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Marsha @staunchginger.bsky.social · 22d

My latest story for Gig Harbor Now.

New program helps incarcerated women get ink un-done - Gig Harbor Now

The tattoo removal program at the Washington Corrections Center for Women helps remove traumatic symbols, thanks to Lissé Medical Aesthetics of Gig Harbor.

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Gig Harbor Now @gigharbornow.bsky.social · Oct 1

A local group called Thriving Generation, organized by educators, faith leaders and medical professionals, is trying to encourage kids to put down their phones and interact IRL.

A campaign kickoff event is scheduled for Oct. 10 at Gateway Park.
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Thriving Generation group aims to get families to put their phones down - Gig Harbor Now

Thriving Generation, a newly formed group, hosts a campaign kickoff on Oct. 10 and hopes families will participate in a phone-free weekend in November.

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ACLU @aclu.org · Oct 2

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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Marsha @staunchginger.bsky.social · Mar 19

Katharine Graham’s father bought The Washington Post in 1933. These 7 principles have basically been the bedrock of journalism, and still are for many. But, I wonder what she and her father would think of that paper now?

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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · Mar 17

A refugees memories of Voice of America. What Trump is doing is monstrous.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Mar 11

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · Feb 19

REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account

The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · Feb 16

With Handmaids Tale people focus on the shock of the mass rapes in the book and the show.

But how the regime came to be in power in that book keeps me awake at night because it is playing out in very intricate detail in our real lives right now.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · Feb 16

Don’t you just love how the people who wanted school open during the pandemic think we don’t need a Department of Education?

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WIRED @wired.com · Feb 7

SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”

A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’

An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”

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Marsha @staunchginger.bsky.social · Feb 5

Feel kind of like I did on 9/11. Am I supposed to write, and work, while the country is under attack? Except this time I’m not in an office, surrounded by co-workers feeling the same emotions. God help us all.

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Marsha @staunchginger.bsky.social · Jan 24

If you are looking for a good coming-of-age memoir that explores the many intricacies of family heritage, pain, and triumph, Both Sides of Then, by Jennifer Griffith delivers.

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · Jan 22

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Mary Doria Russell @mdoriarussell.bsky.social · Jan 17

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100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · Jan 4

Jan. 4, 1925: Italy's Fascist regime gives police prefects orders to close down opposition newspapers and clubs, a day after PM Benito Mussolini vowed to rule as a dictator. Over the next few days officers aided by Blackshirt militia will raid hundreds of houses and offices. 1/2

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Marsha @staunchginger.bsky.social · Jan 2

Goals for 2025: Remain staunch. Make it count.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Dec 30

I continue to be deeply moved by this statement to the heavens by President Carter.

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Don Linn @donlinn.bsky.social · Dec 27

Doing well and doing good are more synergistic than many corporations think. It's not either/or...It's both/and.

Jonathan Lyons @heartwoodandsteel.bsky.social · Dec 25

Just read the response from Costco to shareholders requesting it back down from DEI. It was glorious. It begins "Our Board has considered this proposal and believes … an enterprise rooted in respect and inclusion is appropriate and necessary." and gets better. A happy investor #diversityandinclusion

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Tris @trisresists.bsky.social · Dec 22

Ringing in the New Year hits differently this year.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · Dec 19

ICYMI.

The Truth About Musk, From His Biographer

A viral Bluesky thread introduced tens of thousands around the world to a first glimpse of a forthcoming biography of Elon Musk. Here—in a single essay—is some of what the world just learned.

sethabramson.substack.com

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Marsha @staunchginger.bsky.social · Dec 22

I had a Solstice party one year, and everyone brought something that they wanted to burn. We gathered in my back yard, each of us said a few words about our item, tossed it into the fire, and watched it all burn. Happy Solstice!

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Gig Harbor Now @gigharbornow.bsky.social · Dec 18

150 volunteers and countless donors helped provide gifts for 975 Gig Harbor-area kids as part of the Gig Harbor Peninsula FISH Toy Drive, which wrapped up this week. Story by @staunchginger.bsky.social
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Toy Drive makes Christmas merrier for 975 local children - Gig Harbor Now

150 volunteers helped out with the Gig Harbor Peninsula FISH Toy Drive, which wrapped up this week.

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Marsha @staunchginger.bsky.social · Dec 15

They won’t care. I’m not sure anyone could convince them, even if they are the ones dying. Covid showed that they will argue while gasping for that last breath. Cult members cannot face reality.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · Dec 14

In South Korea, 10 days after attempting a coup d'état, president Yoon Suk Yeol is impeached. In the US, 4 years after doing the same, Trump is re-elected.

The president agreed to “step aside” after parliament voted to remove him, more than 200,000 showed up to make sure he didn't challenge it.

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