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Living in the ancestral homeland of the Snoqualmie people. Looking to find my community... Yale SOM, and a variety of private and nonprofit orgs - currently consulting to a large INGO.
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Very serious.

💥 The documentary "No Other Land" depicting Israeli apartheid wins best Documentary!💥 Because of censorship it has no American distribution so let's all use this moment of rare public attention to promote watching it online from the site below. #Oscars #Gaza

Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.

When Trump is getting pummeled on his White House meeting this would be his go to move. This a-hole is inching our children and our nation into a war.

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I need short pithy and dramatic slogans for new protest sign(s). Suggestions?

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Von Papen and Hindenburg CEDED power to Hitler, making Hitler Chancellor when the Nazis were a minority party. Like Snyder says, you never cede power. Rump is lining up Blackwater to be his SA. Blackwater + his various ragtag groups of street brawlers. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Absolutely relevant. Must watch. www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...

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A guy who used to be a comedian & is good at improv and dealing with hecklers and who has also spent the last 3 years in a war zone turns out to be a guy you can’t out-alpha, imagine that

GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office. ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.

Freddie Mercury didn't go into the studio and nail the vocals for "The Show Must Go On" in one take while dying of AIDS for you to despair and give up now. Take the time you need, but then get up and get back out there. The show must go on.

NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent. “It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. “A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.” @kyivindependent.com

Let’s just refer to potus as “Chairman Krasnov” from now on.., open.substack.com/pub/michaeld...

“Among Americans aged 25 and up with a bachelor's degree or higher who moved to a new county in 2023, 1.8% ended up in the Seattle metropolitan area…That's the 12th-highest percentage among the country's 100 most populous metro areas…” www.axios.com/local/seattl...

87% of jobs at Amazon pay less than $20 an hour while half of its warehouse workers struggle to cover food and housing costs. Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos saw his net worth increase by $7.9 million an hour in 2023. Is this the "free market" Bezos is so desperate to defend?

I was reading it at the table and my toddler was like WHAT are you DOING what IS that LARGE PAPER THING

Lookin’ at you, White House press corps

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"daddy, what did you do in the war" son, i archived all 6,793 videos from the Kennedy Center before they disappeared from the internet we all did our part

Speaking of economic action, find a #TeslaTakedown protest near you here:

The FAA is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract with Verizon to overhaul the communications system that serves as the backbone of the nation’s air traffic control and is awarding the work to Musk’s Starlink. Follow the money and see where it goes.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/w... Let’s make a deal…

We’ve tried to shelter our minds but tonight we’re preparing for the genocide of Science. Entire NIH departments will have no leaders. World renowned Scientists kicked to the curb without cause, & grants will loose their lead investigators. Is this what they want? Chaos? Destruction?

BREAKING: A federal judge in California has ordered OPM to rescind memos calling for the mass termination of probationary employees, saying the agency overstepped its legal authority and must inform other agencies it lacked the authority to issue such a directive.

DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA. Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps. Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems. See how this works?

Not entirely relevant, but is Apretude the ONLY advertiser that will work with The Kardashians?

new orleans boos the department of homeland security

People laughed a few days ago when @jamellebouie.net said we might not have flu shots next year, but:

This is disgusting. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Reminder to our troops from General Milley: you took an oath to defend the Constitution, NOT a would-be king. Refusing illegal and unethical orders are rights. As FOTUS moves closer to installing martial law, please remember your oath and your rights #Voices4Victory m.youtube.com/watch?v=67Hu...

Congrats @meidastouch.com !!! www.newsweek.com/meidas-touch...

Congratulations to Dr. Peter Hotez. I've had conversations with Hotez. Not only is he a brilliant man, but also a very kind human being. houston.innovationmap.com/peter-hotez-...

So increasing the minimum wage to a livable wage is “socialism”? But Amazon union busting, keeping wages low, and forcing workers onto public assistance while its founder increases his net worth by $7.9M an hour is the "free market"? Perhaps this could be a WaPo opinion piece.

Look at this leader. Lift her up.

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Hero

After blowing out the candle, I spent my birthday wish this year reciting my Arya Starkesque four-name list. It felt dark, but necessary.

Favorite quote this week: “Remember, the average lifespan of a Trump appointee is “one Scaramucci.” Bannon has sworn to destroy Musk.” (Chop Wood, Carry Water)

Sell this baby a plane.

Trump said that Caine then donned a MAGA cap, and said: “‘I love you, sir. I think you’re great, sir. I’ll kill for you, sir.’” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.