Adele Shakal
@adeleshakal.bsky.social
IT project manager, wiki evangelist, Atlassian app admin, IT disaster recovery & business continuity planner, gardener, native plant enthusiast, crafter, quilter, feminist, creative, sci-fi and PBS fan, fairy godmother. 🏳️🌈🌎🌵🏔️🏡🕯️🔭😷🧹🪡🧶🌱💻♻️🌀🧙🏻👩🏻💻👩🏻🌾🐦🪺🌈 (she/they)
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This is America today. It doesn’t have to be this way.
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This is America today. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Corporations are not people. #endcorporatemoneyinelections #undocitizensunited #gooddeedfortheday #reclaimpowertothepeople
resist.bot/petitions/PK...
resist.bot/petitions/PK...
Empower States to Undo Citizens United
Text SIGN PKFEPT to 50409 to send this to your officials.
resist.bot
October 22, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Corporations are not people. #endcorporatemoneyinelections #undocitizensunited #gooddeedfortheday #reclaimpowertothepeople
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Just puttin’ this out there: www.aclu.org/know-your-ri... #besafeoutthere #peacefulprotestsafety #peacefulprotest
Know Your Rights | Protesters’ Rights | ACLU
www.aclu.org
June 9, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Just puttin’ this out there: www.aclu.org/know-your-ri... #besafeoutthere #peacefulprotestsafety #peacefulprotest
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🌲 Join Our Team! 🌲Save the Redwoods League seeks a Social Media Manager to lead our presence across major platforms. Turn stunning visuals and powerful stories into content that inspires and activates our community.
Apply now and help protect the redwoods! 🌍✨
https://savetr.org/jobs
#Hiring
Apply now and help protect the redwoods! 🌍✨
https://savetr.org/jobs
#Hiring
May 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
🌲 Join Our Team! 🌲Save the Redwoods League seeks a Social Media Manager to lead our presence across major platforms. Turn stunning visuals and powerful stories into content that inspires and activates our community.
Apply now and help protect the redwoods! 🌍✨
https://savetr.org/jobs
#Hiring
Apply now and help protect the redwoods! 🌍✨
https://savetr.org/jobs
#Hiring
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Let’s go to Mars!
Ok but first let’s cancel the mission that was gonna bring back Martian soil to help us learn more about…Mars.
Cool? Cool!!
Yay we did it! 🫠
Ok but first let’s cancel the mission that was gonna bring back Martian soil to help us learn more about…Mars.
Cool? Cool!!
Yay we did it! 🫠
May 9, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Let’s go to Mars!
Ok but first let’s cancel the mission that was gonna bring back Martian soil to help us learn more about…Mars.
Cool? Cool!!
Yay we did it! 🫠
Ok but first let’s cancel the mission that was gonna bring back Martian soil to help us learn more about…Mars.
Cool? Cool!!
Yay we did it! 🫠
Reposted by Adele Shakal
www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...
Just because you are on Medicaid doesn't mean you're not entitled to the same HIPAA protections as everyone else. Call your Congressperson and demand they stop RFK Jr; the most wildly unqualified and ill-intentioned HHS Secretary in history.
Just because you are on Medicaid doesn't mean you're not entitled to the same HIPAA protections as everyone else. Call your Congressperson and demand they stop RFK Jr; the most wildly unqualified and ill-intentioned HHS Secretary in history.
RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
www.npr.org
May 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...
Just because you are on Medicaid doesn't mean you're not entitled to the same HIPAA protections as everyone else. Call your Congressperson and demand they stop RFK Jr; the most wildly unqualified and ill-intentioned HHS Secretary in history.
Just because you are on Medicaid doesn't mean you're not entitled to the same HIPAA protections as everyone else. Call your Congressperson and demand they stop RFK Jr; the most wildly unqualified and ill-intentioned HHS Secretary in history.
This is not good.
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
www.npr.org
May 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This is not good.
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New paper published by Wilder et al. in the journal Global Change Biology reveals how recent anomalous drought and heat events are impacting native succulents in the Sonoran Desert. The paper can be accessed at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
May 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
New paper published by Wilder et al. in the journal Global Change Biology reveals how recent anomalous drought and heat events are impacting native succulents in the Sonoran Desert. The paper can be accessed at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Here's the updated Starter Pack of all the verified #Altgov accounts. Some new ones have been added.
go.bsky.app/FLUwv5d
go.bsky.app/FLUwv5d
May 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Here's the updated Starter Pack of all the verified #Altgov accounts. Some new ones have been added.
go.bsky.app/FLUwv5d
go.bsky.app/FLUwv5d
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Trump's ever-changing tariff battles baffle Arizona's border produce business: "That 25% puts us out of business," said Sabrina Hallman, president/CEO of Sierra Seed Company in Nogales, Arizona. Read the story at @tucson.com
Trump's ever-changing tariff battles baffle Arizona's border produce business
For Star subscribers: Southern Arizona produce importers, distributors and related agricultural businesses are trying to figure out how to weather the Trump administration's on-again, off-again tariff...
tucson.com
March 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Trump's ever-changing tariff battles baffle Arizona's border produce business: "That 25% puts us out of business," said Sabrina Hallman, president/CEO of Sierra Seed Company in Nogales, Arizona. Read the story at @tucson.com
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Aerospace firm Maxar Technologies has disabled Ukrainian users' access to satellite imagery on a US government platform as the Trump administration suspends intelligence sharing with Kyiv reut.rs/3QVTjyM
US government revokes some access to satellite imagery for Ukraine
Maxar Technologies said it disabled Ukrainian users' access.
reut.rs
March 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Aerospace firm Maxar Technologies has disabled Ukrainian users' access to satellite imagery on a US government platform as the Trump administration suspends intelligence sharing with Kyiv reut.rs/3QVTjyM
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We amended our FOIA lawsuit against DOGE to include six additional requests, including for Elon Musk’s calendars, communications, and employment details.
americanoversight.org/american-ove...
americanoversight.org/american-ove...
American Oversight Files Amended FOIA Lawsuit Against DOGE - American Oversight
The amended complaint filed Wednesday includes six additional Freedom of Information Act requests American Oversight filed with DOGE that have gone without a timely response.
americanoversight.org
March 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
We amended our FOIA lawsuit against DOGE to include six additional requests, including for Elon Musk’s calendars, communications, and employment details.
americanoversight.org/american-ove...
americanoversight.org/american-ove...
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Sunday Pushback Pack for @resistbot and your call list: 📱
March 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Sunday Pushback Pack for @resistbot and your call list: 📱
Among the things I never expected to need to post: resist.bot/petitions/PB... #seriously #nowarsofexpansion
Block land grabs from Canada, Panama or Greenland. Vote yes on HR 1936
Text SIGN PBJNJZ to 50409 to send this to your officials.
resist.bot
March 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Among the things I never expected to need to post: resist.bot/petitions/PB... #seriously #nowarsofexpansion
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Trump wants to fire 83k VA workers, many of whom are veterans themselves, decimating the VA & making it harder for veterans to get health care & benefits.
When Americans put their lives on the line to defend our country, we must keep our commitments to them — not betray them.
When Americans put their lives on the line to defend our country, we must keep our commitments to them — not betray them.
March 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Trump wants to fire 83k VA workers, many of whom are veterans themselves, decimating the VA & making it harder for veterans to get health care & benefits.
When Americans put their lives on the line to defend our country, we must keep our commitments to them — not betray them.
When Americans put their lives on the line to defend our country, we must keep our commitments to them — not betray them.