Marta
@lovinglupine.bsky.social
Has-been scientist. Insufferable pain in the ass. Passionate about human rights.
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My favorite activity!
How we do it
Drive 4WD roads for hours
Dodge rattlesnakes
Get sunburn
Scoot down loose rocky slope but don’t slip over cliff edge
Approach quietly, these plants aren’t used to humans
Creep towards cushion plant
Hunch over, point camera
Focus always focus!
Snap pic
Repeat
#Fallback June 6🌿
Drive 4WD roads for hours
Dodge rattlesnakes
Get sunburn
Scoot down loose rocky slope but don’t slip over cliff edge
Approach quietly, these plants aren’t used to humans
Creep towards cushion plant
Hunch over, point camera
Focus always focus!
Snap pic
Repeat
#Fallback June 6🌿
December 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
My favorite activity!
Ok, fine, coffee in the morning is nice
December 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Ok, fine, coffee in the morning is nice
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Homelessness in the U.S. is far more pervasive than the official figures suggest: roughly four million people are without housing right now.
Many are part of the low-wage labor force, powering the very economy that has abandoned them.
I spoke with PBS News about this devastating reality (Part 1):
Many are part of the low-wage labor force, powering the very economy that has abandoned them.
I spoke with PBS News about this devastating reality (Part 1):
December 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Homelessness in the U.S. is far more pervasive than the official figures suggest: roughly four million people are without housing right now.
Many are part of the low-wage labor force, powering the very economy that has abandoned them.
I spoke with PBS News about this devastating reality (Part 1):
Many are part of the low-wage labor force, powering the very economy that has abandoned them.
I spoke with PBS News about this devastating reality (Part 1):
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Even if you don’t like the Doobie Brothers, yes you do.
Big news day today so you might have missed @npr.org quietly sliding a Doobie Brothers Tiny Desk under the front door. youtu.be/jrkOQuRYCIQ
The Doobie Brothers: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Even if you don’t like the Doobie Brothers, yes you do.
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A reminder that less than two months ago, the Trump administration abruptly ended the federal government's 27-year practice of collecting data on hunger and food insecurity.
November 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
A reminder that less than two months ago, the Trump administration abruptly ended the federal government's 27-year practice of collecting data on hunger and food insecurity.
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Just in time for #Halloween 👻, a #NewSpecies of trapdoor spider discovered!!! 🕷️
www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...
www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...
New Species of Spider Discovered, Just in Time for Halloween
UC Davis scientists have discovered a new species of trapdoor spider in California's coastal sand dunes.
www.ucdavis.edu
October 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Just in time for #Halloween 👻, a #NewSpecies of trapdoor spider discovered!!! 🕷️
www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...
www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...
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My message at the United Nations General Assembly #UNGA80: "Welfare cuts are fuelling far right rise"
Press release ➡️: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Press release ➡️: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Welfare cuts are fuelling far right rise, warns UN expert
NEW YORK – The rolling back of protections for people living in poverty has created fertile ground for far-right movements across the world, warned the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human ...
www.ohchr.org
October 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
My message at the United Nations General Assembly #UNGA80: "Welfare cuts are fuelling far right rise"
Press release ➡️: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Press release ➡️: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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My latest. "Do not allow your values to be captured and contained behind a screen in a cycle of inactive reaction. Jailbreak your cynicism and isolation, and escape your devices. Bring your hope, rage, and potential into the world."
We Have to Move
"There are living, breathing people all around you who need your sense of decency to be made material. Don’t give up on them, or on you."
organizingmythoughts.org
October 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
My latest. "Do not allow your values to be captured and contained behind a screen in a cycle of inactive reaction. Jailbreak your cynicism and isolation, and escape your devices. Bring your hope, rage, and potential into the world."
Dahlia garden still blooming at GGP!
September 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Dahlia garden still blooming at GGP!
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It's also "political violence" to steal years off people's lives by depriving them of shelter, stripping away health care, and gutting environmental protections — while funneling more and more wealth to the ultra-rich.
September 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It's also "political violence" to steal years off people's lives by depriving them of shelter, stripping away health care, and gutting environmental protections — while funneling more and more wealth to the ultra-rich.
🔔 Take Action Now 🔔
Please, please read and submit comments by 19 August 2025, 11:59 pm (EST)
#CaliforniaNativePlants
#RoadlessRule
Please, please read and submit comments by 19 August 2025, 11:59 pm (EST)
#CaliforniaNativePlants
#RoadlessRule
Stand Up for the Roadless Rule! - California Native Plant Society
We have a narrow window to make public comments in defense of the “Roadless Rule” and its important protections on national forest land.
www.cnps.org
September 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
🔔 Take Action Now 🔔
Please, please read and submit comments by 19 August 2025, 11:59 pm (EST)
#CaliforniaNativePlants
#RoadlessRule
Please, please read and submit comments by 19 August 2025, 11:59 pm (EST)
#CaliforniaNativePlants
#RoadlessRule
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The belief that poverty and homelessness are about "individual choices" didn't arise on its own. It was manufactured through decades of messaging designed to protect the policies and interests that create mass precarity.
As this new poll shows, that propaganda campaign has been wildly successful.
As this new poll shows, that propaganda campaign has been wildly successful.
Most US adults think individual choices keep people in poverty, new AP-NORC/Harris poll finds
A new AP-NORC poll finds that most U.S. adults think personal choices are a major driver of poverty and homelessness, while fewer blame a lack of government support.
apnews.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The belief that poverty and homelessness are about "individual choices" didn't arise on its own. It was manufactured through decades of messaging designed to protect the policies and interests that create mass precarity.
As this new poll shows, that propaganda campaign has been wildly successful.
As this new poll shows, that propaganda campaign has been wildly successful.
Doctor I trust more than RFK Jr
September 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Doctor I trust more than RFK Jr
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A Labor Day reminder: today there isn't a single city, metro area, or state in the U.S. where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a modest 2-bedroom apartment.
Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
Opinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
A Labor Day reminder: today there isn't a single city, metro area, or state in the U.S. where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a modest 2-bedroom apartment.
Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
Y’all, it’s been absolutely stunning in SF this week. Fin.
August 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Y’all, it’s been absolutely stunning in SF this week. Fin.
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"In a world defined by worsening pandemics, climate instability and global interdependence, empathy is a necessity"
@craigspencer.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/o...
@craigspencer.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/o...
August 23, 2025 at 2:12 AM
"In a world defined by worsening pandemics, climate instability and global interdependence, empathy is a necessity"
@craigspencer.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/o...
@craigspencer.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/o...
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You know what would actually reduce crime and homelessness?
Universal healthcare, free education, affordable housing and a basic living wage.
When people have their most basic needs met, they have happier and healthier lives.
Those hoarding the wealth don’t want to give us those things.
Universal healthcare, free education, affordable housing and a basic living wage.
When people have their most basic needs met, they have happier and healthier lives.
Those hoarding the wealth don’t want to give us those things.
August 13, 2025 at 5:33 AM
You know what would actually reduce crime and homelessness?
Universal healthcare, free education, affordable housing and a basic living wage.
When people have their most basic needs met, they have happier and healthier lives.
Those hoarding the wealth don’t want to give us those things.
Universal healthcare, free education, affordable housing and a basic living wage.
When people have their most basic needs met, they have happier and healthier lives.
Those hoarding the wealth don’t want to give us those things.
I just wholeheartedly apologized to some of my younger-than-me friends for being a curmudgeon, explaining that “I fear and embrace that my idealist flame has grown dim”
August 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I just wholeheartedly apologized to some of my younger-than-me friends for being a curmudgeon, explaining that “I fear and embrace that my idealist flame has grown dim”
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One cool way to solve homelessness that isn’t an authoritarian take over of a city is to give everyone homes
August 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
One cool way to solve homelessness that isn’t an authoritarian take over of a city is to give everyone homes
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Imagine if "combating homelessness" meant housing people, not brutalizing and disappearing them.
August 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Imagine if "combating homelessness" meant housing people, not brutalizing and disappearing them.
My freaking (rescued) snake plant bloomed!
August 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
My freaking (rescued) snake plant bloomed!
Alcatraz garden tour— 1 August 2025
August 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Alcatraz garden tour— 1 August 2025
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Happening now!
@mkushel.bsky.social is live on KQED's Forum w/
Brian Goldstone to discuss his new book and what it means for homelessness in the Bay!
🎧 Listen now: www.kqed.org/forum
🎧 Listen Later:
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/k...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@KQEDnews/po...
@mkushel.bsky.social is live on KQED's Forum w/
Brian Goldstone to discuss his new book and what it means for homelessness in the Bay!
🎧 Listen now: www.kqed.org/forum
🎧 Listen Later:
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/k...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@KQEDnews/po...
July 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Happening now!
@mkushel.bsky.social is live on KQED's Forum w/
Brian Goldstone to discuss his new book and what it means for homelessness in the Bay!
🎧 Listen now: www.kqed.org/forum
🎧 Listen Later:
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/k...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@KQEDnews/po...
@mkushel.bsky.social is live on KQED's Forum w/
Brian Goldstone to discuss his new book and what it means for homelessness in the Bay!
🎧 Listen now: www.kqed.org/forum
🎧 Listen Later:
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/k...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@KQEDnews/po...