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onion person @junlper.beer · Jun 25

andrew cuomo is emblematic of everything people despise about the democratic party and zohran is everything people want in politics, he represents hope for a better world

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Kristin Urquiza @kdurquiza.bsky.social · Jun 14

Thanks for the tip! I used Asana in a different role and liked it. I’m currently working with the older generation 65+. Any advice on adoption support?

Kristin Urquiza @kdurquiza.bsky.social · Jun 12

I love this direction. Especially for a nonprofit leader, small budgets mean every minute I can spare goes back into mission delivery.

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Kristin Urquiza @kdurquiza.bsky.social · Jun 6

Ernst was right. We are all going to die.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jun 4

Earth will warm 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in just two years, new data shows. Irreversible tipping points — like the melting of Arctic ice sheets or the collapse of coral reefs — are closer at hand than previously believed.

Earth is likely to cross a key climate threshold in two years

A new World Meteorological Organization report spells the end of the world’s most famous climate goal.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Kristin Urquiza @kdurquiza.bsky.social · Jun 6

The news of the day drove me to pop some popcorn.

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Kristin Urquiza @kdurquiza.bsky.social · Jun 3

So important!

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Marked By Covid @markedbycovid.bsky.social · Jun 2

California promised kids who lost parents to C19 $4,500 HOPE Accounts for their futures. Lawmakers want to slash the budget.

@governor.ca.gov @scottwiener.bsky.social @caspeakerrivas.bsky.social @senatorcabaldon.bsky.social

Sign & share: keep HOPE alive
actionnetwork.org/letters/help...

Take action for Covid-bereaved children

Our kids - children who lost parents to Covid - are counting on California's baby bonds promise to start their futures. But lawmakers want to cut their HOPE Accounts in half. Keep HOPE alive with @MarkedByCovid!

actionnetwork.org

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Joby Gelbspan @outgrained.bsky.social · May 26

The first Monday in March is recognized as COVID Memorial Day in 12 states & > 200 cities, and @markedbycovid.bsky.social are organizing to expand that list: www.markedbycovid.com/press

Media Resources | Marked By Covid | Covid Memorial & Advocacy — Marked By Covid

Press resources for journalists covering COVID Memorial Day, the National COVID Memorial, and COVID orphans policy. Expert sources, multimedia, and family stories available.

www.markedbycovid.com

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Kristin Urquiza @kdurquiza.bsky.social · Apr 27

💪💪💪

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · Apr 22

The Dow Jones is on pace for its worst April since 1932. Are we feeling great yet?

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Kristin Urquiza @kdurquiza.bsky.social · Apr 18

Called it—history rewrite.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Apr 17

I don't understand how some folks are unable to see that the illegal disappearing of people is a class issue. The wealthy and well-connected get due process. The rest of us don't. This is part of the oligarchy, not a distraction from it.

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Kristin Urquiza @kdurquiza.bsky.social · Apr 17

Headed to a protest? Traveling through an international border?

Check out this list of precautions to take to ensure your digital protection. activistchecklist.org/protest/

Prepare for a Protest | Digital Security Checklists for Activists

Protect yourself and your community from while protesting or attending any kind of action where arrest risk and surveillance is higher. Here's what you need to ...

activistchecklist.org

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Apr 15

"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror

State Terror

A brief guide for Americans

snyder.substack.com

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · Apr 14

This. Write your name in the history books on the right side of the ledger.

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · Apr 14

Four R senators and four R House members could announce they're caucusing with the Dems for now, and will vote for Schumer for Majority Leader and Jeffries for Speaker, because the threat to the rule of law is dire. Meanwhile, they'll work with Democrats to construct guardrails against dictatorship.

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Kristin Urquiza @kdurquiza.bsky.social · Apr 14

Well done, Cantabs.

Politico @politico.com · Apr 14

Harvard rejected the Trump administration's demands to change its policies to keep billions in federal grants.

Its president said the demands are unnecessary and infringe on free speech rights.

Harvard University rejects Trump administration demands to change policies

The university notified the administration that it will not comply with the list of demands, putting $9B at risk.

www.politico.com

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Kristin Urquiza @kdurquiza.bsky.social · Apr 10

Congrats, Prof. Reich. Looking forward to reading the new book. I hope you do a talk at GSPP about it!

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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · Apr 8

@lisamccorkell.bsky.social, one of the founders of the Patient-Led Research Collaborative, recently stepped down. @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social talked with her about collaborating on #LongCOVID studies, advocating for federal funding, developing new patient-led initiatives, and more. bit.ly/4locCyU

A photo of Lisa McCorkell, a white woman with brown hair and a bright smile, wearing a cream-colored sweater and standing near a backdrop of yellow roses. Each slide features a quote from Lisa’s The Sick Times interview in Black text.

The text reads, "Learning about the history of neglect, and that the reason Long COVID is as unaddressed as it is, that we don’t have treatments, that we don’t have a cure, is because of the historical neglect and underfunding of those conditions — it really reinforced, to me, early on, the importance of cross-disability solidarity. In addition to the overlapping mechanisms amongst many subtypes of Long COVID and IACCs, just remembering that we’re all in this together, no one gets left behind, and we’re stronger together."

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · Apr 7

Tangible, direct action from Sen. Schatz. We love to see it.

@schatz.bsky.social

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · Apr 7

Does anyone remember Signalgate?

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Apr 7

A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · Apr 7

Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported.

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Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · Apr 5

Massive turnout for the #HandsOff Rally in #PrescottAZ! Easily the largest one yet 💯

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · Apr 4

You had us at "a book of spells, the key to wonders."

Tweet from @A_B_morgan:
My seven-year-old asked for a dictionary this week. We went to the bookshop today to buy one. She walked home hugging it, pausing every so often to look up a word, grinning as though she had been given a book of spells, the key to wonders.

Merriam-Webster QT: The kids are alright.

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Jason Coupet @professajay.bsky.social · Apr 3

You can totally see how this mf bankrupted a casino.

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