Ronda Bowen

The tricky science of forecasting extreme winter weather It doesn't help that the Trump administration is decimating climate research.

It doesn’t help that the Trump administration is decimating climate research.

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Protect LGBTQ+ and Immigrant Sanctuary Communities Iowa recently passed legislation to undo protections for trans people by removing gender identity from the state civil rights code—making it the first time a state has removed a protected class from a...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/pr...

A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later.

90% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die from the disease. That's why the medical community is excited about the results of a small trial in which nearly half of the pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease remained relapse-free three years later.

everyone seeing how when you takeaway the DEI the planes start falling out of the sky

Infectious Disease Roundup: 2/4/2025 Respiratory virus infection remains high in the US, Tuberculosis is on the rise, 4 measles cases in Texas, and a novel virus reported in Alabama shrews- similar viruses have 70% fatality rate

Infectious disease doesn't disappear just because some silenced our federal health agencies. Here's my 2/4/2025 infectious disease round up.

Muse - Uprising [Official Video] YouTube video by Muse

Haven't seen this one yet.
Muse - Uprising

Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#20 - FINALLY Made it! There are so many others I could include.

#BookSky #BookChallenge

The Brave Learner by Julie Bogart

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#19

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#Booksky important term:
-Book Worm: Avid devour of stories, in any way shape or form
-Book Dragon: Avid collectors of book, mostly in physical form
-Book Wyrm: The dangerous combination of the first two, and I admire them so much

Just a reminder! Get your library cards and build your personal libraries! 💙

#booksky #resist

Reminder that the best thing you can do to support open and free information is to USE YOUR LIBRARY #booksky #librarysky #diversebooksky #supportyourlocallibrary #diversebooks #libraries

Unf*ck Your Habitat: You're Better than Your Mess by Rachel Hoffman

How to Keep House While Drowning by kc davis

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#18 (these two are tied)

#BookSky #BookChallenge

Kant's Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#17

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The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home by Susan Wise Bauer and Jessie Wise

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#16

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Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#15 (I might hit 20 yet... )

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Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#14

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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#13

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The Philosopher's Club Poems by Kim Addonizio

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#12

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Animal Farm by George Orwell

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#11
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A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley

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#10

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Castle Panic We’re under attack! Protect the castle from the onslaught of fierce monsters.

Played Castle Panic today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43... #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com

Celeste Ng's Our Missing Hearts

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#9

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This would be awesome.

V.E. Schwab's The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (Yes, I know #7 was 26 days ago. So be it. I forgot Bluesky existed for a hot minute).
#8

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Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

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#7
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Children Worked Dangerous Shifts at Iowa Slaughterhouse, Inquiry Finds Qvest Sanitation was ordered to pay nearly $172,000 after the Labor Department found it had employed 11 children to clean equipment on overnight shifts at a pork processing plant in Sioux City, Iowa.

You can get sent to jail for stealing toilet paper but if you hire a dozen children to work overnight shifts at your slaughter house your company pays a fine

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#6
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