Cindy Jurie
@cindyjurie.bsky.social
Lifelong Early Childhood Educator & infants & toddlers are my faves, Wheelock MS & Erikson Ph.D., FLA grown (but sane), owned by Jasper-the-Incorrigible, My thoughts are my own, #PlatinumRule
I shared this 5 years ago from a friend, who sadly passed this year, & think it may be even more relevant for this past year that has been incredibly challenging & difficult for so many.
Be the light for others. In this current time of darkness, we need all the light possible.
Be the light for others. In this current time of darkness, we need all the light possible.
December 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I shared this 5 years ago from a friend, who sadly passed this year, & think it may be even more relevant for this past year that has been incredibly challenging & difficult for so many.
Be the light for others. In this current time of darkness, we need all the light possible.
Be the light for others. In this current time of darkness, we need all the light possible.
And here in today’s edition of #NotADragQueen, we have a SCHOOL BOARD member from the gop 🤦🏻
WILSON COUNTY: School board member Donnie Self (Republican) arrested for indecent exposure at a chicken shop — “His genitals were exposed the entire time he was ordering… victim told police it was the 2nd time he exposed himself to her…”
More: www.wkrn.com/news/local-n...
More: www.wkrn.com/news/local-n...
December 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
And here in today’s edition of #NotADragQueen, we have a SCHOOL BOARD member from the gop 🤦🏻
Why eliminating property taxes is a bad idea.
Florida doesn’t need to be the place where bad ideas are constantly put into legislation.
thebradentontimes.com/stories/expe...
Florida doesn’t need to be the place where bad ideas are constantly put into legislation.
thebradentontimes.com/stories/expe...
Experts warn eliminating property taxes would make Florida’s regressive system even worse - The Bradenton Times
Florida’s state and local tax structure makes Florida an excellent place to be an affluent retiree or a wealthy investor, but not so great for working families or young couples starting &h...
thebradentontimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Why eliminating property taxes is a bad idea.
Florida doesn’t need to be the place where bad ideas are constantly put into legislation.
thebradentontimes.com/stories/expe...
Florida doesn’t need to be the place where bad ideas are constantly put into legislation.
thebradentontimes.com/stories/expe...
The title of this substack post says it all.
Thank you to Elliot Haspel for this important reminder of Rob Reiner’s contributions to #EarlyChildhood #Advocacy
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Thank you to Elliot Haspel for this important reminder of Rob Reiner’s contributions to #EarlyChildhood #Advocacy
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When Rob Reiner Taught America About Early Childhood Development
Revisiting a very successful narrative change effort on a very sad day
open.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The title of this substack post says it all.
Thank you to Elliot Haspel for this important reminder of Rob Reiner’s contributions to #EarlyChildhood #Advocacy
open.substack.com/pub/familyfr...
Thank you to Elliot Haspel for this important reminder of Rob Reiner’s contributions to #EarlyChildhood #Advocacy
open.substack.com/pub/familyfr...
At a time when so many #EarlyChildhood programs are already struggling with enrollment & staffing, we now see them having to add on stress of how to protect immigrant families & staff. Because the first standard in our Code of Professional Ethics & Practices is to ensure no harm to children.
The Impact of Increased ICE Activity on the Child Care Workforce and Mothers’ Employment
The surge in ICE arrests erodes the child care workforce and pulls mothers of young children out of the labor market.
newamerica.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
At a time when so many #EarlyChildhood programs are already struggling with enrollment & staffing, we now see them having to add on stress of how to protect immigrant families & staff. Because the first standard in our Code of Professional Ethics & Practices is to ensure no harm to children.
Reposted by Cindy Jurie
To be very clear, Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the people who get it as children. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Xt957M
RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
To be very clear, Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the people who get it as children. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Xt957M
As a graduate of two of the Early Childhood Consortium programs (Wheelock College & Erikson Institute) love seeing this link with Bank Street & NYC’s new mayor!
www.bankstreet.edu/news-events/...
www.bankstreet.edu/news-events/...
From Bank Street to City Hall: School for Children Alum Zohran Mamdani Elected New York City’s Mayor - Bank Street College of Education
Zohran Mamdani, SFC ’06, was elected New York City’s 111th mayor on Tuesday, in an election that drew record turnout. This moment holds particular significance for many Muslim, South Asian, and immigr...
www.bankstreet.edu
November 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
As a graduate of two of the Early Childhood Consortium programs (Wheelock College & Erikson Institute) love seeing this link with Bank Street & NYC’s new mayor!
www.bankstreet.edu/news-events/...
www.bankstreet.edu/news-events/...
Wow… what a great marketing point - I’m the one who can make your fellow Americans go hungry
SMH @ the depravity
SMH @ the depravity
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Wow… what a great marketing point - I’m the one who can make your fellow Americans go hungry
SMH @ the depravity
SMH @ the depravity
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REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.
There have been a lot of folks commenting about ketchup flying at the White House last night over the election.
This may be my favorite response! 💙💙💙
This may be my favorite response! 💙💙💙
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
There have been a lot of folks commenting about ketchup flying at the White House last night over the election.
This may be my favorite response! 💙💙💙
This may be my favorite response! 💙💙💙
How such an ill-informed individual is Speaker of the House is beyond me. SMH.
November 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
How such an ill-informed individual is Speaker of the House is beyond me. SMH.
Birds of a feather.
This endorsement should be the kiss of death to any candidate.
This endorsement should be the kiss of death to any candidate.
November 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Birds of a feather.
This endorsement should be the kiss of death to any candidate.
This endorsement should be the kiss of death to any candidate.
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Hey. Hi. Tom Homan is on camera taking a $50k bribe and no one knows where the money went. If this was any other administration, this would be non-stop on the news. Why are we normalizing this stuff?
October 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Hey. Hi. Tom Homan is on camera taking a $50k bribe and no one knows where the money went. If this was any other administration, this would be non-stop on the news. Why are we normalizing this stuff?
It’s not making America healthy again if they’re doing away with the MMWR team.
These are the folks that help keep us safe by sharing early alerts re disease spread,
Of all the asininely stupid health moves to make, this one gets the prize.
These are the folks that help keep us safe by sharing early alerts re disease spread,
Of all the asininely stupid health moves to make, this one gets the prize.
BREAKING: A Friday night massacre is reportedly underway at the CDC. Dozens of “disease detectives,” senior scientists, the entire Washington staff, and editors of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) have been RIFed and issued termination notices.
October 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It’s not making America healthy again if they’re doing away with the MMWR team.
These are the folks that help keep us safe by sharing early alerts re disease spread,
Of all the asininely stupid health moves to make, this one gets the prize.
These are the folks that help keep us safe by sharing early alerts re disease spread,
Of all the asininely stupid health moves to make, this one gets the prize.
Reposted by Cindy Jurie
Trump & his Republicans are fighting to ensure that Americans in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and a bunch of other red states pay TWICE what they paid before for healthcare.
October 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Trump & his Republicans are fighting to ensure that Americans in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and a bunch of other red states pay TWICE what they paid before for healthcare.
What it’s like on the frontlines of Chicago. Hard to believe this is America from the illegal actions of #ICE & this administration.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
What it’s like on the frontlines of Chicago. Hard to believe this is America from the illegal actions of #ICE & this administration.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
“Just a little over a century ago, l in 5 children died before the age of five,” she said. “Thanks to vaccines and public health, kids live longer, healthier lives. Instead of celebrating this progress, Florida is now choosing to fight it—and that will cost lives.”
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1,000 Doctors Challenge Florida’s Anti-Vax Surgeon General
Joe Ladapo ended vaccine requirements but not everyone is quietly accepting the dangerous policy change.
open.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
“Just a little over a century ago, l in 5 children died before the age of five,” she said. “Thanks to vaccines and public health, kids live longer, healthier lives. Instead of celebrating this progress, Florida is now choosing to fight it—and that will cost lives.”
open.substack.com/pub/importan...
open.substack.com/pub/importan...
What actual #Autism experts have to say about this administration’s action’s & statements yesterday
Expert weighs in on Trump administration's guidance linking acetaminophen and autism from Morning Edition
www.npr.org/2025/09/23/n...
Expert weighs in on Trump administration's guidance linking acetaminophen and autism from Morning Edition
www.npr.org/2025/09/23/n...
Expert weighs in on Trump administration's guidance linking acetaminophen and autism
Helen Tager Flusberg, director of Boston University's Center for Autism Research Excellence, talks about the Trump administration's claim linking acetaminophen and autism.
www.npr.org
September 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
What actual #Autism experts have to say about this administration’s action’s & statements yesterday
Expert weighs in on Trump administration's guidance linking acetaminophen and autism from Morning Edition
www.npr.org/2025/09/23/n...
Expert weighs in on Trump administration's guidance linking acetaminophen and autism from Morning Edition
www.npr.org/2025/09/23/n...
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New from me: despite threats from DeSantis and unelected Florida Attorney General Uthmeier meant to intimidate cities into signing 287g police-ICE collaboration agreements, lawyers for the state admitted in court that those same cities are under no legal obligation to sign on.
Commentary: Police forces don’t have to cooperate in ICE raids
more local governments to show some political will and courage when defending their jurisdictional authority
www.orlandosentinel.com
September 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
New from me: despite threats from DeSantis and unelected Florida Attorney General Uthmeier meant to intimidate cities into signing 287g police-ICE collaboration agreements, lawyers for the state admitted in court that those same cities are under no legal obligation to sign on.
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A long but extremely worthwhile, albeit troubling, read from the always excellent Maureen Ryan, at one time media critic at Chicago Tribune.
www.moryan.com/on-the-firin...
www.moryan.com/on-the-firin...
On the firing of Alan Sepinwall, the scary place we're in, and attempting to de-stupid the media
The past decade or two has not been a good one for members of the media. And it keeps getting worse on a lot of fronts. Cultural coverage in particular has been stomped pretty thoroughly, in dribs and...
www.moryan.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
A long but extremely worthwhile, albeit troubling, read from the always excellent Maureen Ryan, at one time media critic at Chicago Tribune.
www.moryan.com/on-the-firin...
www.moryan.com/on-the-firin...
The start of the Medicaid nursing home closures has begun. What’s unsaid in this article is this nursing home is on highly valuable land in Winter Park near Hannibal Square.
Heartbreaking for elder residents to be forced from a quality facility into who knows where.
wesh.com/article/wint...
Heartbreaking for elder residents to be forced from a quality facility into who knows where.
wesh.com/article/wint...
Winter Park nursing home with five-star rating to close after nearly 70 years
The Gardens at DePugh Nursing Center, a longtime Winter Park institution, will close in December after nearly seven decades of serving older residents.
wesh.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The start of the Medicaid nursing home closures has begun. What’s unsaid in this article is this nursing home is on highly valuable land in Winter Park near Hannibal Square.
Heartbreaking for elder residents to be forced from a quality facility into who knows where.
wesh.com/article/wint...
Heartbreaking for elder residents to be forced from a quality facility into who knows where.
wesh.com/article/wint...
Hard to beat #MasterClass level British trolling.
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ICYMI — ahead of his state visit, Trump was welcomed to the UK with the world’s largest Epstein-Trump photo. Right outside Windsor Castle, where he’s staying.
Funded by donations from the British public.
Funded by donations from the British public.
September 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Hard to beat #MasterClass level British trolling.
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