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MBA in Sustainable Business, CPA, UU, bike riding, Portland-loving, Green, Activist, WSU Coug, Foodie, ENFP/Enneagram 7, RCTID
MBA in Sustainable Business, CPA, UU, bike riding, Portland-loving, Green, Activist, WSU Coug, Foodie, ENFP/Enneagram 7, RCTID
November 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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“#RankedChoiceVoting can save cities the expense of holding preliminary elections. In Easthampton, MA it did more. It helped change the way the candidates behaved.”
– Springfield Republican Editorial Board on the impact of ranked choice voting
– Springfield Republican Editorial Board on the impact of ranked choice voting
Ranked-choice voting shows its value in Easthampton election (The Republican Editorials)
Finally, the Legislature appears to be at least willing to listen to arguments for changing the way municipalities run their elections.
www.masslive.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
“#RankedChoiceVoting can save cities the expense of holding preliminary elections. In Easthampton, MA it did more. It helped change the way the candidates behaved.”
– Springfield Republican Editorial Board on the impact of ranked choice voting
– Springfield Republican Editorial Board on the impact of ranked choice voting
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Massive White House Protest Planned While Corporate Media Finally Defends A Journalist, and Swiss Lawmakers Push For A Serious Bribery Investigation Into Trump “Gifts”
This Great News For Us That’s Terrible For Trump Surely Ruined His Thanksgiving
Massive White House protest planned while corporate media finally defends a journalist, and Swiss lawmakers push for a serious bribery investigation into Trump “gift”
www.dworkinsubstack.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Massive White House Protest Planned While Corporate Media Finally Defends A Journalist, and Swiss Lawmakers Push For A Serious Bribery Investigation Into Trump “Gifts”
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Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
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Melissa Bruntlett is an urbanist storyteller. This is her story.
𝙊𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨, 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, “𝙊𝙆, 𝙠𝙞𝙙𝙨, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤.” 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘.
NYTimes 🎁 article
@modacitylife.com
𝙊𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨, 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, “𝙊𝙆, 𝙠𝙞𝙙𝙨, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤.” 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘.
NYTimes 🎁 article
@modacitylife.com
She’s on a Mission to Make the World More Bike-Friendly
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Melissa Bruntlett is an urbanist storyteller. This is her story.
𝙊𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨, 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, “𝙊𝙆, 𝙠𝙞𝙙𝙨, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤.” 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘.
NYTimes 🎁 article
@modacitylife.com
𝙊𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨, 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, “𝙊𝙆, 𝙠𝙞𝙙𝙨, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤.” 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘.
NYTimes 🎁 article
@modacitylife.com
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This is a really sick story.
From everything I know, Boston’s Logan Airport is a legitimately dangerous place to travel through.
abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
From everything I know, Boston’s Logan Airport is a legitimately dangerous place to travel through.
abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This is a really sick story.
From everything I know, Boston’s Logan Airport is a legitimately dangerous place to travel through.
abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
From everything I know, Boston’s Logan Airport is a legitimately dangerous place to travel through.
abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
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This is a deeply unprofessional and illegal partisan statement from the Trump hack who's currently director of the CIA.
It's also deeply dishonest, because the decision to grant the shooter asylum here was made by the Trump administration.
It's also deeply dishonest, because the decision to grant the shooter asylum here was made by the Trump administration.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This is a deeply unprofessional and illegal partisan statement from the Trump hack who's currently director of the CIA.
It's also deeply dishonest, because the decision to grant the shooter asylum here was made by the Trump administration.
It's also deeply dishonest, because the decision to grant the shooter asylum here was made by the Trump administration.
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House Oversight ranking member Robert Garcia is sending a letter to AG Pam Bondi reminding her that the committee has required, under subpoena, that DOJ turn over to the committee all its Jeffrey Epstein files — notably including those tied to ongoing investigations.
Ranking Member Robert Garcia Demands Pam Bondi Legally Comply with Oversight Committee Subpoena on Epstein Files
Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep.
oversightdemocrats.house.gov
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
House Oversight ranking member Robert Garcia is sending a letter to AG Pam Bondi reminding her that the committee has required, under subpoena, that DOJ turn over to the committee all its Jeffrey Epstein files — notably including those tied to ongoing investigations.
November 27, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Is this an example of winning?
This is huge news in the brewing world. I guess it makes sense. An institution that educates brewers from all over the world needs to be located in a liberal democracy, a country that is open to the world.
The Siebel Institute is relocating from Chicago to Montreal.
www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
The Siebel Institute is relocating from Chicago to Montreal.
www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
World-famous brewing institution leaving U.S. for Canada
A renowned American beer brewing school is heading north and getting ready to settle in at a new address in Montreal.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Is this an example of winning?
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An excellent story on the Bike Bus phenomenon via @wweek.com featuring @coachbalto.bsky.social and including a cameo by two podcasters on book tour.
Sam Balto Has Made Portland’s Bike Buses Famous. Can They Last?
The bike bus concept is gaining in popularity, and Portland is now home to about 25 bike buses. This is largely thanks to Sam Balto.
www.wweek.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
An excellent story on the Bike Bus phenomenon via @wweek.com featuring @coachbalto.bsky.social and including a cameo by two podcasters on book tour.
Lock her up!
DOJ Admits ICE Barbie Made Jaw-Dropping Decision Despite Judge’s Order
Kristi Noem made a mass deportation call after a federal judge ordered the men be kept in U.S. custody, according to a court filing.
Kristi Noem made a mass deportation call after a federal judge ordered the men be kept in U.S. custody, according to a court filing.
DOJ Admits ICE Barbie Made Jaw-Dropping Decision Despite Judge’s Order
Kristi Noem made a mass deportation call after a federal judge ordered the men be kept in U.S. custody, according to a court filing.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Lock her up!
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This, more than anything, is Trump’s vision of America.
Endless waves of masked federal agents attacking blue cities and the people there.
We aren’t real Americans to them. We’re just fodder for their Twitter feeds.
Endless waves of masked federal agents attacking blue cities and the people there.
We aren’t real Americans to them. We’re just fodder for their Twitter feeds.
Photos from St. Paul today captured by MPR photojournalist Kerem Yücel. He filed them even after being hospitalized after being injured by a less lethal munition.
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This, more than anything, is Trump’s vision of America.
Endless waves of masked federal agents attacking blue cities and the people there.
We aren’t real Americans to them. We’re just fodder for their Twitter feeds.
Endless waves of masked federal agents attacking blue cities and the people there.
We aren’t real Americans to them. We’re just fodder for their Twitter feeds.
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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Brazilian labor leader Chico Mendes was assassinated by ranchers in 1988, as he worked to protect the Amazon rainforest from deforestation.
Assassinated Amazonian Rubber Tapper Chico Mendes Tried to Save the Rainforest. Meet His Daughter
We recently spoke to Brazilian environmental activist Angela Mendes, the daughter of Amazonian forest defender and labor leader Chico Mendes, who was assassinated by ranchers in December 1988. She dis...
www.democracynow.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Brazilian labor leader Chico Mendes was assassinated by ranchers in 1988, as he worked to protect the Amazon rainforest from deforestation.
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If this is true, every halfway decent foreign intelligence service on the planet already has the receipts ….
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
If this is true, every halfway decent foreign intelligence service on the planet already has the receipts ….
Here is another reason to despise Elon Musk. One to two satellites per day are reentering Earth's atmosphere.
#ElonMusk #Satellites
www.fastcompany.com/91419515/sta...
#ElonMusk #Satellites
www.fastcompany.com/91419515/sta...
Starlink satellites are already falling, and it will only get worse
Elon Musk’s satellite network is expected to balloon in size over the next decade. Should we be concerned? (Hint: Many experts already are.)
www.fastcompany.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Here is another reason to despise Elon Musk. One to two satellites per day are reentering Earth's atmosphere.
#ElonMusk #Satellites
www.fastcompany.com/91419515/sta...
#ElonMusk #Satellites
www.fastcompany.com/91419515/sta...
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Yes, HID headlights are very bright but the bigger problem is the proliferation of gargantuan vehicles with 5’+ hood heights so that if you’re driving a normal sized car their headlights are at your eye level rather than seat level like they’re supposed to be.
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Yes, HID headlights are very bright but the bigger problem is the proliferation of gargantuan vehicles with 5’+ hood heights so that if you’re driving a normal sized car their headlights are at your eye level rather than seat level like they’re supposed to be.
How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Can you imagine if Biden had pardoned a crypto dude for illegal acts who then, in multiple court cases, was alleged to be facilitating Hamas’ financing?
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Can you imagine if Biden had pardoned a crypto dude for illegal acts who then, in multiple court cases, was alleged to be facilitating Hamas’ financing?
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This plaque is posted at West Point. Alcoholic TV talk show chatterbox Pete Hegseth wants to court-martial Arizona Senator Mark Kelly for repeating what is written on it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This plaque is posted at West Point. Alcoholic TV talk show chatterbox Pete Hegseth wants to court-martial Arizona Senator Mark Kelly for repeating what is written on it.
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This is quite the essay on MAGA Christianity, an insider lament about things I’ve observed from the outside, and things I didn’t know about.
I’m not Christian, but I find some things admirable about Christianity, and think it’s a shame how the dominant form of US Christianity has inverted them.
I’m not Christian, but I find some things admirable about Christianity, and think it’s a shame how the dominant form of US Christianity has inverted them.
Rightwing MAGA Christianity has about as much relation to the gospels as MAGA politics does to the Constitution.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This is quite the essay on MAGA Christianity, an insider lament about things I’ve observed from the outside, and things I didn’t know about.
I’m not Christian, but I find some things admirable about Christianity, and think it’s a shame how the dominant form of US Christianity has inverted them.
I’m not Christian, but I find some things admirable about Christianity, and think it’s a shame how the dominant form of US Christianity has inverted them.
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🎉 Huge NWSL Championship VICTORY for Gotham FC in San Jose!
⭐️ Gotham add 2nd star—their 2nd title in 3 years under coach Juan Carlos Amorós
🌹 USWNT star Rose Lavelle named MVP, scored match's only goal
🏙️ Gotham will celebrate with fans on Monday
www.allforxi.com/nwsl/10854/v...
⭐️ Gotham add 2nd star—their 2nd title in 3 years under coach Juan Carlos Amorós
🌹 USWNT star Rose Lavelle named MVP, scored match's only goal
🏙️ Gotham will celebrate with fans on Monday
www.allforxi.com/nwsl/10854/v...
Victory for NJ/NY! Gotham FC take home second NWSL Championship title in San Jose with thrilling 1-0 victory over rival Washington Spirit
MVP Rose Lavelle scored the match’s only goal off of a cross from Bruninha.
www.allforxi.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:24 AM
🎉 Huge NWSL Championship VICTORY for Gotham FC in San Jose!
⭐️ Gotham add 2nd star—their 2nd title in 3 years under coach Juan Carlos Amorós
🌹 USWNT star Rose Lavelle named MVP, scored match's only goal
🏙️ Gotham will celebrate with fans on Monday
www.allforxi.com/nwsl/10854/v...
⭐️ Gotham add 2nd star—their 2nd title in 3 years under coach Juan Carlos Amorós
🌹 USWNT star Rose Lavelle named MVP, scored match's only goal
🏙️ Gotham will celebrate with fans on Monday
www.allforxi.com/nwsl/10854/v...
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Immigration accountability advocates today unveiled a sweeping new online “Wiki” built on the ICE List project, promising, for the first time, a central, searchable record tying individual immigration agents to raids, vehicles, local police partners ...
NEWS: ICE List Launches Wiki to Expose Enforcement Network
The Europe-based volunteer-built database links raids, agents, vehicles, and legal structures, aiming to break the cycle of official secrecy.
migrantinsider.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Immigration accountability advocates today unveiled a sweeping new online “Wiki” built on the ICE List project, promising, for the first time, a central, searchable record tying individual immigration agents to raids, vehicles, local police partners ...