Jamie Perez
@jamiegp.bsky.social
STATIONS co-founder. Digital Communications at the Annie E. Casey Foundation https://bsky.app/profile/annieecaseyfdn.bsky.social formerly CAP @americanprogress.bsky.social Powered by tacos. Lives and believes in Baltimore. Opinions all my own.
Thanks to Jason and Brad at @diceinmind.bsky.social for having @adamstation.bsky.social and I over for a great convo about Infinity of Ships, the far future, poetry, and much more! open.spotify.com/episode/1slt...
Episode 179: Adam Good and Jamie Perez on the Poetry of Starships
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Shiptember No. 28. ‘Don’t Throw Rocks Into A Pond If You’re Afraid Of Getting Your Shoes Wet'. #shiptember #Drawing #Scifi #Spaceship
Two people have died in Pennsylvania from measles, the state health department said. Both were unvaccinated. These the first deaths related to measles within the state in 35 years, it reports
2 people die from measles in Pennsylvania
Two people have died in Pennsylvania from measles, the state health department said Tuesday.
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To me, "We have flavored coffee" means exactly the same as "We have no coffee"
My book about grief, who is allowed to mourn and how, and why we need to do this as a collective project, just came out! Obviously I would love you to buy a copy (print, ebook, or audio), BUT here's a thread with six ways to support without spending money.
All My Dead Cats and Other Losses: Practicing Good Grief in a Culture That Fears Mourning
"Both a grief book that doesn't read like a clinician's notes and a memoir wrapped around a bigger subject, All My Dead Cats takes grief from the taboo to the universal." — BooklistHave you suffered a...
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The @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social and ProPublica independently tested hundreds of homes in eastern Omaha, Nebraska, and found toxic levels of lead in soil — including in yards that the EPA remediated years ago. Here’s how we did it.
The EPA Doesn’t Typically Retest Homes in the Country’s Largest Residential Lead Superfund Site. So We Did.
The Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica independently tested hundreds of homes in eastern Omaha, Nebraska, and found toxic levels of lead in soil throughout — including in yards that the EPA remediate...
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I'm sure if Obama had gotten us into a costly quagmire of a war and then spent all his time posting cartoons about how cool he was, it wouldn't have been a big deal at all.
Scrooge Jones@fitzador.bsky.social · 3mo agoSo the leader of the free world is posting AI slop memes on his self-owned social media platform instead of engaging in actual foreign policy.
"Even modest annual reductions in (MMR) vaccine coverage among young children generate a nonlinear increase in cases & hospitalizations, with costs totaling $7.77 billion over a 5-y period." 🛟😷📈🧪 health policy sociology polisky
The health and economic repercussions of declining MMR coverage in the United States | PNAS
The resurgence of measles in the United States, driven by declining childhood vaccination coverage, poses a substantial public health and economic ...
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@npr.org - your reporting this morning referred to Sen. McConnell having “said” XYZ — are you saying your reporters *spoke* to him or referring to something written in a statement. It wasn’t clear and seems an important clarification, all things given.
NEW: Salvage Union is a post-apocalyptic mech roleplaying game set in a scarred world ruled by corporations whose denizens live in isolated mega-settlements. The corpos control the vast majority of resources and have a constant hunger for power and control. From @leylinepress.bsky.social
There are some great art resources that you can leverage for a game jam entry (Like maybe for your Liminal Horror Summer Jam Entry). First and foremost you can make your own art, you don't need to be a professional! itch.io/jam/liminal-...
LIMINAL HORROR SUMMER JAM 2026
A game jam from 2026-07-10 to 2026-11-01 hosted by Goblin Archives, Unenthuser & Zach Hazard Vaupen // Emo Sludge. SURVIVAL / HORROR / TABLETOP / GAMING Liminal Horror is a tabletop roleplaying game a...
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@stregawolf.art ‘s work on I Don’t Belong Here with us at STATIONS is incredible (and they did the cover and some interior art for our first ever project 100 Bastards). Check out much more of their work!
Goblin Archives@goblinarchives.itch.io · 3mo agoCCLA Library by Strega Design is a collection of stellar horror art. @stregawolf.art has done art for a few LH projects and kills it every time! www.stregawolf.art/ccla-library
If you’re a queer man who plays Love and Deepspace and wants to talk about your relationship with the game and community, I’d love to chat with you for a Kotaku story. RTs appreciated.
i’m just ken@shepardcdr.bsky.social · 3mo agoOh so fuck this game, actually.
BREAKING: The U.S. Election Assistance Commission now has no commissioners after President Trump terminated two members and the agency’s remaining Republican commissioner resigned. The bipartisan agency was formed to help states administer accurate, secure elections.
Brennan Center Reacts to the Terminations of Election Assistance Commissioners by President Trump
President Trump today terminated two members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, and the agency’s remaining Republican commissioner resigned. This leaves the Election Assistance Commission — a...
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James Baldwin would like a word on this moment #America250
America keeps trying to get me to go to her birthday party and I’m like no girl u need to go to the hospital
STRANGE 👽 SURREAL 👽 SHOCKING 👽 BEAUTIFUL Apex Magazine is OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS for the month of July! We're seeking short spec fic up to 9k words. Closing August 1st, reopening in September and November. We can't wait to read your work! 🖤 Submit here: apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/...
Submissions for FIYAH #40 are OPEN! Deadline July 31. Get more info about "Conjuring Academies & Spellbound Scholars" at the link! fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
Novel and novella manuscript submissions season has officially begun! Our beloved N/N team, led by @rabblerouses.bsky.social, will be reading your +100pg book manuscripts--call it a novella, call it a novel, but we hope you call it READY TO SEND before Sept 1! splitlippress.submittable.com/submit
How are children and families faring in #CT? The 2026 @annieecaseyfdn KIDS COUNT® Data Book uses trusted data to show where progress is happening and where more support is needed, across education, health, economic well-being and family/community factors. bit.ly/26DataBook-BS
Think we can say pretty safely that the food assistance cuts from the Big Beautiful Bill will turn out to be much bigger than initially estimated (no shade at CBO, who had impossible task of guessing state response to the cost share).
Katie Bergh@katiebergh.bsky.social · 4mo ago🚨New data: In the 8 months after H.R. 1 enacted the deepest SNAP cuts in history, the number of people receiving SNAP fell by 4+ million (-10%) nationwide. In just the 13 states with available data, 800,000+ fewer kids are receiving SNAP. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
Jake Lang, a J6 defendant pardoned by Trump: 🚩 2026: Arrested in Minnesota for felony property-damage 🚩 2026: Arrested in TX on felony terroristic-threats 🚩 2026: Charged in DC for threatening a police officer. A bench warrant was later issued after he reportedly missed a court hearing.
I wouldn’t be where I am today without the love and support that Michelle has poured into me over the years. Her story — from her South Side roots to the White House and beyond — is a central part of the Obama Presidential Center.
