Alicia Grega
@aligrega.bsky.social
Writer, professor, designer, director & dramaturg. Empty nester. Neurodivergent. aliciagrega.com
The last penny was minted yesterday in Philadelphia.
November 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The last penny was minted yesterday in Philadelphia.
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A new report largely blames "disruptive technology” and cuts to government spending for a high number of job losses this year.
More Than 1 Million Jobs Have Been Cut This Year, Report Says
A new report largely blames "disruptive technology” and cuts to government spending for a high number of job losses this year.
www.forbes.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
A new report largely blames "disruptive technology” and cuts to government spending for a high number of job losses this year.
Happy-Go-Lucky is doing well after emergency surgery when an unsecured dog down the street attacked him on Monday. Fortunately, all those years of caring for human children prepared me for my new role as Dog (Mom) Nurse.
November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Happy-Go-Lucky is doing well after emergency surgery when an unsecured dog down the street attacked him on Monday. Fortunately, all those years of caring for human children prepared me for my new role as Dog (Mom) Nurse.
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Courtesy of the world’s richest man who just got a trillion-dollar pay package from his feckless board: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Courtesy of the world’s richest man who just got a trillion-dollar pay package from his feckless board: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Love is more attractive than hate; it is the one thing we all want more than anything else. It is more powerful than hate. No one wants to live in a techno-dystopian fascist world smothered in fearmongering and divisive AI-slopaganda 💛🌻🐸 Believe in beauty & protect the vulnerable. Kindness will win.
Sanders: Saturday, millions of people are going to come out on a No Kings day. Speaker Johnson said this is a hate America rally because people are coming out expressing their concerns.. It’s not a hate America rally, it's a love America rally.
October 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Love is more attractive than hate; it is the one thing we all want more than anything else. It is more powerful than hate. No one wants to live in a techno-dystopian fascist world smothered in fearmongering and divisive AI-slopaganda 💛🌻🐸 Believe in beauty & protect the vulnerable. Kindness will win.
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Wired - Out-of-office messages of US Department of Education employees, after the government shutdown began, were altered to contain partisan language without their consent. www.wired.com/story/governmen...
Government Workers Say Their Out-of-Office Replies Were Forcibly Changed to Blame Democrats for Shutdown
Some employees at the Department of Education changed their responses back to the more neutral language, only to have it changed yet again to the partisan response, multiple sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Wired - Out-of-office messages of US Department of Education employees, after the government shutdown began, were altered to contain partisan language without their consent. www.wired.com/story/governmen...
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A fun fact about McCarthyism is that just two and a half years after he was condemned and censured, Sen. Joseph McCarthy drank himself to death at 48.
Fevers break. Petty tyrants fall. Censorship and persecution drive good people to stand together and fight back.
Fevers break. Petty tyrants fall. Censorship and persecution drive good people to stand together and fight back.
September 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
A fun fact about McCarthyism is that just two and a half years after he was condemned and censured, Sen. Joseph McCarthy drank himself to death at 48.
Fevers break. Petty tyrants fall. Censorship and persecution drive good people to stand together and fight back.
Fevers break. Petty tyrants fall. Censorship and persecution drive good people to stand together and fight back.
It’s happening. This is the beginning of what I’ve been writing in my audio play The Ferment. The United States, no longer united, breaks into regional territories.
IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.
The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.
The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.
September 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
It’s happening. This is the beginning of what I’ve been writing in my audio play The Ferment. The United States, no longer united, breaks into regional territories.
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The right wing will attempt to address this issue by funneling immigrants, prisoners, snd/ or other oppressed groups into forced labor. Watch
Farmers in deep-red Pennsylvania are struggling to find workers. They're pushing lawmakers to move faster on a farm labor solution, even as Trump cracks down on immigration.
“We need people to do the jobs Americans are too spoiled to do," said one farmer and three-time Trump voter.
“We need people to do the jobs Americans are too spoiled to do," said one farmer and three-time Trump voter.
'The whole thing is screwed up': Farmers in deep-red Pennsylvania struggle to find workers
They're pushing lawmakers to move faster on a farm labor solution, even as the president cracks down on immigration.
www.politico.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The right wing will attempt to address this issue by funneling immigrants, prisoners, snd/ or other oppressed groups into forced labor. Watch
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Firing a Black woman for quoting Kirk’s horrific statements about Black women is insane. It seems the Washington Post would rather perform politeness (and demand that the people Kirk harmed do it too) that tell the truth: karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
karenattiah.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Firing a Black woman for quoting Kirk’s horrific statements about Black women is insane. It seems the Washington Post would rather perform politeness (and demand that the people Kirk harmed do it too) that tell the truth: karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...
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Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
Birch Polypore @ McDade Park, Scranton. #fungifriends
September 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Birch Polypore @ McDade Park, Scranton. #fungifriends
Found a nice Turkey Tail specimen on our hike this evening!
September 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Found a nice Turkey Tail specimen on our hike this evening!
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Next week, spread the word Scranton folks!
Scranton friends: please join me at 7:00 on 9/17 at Marywood for my Constitution Day talk to consider Reconstruction, collective memory, and our current culture war over history.
September 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Next week, spread the word Scranton folks!
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Political violence from any party or any ideology is a direct assault on the foundations of democracy and the rule of law; it seeks not to persuade but to intimidate, not to debate but to destroy.
September 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Political violence from any party or any ideology is a direct assault on the foundations of democracy and the rule of law; it seeks not to persuade but to intimidate, not to debate but to destroy.
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It’s corruption, plain and simple.
September 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
It’s corruption, plain and simple.
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Ace the school year with special perks—like cheap software, phone plans, and classroom supplies. www.wired.com/story/best-t...
Teachers Can Get Special Discounts. These Are Our Favorites
Ace the school year with special perks—like cheap software, phone plans, and classroom supplies.
www.wired.com
August 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Ace the school year with special perks—like cheap software, phone plans, and classroom supplies. www.wired.com/story/best-t...
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A United States Senate investigation has identified more than 500 credible reports of human rights abuses in US immigration detention since January, including alarming allegations of mistreatment of pregnant women and children.
Senate Probe Uncovers Allegations of Widespread Abuse in ICE Custody
Led by US senator Jon Ossoff, the investigation cites hundreds of reports since January, including accounts of miscarriages, child neglect, and sexual abuse at ICE detention centers in dozens of state...
www.wired.com
August 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A United States Senate investigation has identified more than 500 credible reports of human rights abuses in US immigration detention since January, including alarming allegations of mistreatment of pregnant women and children.
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The White House's memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
“What you have is this desire to get people to buy into the fun of sadism,” says Jason Stanley, an author who’s leaving the US because of “concerns over fascism.”
“What you have is this desire to get people to buy into the fun of sadism,” says Jason Stanley, an author who’s leaving the US because of “concerns over fascism.”
The official voice of the US government Is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us?
Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
www.motherjones.com
August 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The White House's memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
“What you have is this desire to get people to buy into the fun of sadism,” says Jason Stanley, an author who’s leaving the US because of “concerns over fascism.”
“What you have is this desire to get people to buy into the fun of sadism,” says Jason Stanley, an author who’s leaving the US because of “concerns over fascism.”
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I'm closely interviewed for this Nieman Lab report that discusses how rural areas will be affected by loss of funding for local NPR reporting. We must not underestimate the importance of equal access to information - we're about to witness a seismic ideological shift in American sense of "place."
With Cuts to Federal Funding, How Will Public Media in the U.S. Survive? - Nieman Reports
With cuts to federal funding, how will public media in the U.S. survive? Gabe Bullard writes, "The closure of the CPB will hurt NPR and PBS, but the most immediate and devastating blow will be to the ...
niemanreports.org
August 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I'm closely interviewed for this Nieman Lab report that discusses how rural areas will be affected by loss of funding for local NPR reporting. We must not underestimate the importance of equal access to information - we're about to witness a seismic ideological shift in American sense of "place."
Laetiporus sulphureus on the NPTA trail in Roaring Brook Twp. PA #fungifriends
August 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Laetiporus sulphureus on the NPTA trail in Roaring Brook Twp. PA #fungifriends
Good news? Is that still a thing?
🧵Housing is the #1 monthly expense for families across the U.S.
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs unanimously passed landmark legislation that will boost supply, reduce homelessness, and expand homeownership nationwide.
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs unanimously passed landmark legislation that will boost supply, reduce homelessness, and expand homeownership nationwide.
July 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Good news? Is that still a thing?
Boletes at West Mountain, Scranton. Baorgania bicolor.
July 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Boletes at West Mountain, Scranton. Baorgania bicolor.