emottk
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emottk
@emottk.bsky.social
engineering manager & former high school math teacher

💙RVA
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Primary the Democrats who voted to censure Al Green (Congressional district provided):

Bera, CA, 6th
Case, HI, 1st
Costa, CA, 21st
Gillen, NY, 4th
Himes, CT, 4th
Houlahan, PA, 6th
Kaptur, OH, 9th
Moskowitz, FL, 23rd
Perez, WA, 3rd
Suozzi, NY, 3rd
March 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I attempted to watch the #sotu with a sliver of hope that democrats might protest in some meaningful way but the moment they let Al Green walk out alone I had to switch to VEEP instead.
March 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Attention all #RVA Tesla owners!! We'll give you extra money off your next car purchase so you don't have to drive a Tesla anymore!
March 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
🇺🇦 Zelensky for president
February 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
February 26, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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In order for New Yorkers to vote in the closed Democratic Mayoral Primary, they must be registered as Democrats (and not unaffiliated or otherwise) by TOMORROW, February 14th.

You CAN do change or update online through the DMV link below with a valid ID:

e-register.vote.nyc
Voter Registration Portal | NYC Voter Registration
e-register.vote.nyc
February 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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A petition for VCU to reverse its dangerous decision to curtail gender-affirming care in its rush to comply with anti-trans EOs:

chng.it/vrH2CpM9DF
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Reinstate Gender Affirming Care Practices at VCU Health
chng.it
February 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
is there a new word for what’s happening right now yet? I think it’s time.
February 3, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
January 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
reading helps in these moments. just like washing your face or going for a walk to get out of a funk.
January 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
the outpouring of DEI rollbacks is deeply disappointing and also apparently way too easy to do, since most of these big corporations weren’t actually investing in them in the first place.
January 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
what do you do when you're sad? not aspirationally - I mean what do you actually do?
January 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
the thing about this is it’s not surprising and hasn’t been for some time. these spaces aren’t trustworthy ones — they never were — but they’re more akin to tabloids now more than ever and I wonder when the common conception here will finally shift.
Instagram and Facebook have recently blurred, blocked or removed posts from two abortion pill providers. Instagram also suspended the accounts of several abortion pill providers and hid the providers from appearing in search and recommendations. nyti.ms/4h3PF1x
January 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
for the love of god, I just want to make things. why does that feel so impossible?
January 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
time to pull on the roots!
January 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM