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Teacher, plant lover, science nerd, maker, voter. Always aiming to learn & do better. Adores critters. COVID cautious. ADHD. NOYCE fellow. Opinions are mine. She/Her.
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If you've got $5 to spare, may I gently suggest sending it to Sen. Padilla? Electeds look to see where public opinion is, & when someone speaks up - and gets positive attn - more of them do it. It is the system we have rn. I don't love it, but I'm gonna use it. secure.actblue.com/donate/senat...

submitted 4 hours ago • 0 comments

A nasty bunch of authoritarians. They need to realize they won't always be in power. And whether the time is long or short, justice WILL prevail... and they will be held accountable.

submitted 4 hours ago • 6 comments

WHAT. THE. FUCK. (For the record, I’m not surprised, but I am choosing to be shocked because THIS IS NOT NORMAL and we should not treat it as such!) THIS IS NOT OK.

submitted 4 hours ago • 1 comment

I think this format is so powerful. More of this, please. Dates might be a nice addition.

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

For folks who have a few extra coins to put towards worthy causes, the ALCU is out here doing the work to hold the administration within the law.

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

I was perusing some SM discussions w/ 45ers in 2020, May-July. Y'all. What a waste of time & breath. What a waste of good-faith-let's-find-common-ground-and-build-effort. I'm gonna keep trying, but damn, I'm not a multi-million-dollar-media-disinformation-machine. Demoralizing.

submitted 21 hours ago • 0 comments

If you are doing Raids at someone's job... you are not "going after" the criminals ... you're crippling labor

submitted 1 day ago • 26 comments

Along with abolishing ICE we should abolish all for-profit prison companies in the country.

submitted 1 day ago • 543 comments

After the WH floated pardoning the folks with a clear plan to kidnap the MI gov, blow up a bridge, and do god knows what else. Lord, have mercy on us.

submitted 21 hours ago • 0 comments

This is such an important point. I hate how narrowly the right AND left define their anti/pro immigrant rhetoric. Pro-immigrant here, bc immigrants make the U.S. better. Point. Blank. Period.

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

Serial sexual abusers don't deserve to be in office. I hope we can *all* agree on that, and I'm glad the polls are trending in that direction.

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

And, for the record, it does not matter what discount they offer. I'm not going. And my husband said he's holding me accountable. Teachers, let's remind each other to NOT GO TO TARGET in August. I know it'll be tempting.

submitted 22 hours ago • 4 comments

From an American historian. Truth matters.

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

You do not have to say “pro vaccine groups.” You can say the vast majority of doctors and scientists and the American Medical Association.

submitted 23 hours ago • 222 comments

I guess they see being deeply unpopular, & speaking up about it, as rebellion. I mean, yeah, we plan to vote out as many as possible IN THE MIDTERMS. But that's democracy. Unlike Jan 6 and all the pardons that followed.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Ever since we had a (nonfatal) shooting on campus, my husband morning words are, "I hope it's a safe day." Each class, I dismiss the kids, "have a good day & be safe out there." Before break last words I call after them are, "have a good summer & stay safe." I hope we can build a better world.

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Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

submitted 1 day ago • 594 comments

I deeply resent that I had to Google, "Predator drones", and know they're flying over American cities. Lord, have mercy on us.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Watching video of a former student get tossed around by ICE agents is not good, y'all. WTFFFFFFFF????

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Same. ANDDDDD I am a teacher who does a MASSIVE Target shop in August. I'm looking forward to NOT doing that this year. 🖕🎯🖕

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Solidarity. Forever.

submitted 1 day ago • 117 comments

ALSO, they are NOT GOING ANYWHERE. THEY FUCKING LOVE CITIES.

submitted 2 days ago • 15 comments

New: In 2012, we launched the 'Rolling Jubilee,' a novel fund that purchased millions of dollars in household debt—for pennies on the dollar—and then erased it. Today—inspired by that project—South Korea's newly elected President is proposing a Korean version of our fund.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼, 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀. ✊🏻

submitted 1 day ago • 353 comments

Listen, I can hear the screaming from the fourth dimension. We would never hear the end of it, ever.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

@mccollum.house.gov @smith.senate.gov @klobuchar.senate.gov - I stand with Rep. McIver & I need you to do the same. I'll also be calling about this.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Trump’s actions and his inactions would be the precise conduct of someone whose goal was to destroy our country. We need to face what that means.

submitted 1 day ago • 44 comments

Media please mind your language. There is a difference between protests and riots. If you need clarity on the difference every news outlet can simply play this tonight. WATCH to the end. (from the official footage shown by the Jan. 6 Committee)

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submitted 2 days ago • 18 comments

Trash. I stand with Rep. McIver

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

For white ppl who say your great grandparents came to the U.S. “legally,” remember that U.S. immmig law was EXPLICITLY racist in favor of white Northern European immigrants for most of the 20th century. Affirmative action for white ppl is everywhere if you look. www.lbjlibrary.org/news-and-pre...

submitted 2 days ago • 38 comments

Yeah, I don't think that's gonna do it.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

I’m trying to understand what the “not what I voted for” people thought mass deportations would look like.

submitted 2 days ago • 32 comments

So he told us not to take his medical advice and now he’s… firing the people who give medical advice?

submitted 2 days ago • 15 comments