IT.

Good morning!