Emilie Finn
@emilieaurora.bsky.social
I am an Episcopal priest, a writer, and a former Catholic Worker.
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Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities.
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
February 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities.
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
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Since we started the Elon Musk boycott, Tesla shares have dropped nearly 26% in the last month. Remember, don’t buy anything Elon.
February 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Since we started the Elon Musk boycott, Tesla shares have dropped nearly 26% in the last month. Remember, don’t buy anything Elon.
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When you suddenly remember 🆘🇺🇸🆘
February 21, 2025 at 4:04 AM
When you suddenly remember 🆘🇺🇸🆘
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Siri, what are some things that happened to kings
February 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Siri, what are some things that happened to kings
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hey for anyone who might want to actually own their kindle books instead of renting them, or who might be thinking of switching to kobo etc and will want to convert them to epubs, you now only have one week before amazon kills your ability to download its ebooks www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books
It’s bad if you like to keep ebook backup copies.
www.theverge.com
February 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
hey for anyone who might want to actually own their kindle books instead of renting them, or who might be thinking of switching to kobo etc and will want to convert them to epubs, you now only have one week before amazon kills your ability to download its ebooks www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
I agree with a commenter on the OP that “there is no ethical way to use generative AI,” and I am ASTOUNDED that I had to write “intellectual property concerns inherent in the training and use of AI in general” in myself under “other” when completing the survey.
Y'all if you are Episcopalian please fill this out and say you are not at all interested in AI in church lol (if that's how you feel - it's for a task force created by General Convention re: AI)
form.jotform.com/250227891275...
form.jotform.com/250227891275...
AI Usage and Perception Survey
Please click the link to complete this form.
form.jotform.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I agree with a commenter on the OP that “there is no ethical way to use generative AI,” and I am ASTOUNDED that I had to write “intellectual property concerns inherent in the training and use of AI in general” in myself under “other” when completing the survey.
It’s the “little” things that make you cry sometimes. (But not really little, when we are still talking about a whole group of people, and their art, and their whole careers.)
Ben Folds Resigns From National Symphony Orchestra Role as Trump Seizes Kennedy Center
Ben Folds has resigned as the artistic advisor for the National Symphony Orchestra as Donald Trump solidified his takeover of the Kennedy Center.
www.rollingstone.com
February 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
It’s the “little” things that make you cry sometimes. (But not really little, when we are still talking about a whole group of people, and their art, and their whole careers.)
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February 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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And thou shalt especially not ally with the Green family and their agenda in order to do so.
Thou shalt not spend millions on Super Bowl ads about Jesus when you could’ve used it to feed the hungry.
February 11, 2025 at 5:59 AM
And thou shalt especially not ally with the Green family and their agenda in order to do so.
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Dear ones, how can we pray for you and those you hold in your heart this week?
February 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Dear ones, how can we pray for you and those you hold in your heart this week?
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So we’re back to Jim Crow vagrancy laws now? I’ll be sure to reference this when we read excerpts from Charles Chesnutt’s The Colonel’s Dream after midterm.
#AfAmLit #C19 #jimcrow #booksky #skystorians #AcademicSky #blackhistory
#AfAmLit #C19 #jimcrow #booksky #skystorians #AcademicSky #blackhistory
In preparation for today’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, state police forced over 100 homeless men and women onto buses under threat of arrest, dumping them in an unheated warehouse. Tents destroyed, belongings lost. Press are barred from the warehouse.
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
Louisiana coerced unhoused people into an unheated warehouse – and paid $17.5m for it
Dozens of New Orleanians were bused to a site with insufficient heating and blankets days before the city is to host the Super Bowl
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
So we’re back to Jim Crow vagrancy laws now? I’ll be sure to reference this when we read excerpts from Charles Chesnutt’s The Colonel’s Dream after midterm.
#AfAmLit #C19 #jimcrow #booksky #skystorians #AcademicSky #blackhistory
#AfAmLit #C19 #jimcrow #booksky #skystorians #AcademicSky #blackhistory
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All of this is a problem, the inclusion of “confirmation bias” is a *new* phase to the problem
2. A memo distributed by NSA leadership to its staff says that on February 10, all NSA websites and internal network pages that contain banned words will be deleted.
This is the list of 27 banned words distributed to NSA staff:
This is the list of 27 banned words distributed to NSA staff:
February 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
All of this is a problem, the inclusion of “confirmation bias” is a *new* phase to the problem
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The Resegregation of Higher Education in the United States
Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be.
February 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The Resegregation of Higher Education in the United States
Dear ones, how can we pray for you and those you hold in your heart this week?
February 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Dear ones, how can we pray for you and those you hold in your heart this week?
Guys, stop copying and pasting those boiler-plate “I don’t give permission for Meta/AI to use my content” statuses. They don’t do anything except give the original creator of that post all kinds of data about who reposts what.
You can find out more here: www.facebook.com/terms/?_rdr
You can find out more here: www.facebook.com/terms/?_rdr
February 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Guys, stop copying and pasting those boiler-plate “I don’t give permission for Meta/AI to use my content” statuses. They don’t do anything except give the original creator of that post all kinds of data about who reposts what.
You can find out more here: www.facebook.com/terms/?_rdr
You can find out more here: www.facebook.com/terms/?_rdr
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This is Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll. Last Friday he refused Justice Department order to identify & assist in firing all agents involved in Jan. 6 riot cases, He is said to have pushed back forcefully.
Thank you Brian Driscoll!🇺🇸
Thank you Brian Driscoll!🇺🇸
February 4, 2025 at 1:11 AM
This is Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll. Last Friday he refused Justice Department order to identify & assist in firing all agents involved in Jan. 6 riot cases, He is said to have pushed back forcefully.
Thank you Brian Driscoll!🇺🇸
Thank you Brian Driscoll!🇺🇸
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Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
February 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
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Just spitballing, but things that could happen today:
*Court injunction protecting USAID
*Dems demand hearings on Musk's role
*Someone introduce articles of impeachment
*Dem officeholders go to USAID offices with USAID workers
*Refuse to conduct any more Senate confirmations until this is resolved
*Court injunction protecting USAID
*Dems demand hearings on Musk's role
*Someone introduce articles of impeachment
*Dem officeholders go to USAID offices with USAID workers
*Refuse to conduct any more Senate confirmations until this is resolved
February 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Just spitballing, but things that could happen today:
*Court injunction protecting USAID
*Dems demand hearings on Musk's role
*Someone introduce articles of impeachment
*Dem officeholders go to USAID offices with USAID workers
*Refuse to conduct any more Senate confirmations until this is resolved
*Court injunction protecting USAID
*Dems demand hearings on Musk's role
*Someone introduce articles of impeachment
*Dem officeholders go to USAID offices with USAID workers
*Refuse to conduct any more Senate confirmations until this is resolved
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Dear ones, how can my wife and I pray for you and those you love this week?
February 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Dear ones, how can my wife and I pray for you and those you love this week?
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Santa Cruz County representing!Protect our students and their communities-and collaborating on this info site at susderechos.info/educacion/
santacruzcoe.org/a-message-to...
santacruzcoe.org/a-message-to...
A Message to Families - Santa Cruz County Office Of Education
Dear community member, In this moment of uncertainty, let there be no doubt: Santa Cruz County schools stand with our immigrant and LGBTQ+ communities. The Santa Cruz COE is joining school districts, ...
santacruzcoe.org
January 31, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Santa Cruz County representing!Protect our students and their communities-and collaborating on this info site at susderechos.info/educacion/
santacruzcoe.org/a-message-to...
santacruzcoe.org/a-message-to...
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You know how the Trump admin blocked publication of the CDC's weekly morbidity and mortality report, which until now had been released every single week since 1952?
Turns out last week's report would have included 2 important new studies on bird flu transmission.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Turns out last week's report would have included 2 important new studies on bird flu transmission.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Trump Administration’s Halt of CDC’s Weekly Scientific Report Stalls Bird Flu Studies - KFF Health News
An unprecedented freeze on the agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report sparks new concerns about political meddling in science.
kffhealthnews.org
January 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
You know how the Trump admin blocked publication of the CDC's weekly morbidity and mortality report, which until now had been released every single week since 1952?
Turns out last week's report would have included 2 important new studies on bird flu transmission.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Turns out last week's report would have included 2 important new studies on bird flu transmission.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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January 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM