Karen H

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Educator, science believer, language nerd, and women's sports enthusiast.

Header photo: A grassy field with yellow flowers in front of a blue sky with white clouds.
Avatar: A selfie of me, a white woman with light brown hair in a blue shirt smiling at the camera, a grassy canyon and winding path in the background.

Karen HFeb 3, 2023
Jeff SamsonowFeb 3, 2023
"The same way we can’t know which storms, hurricanes and heat waves might have 'happened anyway' were there no #ClimateChange, we can’t know which cardiac events might have occurred anyway. But we can know that these events are becoming more frequent and more severe, and occurring in younger people." #Covid19 https://thegauntlet.substack.com/p/covid-can-damage-your-heart-not-talking
COVID can damage your heart. Not talking about it is supercharging anti-vax conspiracies

COVID infection increases your risk of heart attack, stroke, cardiac arrest, and more. But while anti-vaxxers falsely claim these deaths as MRNA shot complications, the Biden admin is silent.

The Gauntlet
Show threadKaren HFeb 2, 2023
@erinlovesyoga I'm sorry for your loss. He sure sounds like a good one. And for the additional stress and gaslighting about the pandemic that you certainly don't need right now.
Karen HFeb 2, 2023
Bathsheba BlueFeb 2, 2023

Dear MSM: DeSantis’ actions to obliterate black history from Florida textbooks and curricula are not part of a “CULTURE WAR”.

It’s white supremacy.

It’s racism.

It’s bigotry.

It’s fascism.

It’s your job to use words correctly. Stop using benign euphemisms!

Karen HFeb 2, 2023
Anirvan ChatterjeeFeb 2, 2023

Want to know why #BlackHistoryMonth is so critical?

In November, someone left brown dolls in nooses at California middle and high schools full of Asian immigrant kids.

Students got nervous. They knew what it meant.

Most of their parents ignored it. They didn't get the symbolism or implication.

For these Asian immigrant kids, learning Black history was a critical tool to navigate the world they live in:

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https://indiacurrents.com/dolls-in-nooses-racism-jolts-saratoga-schools/

Brown Dolls In Nooses: Racism Jolts Saratoga Schools

Symbols of Racism in the School Quad On November 15th, 2022, the community of Saratoga-Campbell was jolted by the information that dark-complexioned dolls hung by nooses around their necks, were di…

India Currents
Karen HFeb 2, 2023
RosanitaFeb 1, 2023
Today was the funeral of #TyreNichols. His parents asked for the passing of the #GeorgeFloyd Justice in Policing Act. If #BlackAllies, feel helpless, you can write your representative and urge for its passing. Michiganders: there was a bundle of 12 bipartisan bill introduced in the state senate after #PatrickLyoya. https://bit.ly/3HnVNRv Our Black lawmakers are going to reintroduce those bills https://bit.ly/3DyqYsc. Let your state representative know you support their passage. #BlackMastodon
Michigan Lawmakers Push Sweeping Police Reform Package

State representatives were joined by Breonna Taylor's mother and cousin in an emotional plea for accountability for police officers shielded by immunity.

Karen HFeb 1, 2023
Michael BuschFeb 1, 2023

Free e-books are not a substitute for school and public libraries; but there are several on this thread.
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RT @haymarketbooks
The racist governor of Florida has given us no choice.

FREE Ebook: From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation by @KeeangaYamahtta https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1646-from-blacklivesmatter-to-black-liberation-expanded-second-edition
https://twitter.com/haymarketbooks/status/1618011565663596545

From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation (Expanded Second Edition)

This updated and expanded edition of Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor 's groundbreaking book features a new chapter and a foreword by Angela Y. Davis.

haymarketbooks.org
Karen HFeb 1, 2023
George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Feb 1, 2023
Shameful to see the College Board cave to the demands of DeSantis and white supremacists, especially as we kick off Black History Month. Just shameful.
Karen HFeb 1, 2023
Pax Ahimsa Gethen 🏳️‍⚧️Feb 1, 2023

The agents of #WhiteSupremacy who champion #FreeSpeech (for themselves) are perfectly fine with censoring #Black voices. In fact, they insist on it. And they're getting their way.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/ap-african-american-studies-course-watered-gop-pressure-rcna68454

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackLivesMatter #BlackMastodon

AP African American studies course watered down under GOP pressure

The College Board has revised its framework for an AP African American studies course, cutting material that Republicans objected to.

NBC News
Karen HFeb 1, 2023
SHI▽I△N × ☉R△CLE /Feb 1, 2023

Hey fellow #trans babes and allies! It's #BlackHistoryMonth - which is a great time to remind your friends & allies that the abbreviation for "non-binary" is NOT "NB"

"wait, huh?" you might be asking

it's easy, y'all - "NB" stands for "not black," a racist term that's been around for far too long.

When written out, the non-binary community's abbreviation is "enby" - the phonetic spelling of "NB," just without the racism!

Go! Share! Educate!

#QueerHistory #BlackHistory #AntiRacism #enby

Karen HJan 31, 2023
It's Going DownJan 31, 2023

"Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is trying to stomp out the protests by any means necessary, charging the demonstrators with terrorism and, on Thursday, calling up the National Guard to stand by to put down any further resistance. "

#StopCopCity #Tortuguita

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/atlanta-protesters-charged-domestic-terrorism-forest-killing-1234670011/

Atlanta Protesters Charged With Terrorism Following Forest Killing

Gov. Brian Kemp is doing all he can — including calling in the National Guard — to snuff out demonstrations after police killed a “Cop City” protestor

Rolling Stone