Former Institute of Museum and Library Services leaders from both political parties expressed concern that the agency’s new grant guidelines could fund projects that encourage a more constrained or distorted view of American history.

Going to be bleak when we find his name in the files

I wish my timing wasn't "perfect" for my latest @captimes.com column to appear given today's case of measles right here in Dane County, but…yeah.

It's an ad...but it's an absolute banger of one of the finest relational messages of all time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3o5...

Another UW-Madison School of Human Ecology semester kicks off!

15 years ago on this day, @reachoutandread.bsky.social Wisconsin was announced. I couldn't believe that something I had worked on for years happened, with the help of a lot of visionary people.

Happy Sunset Day (at the latitude of Madison, Wis. at least)! 🌅 Earliest sunset is indeed now, not, as commonly assumed, on the Winter Solstice. earthsky.org/tonight/earl...

When it’s the @reachoutandread.bsky.social Wisconsin Annual Meeting celebrating our upcoming 15th Anniversary, one must show up with appropriate attire…Brown Bear, Brown Bear and The Hobbit!

Basic summary: hunger doesn't help anyone. buff.ly/zyvyP7e (Okay, the weird holding-still in the first few seconds was because I didn't realize the camera was on me during the introduction. 😑 It got better. 🙂)

Pleased as punch to not only be asked for my list of "best picture books for children", but to write brief reviews for three of them! It's a marvelous list, and I so appreciated the chance to indulge in thinking and talking about the craft of creating such amazing works. buff.ly/kqWybOq

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

imagine if a family of beavers randomly showed up right now and finished whatever thing you've been putting off

One of the many reasons pediatrics is an awesome field of medicine: you get to legit write this on the patient track board…and it does appear, stat!

Sadly, I have to share that due to not being included in the Wisconsin state budget, we have to put our program on pause for the time being. bit.ly/45P1Pb7 😢 We've been honored to serve the early care & education community of our state, & we value what you all do. 😘

Today marks the last day of my term as Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Council on Early Childhood. I hand off the silver baby rattle “Chair’s Gavel” to my successor. It’s been a good run, and I only hope I left it better than when I started. #TopCouncil

Shabbat shalom from Camp Interlaken JCC! #medicalstudentrotation

From 'Breathe through your nose' to 'Care for your feet', a cast of largely unimpressed London infants spreading the municipal health message in 1938 More excellent health advice available through our digitised sources on British healthcare, 1900-1948, at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...

this is so dumb that we need a new word for how dumb it is; she is, what, a Krebs Cycle Truther?

Medicaid is a "power up" for children's futures. Pass it on: buff.ly/8qP3VIm "I routinely see how Medicaid makes it possible for Wisconsin children to flourish and thrive."

ATLANTA (AP) - US reports 216 child flu deaths this season, the most in 15 years.

NEW: Judge Richard Leon says he's "inclined" to grant a restraining order blocking DOGE's efforts to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services. (IMLS). The independent agency's entire 75-person staff was placed on leave last month. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

Just reading up on the calamitous Pope Francis kerning scandal.

No app can replace your lap @navsaria.bsky.social @reachoutandread.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/U9UKv...

Books Before Screens: The 5-Year Decision That Could Shape Your Child’s Entire Future@Reach Out and Read @navsaria.bsky.social #parentingtoolbox #blackdadmagic #raisingstrongkids #blackfatherspulse #blackfatherhood www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjNQ3chr/

Speak love into existence: Why your voice is your baby’s favorite sound m.youtube.com/user/MultiVy... @navsaria.bsky.social @reachoutandread.bsky.social

Friends, I and what appears to be the entire National Museum and Library Services Board (the White House-appointed advisory body for the Institute for Museum and Library Services) was abruptly terminated by the current administration last Thursday afternoon, without explanation. (1/4)

I have tariffed the penguins that are on Heard Island and which you were probably assuming did not export goods forgive me they were taking advantage of us so cunning and so cold

I stand with the penguins of Heard and McDonald Islands!

First, do no harm. captimes.com/opinion/gues... "You can experiment with new software on a development system and utterly crash it with no consequence...

MAKE AMERICA GREAT BRITAIN AGAIN

😡 www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/a...

Parts of it feel like rural Gujarat! I kept waiting for chai stands to show up

🚨 NEW Episode just hit the airwaves🚨 Join me in this inspiring conversation about early literacy with @navsaria.bsky.social @reachoutandread.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/7JKr... Subscribe, Share, Comment. Leave us a 5⭐ review

If anyone is looking for appropriate images of vaccination, there's a good resource from Self magazine and the American Academy of Pediatrics: www.flickr.com/photos/selfm... Highlighted by @tarahaelle.bsky.social here: healthjournalism.org/blog/2019/08...

Check out the new #factcheck web page brought to you by the American Academy of Pediatrics: www.aap.org/en/news-room...

A statement from the National Museum and Library Services Board regarding questions raised about the statutory duties of the Institute for Museum and Library Services: buff.ly/P4xC0yM For other perspectives: buff.ly/xtosONk

Happy to see this lovely article and video from Epic Systems on @reachoutandread.bsky.social and how it's implemented at @uwhealth.bsky.social. Don't miss the practical white paper on the right-hand side tips on how to make it work for YOU with early literacy promotion! buff.ly/BOJO2v2

Up the ‘Gos! #Season7 #USOpenCup

We're Number One! (Or Number Two, depending on your needs... 😀💩) onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/the-uws-best...

I read this piece out loud a few months ago on one of our podcast episodes for early childhood educators (in which we talked about the importance of immunization). #VaccinesSaveLives

On the left, CDC’s page of vaccine-specific recommendations from its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) On the right, that page tonight

Despite what the Trump Administration is claiming, Head Start centers have informed us that their funding is STILL PAUSED. We sent this letter to the Trump Administration today to demand they restore funding for Head Start immediately.

Surreal moment just now Bernie Sanders displays “Unvaxxed Unafraid” baby onesies sold by Children’s Health Defense, which RFK Jr founded. “Are you supportive of these onesies,” Sanders thundered.

They’re stopping WIC payments. WIC provides nutrition (& healthcare) to pregnant women & children under 5. Despite being massively underutilized, >50% of all US babies rely on WIC. Every $1 spent on prenatal WIC benefits saves >$3 in healthcare expenses (mostly to taxpayers) in the 1st yr of life

Hi, Vox reporter here: If you've had a study section, NIH travel, or other NIH-related meeting cancelled (or not), raise your hand! Reply or DM me, and repost for visibility if you're able. #academicsky @drugmonkey.bsky.social

CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) has provided real-time data and analysis about disease outbreaks and emerging health threats without a break every week since 1960. Until today.

I realize many of these went out, but I was not expecting this in the mail. However one may feel about his time in office, he’s a decent man. Thank you, Mr President.

Let's dig deeper than partially-correct but incomplete policy solutions to violence and beyond. My latest Cap Times column: buff.ly/4gQnbrV "What if we took these concepts of human connection as an antidote to isolationist, populist fear and built them into global policy?"