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Where’s the lie

#harriswittels

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Madeleine Albright ‏@madeleine .@parksandrecnbc No one I'd rather eat waffles with than #LeslieKnope! #GovBuds #ParksandRec #TreatYoself pic.twitter.com/uhh6RxPQcu

I love this so much. 

#parks and recreation #parks and rec #leslie knope #madeleinealbright #amy poehler

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It’s hard to know exactly how to explain the mess, or, as Indianapolis Star writer Tom LoBianco termed it, the “true political disaster … at hand,” in Indiana over the issue of public education, or rather, what passes for public education policymaking in the state.

It’s a Mess in Indiana, Washington Post 

Only solace I get from this is that it's getting harder and harder to see Mike Pence as a viable presidential candidate.

#Indiana #IN #education #MikePence

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Love this Valentine to RBG. She speaks truth to the fact that restrictions on abortion and other reproductive health services impact low-income people and can push these decisions out of reach. Luv her.

#notoriousrbg #ruth bader ginsburg #galentines #valentine #allaboveall

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Right proper greyhound.

#greyhound #sighthound

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I was thinking about Dian Fossey last night and how much I admired her ability to just be alone (sans people and modern amenities).

Dian Fossey was born on January 16, 1932, in San Francisco, California. While working as an occupational therapist, Fossey became interested in primates during a trip to Africa in 1963. She studied the endangered gorillas of the Rwandan mountain forest for two decades before her unsolved murder occurred in 1985, at Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. Fossey told her story in the book Gorillas in the Mist (1983), which was later adapted for a film starring Sigourney Weaver.

Early Life

Primatologist and naturalist Dian Fossey was born on January 16, 1932, in San Francisco, California, and grew up with her mother and stepfather. Developing an affinity for animals at a young age, throughout her youth, Fossey was an avid horseback rider and an aspiring veterinarian. However, after enrolling in pre-veterinary studies at the University of California, Davis, she transferred to San Jose State College and changed her major to occupational therapy.

After graduating from San Jose in 1954, Fossey spent several months working as a hospital intern in California, and then moved to Louisville, Kentucky, where she began serving as director of the Kosair Crippled Children’s Hospital’s occupational therapy department in 1955. Living on a farm on the outskirts of Louisville, Fossey spent many off-hours happily tending to the livestock. But her contentment didn’t last long. She soon became restless, longing to see other parts of the world and setting her sights on Africa.

'Gorillas in the Mist'

In September 1963, Fossey embarked on her first trip to Africa—which cost Fossey her entire life savings at the time, as well as a bank loan—visiting Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and the Congo, among other areas. She soon met paleoanthropologist Mary Leakeyand her husband, archaeologist Louis Leakey, one of the best-known husband-wife teams in the history of science. 

Fossey then met Joan and Alan Root, native wildlife photographers who were working on a documentary of African gorillas at the time, and when the couple brought her along on one of their trips in search of the primates, Fossey was instantly enamored. She later explained her draw to gorillas in her 1983 autobiographical work,Gorillas in the Mist: “It was their individuality combined with the shyness of their behavior that remained the most captivating impression of this first encounter with the greatest of the great apes,” Fossey said. “I left Kabara with reluctance, but with never a doubt that I would, somehow, return to learn more about the gorillas of the misted mountains.”

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#STEM #Sheros #heros

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More than 60 groups have joined forces to overturn the Hyde Amendment's restrictions on abortion funding.

I love All* Above All (though I hate the picture accompanying the article) - you should check them out! allaboveall.org

#HydeAmendment #BeBoldEndHyde #Feminism #pro-choice #AllAboveAll

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From the same news cycle:

Utah Lawmaker Questions Whether Sex With An Unconscious Person Should Always Be Considered Rape

and

Man Hosted 'Sleep Study' to Rape Women, Then Sold Clips Of the Attacks

#feminism #headdesk #rapeisrape

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In the Chicago area this week, health officials are investigating the cluster of measles cases at KinderCare Learning Center in suburban Palatine, the Tribune report said. All the children are under a year old.

This is completely frustrating.

#measles #vaccinate! #publichealth

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Move up an age bracket, though, and the trends are heading in the wrong direction: Americans age 25 to 34 seem to be regressing.

#millenials #greatrecession #poorz

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"The AG's reasoning is essentially this: the woman knew she was in a prison, so what did she expect?"

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The empathy gene is not strong in this one.

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Why did Kate Monday leave? Why was Mathnet canceled? We've calculated the answers to the biggest Mathnet mysteries.

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Hi.

I'll be posting things I find interesting. Maybe you'll find them interesting too. I live and work in Washington, DC, so be prepared for a bent towards social justice, politics and local happenings.