Party like it’s 1999 and you’re back in high school

I just wanted to take a moment to make sure that everyone wishes our amazing Eclectablogger Amy Lynn Smith (aka @alswrite) a very happy birthday today.

Since she came on board last spring, Amy’s been killing it on health care-related issues and so much more. We’re thrilled to have her part of the team.

This one is for you, Amy. Happy birthday!

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Harumph So, I have just received word from a friend who subscribes to email alerts from Eclectablog that Comcast has been marking email notifications for new posts as “spam” and automatically filtering them so that users never see the alerts. Here’s what he found out when he contacted Comcast: Comcast indicated that there was a spam marker (which was now […]

Meta, meta, meta… I just wanted give folks a bit of an update on what’s been happening on the blog lately. First of all, thanks so much to everyone who contributed during our Third Quarter Fundraiser. We had folks contributing via PayPal, by check, and by purchasing a TinyPass. Your donations help pay for the website hosting and upkeep along […]

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This hurts me more than it hurts you… I’ll admit it: I HATE begging my readers for money. I live a pretty simple lifestyle with no expensive boats or vacation homes. We don’t travel much outside of work because we can’t afford it. But I do work hard. And so do the other contributors at Eclectablog. We’re trying to build […]

Why support Eclectablog? We do more than report stories others ignore. We help the voice of the people be heard. Citizen journalism is vital to our democracy not just because it’s unconstrained by corporate or special interests. Citizen journalism is by the people, for the people. When I joined Team Eclectablog, I was already speaking out on issues I care […]

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