Stephanie E
@sellissmith.bsky.social
I like big ideas 💡, real talk 🗣️, and authentic connection ❤️. Despite it all, I am happy.
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NEWSOM: "It's a vulgar display. It's the kind of thing you see with Kim Jong Un, Putin, dictators that are weak… How weak do you have to be to commandeer the military for your birthday?“
June 13, 2025 at 2:07 AM
NEWSOM: "It's a vulgar display. It's the kind of thing you see with Kim Jong Un, Putin, dictators that are weak… How weak do you have to be to commandeer the military for your birthday?“
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
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 11:49 AM
Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
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"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
April 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
Go Corey! Glad that segregationist is off the record list!
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.
April 2, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Go Corey! Glad that segregationist is off the record list!
I am so proud of @booker.senate.gov
The sheer commitment! How is he DOING this?!
Guys, if I am *awake* for more than 16 hours (forget active that whole time), I lash out at the people who I see as an impediment to my being in bed.
Guys, if I am *awake* for more than 16 hours (forget active that whole time), I lash out at the people who I see as an impediment to my being in bed.
Are you listening? It’s the least you can do.
Powerful, substantive, passionate. A clarion call to stand.
www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb...
Powerful, substantive, passionate. A clarion call to stand.
www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb...
April 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I am so proud of @booker.senate.gov
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Repost if you've got Senator Booker's back!
Democrat kicks off marathon Senate floor speech to protest Trump administration actions!
We're with you and you've got this!
Democrat kicks off marathon Senate floor speech to protest Trump administration actions!
We're with you and you've got this!
April 1, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Repost if you've got Senator Booker's back!
Democrat kicks off marathon Senate floor speech to protest Trump administration actions!
We're with you and you've got this!
Democrat kicks off marathon Senate floor speech to protest Trump administration actions!
We're with you and you've got this!
Yes!! Go Corey go!! This is exactly the kind of unhinged energy we need. I hope my Senators will join him @murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov
WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!
Cory Booker is throwing down—filibustering & standing up to Trump’s authoritarian overreach.
This is what we need—Dems who disrupt, resist, and fight back. Booker’s stand is a rallying cry for all of us to demand better.
Watch here 👉🏾 www.youtube.com/live/v2utlMx...
Cory Booker is throwing down—filibustering & standing up to Trump’s authoritarian overreach.
This is what we need—Dems who disrupt, resist, and fight back. Booker’s stand is a rallying cry for all of us to demand better.
Watch here 👉🏾 www.youtube.com/live/v2utlMx...
April 1, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Yes!! Go Corey go!! This is exactly the kind of unhinged energy we need. I hope my Senators will join him @murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov
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"Anti-wokeness" ca. 1958. This is the front page of the March 1958 edition of the official newspaper of the segregationist white Citizens' Council newspaper. They're outraged that the city of NY is spending money on "race propaganda" to serve "NAACP purposes" & destroy the South's "way of life."
March 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"Anti-wokeness" ca. 1958. This is the front page of the March 1958 edition of the official newspaper of the segregationist white Citizens' Council newspaper. They're outraged that the city of NY is spending money on "race propaganda" to serve "NAACP purposes" & destroy the South's "way of life."
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The owner of X is openly offering million dollar bribes to swing the election of Supreme Court judges in the US.
If you are a media organisation and are still using links to X on your website and posting there, quite simply..
You are part of this.
If you are a media organisation and are still using links to X on your website and posting there, quite simply..
You are part of this.
March 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The owner of X is openly offering million dollar bribes to swing the election of Supreme Court judges in the US.
If you are a media organisation and are still using links to X on your website and posting there, quite simply..
You are part of this.
If you are a media organisation and are still using links to X on your website and posting there, quite simply..
You are part of this.
Only the best people…
He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother.
March 29, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Only the best people…
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Oh, and let’s not forget that not only was a reporter on there that shouldn’t have been, but so was a guy that wasn’t even yet confirmed as a nominee.
So Joe Kent also didn’t have security clearance. Did he?
So Joe Kent also didn’t have security clearance. Did he?
“Signalgate” Snares One of Oregon’s Own
www.wweek.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Oh, and let’s not forget that not only was a reporter on there that shouldn’t have been, but so was a guy that wasn’t even yet confirmed as a nominee.
So Joe Kent also didn’t have security clearance. Did he?
So Joe Kent also didn’t have security clearance. Did he?
Investigative journalists from WSJ (not DOGE) found double payments to private insurers from Medicaid, costing taxpayers billions. So maybe we don’t need a crack squad of brownshirts sifting through govt data after all. Maybe journalists can be empowered to do their job. www.wsj.com/health/healt...
Taxpayers Spent Billions Covering the Same Medicaid Patients Twice
When recipients signed up in two states at once, insurers often got paid by both. “It definitely is wasteful,” said one former state Medicaid director.
www.wsj.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Investigative journalists from WSJ (not DOGE) found double payments to private insurers from Medicaid, costing taxpayers billions. So maybe we don’t need a crack squad of brownshirts sifting through govt data after all. Maybe journalists can be empowered to do their job. www.wsj.com/health/healt...
This is bad bad.
This speaks volumes:
Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...
Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...
Stanley from Yale to Toronto
Jason Stanley (philosophy of language, epistemology, political philosophy), Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, has accepted a senior offer from the University of Toronto, where he will be thr...
leiterreports.typepad.com
March 27, 2025 at 3:38 AM
This is bad bad.
Every elected Democrat should be calling for heads
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/u...
Democrats Call for Hegseth and Waltz to Resign
Some Republican lawmakers have called for an investigation, but most have shied away from criticizing the Trump administration.
www.nytimes.com
March 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Every elected Democrat should be calling for heads
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/u...
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"While private philanthropy won’t be able to meet this need alone or fully, we can change the way we work to meet the moment."
Writing in @insidephilanthropy.com, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Lorelle L. Espinosa offers guidance amid the attacks on DEI: www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/from-fa...
Writing in @insidephilanthropy.com, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Lorelle L. Espinosa offers guidance amid the attacks on DEI: www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/from-fa...
From Fatigue to Action: How Philanthropy Can Sustain DEI
As the political landscape shifts, Lorelle L. Espinosa of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation offers guidance on staying nimble and true to purpose.
www.insidephilanthropy.com
March 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"While private philanthropy won’t be able to meet this need alone or fully, we can change the way we work to meet the moment."
Writing in @insidephilanthropy.com, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Lorelle L. Espinosa offers guidance amid the attacks on DEI: www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/from-fa...
Writing in @insidephilanthropy.com, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Lorelle L. Espinosa offers guidance amid the attacks on DEI: www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/from-fa...
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If I give the bully my lunch money every day eventually he will die of old age
March 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
If I give the bully my lunch money every day eventually he will die of old age
This right here.👇🏾And the same can be said for big private foundations.
When these institutions — big law firms, Ivy League universities —bow to Trump rather than fighting what appear to be illegal orders, do they think he’ll just be satisfied and stop? Do they just expect others to fight where they won’t?
March 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This right here.👇🏾And the same can be said for big private foundations.
I signed the petition for Senate Democrats to oust Chuck Schumer. Appealing to Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell. @charlotteclymer.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I signed the petition for Senate Democrats to oust Chuck Schumer. Appealing to Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell. @charlotteclymer.bsky.social
Get rid of this thing.
Amazon is killing its “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+, its new subscription assistant.
Everything You Say to Your Echo Will Soon Be Sent to Amazon, and You Can’t Opt Out
Amazon is killing its “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+, its new subscription assistant.
wrd.cm
March 18, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Get rid of this thing.
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Luke Farritor and Gavin Kliger murdered this kid on Musk’s orders.
Meet Evan Anzoo, a five-year-old boy in South Sudan who died when Elon Musk shut down USAID and the boy lost access to his HIV meds. Musk says no one has died because of the aid shutdown, but that's because he didn't look. RIP, Evan, you deserved better. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
March 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Luke Farritor and Gavin Kliger murdered this kid on Musk’s orders.
Just bought my copy of Careless People from Barnes and Noble. Can’t wait!
Macmillan is standing up against Meta for its new tech memoir, Careless People.
Macmillan is defending its new tech memoir, Careless People, against Meta’s claims.
Sarah Wynn-Williams’s Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams came out a few days ago, and is already making a huge splash. The book is on…
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March 17, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Just bought my copy of Careless People from Barnes and Noble. Can’t wait!
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Good morning. I am a firm 100% NO on House Republicans' slush fund CR.
I will NOT vote to let Elon and Trump pick winners and losers with your taxpayer dollars.
Senators were not elected to beg Trump for federal resources.
I will NOT vote to let Elon and Trump pick winners and losers with your taxpayer dollars.
Senators were not elected to beg Trump for federal resources.
March 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Good morning. I am a firm 100% NO on House Republicans' slush fund CR.
I will NOT vote to let Elon and Trump pick winners and losers with your taxpayer dollars.
Senators were not elected to beg Trump for federal resources.
I will NOT vote to let Elon and Trump pick winners and losers with your taxpayer dollars.
Senators were not elected to beg Trump for federal resources.
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Who is watching the BNP Paribas Open and hearing the OBNOXIOUS box of American Marcos Giron. Omg, I’m about to change the channel. #IndianWells
March 12, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Who is watching the BNP Paribas Open and hearing the OBNOXIOUS box of American Marcos Giron. Omg, I’m about to change the channel. #IndianWells