Melanie Bagby
@melanie-bagby.bsky.social
Metaverse migrant, IT and communications consultant, lazy gardener, rescued by dogs.
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NPR: “Head Start early childhood programs are being told to remove a list of ~200 words and phrases from their funding applications or they could be denied— "accessible," "belong," "Black," "disability," "female," "minority," "trauma," "tribal" "women…” www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...
December 13, 2025 at 5:11 AM
NPR: “Head Start early childhood programs are being told to remove a list of ~200 words and phrases from their funding applications or they could be denied— "accessible," "belong," "Black," "disability," "female," "minority," "trauma," "tribal" "women…” www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...
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Deeply moved by the resilient spirit of Los Angeles, from Altadena to the Palisades, as families who lost everything keep pushing forward.
Grateful to Foothill Catalog and Habitat for Humanity for helping survivors rebuild. So much more to do, and we won't stop until the job is done.
Grateful to Foothill Catalog and Habitat for Humanity for helping survivors rebuild. So much more to do, and we won't stop until the job is done.
December 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Deeply moved by the resilient spirit of Los Angeles, from Altadena to the Palisades, as families who lost everything keep pushing forward.
Grateful to Foothill Catalog and Habitat for Humanity for helping survivors rebuild. So much more to do, and we won't stop until the job is done.
Grateful to Foothill Catalog and Habitat for Humanity for helping survivors rebuild. So much more to do, and we won't stop until the job is done.
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After Marcelo Gomes da Silva was arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice in Milford, he made a promise to the men he shared a cell with: He’d be a voice for immigrants unfairly detained.
He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
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He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
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December 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
After Marcelo Gomes da Silva was arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice in Milford, he made a promise to the men he shared a cell with: He’d be a voice for immigrants unfairly detained.
He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
trib.al/p9Edy6F
He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
trib.al/p9Edy6F
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U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
December 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
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KONSYSE: The strategic shift is expected to redirect European demand toward non-Russian suppliers, reshape global LNG flows, elevate investment in alternative infrastructure, and reduce the influence Russia previously exerted over the EU.
European Union Bans All Russian Energy Imports — Konsyse
The European Union approved a sweeping regulation that ends all energy imports from Russia by 2027.
www.konsyse.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
KONSYSE: The strategic shift is expected to redirect European demand toward non-Russian suppliers, reshape global LNG flows, elevate investment in alternative infrastructure, and reduce the influence Russia previously exerted over the EU.
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Help us fill every plate this holiday season.
Indivisible Sonoma County joins Redwood Empire Food Bank for a Food Drive and Fundraiser
Sat. Dec. 13th 10 AM - 1 PM
3990 Brickway Blvd, Santa Rosa
www.mobilize.us/indivisibles...
Indivisible Sonoma County joins Redwood Empire Food Bank for a Food Drive and Fundraiser
Sat. Dec. 13th 10 AM - 1 PM
3990 Brickway Blvd, Santa Rosa
www.mobilize.us/indivisibles...
Indivisible Sonoma County joins Redwood Empire Food Bank for a Food Drive and Fundraiser · Indivisible Sonoma County
Look for us in the REFB parking lot as we join their food and fund drive. Bring a (preferably) frozen turkey or chicken – to reflect how we feel about some members of Congress – or nonperishable food ...
www.mobilize.us
December 8, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Help us fill every plate this holiday season.
Indivisible Sonoma County joins Redwood Empire Food Bank for a Food Drive and Fundraiser
Sat. Dec. 13th 10 AM - 1 PM
3990 Brickway Blvd, Santa Rosa
www.mobilize.us/indivisibles...
Indivisible Sonoma County joins Redwood Empire Food Bank for a Food Drive and Fundraiser
Sat. Dec. 13th 10 AM - 1 PM
3990 Brickway Blvd, Santa Rosa
www.mobilize.us/indivisibles...
Understanding where the friction is and addressing that barrier is key to unlocking one of our easiest paths to more of the kind of housing we really need. And in Nor Cal, RCU now does
ADU financing.
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...
ADU financing.
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...
Why State Housing Reform is Failing (and What We Can Do About It) | Strong Towns
Statewide zoning reform isn't producing the wins everyone expected. An architect reveals why: the permissions may have changed, but the reflexes never adapted.
www.strongtowns.org
December 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Understanding where the friction is and addressing that barrier is key to unlocking one of our easiest paths to more of the kind of housing we really need. And in Nor Cal, RCU now does
ADU financing.
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...
ADU financing.
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...
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The lawsuit is a protective measure. By getting a possible court order from the U.S. Court of International Trade before required customs liquidations deadline, Costco ensures that it is in line for a refund if the Supreme Court rules against the tariffs.
Explainer: Why Costco is Suing the Trump Administration - Profolus
Costco is challenging the foundation of emergency tariff orders and seeking confirmation of executive limits.
www.profolus.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The lawsuit is a protective measure. By getting a possible court order from the U.S. Court of International Trade before required customs liquidations deadline, Costco ensures that it is in line for a refund if the Supreme Court rules against the tariffs.
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🚨 ACTION: WE AIN'T BUYING IT! ❌
Join the holiday shopping blackout (Nov 27 - Dec 1) to pressure the corporations enabling the current administration. Target, Home Depot, and Amazon must stop supporting attacks on democracy.
Join the holiday shopping blackout (Nov 27 - Dec 1) to pressure the corporations enabling the current administration. Target, Home Depot, and Amazon must stop supporting attacks on democracy.
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
🚨 ACTION: WE AIN'T BUYING IT! ❌
Join the holiday shopping blackout (Nov 27 - Dec 1) to pressure the corporations enabling the current administration. Target, Home Depot, and Amazon must stop supporting attacks on democracy.
Join the holiday shopping blackout (Nov 27 - Dec 1) to pressure the corporations enabling the current administration. Target, Home Depot, and Amazon must stop supporting attacks on democracy.
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Thanksgiving Day will be around "10 degrees above seasonal averages" – somewhere in the upper 60s in Santa Rosa, with cooler temperatures expected by Friday and Saturday as the pattern shifts....
Warming trend set for North Bay through Thanksgiving, with no rain in near forecast
Thanksgiving Day will be around “10 degrees above seasonal averages” – somewhere in the upper 60s in Santa Rosa, with cooler temperatures expected by Friday and Saturday as the pattern shifts.…
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November 26, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Thanksgiving Day will be around "10 degrees above seasonal averages" – somewhere in the upper 60s in Santa Rosa, with cooler temperatures expected by Friday and Saturday as the pattern shifts....
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Apparently it’s a crime to remind military members to follow the law and refuse illegal orders (something that it is ingrained in basic) and the pentagon can recall you into the service to discipline you. However, the pentagon will not prosecute you for dodging the draft five times.
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Apparently it’s a crime to remind military members to follow the law and refuse illegal orders (something that it is ingrained in basic) and the pentagon can recall you into the service to discipline you. However, the pentagon will not prosecute you for dodging the draft five times.
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What a week and it’s only Tuesday. See me on Jimmy Kimmel tonight to talk all about it.
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
What a week and it’s only Tuesday. See me on Jimmy Kimmel tonight to talk all about it.
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Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat know how addictive their platforms can be to teens.
Those are allegations a group of school districts is making against the social media giants, according to a newly unsealed legal filing that quotes the companies’ own internal documents. https://cnn.it/3Xjq5x5
Those are allegations a group of school districts is making against the social media giants, according to a newly unsealed legal filing that quotes the companies’ own internal documents. https://cnn.it/3Xjq5x5
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat know how addictive their platforms can be to teens.
Those are allegations a group of school districts is making against the social media giants, according to a newly unsealed legal filing that quotes the companies’ own internal documents. https://cnn.it/3Xjq5x5
Those are allegations a group of school districts is making against the social media giants, according to a newly unsealed legal filing that quotes the companies’ own internal documents. https://cnn.it/3Xjq5x5
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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Britain's Royal Mint is celebrating Freddie Mercury with a new coin design.
New coin honors Freddie Mercury and his 4-octave range
Britain's Royal Mint is celebrating Freddie Mercury with a new coin design. The coin marks 40 years since his iconic Live Aid performance.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Britain's Royal Mint is celebrating Freddie Mercury with a new coin design.
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I love and admire Ben for many reasons, and one of them is how perfectly he is able to distill the pathetic-ness of the right and instill hope and solidarity in everyone else around him.
Anyway, go read his interview with the biggest Spanish newspaper here: english.elpais.com/technology/2...
Anyway, go read his interview with the biggest Spanish newspaper here: english.elpais.com/technology/2...
Ben Collins, from ‘The Onion’: ‘The powerful have a revenge fantasy, it’s the revenge of the dorks’
The CEO of the leading US satirical website explains what to do when reality is crazy, and how he is trying to buy the website of a famous conspiracy theorist
english.elpais.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I love and admire Ben for many reasons, and one of them is how perfectly he is able to distill the pathetic-ness of the right and instill hope and solidarity in everyone else around him.
Anyway, go read his interview with the biggest Spanish newspaper here: english.elpais.com/technology/2...
Anyway, go read his interview with the biggest Spanish newspaper here: english.elpais.com/technology/2...
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The Trump admin has unveiled plans to open California’s coastline to offshore oil drilling for the first time in decades, a move that has sparked swift and fierce backlash from state leaders. The proposal, which outlines up to six federal lease sales between 2027 and 2030, would mark the first
November 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The Trump admin has unveiled plans to open California’s coastline to offshore oil drilling for the first time in decades, a move that has sparked swift and fierce backlash from state leaders. The proposal, which outlines up to six federal lease sales between 2027 and 2030, would mark the first
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Hidden in the U.S. Senate bill to end the government shutdown is a provision that would ban hemp-derived products like THCA, delta-8, HHC, THCV and CBD nationwide.
In WI, this means 100s of small businesses, 1000s of jobs, and millions of dollars of economic activity are at risk of disappearing.
In WI, this means 100s of small businesses, 1000s of jobs, and millions of dollars of economic activity are at risk of disappearing.
November 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Hidden in the U.S. Senate bill to end the government shutdown is a provision that would ban hemp-derived products like THCA, delta-8, HHC, THCV and CBD nationwide.
In WI, this means 100s of small businesses, 1000s of jobs, and millions of dollars of economic activity are at risk of disappearing.
In WI, this means 100s of small businesses, 1000s of jobs, and millions of dollars of economic activity are at risk of disappearing.
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Thank you Wonder Woman 🇺🇲🎇❤️
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Thank you Wonder Woman 🇺🇲🎇❤️
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Oak Park unanimously declared village property an ICE-free zone—no staging, processing, or operations for civil immigration enforcement.
Ordinance enables signage, property changes, court enforcement, and community education on rights and support.
#HandsOffChicago ❌🧊
Ordinance enables signage, property changes, court enforcement, and community education on rights and support.
#HandsOffChicago ❌🧊
Oak Park has joined a growing list of suburbs that are following the lead of the city of Chicago in passing ordinances that have declared their towns to be ICE free zones.
Oak Park officials take steps to ‘protect our immigrant neighbors’ amid federal enforcement blitz
Oak Park has joined a growing list of suburbs that are passing ordinances that have declared their towns to be ICE free zones.
trib.al
November 7, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Oak Park unanimously declared village property an ICE-free zone—no staging, processing, or operations for civil immigration enforcement.
Ordinance enables signage, property changes, court enforcement, and community education on rights and support.
#HandsOffChicago ❌🧊
Ordinance enables signage, property changes, court enforcement, and community education on rights and support.
#HandsOffChicago ❌🧊
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Thanksgiving Collection Events
Need: warm coats, sweatshirts, long johns, gloves & beanies, winter footware, sleeping bags, blankets, bathing wipes, flashlights & batteries, cases of water, and more.
🗓️Sat Nov 15 & Sun Nov 23, 3:30-7:30p 📍420 1st St., SR
socoactsofkindness.org/events-volun...
Need: warm coats, sweatshirts, long johns, gloves & beanies, winter footware, sleeping bags, blankets, bathing wipes, flashlights & batteries, cases of water, and more.
🗓️Sat Nov 15 & Sun Nov 23, 3:30-7:30p 📍420 1st St., SR
socoactsofkindness.org/events-volun...
November 7, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Thanksgiving Collection Events
Need: warm coats, sweatshirts, long johns, gloves & beanies, winter footware, sleeping bags, blankets, bathing wipes, flashlights & batteries, cases of water, and more.
🗓️Sat Nov 15 & Sun Nov 23, 3:30-7:30p 📍420 1st St., SR
socoactsofkindness.org/events-volun...
Need: warm coats, sweatshirts, long johns, gloves & beanies, winter footware, sleeping bags, blankets, bathing wipes, flashlights & batteries, cases of water, and more.
🗓️Sat Nov 15 & Sun Nov 23, 3:30-7:30p 📍420 1st St., SR
socoactsofkindness.org/events-volun...
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I heard some old friends at Pod Save America were in town, so I decided to stop by. As we saw this week, we can change this country for the better. But it’s going to take all of us getting organized and having honest conversations about the best way forward.
November 7, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I heard some old friends at Pod Save America were in town, so I decided to stop by. As we saw this week, we can change this country for the better. But it’s going to take all of us getting organized and having honest conversations about the best way forward.
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Unlike other places, The Onion is quadrupling down on being a pain in the ass, politically.
Please subscribe.
Please subscribe.
Join The Onion
Don’t just read the news. Feel it. Be among the first to feel the news.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Unlike other places, The Onion is quadrupling down on being a pain in the ass, politically.
Please subscribe.
Please subscribe.
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In Virginia, the governor and attorney general races are especially important. In Pennsylvania, remember to vote YES on the retention of the Supreme Court justices on the ballot. In California, vote YES on Proposition 50.
October 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
In Virginia, the governor and attorney general races are especially important. In Pennsylvania, remember to vote YES on the retention of the Supreme Court justices on the ballot. In California, vote YES on Proposition 50.