dr.kwittman
@kwittman.bsky.social
Community eng.+sustainability pro & historian. Knitter, runner, & adoptee rights activist. Cubs fan & cat mom. MS-born, Midwesterner at heart. Étudiante 🇫🇷.
Interests: history of integration @ community colleges.
she/her/dr.
Interests: history of integration @ community colleges.
she/her/dr.
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adoptive parents’ names do not belong on their adopted children’s birth certificates. 🥚
November 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
adoptive parents’ names do not belong on their adopted children’s birth certificates. 🥚
After a morning seeing the 12 days needlepoints at the Yorkminster this morning, this is … mildly troubling.
You were all having a good day and I am here to ruin it:
All of the birds given as gifts in “12 days of Christmas” are edible birds, and I am not sure why so many of you believe they were all intended to be kept as pets for years after receipt.
All of the birds given as gifts in “12 days of Christmas” are edible birds, and I am not sure why so many of you believe they were all intended to be kept as pets for years after receipt.
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
After a morning seeing the 12 days needlepoints at the Yorkminster this morning, this is … mildly troubling.
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In France, a 10-year policy cut antibiotic use in animals by 88% (fluoroquinolones) and 94% (3GC-4GC). Resistance in E. coli dropped significantly within 1-2 years post-policy. 📉🐾##idsky
Evaluating the impact of a 10 year reduction in critically important antibiotic use on the occurrence of antibiotic resistance in E. coli from cattle, dogs and cats in France
AbstractObjectivesIn France, a 10 year national policy to reduce antibiotic use (ABU) in animals led, respectively, to an 88% and 94% decrease in animal exposure to fluoroquinolones and third- and fourth-generation cephalosporins (3GC-4GC) between 2011 and 2021.MethodsBuilding on national surveillance data, this study evaluated the impact of this national policy on reducing the occurrence of resistance to fluoroquinolones and 3GC-4GC in clinical Escherichia coli from young cattle and dogs and cats in France. The effect of homologous and heterologous use of antibiotics was explored using multivariate regression modelling. In addition, the time lag between implementation of national policies and subsequent reduction in antibiotic resistance (ABR) was estimated using segmented regression analysis.ResultsStatistical analysis of available ABU and ABR surveillance data demonstrated a significant and sustainable impact on the occurrence of resistance to fluoroquinolones in clinical E. coli (in cattle and in dogs and cats), and to a lesser extent to 3GC-4GC (in cattle). The effects were fast and observed within 1 (in cattle) or 2 years (in dogs and cats) after the implementation of the 2014 national policy targeting specifically the animals’ exposure to 3GC-4GC and fluoroquinolones.ConclusionsThe French 10 year national policy had a successful impact on the occurrence of resistance to fluoroquinolones and 3GC-4GC in clinical E. coli. A potential shift in ABU from the use of fluoroquinolones and 3GC-4GC to other antibiotic classes, such as trimethoprim/sulfonamides (since 2012), and penicillins and tetracyclines (since 2016), was also observed.
academic.oup.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
In France, a 10-year policy cut antibiotic use in animals by 88% (fluoroquinolones) and 94% (3GC-4GC). Resistance in E. coli dropped significantly within 1-2 years post-policy. 📉🐾##idsky
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If you start by saying how many people you are going to arrest, the entire operation should be enjoined. That’s not how anything should work.
Border agents are set to target communities in southeast Mississippi and Louisiana in a major immigration crackdown called "Swamp Sweep.”
Federal agents aim to arrest 5,000 people during the operation.
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Federal agents aim to arrest 5,000 people during the operation.
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Border Agents Target Mississippi Communities in ‘Swamp Sweep’
Border agents are set to conduct a major immigration crackdown called "Swamp Sweep,” targeting immigrants in southeast Mississippi and Louisiana.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
If you start by saying how many people you are going to arrest, the entire operation should be enjoined. That’s not how anything should work.
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How did we get here? Artists who refuse to remain silent over the country’s dark turn offer a personal take.
How Did We Get Here?
We’re in a time where the act of imagining a better world is considered a threat to society.
hyperallergic.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
How did we get here? Artists who refuse to remain silent over the country’s dark turn offer a personal take.
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Just for context here: Tehran has a larger population than _New York City_.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Just for context here: Tehran has a larger population than _New York City_.
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Samuel Black gave a tour of the "From Slavery to Freedom" exhibit at the Heinz History Center and talked about Pittsburgh's role in African American history from the 18th-century slave trade to emancipation. www.c-span.org/classroom/do...
"From Slavery to Freedom" in Pittsburgh | C-SPAN Classroom
www.c-span.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Samuel Black gave a tour of the "From Slavery to Freedom" exhibit at the Heinz History Center and talked about Pittsburgh's role in African American history from the 18th-century slave trade to emancipation. www.c-span.org/classroom/do...
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A 1950 Good Housekeeping article, “Your Child’s Camp and Polio,” advises parents agonizing over whether to send children away for the summer. “[I]f there should be another polio epidemic this year,” it asks readers, “will your child be safer in camp? or in greater danger?” www.hnn.us/article/good...
When Good Housekeeping Meant Getting Vaccinated Against Polio
The pages of 1950s lifestyle magazines offer a glimpse of a time when childhood vaccines were anything but controversial.
www.hnn.us
April 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A 1950 Good Housekeeping article, “Your Child’s Camp and Polio,” advises parents agonizing over whether to send children away for the summer. “[I]f there should be another polio epidemic this year,” it asks readers, “will your child be safer in camp? or in greater danger?” www.hnn.us/article/good...
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“History shows us that the right to literacy came at a heavy cost…those oppressed recognized that literacy is liberation. To my students & to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write & think when others once risked their lives & died for the freedom to do so”
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 AM
“History shows us that the right to literacy came at a heavy cost…those oppressed recognized that literacy is liberation. To my students & to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write & think when others once risked their lives & died for the freedom to do so”
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*Tomorrow!* Rage Battleground Edition!
3001 Battleground Ave, Greensboro, NC
11am -12pm
Protest the Trump administration’s polices & encourage Americans to fight back! Park In Lowes Home Improvement lot, in the lot by Starbucks & across the street by CVS & Wine store. #UnitedWeStand #Indivisible
3001 Battleground Ave, Greensboro, NC
11am -12pm
Protest the Trump administration’s polices & encourage Americans to fight back! Park In Lowes Home Improvement lot, in the lot by Starbucks & across the street by CVS & Wine store. #UnitedWeStand #Indivisible
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
*Tomorrow!* Rage Battleground Edition!
3001 Battleground Ave, Greensboro, NC
11am -12pm
Protest the Trump administration’s polices & encourage Americans to fight back! Park In Lowes Home Improvement lot, in the lot by Starbucks & across the street by CVS & Wine store. #UnitedWeStand #Indivisible
3001 Battleground Ave, Greensboro, NC
11am -12pm
Protest the Trump administration’s polices & encourage Americans to fight back! Park In Lowes Home Improvement lot, in the lot by Starbucks & across the street by CVS & Wine store. #UnitedWeStand #Indivisible
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Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
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Rolling out the Matt Christman quote from after Charlottesville (2017) again:
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Rolling out the Matt Christman quote from after Charlottesville (2017) again:
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They’re quite literally begging for a safe space after mocking the concept of safe spaces for years.
It isn’t surprising and they’ve always done this, but the irony and the total lack of self-awareness is at least as amusing as it is frustrating.
It isn’t surprising and they’ve always done this, but the irony and the total lack of self-awareness is at least as amusing as it is frustrating.
November 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
They’re quite literally begging for a safe space after mocking the concept of safe spaces for years.
It isn’t surprising and they’ve always done this, but the irony and the total lack of self-awareness is at least as amusing as it is frustrating.
It isn’t surprising and they’ve always done this, but the irony and the total lack of self-awareness is at least as amusing as it is frustrating.
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November 20, 2025
November 20, 2025
Trump spent this morning calling a group of military veterans in Congress traitors and saying they “should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL.” Their crime, in Trump’s eyes, was their release Tuesday of a v...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 AM
November 20, 2025
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“‘He’s an extremely powerful man w/an enormous network of people who have learned from him, been mentored by him. He’s powerful in DC, powerful at Harvard. That counts for a lot, & that explains a lot,’ said Susan Dynarski, a well-known Harvard economist affiliated w/its Grad School of Education.“
November 21, 2025 at 3:50 AM
“‘He’s an extremely powerful man w/an enormous network of people who have learned from him, been mentored by him. He’s powerful in DC, powerful at Harvard. That counts for a lot, & that explains a lot,’ said Susan Dynarski, a well-known Harvard economist affiliated w/its Grad School of Education.“
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We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
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Wow. Stephen Miller and the White House political operation are now openly, explicitly celebrating the fact that *legally* present immigrants have lost their jobs:
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Wow. Stephen Miller and the White House political operation are now openly, explicitly celebrating the fact that *legally* present immigrants have lost their jobs:
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this is the correct way to react to anything the president says-
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
this is the correct way to react to anything the president says-
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I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
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If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
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I have zero doubt that if Trump could get away with ordering the assassination of his Democratic opponents, he would. Instead, he's trying to get his followers to do it for him. Sick.
November 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I have zero doubt that if Trump could get away with ordering the assassination of his Democratic opponents, he would. Instead, he's trying to get his followers to do it for him. Sick.
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It's always hard to pick a worst day politically, but today the president called for the death of members of the opposition party, and the administration decided that people were being too hard on the swastika
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM
It's always hard to pick a worst day politically, but today the president called for the death of members of the opposition party, and the administration decided that people were being too hard on the swastika
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It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.