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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 22h

Medicare has stopped paying physicians due to the shut down. Standing right on the third rail www.statnews.com/2025/10/15/c...

Medicare payments to doctors paused as government shutdown drags on

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is pausing Medicare payments to doctors, as negotiations tied to the government shutdown drag on.

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Ellen Datlow @datlow.bsky.social · 28d

Let ABC know how you feel about their bowing to the thugs in power and cancelling Jimmy Kimmel's show: support.abc.com/hc/en-us/req...

Submit a request – ABC

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · Sep 15

In the days following the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, numerous workers have been fired for their comments on his death, among them MSNBC political analyst Matthew Dowd.

Workers commenting on Kirk's death learn the limits of free speech in and out of their jobs

In the days following the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, numerous workers have been fired for their comments on his death, among them MSNBC political analyst Matthew Dowd.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · Sep 10

Fashion and Freud? A new exhibit at The Museum at FIT in New York City explores fashion through the lens of psychoanalysis.

Fashion meets Freud. A new exhibit explores clothes through a psychoanalytic lens

A new exhibit at The Museum at FIT in New York City explores fashion through the lens of psychoanalysis.

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Paula Whyman @paulawhyman.bsky.social · Sep 9

ICYMI, Scoundrel Time litmag folded last year, but the static site has stayed up temporarily. Just a heads-up that the site will be permanently removed soon, likely in the next few weeks, in case you still need to retrieve your work. #writers @karenebender.bsky.social @daisyfried.bsky.social

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · Sep 6

Common theme of people I've interviewed recently. At universities, in research centers, in diplomacy, in the legal system, dealing with refugees or immigrants:

The reality inside is much worse than you would think from the outside.

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Karen E. Bender @karenebender.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thank you so much for reading!

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Barbara McVeigh @barbaramcveigh.bsky.social · Sep 4

Day 4 #ShortStorySeptember The Words of Dr L & Other Stories by @karenebender.bsky.social featuring the story “Messengers”.

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The Words of Dr. L: & Other Stories ~ Karen E Bender – Short Story September

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Karen E. Bender @karenebender.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Karen E. Bender @karenebender.bsky.social · Sep 2

Tonight! I'm reading with the wonderful Matthew Gavin Frank about his incredible new work of nonfiction,
"Submersed: Wonder, Obsession and Awe in the World of Amateur Submarines," hosted by Joshua Zeitler and through Ballyhoo Books! Via zoom: link in the comments below. 6:30-7:30 pm EST, join us!

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Karen E. Bender @karenebender.bsky.social · Sep 2

Chris, thanks so much! And what a great list of books.

Karen E. Bender @karenebender.bsky.social · Aug 30

An easy way to write your Member of Congress to demand covid boosters in the fall! ofhttps://actionnetwork.org/letters/write-members-of-congress-will-covid-19-vaccines-be-available-this-fall/

Write members of Congress - Will COVID-19 vaccines be available this fall?

It is clear that HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is on a dangerous and fast-moving path to make COVID-19 vaccines totally unavailable here in the U.S. With COVID-19 cases on the rise in many parts of the US an...

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · Aug 29

"Pritzker’s health department in Illinois is currently exploring the possibility of purchasing Covid-19 vaccines in bulk straight from manufacturers in response to the mess in Washington"

Attn: @governor.ca.gov - this Californian is asking you - please follow Pritzker's lead.

Trump’s Decapitation of CDC Takes Darker Turn—and Hands Dems a Weapon

Illinois’s JB Pritzker is leading a charge other Democratic governors should take up: In our America, we’ll make sure public health systems remain strong.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · Aug 22

Steve Shirley escaped the Holocaust as a child & went on to found one of the earliest software startups. The really impressive part? She employed women programmers who had been pushed out of the workforce after having kids, & allowed them flexible, family friendly, work from home jobs—in the 1960s!

Lisa Hirsch @lisairontongue.bsky.social · Aug 22

@histoftech.bsky.social Am obit of interest that you might have seen already. Gift link:

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/b...

Stephanie Shirley, Who Created a Tech World for Women, Dies at 91

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Mark D. Levine @marklevinenyc.bsky.social · Aug 21

The Trump deportation nightmare is even worse than we feared.

A new report reveals that ICE has detained *50* children under 18 in the NYC area since January. At least 4 as young as 6 years old. 38 children have already been deported.

This achieves nothing other than cruelty.

Deportation of 6-Year-Old Puts Spotlight on ICE’s Detention of Families

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Karen E. Bender @karenebender.bsky.social · Aug 20

Congratulations to former Iowa Summer Writing Festival student Brunda Moka-Dias, whose terrific flash fiction, "Bridal Wear" was just published in Lost Balloon magazine!
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Bridal Wear by Brunda Moka-Dias

Nigel’s mother wants you to wear the lily-white wedding gown with a tiara headpiece and a thin gauzy veil. She is a Catholic Brahmin matriarch. Your mother, a Hindu Brahmin matriarch, wants you to …

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Karen E. Bender @karenebender.bsky.social · Aug 15

The beloved and Iconic Iowa Summer Writing Festival, both in person and online, was abruptly shut down this week. This festival has been going on for 30 plus, is internationally renowned--this is unjust and awful. Please sign this petition.
www.change.org/p/save-the-i...

Sign the Petition

Save the Iowa Summer Writing Festival

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Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · Aug 10

Shout out to the colleagues who ask why I bother studying a settled issue like women’s suffrage.

People For the American Way @peoplefor.bsky.social · Aug 8

Pete Hegseth shares a clip saying women shouldn’t have the right to vote, the 19th Amendment should be “repealed,” and women should “submit” to their husbands: “All of Christ for All of Life”

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Aruna D’Souza 🇨🇦 @arunadsouza.bsky.social · Aug 2

Please consider giving to the Astoria Food Pantry, which serves immigrants in Queens, many of whom have been prevented from going to work because of fear of ICE raids. The line of those waiting for food was down the block when I passed by today. www.astoriafoodpantry.com/donate-money...

Sign that says “Immigrants welcome, ICE NOT/ Free Palestine” on the front of the Astoria Food Pantry in Queens.

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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · Aug 3

IS THIS THE LAST YEAR YOU SWIM AT ROCKAWAY BEACH? Trump wants to bury a pipeline off the coast of Queens, Bklyn, & Staten Island. And release cancer-causing toxins like arsenic, lead, mercury, PCBs, dioxin from under the seabed.

NY rejected this deadly pipeline in 2020. @governor.ny.gov say no now!

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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · Jul 23

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For more info: RiseAndResist.org

Graphic announcing a weekly Immigration Vigil, Thursdays, 12 to 1 pm 26 Federal Plaza

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Doubleday Books @doubledaybooks.bsky.social · Jul 23

Want to believe?! 👣 @giano.bsky.social has written a book that will have you cheering for (and believing in) Bigfoot. Read the interview and pick up your copy of AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY wherever books are sold!
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The Proof Is Out There: An Interview with Giano Cromley - Chicago Review of Books

Our interview with Giano Cromley about his new book, "American Mythology."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 22

yikes! Trump sounded guilty as hell talking about Ghislaine Maxwell in 2020

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · Jul 20

Here’s how to help the families of detained and deported persons.

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Resist List @resistlist.bsky.social · Jul 15

Farmworkers and advocates announced a national labor pause from July 16-18, requesting a pathway to citizenship for all undocumented workers.
www.nbclosangeles.com/on-air/its-g...

‘It's got to stop.' Farmworkers call for 3-day strike after ICE arrests in Ventura County

Farmworkers and advocates announced a national labor pause from July 16-18, requesting a pathway to citizenship for all undocumented people. Karma Dickerson reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Mond...

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