Lydia Reeder
@lydiareeder.bsky.social
Author. Stargazer. Denver, CO Cat lady. Messy but organized. “Living should be perpetual and universal benediction.” ― Wei Wu Wei
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Lydia Reeder
@lydiareeder.bsky.social
· Nov 13
The Cure for Women: Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi and the Challenge to Victorian Medicine That Changed Women’s Lives Forever by Lydia Reeder
Mary Putnam Jacobi (1842–1906), the second woman to graduate from the Sorbonne medical school, played a forgotten but critical r...
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You can read more about her and listen to my podcast episode with @lydiareeder.bsky.social about her at www.infinite-women.com/women/mary-p...
August 31, 2026 at 8:21 PM
You can read more about her and listen to my podcast episode with @lydiareeder.bsky.social about her at www.infinite-women.com/women/mary-p...
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Decades before Dolly Parton helped fund research supporting Moderna's Covid-19 mRNA vaccine, she raised money for people with HIV and AIDS and joined the 90s "Break the Silence" campaign promoting AIDS awareness, sex education & condom use - at a time when doing so in country music took courage.
August 26, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Decades before Dolly Parton helped fund research supporting Moderna's Covid-19 mRNA vaccine, she raised money for people with HIV and AIDS and joined the 90s "Break the Silence" campaign promoting AIDS awareness, sex education & condom use - at a time when doing so in country music took courage.
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Elections have consequences: New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed legislation that bars the state from extraditing individuals facing out-of-state investigations over reproductive or gender-affirming care.
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Gov. Sherrill signs shield law aimed at protecting reproductive, transgender healthcare • New Jersey Monitor
The law aims to protect doctors performing reproductive and transgender health care, and their patients, from criminal and civil penalties.
newjerseymonitor.com
August 20, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Elections have consequences: New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed legislation that bars the state from extraditing individuals facing out-of-state investigations over reproductive or gender-affirming care.
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There is no public health so long as we leave Trump et al in power.
We cannot trust the “information” from our “government” so long as we leave Trump et al in power.
Your food supply is unsafe so long as we leave Trump et al in power.
It’s been ONLY 19 months of a 48 month term.
We cannot trust the “information” from our “government” so long as we leave Trump et al in power.
Your food supply is unsafe so long as we leave Trump et al in power.
It’s been ONLY 19 months of a 48 month term.
Trump 2.0 has deleted or altered nearly 400 US datasets, endangering public health, education and more
Health data appears to be most affected by administration’s attempt to wipe findings that don’t align with its priorities, tracker shows
www.theguardian.com
August 18, 2026 at 7:30 PM
There is no public health so long as we leave Trump et al in power.
We cannot trust the “information” from our “government” so long as we leave Trump et al in power.
Your food supply is unsafe so long as we leave Trump et al in power.
It’s been ONLY 19 months of a 48 month term.
We cannot trust the “information” from our “government” so long as we leave Trump et al in power.
Your food supply is unsafe so long as we leave Trump et al in power.
It’s been ONLY 19 months of a 48 month term.
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Stars & Stripes publisher announces sudden retirement, telling staff his philosophy of leadership and “understanding of the value and mission" of the newspaper differ in “fundamental ways” from the direction DoD wants to go in. www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...
Stars and Stripes publisher announces retirement
Max D. Lederer Jr., the longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes, announced his retirement, ending a three-decade career at the organization.
www.stripes.com
August 18, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Stars & Stripes publisher announces sudden retirement, telling staff his philosophy of leadership and “understanding of the value and mission" of the newspaper differ in “fundamental ways” from the direction DoD wants to go in. www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...
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This must finally be hitting white women, because I’m not sure there are any Black or other WOC left to hit.
Yet who do WW stay voting for in the majority?
Yet who do WW stay voting for in the majority?
August 12, 2026 at 9:00 PM
This must finally be hitting white women, because I’m not sure there are any Black or other WOC left to hit.
Yet who do WW stay voting for in the majority?
Yet who do WW stay voting for in the majority?
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Best eclipse photo ever.
August 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Best eclipse photo ever.
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🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 25-year-old Argentinian biologist Pilar Ferrer has developed an injectable gel that helps repair damaged heart tissue after a heart attack
August 12, 2026 at 3:11 PM
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 25-year-old Argentinian biologist Pilar Ferrer has developed an injectable gel that helps repair damaged heart tissue after a heart attack
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Actress & producer Viola Davis is one of the few performers to win an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar & a Tony (EGOT).
She is on TIME's 100 most influential people in the world, 2012 and 2017 & the NYT ranked her 9th on its list of the greatest 21st century actors.
She was born #OTD in 1965. 🎈 #MovieSky
She is on TIME's 100 most influential people in the world, 2012 and 2017 & the NYT ranked her 9th on its list of the greatest 21st century actors.
She was born #OTD in 1965. 🎈 #MovieSky
August 12, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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So with all the handwringing on losing 'a generation' of young men, where's all the thinkpieces on how we're losing generations - plural - of women in the workplace? bsky.app/profile/bryc...
Yikes. Women accounted for all of the job losses and all of the labor force decline in July, according to @nwlc.org
August 7, 2026 at 9:21 PM
So with all the handwringing on losing 'a generation' of young men, where's all the thinkpieces on how we're losing generations - plural - of women in the workplace? bsky.app/profile/bryc...
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It’s #InternationalCatDay, and the ratings are in! 🐱
Come and celebrate with some of the undomesticated cats that have clawed their way into our hearts… 🐾
Come and celebrate with some of the undomesticated cats that have clawed their way into our hearts… 🐾
August 8, 2026 at 7:56 AM
It’s #InternationalCatDay, and the ratings are in! 🐱
Come and celebrate with some of the undomesticated cats that have clawed their way into our hearts… 🐾
Come and celebrate with some of the undomesticated cats that have clawed their way into our hearts… 🐾
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Do N95 masks filter pollution from wildfires?
Do N95 masks filter pollution from wildfires?
Yes. N95 masks protect against dangerous fine particulate matter, including from wildfire smoke, federal authorities say.
coloradosun.com
August 7, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Do N95 masks filter pollution from wildfires?
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While this is a HUGE WIN, there's more work to do. It's time to DOUBLE DOWN in pressuring Congress.
They need to revoke the OMB Proposal. Members of Congress who fail to stop the Proposal will be out of a job January 3rd, 2027, we will make sure of it.
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They need to revoke the OMB Proposal. Members of Congress who fail to stop the Proposal will be out of a job January 3rd, 2027, we will make sure of it.
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August 4, 2026 at 7:34 PM
While this is a HUGE WIN, there's more work to do. It's time to DOUBLE DOWN in pressuring Congress.
They need to revoke the OMB Proposal. Members of Congress who fail to stop the Proposal will be out of a job January 3rd, 2027, we will make sure of it.
🧵
They need to revoke the OMB Proposal. Members of Congress who fail to stop the Proposal will be out of a job January 3rd, 2027, we will make sure of it.
🧵
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Happy 150th Birthday, Colorado. This is the first photo I took of you, 19 years ago this month, when I moved here from across the country. I hope to give back to you a small bit of what you have meant to me. Here are some of my photos from 2007.
August 2, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Happy 150th Birthday, Colorado. This is the first photo I took of you, 19 years ago this month, when I moved here from across the country. I hope to give back to you a small bit of what you have meant to me. Here are some of my photos from 2007.
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Colorado, known for its unpredictable electrical storms, is third-highest in the nation for lightning deaths.
Here’s how to reduce your lightning risk if you’re in Colorado’s backcountry with no shelter nearby
Colorado is third-highest in the nation for lightning deaths, according to data provided by the National Lightning Safety Council.
coloradosun.com
July 28, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Colorado, known for its unpredictable electrical storms, is third-highest in the nation for lightning deaths.
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We can prevent ovarian cancer by removing the fallopian tubes. This is an INSANE discovery; I had no idea about this. My doctors in the past year have never bothered mentioning it. Why is women's health just constantly and perpetually a joke to doctors?
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/h...
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There’s a Way to Prevent Ovarian Cancer. Few Know About It.
The vast majority of cases begin in the fallopian tubes — and removing them can reduce the risk by nearly 80 percent.
www.nytimes.com
July 28, 2026 at 1:31 PM
We can prevent ovarian cancer by removing the fallopian tubes. This is an INSANE discovery; I had no idea about this. My doctors in the past year have never bothered mentioning it. Why is women's health just constantly and perpetually a joke to doctors?
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/h...
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/h...
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1. After pushing anti-trans laws to ‘protect women’s sports’, Project 2025’s Heritage Foundation now wants women’s sports gone to ‘assist fertility.’
Turns out it was about women’s sports all along—if getting rid of women's sports counts, that is.
Turns out it was about women’s sports all along—if getting rid of women's sports counts, that is.
After Pushing Anti-Trans Laws to ‘Protect Women’s Sports’, Project 2025’s Heritage Foundation Now Wants Women’s Sports Gone to ‘Assist Fertility’
Turns out it was about women’s sports all along—if getting rid of women's sports counts, that is.
www.transiticsnews.com
July 15, 2026 at 10:26 PM
1. After pushing anti-trans laws to ‘protect women’s sports’, Project 2025’s Heritage Foundation now wants women’s sports gone to ‘assist fertility.’
Turns out it was about women’s sports all along—if getting rid of women's sports counts, that is.
Turns out it was about women’s sports all along—if getting rid of women's sports counts, that is.
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This week on the podcast, @lydiareeder.bsky.social , author of The Cure for Women: Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi and The Challenge to Victorian Medicine that Changed Women's Lives Forever, returns to discuss Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the rest cure.
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Lydia Reeder on Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the rest cure by Infinite Women
Lydia Reeder, author of The Cure for Women: Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi and The Challenge to Victorian Medicine that Changed Women's Lives Forever returns to discuss another part of her book, Charlotte Per...
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July 13, 2026 at 6:38 AM
This week on the podcast, @lydiareeder.bsky.social , author of The Cure for Women: Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi and The Challenge to Victorian Medicine that Changed Women's Lives Forever, returns to discuss Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the rest cure.
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Three federal wildland firefighters die and two suffer injuries while battling the Knowles and Gore fires on the Colorado-Utah border. Extreme regional winds and heat complicate containment efforts for the newly consolidated agency, raising immediate questions about resource deployment.
3 firefighters killed, 2 injured while tackling wildfires on the Colorado-Utah border
Three firefighters have died and two were injured while battling fires on the Colorado-Utah border. The U.S.
apnews.com
June 28, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Three federal wildland firefighters die and two suffer injuries while battling the Knowles and Gore fires on the Colorado-Utah border. Extreme regional winds and heat complicate containment efforts for the newly consolidated agency, raising immediate questions about resource deployment.