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.
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 · last wk.So 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 · 4w 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 · 4w 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 · last mo.🚨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.
"Children's wellbeing declined nationally from 2019 to 2024, with kids in 29 states faring worse than before the COVID pandemic, according to a new report." -- Rebecca Falconer @axios.com www.axios.com/2026/06/08/u...
Children's wellbeing slips across the U.S.
Recent cuts to safety-net programs and higher living costs could add further pressure to kids already struggling, a report warns.
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Today marks the release of the 37th KIDS COUNT® Data Book! Our annual report features an enhanced index that includes a score in addition to a rank for each state, better highlighting how child well-being has changed over time. Explore the latest data on children in your state: aecf.org/databook
NEW: In just the 12 states with available data, the number of children receiving SNAP has fallen by more than 700,000 since H.R. 1's unprecedented SNAP cuts were enacted last July — despite claims from Republican lawmakers that kids wouldn't lose benefits.
Sharp Drop in Number of Children Receiving SNAP Food Assistance Under New Federal Law
While cutting SNAP eligibility for children was not a stated target of H.R. 1’s proponents, the cost shift and access barriers are resulting in serious losses of food assistance for low-income childre...
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If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it? https://newrepublic.com/post/210013/fbi-investigation-atlantic-reporter-kash-patel-drinking
FBI Launches Probe Into Reporter Who Covered Kash Patel’s Drinking
The investigation is highly unusual, and some FBI officials expressed concern over the probe.
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LAST CALL to board the SPACE TRAIN! Check out these three new train cars (in progress) by @thisnorthernboy.bsky.social! The casino, observation / park, and storage cars will have floor plans, notable NPCs & TONS of flavor courtesy of @ratwave.uk! Back it today! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
TRAINS IN SPACE on the home stretch #orbitalblues #sadspacecowboys #ttrpg www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
A Fistful of Stars - Adventures on the Green Light Express
A Fistful of Stars is an adventure/setting book for Orbital Blues where your outlaws will explore the hottest new way to travel: an interstellar trainline connecting multiple star systems.
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