Cheriene
@cheriene.bsky.social
Public service. Data. Tech. Process.
Miami local. Two Up Two Down forever.
Views are mine.
Miami local. Two Up Two Down forever.
Views are mine.
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OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
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“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
October 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
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One thing that helps me a lot is thinking of my mind as a camera with a lens that can zoom WAY in or WAY out. Whenever you find yourself paralyzed by useless stress, zooming out toward the cosmic or in toward the infinitely moment-mindful is both healthy and wise.
It's ALL reality.
It's ALL reality.
September 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
One thing that helps me a lot is thinking of my mind as a camera with a lens that can zoom WAY in or WAY out. Whenever you find yourself paralyzed by useless stress, zooming out toward the cosmic or in toward the infinitely moment-mindful is both healthy and wise.
It's ALL reality.
It's ALL reality.
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I’m not kidding when I say I love a formal synthesis. This one is spot-on. Some of what’s happening is people are trying to have a historical gaze for events that are still happening. Is it definitionally authoritarian? Cannot know until bodies stop dropping. But you can know it feels authoritarian
Thesis: Trump is ticking off his authoritarian to do list quickly
Antithesis: While Trump is *trying* to tick off his authoritarian to do list, he's not fully succeeding
Synthesis: Each item on this check list is not a binary but a spectrum, and we're *way* too far down the spectrum for any comfort
Antithesis: While Trump is *trying* to tick off his authoritarian to do list, he's not fully succeeding
Synthesis: Each item on this check list is not a binary but a spectrum, and we're *way* too far down the spectrum for any comfort
I find this @donmoyn.bsky.social piece helpful in clarifying why I disagree with the "America is already in competitive authoritarianism" thesis.
Don's checklist shows things that Trump has tried to do, but he hasn't *succeeded* in most areas
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
Don's checklist shows things that Trump has tried to do, but he hasn't *succeeded* in most areas
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
August 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I’m not kidding when I say I love a formal synthesis. This one is spot-on. Some of what’s happening is people are trying to have a historical gaze for events that are still happening. Is it definitionally authoritarian? Cannot know until bodies stop dropping. But you can know it feels authoritarian
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Andrea Gibson. Poet. Powerhouse. Beacon of hope. Lover of life and the world. You will be missed forever 13/8/1975-14/7/2025
July 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Andrea Gibson. Poet. Powerhouse. Beacon of hope. Lover of life and the world. You will be missed forever 13/8/1975-14/7/2025
This is and will be the existential question of this time…How are we (Americans) losing to cruelty, stupidity, ineptness?…
"These aren’t just your usual, run-of-the-mill GOP tax cuts. They’re worse. They’re the most redistributive tax cuts in modern American history, and by redistributive, I don’t mean from the top down. I mean to the top from the rest of us." https://trib.al/sSKvoHg
How Can the Democrats Be Losing to These Cruel, Stupid, Inept People?
You may have noticed: While Republicans debate Medicaid and other cuts, there’s one aspect of Trump’s big ugly bill that absolutely cannot be discussed.
trib.al
June 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This is and will be the existential question of this time…How are we (Americans) losing to cruelty, stupidity, ineptness?…
June 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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I love this song. ❤️
youtu.be/fPr3yvkHYsE?...
youtu.be/fPr3yvkHYsE?...
June 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I love this song. ❤️
youtu.be/fPr3yvkHYsE?...
youtu.be/fPr3yvkHYsE?...
My neighbor shared this poem her friend wrote. Paying it forward - jummyjeenz.com/2018/06/21/f...
Finding Hope
Please don’t hope less…help US hope more.
jummyjeenz.com
May 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
My neighbor shared this poem her friend wrote. Paying it forward - jummyjeenz.com/2018/06/21/f...
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We once lived in a world where Ella Fitzgerald and Karen Carpenter sang together.
Happy Birthday my Ella.
Happy Birthday my Ella.
April 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
We once lived in a world where Ella Fitzgerald and Karen Carpenter sang together.
Happy Birthday my Ella.
Happy Birthday my Ella.
This opinion piece exemplifies what means to hold space for complexity and nuance … A reminder to resist sloppy/undisciplined narratives. Especially in these strange times.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/o...
Opinion | The Future of Black History Lives on Donald Trump’s Front Lawn
www.nytimes.com
May 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This opinion piece exemplifies what means to hold space for complexity and nuance … A reminder to resist sloppy/undisciplined narratives. Especially in these strange times.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/o...
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THREAD: Should the government be run like a business, as (mostly Republican) politicians keep suggesting? The answer is no, as I explain in this short @motherjones.com video. Watch it, and then we’ll dig deeper. (1/14)
May 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
THREAD: Should the government be run like a business, as (mostly Republican) politicians keep suggesting? The answer is no, as I explain in this short @motherjones.com video. Watch it, and then we’ll dig deeper. (1/14)
Way to adapt @merriam-webster.com!
If you have a dictionary that you don't show love
Oh, yes, son, we're talking to you.
Oh, yes, son, we're talking to you.
April 26, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Way to adapt @merriam-webster.com!
Not a film nerd but this has me locked in.
The full video is really cool
Aspect Ratios with Sinners Director Ryan Coogler
YouTube video by Kodak
youtu.be
April 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Not a film nerd but this has me locked in.
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We had the reporter on tonight; @maddow has the whistleblower
There’s just so much shady shit in this story, but this really sticks out. Folks in NLRB’s IT unit were so freaked out by what they saw DOGE doing that they wanted to notify the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Then this happened:
April 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
We had the reporter on tonight; @maddow has the whistleblower
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The Monarch #butterfly embarks on one of nature's most incredible journeys, migrating up to 3,000 miles from #Canada to central #Mexico. These tiny travelers, with wings of vibrant orange, navigate the vast distances using the sun and Earth’s magnetic fields, defying the odds
April 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Monarch #butterfly embarks on one of nature's most incredible journeys, migrating up to 3,000 miles from #Canada to central #Mexico. These tiny travelers, with wings of vibrant orange, navigate the vast distances using the sun and Earth’s magnetic fields, defying the odds
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I think we have to confront the fact that tens of millions of Americans have pledged slavish allegiance to a man who says explicitly that his benchmark for when America was great is 1913. And then we have to think about the possibility that we are in the throes of a nationwide mental health crisis.
April 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I think we have to confront the fact that tens of millions of Americans have pledged slavish allegiance to a man who says explicitly that his benchmark for when America was great is 1913. And then we have to think about the possibility that we are in the throes of a nationwide mental health crisis.
Public progress and private prejudice.
This conversation reminds me of Randall Kennedy’s critique — In our personal spheres we feel entitled to act on preference which often exposes the very racism/classism/elitism we claim to oppose publicly.
open.spotify.com/episode/1rgE...
This conversation reminds me of Randall Kennedy’s critique — In our personal spheres we feel entitled to act on preference which often exposes the very racism/classism/elitism we claim to oppose publicly.
open.spotify.com/episode/1rgE...
American Amnesia with Tressie McMillan Cottom [VIDEO]
What Now? with Trevor Noah · Episode
open.spotify.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Public progress and private prejudice.
This conversation reminds me of Randall Kennedy’s critique — In our personal spheres we feel entitled to act on preference which often exposes the very racism/classism/elitism we claim to oppose publicly.
open.spotify.com/episode/1rgE...
This conversation reminds me of Randall Kennedy’s critique — In our personal spheres we feel entitled to act on preference which often exposes the very racism/classism/elitism we claim to oppose publicly.
open.spotify.com/episode/1rgE...
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This is tragic. Anyone who was familiar with 18F knows those were some of the real heroes of government, who helped make government tech/digital services better for the public.
They were doing real work that DOGE pretends to do, but is too ignorant to know how to do.
They were doing real work that DOGE pretends to do, but is too ignorant to know how to do.
18F, a digital services unit inside the General Services Administration, has been completely laid off, according to an email I’ve seen. The email says that 18F was deemed “non-critical” and the decision was made with the “explicit” direction of the administration and GSA leadership.
March 1, 2025 at 8:07 AM
This is tragic. Anyone who was familiar with 18F knows those were some of the real heroes of government, who helped make government tech/digital services better for the public.
They were doing real work that DOGE pretends to do, but is too ignorant to know how to do.
They were doing real work that DOGE pretends to do, but is too ignorant to know how to do.
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Many people used to like to say that “Twitter isn’t real life,” but now we have a federal government influenced in large part by people who spent the last decade as Twitter trolls.
A few of us tried to warn that the online ops happening in plain sight needed to be taken far more seriously.
A few of us tried to warn that the online ops happening in plain sight needed to be taken far more seriously.
February 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Many people used to like to say that “Twitter isn’t real life,” but now we have a federal government influenced in large part by people who spent the last decade as Twitter trolls.
A few of us tried to warn that the online ops happening in plain sight needed to be taken far more seriously.
A few of us tried to warn that the online ops happening in plain sight needed to be taken far more seriously.
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actual civic service
Federal workers launch a new site to share inside information about DOGE
We the Builders aims to explain why DOGE’s data access matters.
www.theverge.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
actual civic service
I would not accept this thoughtless/BS analysis from an intern, much less an “efficiency expert”. Are people really running with this?!
February 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I would not accept this thoughtless/BS analysis from an intern, much less an “efficiency expert”. Are people really running with this?!
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Our group has been hard at work to release a new tool: The Data Rescue Tracker. The tool aims to provide a consolidated overview of who is downloading which dataset from which government websites. Please share! www.datarescueproject.org/data-rescue-...
The Data Rescue Tracker
We are excited to introduce the Data Rescue Tracker, a collaborative tool built to catalog existing public data rescue efforts so that we can coordinate better across initiatives. At this stage, you c...
www.datarescueproject.org
February 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Our group has been hard at work to release a new tool: The Data Rescue Tracker. The tool aims to provide a consolidated overview of who is downloading which dataset from which government websites. Please share! www.datarescueproject.org/data-rescue-...
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JUST IN:
Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
JUST IN:
Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...