Sara
@scrimstreet.bsky.social
Enjoying nature and history for fun, work and life. Still haven't stopped dancing.
Finding moments of joy within the horrors of the world:
Went to Cole's before they close, waited an hour and a half for this cherry pie, and it was WORTH IT. Delicious pie & charismatic, kind, talented staff working at this legend of a restaurant 🙌 🥧
Went to Cole's before they close, waited an hour and a half for this cherry pie, and it was WORTH IT. Delicious pie & charismatic, kind, talented staff working at this legend of a restaurant 🙌 🥧
July 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Finding moments of joy within the horrors of the world:
Went to Cole's before they close, waited an hour and a half for this cherry pie, and it was WORTH IT. Delicious pie & charismatic, kind, talented staff working at this legend of a restaurant 🙌 🥧
Went to Cole's before they close, waited an hour and a half for this cherry pie, and it was WORTH IT. Delicious pie & charismatic, kind, talented staff working at this legend of a restaurant 🙌 🥧
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While baseless attacks against public media target national brands like NPR and PBS, defunding public stations will have the greatest impact on small and rural communities.
This is just the latest example of this Administration's campaign to censor and control speech. 🧵
This is just the latest example of this Administration's campaign to censor and control speech. 🧵
July 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
While baseless attacks against public media target national brands like NPR and PBS, defunding public stations will have the greatest impact on small and rural communities.
This is just the latest example of this Administration's campaign to censor and control speech. 🧵
This is just the latest example of this Administration's campaign to censor and control speech. 🧵
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Our best chance to stop this thing is in the House.
Rs are trying to pass it though Budget tonight, through Rules Wednesday, and then through the full chamber on Friday.
It would kick millions off Medicaid and take food assistance away from households with kids as young as 7. Please help stop it.
Rs are trying to pass it though Budget tonight, through Rules Wednesday, and then through the full chamber on Friday.
It would kick millions off Medicaid and take food assistance away from households with kids as young as 7. Please help stop it.
This coming week is a crucial week of action.
By as early as Friday, House Rs are hoping to have passed their bill to kick millions off Medicaid and millions off SNAP.
Even with all Dems opposed this could pass both the House and the Senate - so we need to flip 3 in the House or 4 in the Senate.
By as early as Friday, House Rs are hoping to have passed their bill to kick millions off Medicaid and millions off SNAP.
Even with all Dems opposed this could pass both the House and the Senate - so we need to flip 3 in the House or 4 in the Senate.
May 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Our best chance to stop this thing is in the House.
Rs are trying to pass it though Budget tonight, through Rules Wednesday, and then through the full chamber on Friday.
It would kick millions off Medicaid and take food assistance away from households with kids as young as 7. Please help stop it.
Rs are trying to pass it though Budget tonight, through Rules Wednesday, and then through the full chamber on Friday.
It would kick millions off Medicaid and take food assistance away from households with kids as young as 7. Please help stop it.
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“Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose greater risk to pedestrians. Vehicles with especially tall front ends are most dangerous to pedestrians, but a blunt profile makes medium-height vehicles deadly too.”
Deadly by design. And they know it.
www.iihs.org/news/detail/...
Deadly by design. And they know it.
www.iihs.org/news/detail/...
May 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose greater risk to pedestrians. Vehicles with especially tall front ends are most dangerous to pedestrians, but a blunt profile makes medium-height vehicles deadly too.”
Deadly by design. And they know it.
www.iihs.org/news/detail/...
Deadly by design. And they know it.
www.iihs.org/news/detail/...
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“President Trump said in an interview aired on Sunday that he did not know whether it was his job to uphold the Constitution”
Should lead every newspaper and broadcast in the country and you should raise this with your neighbors and coworkers.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...
Should lead every newspaper and broadcast in the country and you should raise this with your neighbors and coworkers.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...
Trump Live Updates: 'Meet the Press' Interview, Pope Image and Arts Grants
www.nytimes.com
May 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
“President Trump said in an interview aired on Sunday that he did not know whether it was his job to uphold the Constitution”
Should lead every newspaper and broadcast in the country and you should raise this with your neighbors and coworkers.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...
Should lead every newspaper and broadcast in the country and you should raise this with your neighbors and coworkers.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...
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A new report found that Elon Musk faced at least $2.37 billion in potential legal liability from 11 federal agencies on inauguration day.
Many are now on DOGE's chopping block or have dropped their investigations into Musk's corporations.
"Conflict of interest" is an understatement.
Many are now on DOGE's chopping block or have dropped their investigations into Musk's corporations.
"Conflict of interest" is an understatement.
April 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A new report found that Elon Musk faced at least $2.37 billion in potential legal liability from 11 federal agencies on inauguration day.
Many are now on DOGE's chopping block or have dropped their investigations into Musk's corporations.
"Conflict of interest" is an understatement.
Many are now on DOGE's chopping block or have dropped their investigations into Musk's corporations.
"Conflict of interest" is an understatement.
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On a recent flight my seatmates learned I was a writer and asked my opinion on AI. They didn't understand genAI is based on work stolen from authors, and they DEFINITELY didn't know about the energy costs. Both shocked them. People just don't know.
Info on its energy gobbling should be in every news story about AI. It is newsworthy. It is inseparable from the tech itself.
It's all fun and games until …
"Professor Gina Neff of Queen Mary University London told the BBC #ChatGPT is "burning through energy", and the data centres used to power it consume more electricity in a year than 117 countries."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"Professor Gina Neff of Queen Mary University London told the BBC #ChatGPT is "burning through energy", and the data centres used to power it consume more electricity in a year than 117 countries."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
April 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
On a recent flight my seatmates learned I was a writer and asked my opinion on AI. They didn't understand genAI is based on work stolen from authors, and they DEFINITELY didn't know about the energy costs. Both shocked them. People just don't know.
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An amazing view above the Minnesota State Capitol in St Paul right now.
This must be bigger than anyone imagined. 👏
These are some of the largest protests the US has seen in years.
#HandsOff #FiftyFiftyOne
(🎥 Sara Schmitt)
This must be bigger than anyone imagined. 👏
These are some of the largest protests the US has seen in years.
#HandsOff #FiftyFiftyOne
(🎥 Sara Schmitt)
April 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
An amazing view above the Minnesota State Capitol in St Paul right now.
This must be bigger than anyone imagined. 👏
These are some of the largest protests the US has seen in years.
#HandsOff #FiftyFiftyOne
(🎥 Sara Schmitt)
This must be bigger than anyone imagined. 👏
These are some of the largest protests the US has seen in years.
#HandsOff #FiftyFiftyOne
(🎥 Sara Schmitt)
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Big crowd in LA. Families, twenty something’s and this special person “older than Pharaoh.”
#handsoff2025
#handsoff
#handsoffdtla
#handsoffLA
#handsoffLosAngeles
#handsoff2025
#handsoff
#handsoffdtla
#handsoffLA
#handsoffLosAngeles
April 6, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Big crowd in LA. Families, twenty something’s and this special person “older than Pharaoh.”
#handsoff2025
#handsoff
#handsoffdtla
#handsoffLA
#handsoffLosAngeles
#handsoff2025
#handsoff
#handsoffdtla
#handsoffLA
#handsoffLosAngeles
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I've never seen a clearer case for why people need to study the social sciences and public sector management in particular. This is incredibly dangerous.
SCOOP: DOGE is hosting a “hackathon” in DC next week with the goal of building one “mega API” for accessing all IRS data.
Palantir has been brought up as a potential partner.
www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
Palantir has been brought up as a potential partner.
www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data
DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
April 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I've never seen a clearer case for why people need to study the social sciences and public sector management in particular. This is incredibly dangerous.
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“Facing pressure to scrub its website of diversity and inclusion references, a Japanese American National Museum leader says the museum will ‘scrub nothing.’” 🔥
Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH
The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ...
www.latimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 4:18 AM
“Facing pressure to scrub its website of diversity and inclusion references, a Japanese American National Museum leader says the museum will ‘scrub nothing.’” 🔥
"What we will have to repent for is not the words and violent actions for bad people, but the appalling silence and inaction of good people."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Booker makes a stand against Trump – and doesn’t stop for 25 hours
Democrats have appeared lame and leaderless for 72 days, but then Cory Booker stood up and did something
www.theguardian.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:00 AM
"What we will have to repent for is not the words and violent actions for bad people, but the appalling silence and inaction of good people."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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New post on my blogletter, FINISH YOUR MONSTERS. It’s about what David Lynch’s art meant to me at different points of my own creative journey. It’s called The Song You Hear Is Real.
Read/subscribe:
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Read/subscribe:
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January 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
New post on my blogletter, FINISH YOUR MONSTERS. It’s about what David Lynch’s art meant to me at different points of my own creative journey. It’s called The Song You Hear Is Real.
Read/subscribe:
buttondown.com/FinishYourMo...
Read/subscribe:
buttondown.com/FinishYourMo...
Yesterday I told my husband the cheese he bought was one of the best things so far about 2025.
January 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Yesterday I told my husband the cheese he bought was one of the best things so far about 2025.