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Lucinda Wingard
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retired teacher--ESL, high school English, Journalism, etc.
extensive travels outside U.S.; speak mid-level Spanish
Peace Corps Volunteer Nigeria '66-'68
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lucindawrpcv.bsky.social
Shades of Sarah Wynn Williams CARELESS PEOPLE
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Misogyny in the metaverse: is Mark Zuckerberg’s dream world a no-go area for women?
Graphic sexual content, bullying, abuse and threats of violence are rife in the metaverse – and the NSPCC says a huge proportion of online grooming offences take place on Meta-owned products. Is it to...
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
lucindawrpcv.bsky.social
MORAL MONDAY needs replication nationwide.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘This isn’t just about Trump’: the Rev William Barber arrested after prayer-protest against Republican-led budget
Eight were arrested at Moral Monday, an effort to stop a bill they say will slash vital healthcare for lower income people
www.theguardian.com
June 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
lucindawrpcv.bsky.social
I don't usually read Davi Brooks, but this essay is important.

I’m Normally a Mild Guy. Here’s What’s Pushed Me Over the Edge. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/o...
Opinion | I’m Normally a Mild Guy. Here’s What’s Pushed Me Over the Edge.
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
lucindawrpcv.bsky.social
Clearly some Jews misunderstand the "lesson" of the Holocaust.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Thousands of Israelis join violent, racist march through Jerusalem’s Muslim quarter
State-backed flag day march shut down Palestinian life in Old City to celebrate Israel’s 1967 occupation of East Jerusalem
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
lucindawrpcv.bsky.social
Your skin color and name trumps Real ID
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US citizen detained by immigration officials who dismissed his Real ID as fake
Leonardo Garcia Venegas was filming arrests of his co-workers in Alabama when officers arrested him
www.theguardian.com
May 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
lucindawrpcv.bsky.social
Judge says Trump lacked authority to dismantle U.S. Institute of Peace

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Judge says Trump lacked authority to dismantle U.S. Institute of Peace
The judge said the Trump administration demonstrated a “gross usurpation of power” by forcing a takeover of the independent U.S. Institute of Peace.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 20, 2025 at 2:52 AM
lucindawrpcv.bsky.social
HILARIOUS!!!
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The Cybertruck was supposed to be apocalypse-proof. Can it even survive a trip to the grocery store?
Thanks to poor engineering and Elon Musk, Tesla’s road rage-inducing street tank can’t even win over its core demographic: doomsday preppers
www.theguardian.com
May 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
lucindawrpcv.bsky.social
I hope other denominations and NGOs will refuse this unholy alliance on resettlement
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Episcopal church says it won’t help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status
Church refuses White House directive, citing longstanding ‘commitment to racial justice and reconciliation’
www.theguardian.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
lucindawrpcv.bsky.social
The God-blessed United States of America is disappearing people just like the other "shit hole" countries
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Family of man sent to El Salvador prison looks for any signs he’s still alive: ‘We don’t know anything’
Jerce Barrios told his family he might be transferred from a California detention center – no one’s heard from him since
www.theguardian.com
May 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
lucindawrpcv.bsky.social
Trump desperate to say he's deported millions of "illegals," "the worst of the worst," does this.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Irish woman detained by US immigration released after 17 days in custody
Cliona Ward, who has lived legally in US for decades, was returning from trip to Ireland when held over criminal record from 20 years ago
www.theguardian.com
May 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
lucindawrpcv.bsky.social
The Dark Side of Empathy www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/o...
Opinion | Making Empathy a Weapon
Empathy without ethics isn’t virtuous. It’s manipulative. And it’s starting to feel all too commonplace.
www.nytimes.com
May 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
lucindawrpcv.bsky.social
Please read!
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
May 2, 2025
Yesterday I identified incorrectly the messaging app newly fired national security advisor Michael Waltz was using at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday as the unsecure Signal app.
open.substack.com
May 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
lucindawrpcv.bsky.social
Pillars of democracy falling before our eyes
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump signs executive order to cut funding for public broadcasters
President says neither NPR nor PBS presents ‘fair, accurate or unbiased portrayal of current events’
www.theguardian.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
lucindawrpcv.bsky.social
My former Governor speaks for me.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why is the US sleeping as autocracy approaches? | Jay Inslee
The country’s future depends on law firms, universities and media companies – as well as everyday Americans – breaking their silence
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
lucindawrpcv.bsky.social
US Attorney General says it should be treason to publish reports of Trump's government wrongdoing! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Pam Bondi rescinds Biden-era protections for journalists
Memo from attorney general about criminal leak investigations calls conduct of leakers ‘treasonous’
www.theguardian.com
April 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
lucindawrpcv.bsky.social
Who is paying for all the Kristi Noem ads I'm seeing on TV?
April 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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harborwildwatch.bsky.social
Happy volunteer appreciation week!
There is absolutely no doubt about it, we could not do what we do without our AMAZING volunteers!
Please join us in saying a big and heartfelt THANK YOU to our amazing volunteer team!🦀
April 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
lucindawrpcv.bsky.social
Journalists! Grants to Universities are made to benefit the nation, to do research the bureaucracy cannot. Media implies Universities are simply enriching themselves. Tell that story!
How Universities Became So Dependent on the Federal Government www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/u...
How Universities Became So Dependent on the Federal Government (Gift Article)
For decades, universities got billions in federal dollars for research. The relationship was mutually beneficial, until President Trump decided it wasn’t.
www.nytimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
lucindawrpcv.bsky.social
Effects of climate breakdown include breakdown of good governance
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate change is not just a problem of physics but a crisis of justice
In an exclusive extract from Friederike Otto’s new book, she says climate disasters result from inequality as well as fossil fuel
www.theguardian.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Reposted by Lucinda Wingard
alan-phillips.bsky.social
Call the Capitol switchboard (202) 224-3121) every day and tell your representatives:

You swore to defend the Constitution.

That Nazi thug president tramples democracy every day.

The concentration camps are here.

We need you to shout “Impeach!”
All together.
Every day.

(Please repost.)
April 18, 2025 at 6:17 AM
lucindawrpcv.bsky.social
How is it that Trump administration determines anyone supporting humane treatment of Palestinians is an existential threat to our mighty US of A?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Georgetown alumni and students call for release of scholar detained by immigration authorities
Letter says Trump administration’s detention of Khan Suri ‘represents a fundamental violation of academic freedom’
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
lucindawrpcv.bsky.social
Hegseth has invaded a neutral country and extorted freebies. Impeach him.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Panama opposition party accuses US of ‘camouflaged invasion’
Discontent with government handling of diplomatic crisis rises as Pete Hegseth says US troops moved to country
www.theguardian.com
April 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
lucindawrpcv.bsky.social
E.P.A. Is Said to Plan Deep Cuts to Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/c...
E.P.A. Is Said to Plan Deep Cuts to Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
Officials are moving to eliminate requirements that most big polluters disclose how much carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases they emit.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
lucindawrpcv.bsky.social
So guess who blinked! 😆
April 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Reposted by Lucinda Wingard
emilyrandallwa.bsky.social
The White House has launched a tip line to turn neighbors against each other and stoke fear and division.

What a shame it would if the line was flooded with calls from folks who disagree with the Trump/Musk/extremist agenda…
April 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM