LaurieK
@lauriek.bsky.social
Reader, pic from London, still getting over Twitter & you?
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The Dave Koz & Friends Summer Horns concert at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga was outstanding!
This was our 1st time at this venue. Great place to enjoy great music.
We will be back!
This was our 1st time at this venue. Great place to enjoy great music.
We will be back!
August 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The Dave Koz & Friends Summer Horns concert at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga was outstanding!
This was our 1st time at this venue. Great place to enjoy great music.
We will be back!
This was our 1st time at this venue. Great place to enjoy great music.
We will be back!
“You should think of your energy as if it’s expensive, as if it’s a luxury item. Not everyone can afford it.” - Taylor Swift
August 15, 2025 at 3:36 AM
“You should think of your energy as if it’s expensive, as if it’s a luxury item. Not everyone can afford it.” - Taylor Swift
Here’s to community journalism in Silverton, Oregon, Mt Angel & Scotts Mill 🎉🇺🇸🥂 www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati... #democracy #journalism
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July 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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“If history teaches us anything, it is that you can’t wait until the United States is ‘ready’ for civil rights: You must advocate, educate and litigate to help the country get ready for equality.”
-Kevin Jennings @lambdalegal.org #giftlink
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-Kevin Jennings @lambdalegal.org #giftlink
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Opinion | Why we aren’t going ‘too fast’ on trans rights
Critics are wrong to argue that a trans rights case was brought to the Supreme Court prematurely.
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July 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
“If history teaches us anything, it is that you can’t wait until the United States is ‘ready’ for civil rights: You must advocate, educate and litigate to help the country get ready for equality.”
-Kevin Jennings @lambdalegal.org #giftlink
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-Kevin Jennings @lambdalegal.org #giftlink
wapo.st/4lHaT7g
“The best arguments in the world won’t change a single person’s point of view.The only thing that can do that is a good story. Good stories are a kind of benevolent Trojan horse. You let them in, and they add complication….” - Ken Burns
July 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
“The best arguments in the world won’t change a single person’s point of view.The only thing that can do that is a good story. Good stories are a kind of benevolent Trojan horse. You let them in, and they add complication….” - Ken Burns
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Will we be able to see the northern lights here in the South Bay? (I'm in Mountain View)
June 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Will we be able to see the northern lights here in the South Bay? (I'm in Mountain View)
Worth a read: “In Springsteen’s protest, a fitting Memorial Day plea” by @mattbaidc.bsky.social #giftlink 🇺🇸 🎶 #music
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Opinion | In Springsteen’s protest, a fitting Memorial Day plea
His lyrics echo a nation’s slow descent from hope to distrust — and hint at redemption.
wapo.st
May 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Worth a read: “In Springsteen’s protest, a fitting Memorial Day plea” by @mattbaidc.bsky.social #giftlink 🇺🇸 🎶 #music
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NEW: How a little-known Japanese American battalion freed Jews from a Nazi death march 80 years ago wapo.st/44x0Ig6 #nisei #ww2 #heroes #history #neverforget news article by @ellenwapo.bsky.social
How a little-known Japanese American battalion freed Jews from a Nazi death march
They were Japanese American soldiers, part of a storied military unit that faced down prejudice and suspicion to fight Adolf Hitler’s armies in Europe.
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May 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
NEW: How a little-known Japanese American battalion freed Jews from a Nazi death march 80 years ago wapo.st/44x0Ig6 #nisei #ww2 #heroes #history #neverforget news article by @ellenwapo.bsky.social
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1. The Supreme Court has allowed a military ban that calls transgender people inherently "dishonorable" to go into effect.
This is a devastating ruling that opens the door for much worse.
I detail what this means for trans servicemembers in my latest.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
This is a devastating ruling that opens the door for much worse.
I detail what this means for trans servicemembers in my latest.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
SCOTUS Allows Military Ban That Calls Trans People "Dishonorable" To Go Into Effect
The decision was opposed by justices Kagan, Jackson, and Sotomayor.
www.erininthemorning.com
May 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
1. The Supreme Court has allowed a military ban that calls transgender people inherently "dishonorable" to go into effect.
This is a devastating ruling that opens the door for much worse.
I detail what this means for trans servicemembers in my latest.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
This is a devastating ruling that opens the door for much worse.
I detail what this means for trans servicemembers in my latest.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
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So glad I got to work on this cool story on an unusual surgery. Terrific photos by Marvin Joseph at The Post. www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
Surgeons bid for medical first: Removing spinal tumor through patient’s eye
Karla Flores had a tumor strangling her spinal cord near the base of her skull. Doctors weighed whether they should attempt a high-risk surgery that had never been done before.
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May 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
So glad I got to work on this cool story on an unusual surgery. Terrific photos by Marvin Joseph at The Post. www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
Inspiring! 🎉 Breakthrough multiple sclerosis therapy by UCSF doctor transforms treatment for millions www.sfchronicle.com/health/artic... #research #innovation #science @sfchronicle.com
Breakthrough multiple sclerosis therapy by UCSF doctor transforms treatment for millions
A UCSF neurologist who has spent 40 years studying multiple sclerosis helped develop a game-changing drug that may help most people with MS live full lives.
www.sfchronicle.com
April 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Inspiring! 🎉 Breakthrough multiple sclerosis therapy by UCSF doctor transforms treatment for millions www.sfchronicle.com/health/artic... #research #innovation #science @sfchronicle.com
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but the one of the major ways the civil rights movement fought against lynching was *through the court system*. because in the end, lynching is violating people's civil and human right to a fair trial. it is putting the right to decide a crime was committed in the hands of a mob-
April 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
but the one of the major ways the civil rights movement fought against lynching was *through the court system*. because in the end, lynching is violating people's civil and human right to a fair trial. it is putting the right to decide a crime was committed in the hands of a mob-
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The Washington Post is out with a nice profile of my friend @acyn.bsky.social
The 40-something single dad shaping liberal media from his laptop
Acyn Torabi dominates social media with fast-cut clips of political mayhem. Are they news, or something else?
wapo.st
April 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The Washington Post is out with a nice profile of my friend @acyn.bsky.social
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1/ Undocumented immigrants pay $26 billion into Social Security each year, with little expectation of receiving any benefit.
2/ It won't just be immigrants: "The potential for errors can be very consequential" said a Bush era Social Security official
2/ It won't just be immigrants: "The potential for errors can be very consequential" said a Bush era Social Security official
What a grim paragraph www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
April 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
1/ Undocumented immigrants pay $26 billion into Social Security each year, with little expectation of receiving any benefit.
2/ It won't just be immigrants: "The potential for errors can be very consequential" said a Bush era Social Security official
2/ It won't just be immigrants: "The potential for errors can be very consequential" said a Bush era Social Security official
April 8 = birthday of award-winning illustrator Trina Schart Hyman, the most creative person I’ve ever interviewed. Take a look
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Feeling It: An Artist’s Insights on Creativity
Interview with Trina Schart Hyman
medium.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:13 AM
April 8 = birthday of award-winning illustrator Trina Schart Hyman, the most creative person I’ve ever interviewed. Take a look
medium.com/@LKhere/on-f...
medium.com/@LKhere/on-f...
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Since it apparently needs to be said: As a Jew who works on a university campus, I am safest in a country that protects academic freedom and liberal values of due process of law. Anyone who supports extrajudicial detention of students for "wrong" ideological opinions is not doing it for my safety.
March 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Since it apparently needs to be said: As a Jew who works on a university campus, I am safest in a country that protects academic freedom and liberal values of due process of law. Anyone who supports extrajudicial detention of students for "wrong" ideological opinions is not doing it for my safety.
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Trump is fast dismantling the free press. All of us -- journalists, media owners and the public -- need to fight back -- now. My latest column (gift link): wapo.st/3Dq7VU1
Opinion | Trump is fast dismantling the free press. We all have to stop him.
It’s part of a broader crackdown on the civil liberties of those who disagree with the president.
wapo.st
March 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Trump is fast dismantling the free press. All of us -- journalists, media owners and the public -- need to fight back -- now. My latest column (gift link): wapo.st/3Dq7VU1
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Since I’ve been getting this a lot - if you feel like supporting me by buying a jersey or something, I would rather you make a donation to Trans Lifeline or The Trevor Project
www.thetrevorproject.org
www.thetrevorproject.org
February 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Since I’ve been getting this a lot - if you feel like supporting me by buying a jersey or something, I would rather you make a donation to Trans Lifeline or The Trevor Project
www.thetrevorproject.org
www.thetrevorproject.org
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With another set of news headlines about political elites using “””Roman salutes””” I just want to note that the Nazi salute means “I want to murder your family” and the n-word means “I want to lynch you.” That’s what they mean, they make me righteously angry, and I won’t let anybody minimize them.
February 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
With another set of news headlines about political elites using “””Roman salutes””” I just want to note that the Nazi salute means “I want to murder your family” and the n-word means “I want to lynch you.” That’s what they mean, they make me righteously angry, and I won’t let anybody minimize them.
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If you’ve ever taken the oath to uphold the Constitution, this is the time to live up to it.
February 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
If you’ve ever taken the oath to uphold the Constitution, this is the time to live up to it.
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So I got this book coming out in February . . . #firstgen #smartgirl
January 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
So I got this book coming out in February . . . #firstgen #smartgirl
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On Feb. 14th I try always to give honor to one of the greatest contributors to American democracy in our nation’s history, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, Douglass never knew his actual birthdate, and adopted Feb. 14th as the day. His penetrating insights about our country inspire me daily.
February 15, 2025 at 12:57 AM
On Feb. 14th I try always to give honor to one of the greatest contributors to American democracy in our nation’s history, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, Douglass never knew his actual birthdate, and adopted Feb. 14th as the day. His penetrating insights about our country inspire me daily.
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In troubling times, people experiencing high stress or crippling anxiety deal with it in different ways. Some have a therapist, some have a deep breathing exercise & some even have a personal mantra.
I have a Mabel.
I have a Mabel.
February 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
In troubling times, people experiencing high stress or crippling anxiety deal with it in different ways. Some have a therapist, some have a deep breathing exercise & some even have a personal mantra.
I have a Mabel.
I have a Mabel.