If you think a golden ballroom is more important than childhood cancer research… I have nothing left to say to you. Please unfollow me.

#pediatriccancer #cancermom

USDA is withdrawing a proposal that sought to reduce Salmonella in poultry The rule, proposed by the Biden administration last year, would have created new safety standards in an effort to prevent the sale of contaminated chicken.

I think we should all be worried about food safety, in addition to unemployment, inflation and shortages. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Now’s Not the Time to Eat Bagged Lettuce Food safety in America is under attack.

The safety of America's food supply is getting murkier. "If there’s one thing you can do right now to help protect yourself, it’s this: swearing off bagged, prechopped lettuce," writes Nicholas Florko:

Velshi Banned Book Club: Revisiting ‘All Boys Aren’t Blue’ by George M. Johnson “All Boys Aren’t Blue” hit two major milestones this month. One is an anniversary: the novel turned five years old. Five remarkable years of inspiring writers, creating empathy, and giving readers that safe place to land. The other is grimmer. According to the American Library Association, “All Boys Aren’t Blue” was the single most banned work of literature in America last year. It isn’t an honor. It isn’t a selling mechanism. It is a tragedy. “All Boys Aren’t Blue” has become more than just a power story or a beautiful work of literature – it’s become a symbol, representative of free speech, of access to literature, and of resistance. In five years, Johnson has become one of the most important voices in the fight against censorship. “All Boys Aren’t Blue” has gone from a remarkable debut memoir to one of the most critical works of literature in the contemporary American canon. The sort of book that imparts a different lesson onto you every single time you reread it. “There are days that are heavier than others,” says Johnson, “but it’s the messages I get from so many people that have been saved by the texts.” The attacks and band “could have stopped me from writing…But it didn’t.”

@iamgmjohnson.bsky.social author of “All Boys Aren’t Blue” is prepared to fight for their book, books everywhere, & all readers. The banning & the commentary won’t stop them. “I am built with a different type of will & a different type of ancestor watching over me.” #Velshi #VelshiBannedBookClub

E.P.A. Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program

Are we great again yet? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...

SB 13 Will Devastate Texas School Libraries: Take Action Now The House Public Education Committee will hear SB 13 on Tuesday. Contact the committee. Tell them why you oppose SB 13 and ask them to do the same.

🚨 Parents & librarians who live in school districts who have experienced the devastating impact of overly broad & politicized local library policies are the experts our lawmakers need to hear from on Tuesday.

Visit www.txftrp.org/sb_13_will_d... for details.

Week 430,Cornyn Houston Office Protest, tomorrow, Tuesday, 5/6, 11:30-1, 5300 Memorial Dr. (Don't park in 5300 building.)Trump made Exec. Order outlining fed. military cooperation with local police. Can happen here. Must show up no matter trouble ahead. It's headed to streets. Please join. #Houston

These Are the Right-Wing Ideologues Taking Over School Boards Conservative consultants and PACs are turning Texas school boards into partisan battlegrounds. From Steven Monacelli.

KatyISD beat them down yesterday. Great article by the Texas Observer www.texasobserver.org/school-board...

Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

Love this. snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

Yes. We keep writing headlines that assign powers to the president that he does not have.

@mikehixenbaugh.com In Katy ISD (western suburb of Houston) Victor Perez (Christian Nationalist) is running text campaigns lying about the decent candidate. Infuriating.