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Alicia Ramirez (she/her)

@aliciak2010.bsky.social

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Texan. Journalist. Entrepreneur. Founder of RiversideRecord.org | @riversiderecord.bsky.social. USC Annenberg adjunct professor. 📍Los Angeles It should go without saying, but just in case it doesn’t, reposts ≠ endorsements.

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Alicia Ramirez (she/her) @aliciak2010.bsky.social · Nov 14

Lots of new followers around these parts, so allow me to reintroduce myself 👋

I’m Alicia, the founder and publisher of @riversiderecord.bsky.social, a nonprofit newsroom focused on civic engagement reporting in Riverside County, California, that’s been running for two years now.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 3h

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.

Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 12h

If you were just laid off by the Department of Education and your job was to help distribute IDEA funds, please be in touch for a @motherjones.com article. I can protect your identity in an article, though I'll have to confirm who you are. My signal is juliametraux.49. Reposts appreciated.

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Alicia Ramirez (she/her) @aliciak2010.bsky.social · 8h

The recipe, for those who want it
www.acozykitchen.com/overnight-ci...

Overnight Cinnamon Rolls Recipe (Soft and Delicious) - A Cozy Kitchen

Overnight Cinnamon Rolls are the perfect make-ahead breakfast item. These rolls are soft, full of cinnamon with a cream cheese frosting.

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Alicia Ramirez (she/her) @aliciak2010.bsky.social · 8h

They’re gorgeous 😌

A dish of cinnamon rolls covered in cream cheese frosting with one missing.

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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 12h

This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down the FDA headquarters, demanding (and eventually winning) action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.

A photograph from the 1988 ACT UP demonstration outside the FDA. Many people are participating in a die-in on the front steps, holding mock tombstones with messages like "RIP - killed by the FDA" and "Dead from lack of drugs." A line of police officers (some with classic 80s mustaches) wearing riot helmets stands between them and the building; one cop wearing white gloves is walking through the demonstrators. Affixed to the 2nd story windows of the building is a series of posters and a large blank banner reading Silence = Death.

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Alicia Ramirez (she/her) @aliciak2010.bsky.social · 21h

These cuties are resting in the fridge overnight so we can have fresh cinnamon rolls for breakfast tomorrow ☺️

A dozen freshly prepared cinnamon rolls in a baking dish covered with plastic wrap that’s slightly fogged because it was in the fridge. They’ll be baked off in the morning after spending the night in the fridge.

Alicia Ramirez (she/her) @aliciak2010.bsky.social · 1d

This post brought to you by the cinnamon rolls I’m prepping for tomorrow morning that required an extra half of cup of flour during the kneading process.

Alicia Ramirez (she/her) @aliciak2010.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve got a love/hate relationship with humidity, because on the one hand, it makes my skin so happy and decreases our chance of devastating wildfires.

On the other, I have to adjust all of my bread recipes because the air is so sticky.

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Alicia Ramirez (she/her) @aliciak2010.bsky.social · 1d

My bf for the rest of the evening after that loss

a man with a mustache is sitting on a swing in the park .

Alt: a man with a mustache is sitting on a swing in the park .

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Alicia Ramirez (she/her) @aliciak2010.bsky.social · 1d

My apartment is far too small for the anxious energy radiating off of my bf over this Cubs/Brewers game.

a baseball player named david ross is hugging another player

Alt: A Cubs player named Anthony Rizzo is hugging two players while saying, “I’m in a glass cage of emotion right now,” during Game 7 of the 2016 World Series game that the Cubs went on to win.

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Joel Calahan @joelcalahan.com · 1d

If last night’s Game 5 was the katabasis, the descent into the underworld of the inferno, then tonight’s Game 5 is the ascent up the mountain of purgatory, with its labors and patient endurance.

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Alicia Ramirez (she/her) @aliciak2010.bsky.social · 1d

Thank God for Seiya Suzuki.

So now it’s Trojans up, Cubs/Brewers tied 🤗

Alicia Ramirez (she/her) @aliciak2010.bsky.social · 1d

When the Trojans are up, but the Cubs are down 🫣

A photo of a TV in split-screen mode with the USC/UM game on the right and the Cubs/Brewers game on the left

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

First Wives Club “You Don’t Own Me” is circling in my brain always. youtu.be/dRLdtDYoVX8?...

RIP, to a legend and style icon.

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Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 1d

I requested email records from the LA Mayor’s office regarding journalist detainments, arrests, and assaults during the two weeks of protests anti-ICE protests in June. Only one email was released and it was from @adamrose.bsky.social. Are we really to believe her office has one email about it?

Email titled: Fwd: URGENT: LAPD holding journalist in jail for up to a week

Sent to the Mayor’s office and LAPD officers

Email says:

Anthony Orendorff is an independent filmmaker currently in LAPD custody in Van Nuys.
I'm in contact with his sister, who informs me that the Public Defender's office says he may be held for up to a week.
However, there is clearly a dispute about the situation. I cannot say with certainty until I find video, and I ask you to seek BWV immediately (today) and act to ensure this is handled appropriately -- including the potential of expedited release this afternoon.
Orendorff was arrested at an active ICE raid at a Costco parking lot in Pacoima yesterday (Thursday, June 19). According to his sister: "LAPD was called to do crowd control and singled him out. There were tons of witnesses who saw what happened. He didn't touch any officer. He was lunged at by one officer in particular and arrested, and charged with battery."
PIO confirms to me that the charge is a misdemeanor PC 243(b) for battery on a police officer.
Unfortunately, LAPD officers have proven themselves extremely unreliable over the past two weeks - and frankly last several years. The description by Orendorff's sister would be consistent with many recent examples of false and misleading statements used to "justify" unlawful detainment and arrest of journalists. As a separate matter, I have reviewed the footage of the incident with ABC News chief national correspondent Matt Gutman including the preceding incident. In the Gutman case, an officer assaulted Gutman by grabbing him from behind and shoving him. Gutman's arm lifted slightly for balance, clearly a natural reflex, but he controlled himself and did not lay hands on the officer.
Subsequently, an unhinged officer screamed at Gutman about "touching" an officer and shoved Gutman for no reason. As video proves, Gutman was the victim of assault by an LAPD officer, and then LAPD attempted to blame the victim.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
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