Janine Baer 🌈 ☮️ 🕊️ 🌁 🌻 🔯
@janinebaer.bsky.social
An #adoptee, my book "Growing in the Dark" explains who was behind the sealing of adoption records and the harm done by these laws. https://www.xlibris.com/en/bookstore/bookdetails/572366-growing-in-the-dark
🕊️ "Never again" means never again for anyone.
🕊️ "Never again" means never again for anyone.
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Digital Resources - OskiCat - The Library - University of California, Berkeley
digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu
What were adoptees thinking last century? From 1989 to 1997 I published a feminist newsletter about the politics of adoption called "Chain of Life." All 42 issues are available as PDFs from the UC Berkeley digital library. 🌀https://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/chainoflife/index.html
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For more about the Memorial AIDS Quilt:
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
You Can Now Explore All 48,000 Panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt Online
The commemorative quilt weighs 54 tons and spans 1.2 million square feet
www.smithsonianmag.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
For more about the Memorial AIDS Quilt:
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
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Haunted by History, Japanese Americans Fight. “People are like, ‘aren’t you mad?’” she said, standing in front of her shop, whose window was boarded up. Ms. Fujimoto heard the commotion and tore out of the store, shouting that immigration agents were there. “I felt like Paul Revere,” she recalled.
Haunted by History, Japanese Americans Fight Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Haunted by History, Japanese Americans Fight. “People are like, ‘aren’t you mad?’” she said, standing in front of her shop, whose window was boarded up. Ms. Fujimoto heard the commotion and tore out of the store, shouting that immigration agents were there. “I felt like Paul Revere,” she recalled.
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President Trump has pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was serving a 45-year prison sentence for drug trafficking.
"Meanwhile, fishermen on boats in the Caribbean who we have never been tried or charged with anything are shot and killed from the air."
"Meanwhile, fishermen on boats in the Caribbean who we have never been tried or charged with anything are shot and killed from the air."
December 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
President Trump has pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was serving a 45-year prison sentence for drug trafficking.
"Meanwhile, fishermen on boats in the Caribbean who we have never been tried or charged with anything are shot and killed from the air."
"Meanwhile, fishermen on boats in the Caribbean who we have never been tried or charged with anything are shot and killed from the air."
www.democracynow.org
Always a good program, including today's.
Always a good program, including today's.
Democracy Now!
A daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the U.S.
www.democracynow.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
www.democracynow.org
Always a good program, including today's.
Always a good program, including today's.
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#tdih December 1st World AIDS Day
Check out the interactive site to view the AIDS Memorial Quilt below.
There are roughly 50,000 panels dedicated to more than 110,000 individuals in this community arts project.
www.aidsmemorial.org/interactive-...
Check out the interactive site to view the AIDS Memorial Quilt below.
There are roughly 50,000 panels dedicated to more than 110,000 individuals in this community arts project.
www.aidsmemorial.org/interactive-...
Interactive AIDS Quilt
The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 48,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience People around the world can experie...
www.aidsmemorial.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM
#tdih December 1st World AIDS Day
Check out the interactive site to view the AIDS Memorial Quilt below.
There are roughly 50,000 panels dedicated to more than 110,000 individuals in this community arts project.
www.aidsmemorial.org/interactive-...
Check out the interactive site to view the AIDS Memorial Quilt below.
There are roughly 50,000 panels dedicated to more than 110,000 individuals in this community arts project.
www.aidsmemorial.org/interactive-...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
"This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza"
"A renewed Democratic Party must be rooted in a moral vision that is all too absent in the world."
"This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza"
"A renewed Democratic Party must be rooted in a moral vision that is all too absent in the world."
Opinion | This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
"This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza"
"A renewed Democratic Party must be rooted in a moral vision that is all too absent in the world."
"This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza"
"A renewed Democratic Party must be rooted in a moral vision that is all too absent in the world."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
"This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza"
"A renewed Democratic Party must be rooted in a moral vision that is all too absent in the world."
"This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza"
"A renewed Democratic Party must be rooted in a moral vision that is all too absent in the world."
Opinion | This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
"This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza"
"A renewed Democratic Party must be rooted in a moral vision that is all too absent in the world."
"This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza"
"A renewed Democratic Party must be rooted in a moral vision that is all too absent in the world."
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Talk about retro — "Hard Times, Come Again No More" was written in 1854 by Stephen Foster. This version by Mavis Staples is accompanied by photos of the Great Depression. I heard a different version of it on KPFA radio today and it fits current times well, too. 🎶
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZsO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZsO...
"Hard Times Come Again No More" Mavis Staples
YouTube video by catman916
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November 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Talk about retro — "Hard Times, Come Again No More" was written in 1854 by Stephen Foster. This version by Mavis Staples is accompanied by photos of the Great Depression. I heard a different version of it on KPFA radio today and it fits current times well, too. 🎶
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZsO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZsO...
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Pope Leo reaffirms the position of the Holy See: a two-state solution.
December 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Pope Leo reaffirms the position of the Holy See: a two-state solution.
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It’s so funny that the main impact so far of Trump throwing a fit about “treacherous” senators has been to drive coverage of his war crimes and to hugely elevate the profile of the popular astronaut senator from a key swing state who visibly loathes him
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It’s so funny that the main impact so far of Trump throwing a fit about “treacherous” senators has been to drive coverage of his war crimes and to hugely elevate the profile of the popular astronaut senator from a key swing state who visibly loathes him
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So much good research has lost funding.
9-minute PBS video at link ⏬
9-minute PBS video at link ⏬
PBS: “A poll from the journal "Nature" found 75% of researchers are considering leaving 🇺🇸— including a man dubbed the Mozart of Math… a scientific brain drain.”
The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
November 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
So much good research has lost funding.
9-minute PBS video at link ⏬
9-minute PBS video at link ⏬
Talk about retro — "Hard Times, Come Again No More" was written in 1854 by Stephen Foster. This version by Mavis Staples is accompanied by photos of the Great Depression. I heard a different version of it on KPFA radio today and it fits current times well, too. 🎶
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZsO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZsO...
"Hard Times Come Again No More" Mavis Staples
YouTube video by catman916
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Talk about retro — "Hard Times, Come Again No More" was written in 1854 by Stephen Foster. This version by Mavis Staples is accompanied by photos of the Great Depression. I heard a different version of it on KPFA radio today and it fits current times well, too. 🎶
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZsO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZsO...
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“...it’s a universal tragedy. It’s not one more Middle Eastern conflict. It’s a laboratory of a post-UN world, of a post Geneva convention world, of a post-declaration of human rights world, and this world is very scary because it’s not even rational,” Filiu said. “It’s just ferocious.”
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
“...it’s a universal tragedy. It’s not one more Middle Eastern conflict. It’s a laboratory of a post-UN world, of a post Geneva convention world, of a post-declaration of human rights world, and this world is very scary because it’s not even rational,” Filiu said. “It’s just ferocious.”
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"Adoptees report improved health care experiences and trust with clinicians who recognize adoption knowledge gaps, are receptive to feedback, and seek additional adoption-competent training."
"...the need...to recognize adoption as a lifelong experience that can influence health and care access."
"...the need...to recognize adoption as a lifelong experience that can influence health and care access."
A new study finds many adult adoptees face challenges in health care because clinicians lack training on adoption and its lifelong impacts, highlighting the need for adoption‑competent care. 🥚
Clinicians' lack of adoption knowledge interferes with adoptees' patient-clinician relationship, analysis indicates
Researchers examined health care challenges faced by adult adoptees and how being adopted affects relationships with their clinicians. U.S. adult adoptees completed a mixed-methods online survey. A…
medicalxpress.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
"Adoptees report improved health care experiences and trust with clinicians who recognize adoption knowledge gaps, are receptive to feedback, and seek additional adoption-competent training."
"...the need...to recognize adoption as a lifelong experience that can influence health and care access."
"...the need...to recognize adoption as a lifelong experience that can influence health and care access."
So much good research has lost funding.
9-minute PBS video at link ⏬
9-minute PBS video at link ⏬
PBS: “A poll from the journal "Nature" found 75% of researchers are considering leaving 🇺🇸— including a man dubbed the Mozart of Math… a scientific brain drain.”
The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
November 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
So much good research has lost funding.
9-minute PBS video at link ⏬
9-minute PBS video at link ⏬
"Adoptees report improved health care experiences and trust with clinicians who recognize adoption knowledge gaps, are receptive to feedback, and seek additional adoption-competent training."
"...the need...to recognize adoption as a lifelong experience that can influence health and care access."
"...the need...to recognize adoption as a lifelong experience that can influence health and care access."
A new study finds many adult adoptees face challenges in health care because clinicians lack training on adoption and its lifelong impacts, highlighting the need for adoption‑competent care. 🥚
Clinicians' lack of adoption knowledge interferes with adoptees' patient-clinician relationship, analysis indicates
Researchers examined health care challenges faced by adult adoptees and how being adopted affects relationships with their clinicians. U.S. adult adoptees completed a mixed-methods online survey. A…
medicalxpress.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
"Adoptees report improved health care experiences and trust with clinicians who recognize adoption knowledge gaps, are receptive to feedback, and seek additional adoption-competent training."
"...the need...to recognize adoption as a lifelong experience that can influence health and care access."
"...the need...to recognize adoption as a lifelong experience that can influence health and care access."
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Good morning from @altyellonatpark.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Good morning from @altyellonatpark.org
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www.democracynow.org:
(Nov. 28, 2025 show)
From Oct 2023:
Amy Goodman: “What does it mean to you that on this Jewish sabbath, thousands of Jews are here at Grand Central saying ‘ceasefire now’?”
Zohran Mamdani: “It shows that what we have been told about consent for this genocide is not true.+
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(Nov. 28, 2025 show)
From Oct 2023:
Amy Goodman: “What does it mean to you that on this Jewish sabbath, thousands of Jews are here at Grand Central saying ‘ceasefire now’?”
Zohran Mamdani: “It shows that what we have been told about consent for this genocide is not true.+
1/2
Democracy Now!
A daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the U.S.
www.democracynow.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
www.democracynow.org:
(Nov. 28, 2025 show)
From Oct 2023:
Amy Goodman: “What does it mean to you that on this Jewish sabbath, thousands of Jews are here at Grand Central saying ‘ceasefire now’?”
Zohran Mamdani: “It shows that what we have been told about consent for this genocide is not true.+
1/2
(Nov. 28, 2025 show)
From Oct 2023:
Amy Goodman: “What does it mean to you that on this Jewish sabbath, thousands of Jews are here at Grand Central saying ‘ceasefire now’?”
Zohran Mamdani: “It shows that what we have been told about consent for this genocide is not true.+
1/2
www.democracynow.org:
(Nov. 28, 2025 show)
From Oct 2023:
Amy Goodman: “What does it mean to you that on this Jewish sabbath, thousands of Jews are here at Grand Central saying ‘ceasefire now’?”
Zohran Mamdani: “It shows that what we have been told about consent for this genocide is not true.+
1/2
(Nov. 28, 2025 show)
From Oct 2023:
Amy Goodman: “What does it mean to you that on this Jewish sabbath, thousands of Jews are here at Grand Central saying ‘ceasefire now’?”
Zohran Mamdani: “It shows that what we have been told about consent for this genocide is not true.+
1/2
Democracy Now!
A daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the U.S.
www.democracynow.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
www.democracynow.org:
(Nov. 28, 2025 show)
From Oct 2023:
Amy Goodman: “What does it mean to you that on this Jewish sabbath, thousands of Jews are here at Grand Central saying ‘ceasefire now’?”
Zohran Mamdani: “It shows that what we have been told about consent for this genocide is not true.+
1/2
(Nov. 28, 2025 show)
From Oct 2023:
Amy Goodman: “What does it mean to you that on this Jewish sabbath, thousands of Jews are here at Grand Central saying ‘ceasefire now’?”
Zohran Mamdani: “It shows that what we have been told about consent for this genocide is not true.+
1/2
jweekly.com/2025/11/26/p...
"[Pete] Beinart also wrote that 'right-wing Israeli organizations have pressured Tel Aviv University to cancel my talk,' adding that he felt he should 'take advantage of this opportunity to say in Israel what I’ve been saying elsewhere for the last two years.'”
"[Pete] Beinart also wrote that 'right-wing Israeli organizations have pressured Tel Aviv University to cancel my talk,' adding that he felt he should 'take advantage of this opportunity to say in Israel what I’ve been saying elsewhere for the last two years.'”
Peter Beinart is speaking in Israel. Cue criticism from right and left
Beinart defended his appearances, saying there is “value in speaking to Israelis about Israel’s crimes.”
jweekly.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
jweekly.com/2025/11/26/p...
"[Pete] Beinart also wrote that 'right-wing Israeli organizations have pressured Tel Aviv University to cancel my talk,' adding that he felt he should 'take advantage of this opportunity to say in Israel what I’ve been saying elsewhere for the last two years.'”
"[Pete] Beinart also wrote that 'right-wing Israeli organizations have pressured Tel Aviv University to cancel my talk,' adding that he felt he should 'take advantage of this opportunity to say in Israel what I’ve been saying elsewhere for the last two years.'”
youtu.be/GMVqpeKJP9Q?...
"Mary Trump's Daily Beast Interview"
"Mary Trump's Daily Beast Interview"
Mary Trump's Daily Beast Interview
YouTube video by Mary Trump Media
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November 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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"Mary Trump's Daily Beast Interview"
"Mary Trump's Daily Beast Interview"
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHf9...
"Oldest woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail reflects on her journey."
The PBS version, just 3 minutes
"Oldest woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail reflects on her journey."
The PBS version, just 3 minutes
Oldest woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail reflects on her journey
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHf9...
"Oldest woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail reflects on her journey."
The PBS version, just 3 minutes
"Oldest woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail reflects on her journey."
The PBS version, just 3 minutes
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUKA...
Season 12 of FINDING YOUR ROOTS starts on PBS in a little over a month, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026.
As an adoptee, my lifelong interest in learning about my ancestry is validated by the experiences on this program — even though most of the guests are not adopted. +
🥚
Season 12 of FINDING YOUR ROOTS starts on PBS in a little over a month, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026.
As an adoptee, my lifelong interest in learning about my ancestry is validated by the experiences on this program — even though most of the guests are not adopted. +
🥚
Finding Your Roots | Season 12 Official Trailer | Ancestry
YouTube video by Ancestry
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUKA...
Season 12 of FINDING YOUR ROOTS starts on PBS in a little over a month, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026.
As an adoptee, my lifelong interest in learning about my ancestry is validated by the experiences on this program — even though most of the guests are not adopted. +
🥚
Season 12 of FINDING YOUR ROOTS starts on PBS in a little over a month, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026.
As an adoptee, my lifelong interest in learning about my ancestry is validated by the experiences on this program — even though most of the guests are not adopted. +
🥚
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Our Solidarity Guard was in the Bedouin-Palestinian village of Khan al Ahmar to do protective presence for residents facing settler harassment. All of us need to refuse this reality, fight to end the occupation, and demand an alternative of real safety and independence for all on this land.
November 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Our Solidarity Guard was in the Bedouin-Palestinian village of Khan al Ahmar to do protective presence for residents facing settler harassment. All of us need to refuse this reality, fight to end the occupation, and demand an alternative of real safety and independence for all on this land.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUKA...
Season 12 of FINDING YOUR ROOTS starts on PBS in a little over a month, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026.
As an adoptee, my lifelong interest in learning about my ancestry is validated by the experiences on this program — even though most of the guests are not adopted. +
🥚
Season 12 of FINDING YOUR ROOTS starts on PBS in a little over a month, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026.
As an adoptee, my lifelong interest in learning about my ancestry is validated by the experiences on this program — even though most of the guests are not adopted. +
🥚
Finding Your Roots | Season 12 Official Trailer | Ancestry
YouTube video by Ancestry
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUKA...
Season 12 of FINDING YOUR ROOTS starts on PBS in a little over a month, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026.
As an adoptee, my lifelong interest in learning about my ancestry is validated by the experiences on this program — even though most of the guests are not adopted. +
🥚
Season 12 of FINDING YOUR ROOTS starts on PBS in a little over a month, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026.
As an adoptee, my lifelong interest in learning about my ancestry is validated by the experiences on this program — even though most of the guests are not adopted. +
🥚