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Iowa-born, NYC-influenced, Spain living. Former sports journalist working in sustainability. Runner, traveler, pro-democracy, love to read. My own opinions. Signal @Democracy.23
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A very bad day not just for Poland, but for all of Europe.

One more for the "WTF" quota... This lady has been legally in the U.S. for 50 years. She was detained by ICE in *February* when coming home from a trip to the Philippines and only just released last week. "It was horrific; it was awful, it is crowded—super crowded." www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

this sucks man, I really enjoyed those sports science segments back in the day seeing that he passed from depression is all the more painful

Even Oracle!

Not going to comment on the horrible news from Boulder, but a general observation: Since October 7th, in U.S. discourse the interests of the hostages in Gaza and the interests of Palestinian civilians in Gaza have too often been characterized as opposed to one another. They are in fact aligned.

The political binary of left and right isn't our reality anymore. Let's consider levels of MAGA obedience instead. Here's how: open.substack.com/pub/ctrlaltr...

This is horrific. Another targeted antisemitic attack. 🥺

If the racism and xenophobia don’t kill us, the misogyny will. We must root all of those things out.

1/We dissect Trump-Rubio's “Office of Remigration” Why it's a uniquely horrifying step “Remigration’s” roots in European far-right white nationalism The recent summit in Italy Our full discussion of topic: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CPT... Clip below⤵️ Looking forward to Comments over at YouTube.

A case for the horror of Trump’s military parade being far worse than we’re describing it. In retrospect, it could be called the ceremonial start of U.S. fascism. 🥺 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Andrew Cuomo and Donald Trump are both trust fund sexual predators who act entitled to abuse of power. Listen to Cuomo survivor Lindsey Boylan, whose courage helped over a dozen women come forward. Do not rank Cuomo, NYC: loom.ly/bY1Y3jE #oligarchy #dictatorship #dictatortrump

A $1 billion hearing aid company is reinventing itself using #AI—to destigmatize hearing loss while offering the ultimate personal assistant fortune.com/2025/06/01/s... #Wearables

Recommendations for either: Books? Puglia 🇮🇹 (beaches, restaurants, off-the-beaten path things)? I am really bad at “dolce far niente” but after a very busy & stressful & world-imploding few months, going to try to do some of that this coming week.

David Pogue: “I’m wondering what your thought is on the ban on foreign students, the proposal. I mean, you were one of those kids, right?” Elon Musk: “Yeah. I mean, I think we wanna stick to, you know, the subject of the day, which is, like, spaceships, as opposed to, you know, presidential policy"

Just donated to the statehouse campaign of the person who called out in the Joni Ernst town hall in Parkersburg, "people will die." #iowa

Stunning details now emerging: this was an operation planned a year and a half in advance, involved smuggling drones into Russia, placing them in containers on top of trucks, arranging for them all to open simultaneously and to strike.

Trump Cuts Could Expose Student Data to Cyber Threats www.kqed.org/mindshift/65... #Education #Privacy #CyberSecurity #Kakistocracy

This is absolutely essential reading in case you’re wondering what the wholesale dismantling of civil service work has to do with you. data4democracy.substack.com/p/how-to-dis...

Re-segregation. 🥲

With the degradation of the FBI and other national security institutions, we are sitting ducks for a major terrorist attack on U.S. soil. I gifted this article to you. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/u...

Muy buena lectura.

No es que le recomienden no viajar a la FLM porque Españita es peligrosa, no. Le recomiendan no arriesgarse a VOLVER a EEUU porque, como profesora universitaria, dominicana y lesbiana, lo más probable es que la detuvieran al regresar. ¿Seguimos haciendo oídos sordos al fascismo un día más?

Un año de temperaturas récord en el agua está destruyendo la vida en el Mediterráneo. Las aguas están desde mayo de 2024 más de 2ºC por encima de la media y llevan todo 2025 con temperaturas superiores a las de los picos: "Es ya durante todo el año". www.eldiario.es/sociedad/ano...

A few newspaper covers/headlines, gift link for @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/3FqmSqh, full of soft euphemisms on Trump criticizing European democracy while he plays at dictator. Meanwhile, @lavanguardia.com front & center: “Cutting of U.S. aid will cause 14 million deaths.” Direct, blunt, accurate.

I ran in the first antiracist race in Barcelona (primera cursa antiracista en Barcelona) this morning. A great turnout, it sold out weeks ago. they’ll have to make it bigger next year!

Una entrevista con la Presidenta de @demsabroad.bsky.social Barcelona, Doris Stanger. Ruego que cuantos más unen a la manifestación contra las dictaduras y contra los actos autoritarios y ilegales de Trump. Sábado, 14 de junio, a las 12h en Plaça Sant Jaume. #indivisible

This is a really beautiful story. ❤️ www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20... #veterans

Read this excellent piece by @karenattiah.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Ernst won her last election, in 2020, by six points. Since Trump took office, but before the chaos of the tariffs, and before this video, elections, even in very red areas, have seen around twice that many points in swings to Democrats. And things are likely to be a whole lot worse for Iowa by '26.

This is excellent. People in the US should read. Easily translated to English by Google translate. It's about how #immigrants are more patriotic than #xenophobic #conservatives elpais.com/opinion/2025...

I could not have come up with this in many days. It’s so, so absurd. It feels like a parody. She’s so bad.

This is so hard to watch. And the poor boy, maybe ~8yo, trying to console and protect his mom. 💔

Page One in Des Moines. @jemsinger.bsky.social

Global forest loss broke records in 2024, with nearly 2x the primary tropical forest lost in 2024 than in 2023. In Latin America, the loss is especially severe, where lax environmental governance and chronic drought, fueled in part by climate change, have fanned the flames