Emily H.

@earthling5.bsky.social

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Pro-democracy writer/designer/photographer; fan of planet Earth, gardens, justice, kindness, and the Oxford comma. Former: Comms Director at MIT (Ret.) #expostie #PostRefugee

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Biden’s name/word gaffes are NOT a sign of cognitive loss—the story the media has been recklessly pushing. Mixing up names—something he's done his entire life—is related to the neurological issue at the base of stuttering. His leadership, skills and vision are strong—and rare! bit.ly/NeededMoreTh...

Biden's gaffes aren't new. The media's obsession with them iswww.dailykos.com The morning after President Joe Biden's Thursday night press conference , much of the press was forced to reluctantly admit that the president spent an hour “

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rom Hopium: - Biden brings it in new Michigan speech - My new video presentation on the 2024 election - Dems have had a good week of polling, it remains a close, competitive election - Let's do more, worry less More 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/biden-brin...

Biden Brings It In Michigan, Good Week Of Polling for Ds, Doing More and Worrying And Lesswww.hopiumchronicles.com The Election Is Close and Competitive - No Red Waving 2024 Please

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Here’s how President Biden just defended our democracy: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/biden-defe...

Biden Defends Democracy in Oval Office Addresswww.dworkinsubstack.com Onward

Biden’s name gaffes are NOT a sign of cognitive loss—the narrative the media has been recklessly pushing. Mixing up names, something he's done his entire life, is related to the neurological issue at the base of stuttering. His leadership, skills, vision are strong—and rare! bit.ly/NeededMoreTh...

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BREAKING: Biden Pushes Back, Delivers Strong Press Conference www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/biden-push...

Biden Pushes Back, Delivers Strong Press Conferencewww.dworkinsubstack.com Never count Joe out

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The Becoming Earth tour is heading to the East Coast! I'm thrilled to be in conversation with some truly brilliant writers: 7/16: Cambridge: Porter Square Books w/ @deborahb.bsky.social 7/17: Brooklyn: Greenlight w/ @carlzimmer.bsky.social 7/19: DC: Politics & Prose w/ @rossandersen.bsky.social

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The consumer protection message in this book is so important to me. And just important. Thank you!

With the rising popularity of "raw milk" & other anti-public health nonsense, and the recent SCOTUS reversal of Chevron, my summer reading recommendation is The Poison Squad by @deborahb.bsky.social, chronicling the many ways consumer products used to harm & kill Americans before the Food & Drug Act

What Are Doctors and Nurses Reading This Summer?t.co From a fictional family saga to tales of the emergency department, the list runs the gamut

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Yep.

The biggest disaster of the last 24 hours is actually the Supreme Court ruling that overturns 40 years of deference to the expertise of regulators in cases about pollution, drug safety, food safety, climate change — you name it, the Court just gelded it. Even if Biden is reelected, we're weakened.

Live Updates: Supreme Court Overrules Chevron Doctrine, Imperiling an Array of Federal Ruleswww.nytimes.com The foundational 1984 decision required courts to defer to agencies’ reasonable interpretations of ambiguous statutes, underpinning regulations on health care, safety and the environment.

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Climate experts say Trump Presidency is “game over” for the earth. If you care about the planet, Biden is the clear choice by far. www.huffpost.com/entry/climat...

Top Climate Scientist Sums Up Second Trump Term With 2 Chilling Wordswww.huffpost.com Michael E. Mann offered a terrifying analysis of what a second Trump administration would mean for both the American and global fight against climate change.

Thrilled to see this commentary from Jennifer Rubin about our wonderful VP, who is also among the most effective voices for young voters! Gift Article: wapo.st/4bgdKhy

Opinion | A closer look at Harris shows how effective she’s becomewapo.st As the election nears, the vice president is aiding Biden’s pitch by connecting policy to lived experience.

Gift Article wapo.st/3RtNYzl — Alarmingly, many of these young, sporadic voters in key states don't know which Presidential candidate is defending democracy and which would attempt to create an authoritarian state. Nor do they know whose policies are building a healthy economy. How do we reach them?

The 2024 ‘Deciders’: Who are they and what makes them tick?wapo.st Washington Post-Schar School poll of Americans who will decide the 2024 presidential election.

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Thank you! I am proud of this book and the case it makes (built around food safety) that unregulated commerce can be crazy dangerous. And just plain crazy.

@deborahb.bsky.social has a terrific book (also made into a PBS documentary) about this sort of thing that I never tire of recommending: 📗 bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century a book by Deborah Blumbookshop.org A New York Times Notable Book The inspiration for PBS's AMERICAN EXPERIENCE film The Poison Squad. From Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times-bestselling author Deborah Blum, the dramatic true stor...

Celebrating Juneteenth 2024! Here's a brief, stirring recording of the Hon. Barbara Jordan (1936-1996), speaking on the extension of the Voting Rights Act: archive.lib.msu.edu/VVL/dbnumber... Jordan represented the Texas 18th, keynoted the 1976 Natl Dem Convention, and defended the Constitution.

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Calling all aspiring climate fiction writers! Polish those stories and submit them to Imagine 2200! The deadline is fast approaching – submissions close on 6/24. I'm one of the judges, along with Omar El Akkad. Winners get cash prizes and publication! Details here: grist.org/climate-fict...

Imagine 2200: Write the futuregrist.org Everything you need to know about the 2024/2025 Imagine 2200 climate fiction short story contest, celebrating the futures we want to see.

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Vaccination Dramatically Lowers Long Covid Riskwww.scientificamerican.com Several new studies reveal that getting multiple COVID vaccine doses provides strong protection against lingering symptoms

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This is a great conversation with @deborahb.bsky.social about food safety. "If I could persuade people not to think of regulation as a pejorative term, my life’s work would be done." 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-... by @tanyalewis.bsky.social on Scientific American

The Sordid History of U.S. Food Safety Highlights the Importance of Regulationwww.scientificamerican.com Author and science journalist Deborah Blum describes how an Indiana chemist kicked off the first major food regulation in the U.S.

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In which I argue that regulation is just another word for consumer protection. Which we really do want.

Hey gang! @laurahelmuth.bsky.social has shared a convo with @deborahb.bsky.social on SciAm! www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

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Since his guilty verdict, Trump and the GOP have made clear they will fight the outcome of the 2024 election. Democracy Docket is working every day to expose GOP lies and deliver you the truth. Help support their work: democracydocket.com/support/

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In the Garden Today | 30 May 2024 Such a shy, retiring wallflower-LOL. This show-off is Passionflower Clematis, who is even more flamboyant than usual this year, thanks to the spring rains. I subdued the fuschia a bit in photoshop so it would seem more believable! Prefers sun; ok in partial shade.

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If Dems can beat Trump in Wisconsin, he'll lose the election. So on today's pod, we talked to state chair @benwikler.bsky.social about why Biden is losing there and how to turn it around. Wikler's knowledge of WI is astounding and you can benefit from it too. Listen: newrepublic.com/article/1811...

Trump’s Polling Lead Just Got Scarier. This Dem Has a Plan to Stop Himnewrepublic.com If Donald Trump loses Wisconsin, he almost certainly won't win the White House. The state's Democratic Party chair explains how years of hard work are laying the groundwork to stop him there.

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Fantastic piece - maybe the best I've seen on the coverage dilemmas that mainstream media outlets face and how they are failing to meet the moment newrepublic.com/article/1813...

Top New York Times Editor Offers Stunning Defense of Coverage of Trumpnewrepublic.com Why asking our media to get it right on Trump’s threat to democracy is not remotely the same as being in the tank for Biden

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Really an outstanding piece from @gregsargent.bsky.social which enumerates some of the worst media habits we see in the New York Times, among other places, which serve to artificially level the playing field in an election where, sadly and to our misfortune, there is only one sane choice

Fantastic piece - maybe the best I've seen on the coverage dilemmas that mainstream media outlets face and how they are failing to meet the moment newrepublic.com/article/1813...

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By @gregsargent.bsky.social:

Fantastic piece - maybe the best I've seen on the coverage dilemmas that mainstream media outlets face and how they are failing to meet the moment newrepublic.com/article/1813...

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This story wrecks one of Trump's biggest scams: The idea that he is putting his knowledge of elite corruption and self-dealing to work for the "forgotten." It shows him milking the inside game for his own corrupt benefit with extraordinary clarity. 5/5 newrepublic.com/article/1814...

Via @gregsargent.bsky.social in The New Republic: "Why asking our media to get it right on Trump’s threat to democracy is not remotely the same as being in the tank for Biden." Great ideas for NYTs & others on adjusting to cover an unprecedented story in US history. newrepublic.com/article/1813...

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In less than 15 minutes I explain how conservatives have hatched a new scheme - Project 2025 - to threaten democracy and undermine how our government functions. Watch now: youtu.be/rDikvtSEtMY

The Dangers of Project 2025, Explainedyoutu.be Over 100 conservative groups, led by the Heritage Foundation, are working together on Project 2025, a plan that would overhaul the executive branch of the fe...

Gift — POV via Tom Friedman: "I am intensely...anti-Hamas & anti-Netanyahu. And if you oppose just one and not also the other...reflect a little more...Because no one has done more to harm...a 2-state solution than the codependent Hamas and Netanyahu factions." www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/o...

Opinion | Why the Campus Protests Are So Troublingwww.nytimes.com I don’t think the protests are antisemitic. But they undercut the only fair and just solution to the war.

"Want to know why Republicans control so many U.S. States?" (Hint: Many Democrats vote for President only — neglecting to vote for State candidates on the same ballot! Who never does that? Republican men.) instagram.com/reel/C6FXKSI... #VoteSmart #TeamBlue #DownBallotIsKey #2024Election #Democracy

Jessica Craven on Instagram: "Want to know why Republicans control so many states? This. Will. Blow. Your. Mind. 🤯 #states #votedownballot #elections #news #politics #abortionrights"instagram.com 1,862 likes, 137 comments - jesscraven101 on April 22, 2024: "Want to know why Republicans control so many states? This. Will. Blow. Your. Mind. 🤯 #states #votedownballot #elections #news #politi..."...

In the Garden Today | 4 May 2014 A May Quartet #Gardens #Gardening #Springtime