Michelle Ottaviano
@michelleottaviano.bsky.social
Working to expand access to scientific resources via SBGrid, Harvard Medical School, and build progressive power in state legislatures via SisterDistrict. Lover of jazz, dance, dogs, cats, social justice, democracy. She/her
This thread!! If you're looking for a way to get involved there are loads of terrific orgs doing grassroots work to help elect amazing folks like @pwcdanica.bsky.social ! Check out @sdpmari.bsky.social with local teams across the country, @runforsomething.net, and so many more.
Some people might think that the 13 Democrats who flipped seats in the Virginia House of Delegates Red to Blue might not have staying power and will just be washed out when the pendulum swings back.
Let’s look at the Class of ’17, when we flipped 15 seats Red to Blue + held an open Democratic seat.🧵
Let’s look at the Class of ’17, when we flipped 15 seats Red to Blue + held an open Democratic seat.🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This thread!! If you're looking for a way to get involved there are loads of terrific orgs doing grassroots work to help elect amazing folks like @pwcdanica.bsky.social ! Check out @sdpmari.bsky.social with local teams across the country, @runforsomething.net, and so many more.
My favorite Election Night tracker - thanks @taniel.bsky.social for all the nitty gritty detail. A real testament to Why States Matter!
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts
Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections this fall: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so... Read M...
boltsmag.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
My favorite Election Night tracker - thanks @taniel.bsky.social for all the nitty gritty detail. A real testament to Why States Matter!
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
We're looking for someone new to join the team @sbgrid.bsky.social . Link to full posting below
Job posting: Research Associate - SBGrid a computationally minded PhD structural biologist interested in advancing research through installing, curating, validating, & benchmarking the software that underpins macromolecular structure determination.
academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15185
academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15185
HMS - Research Associate in SBGrid, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
We invite applications for a Research Associate position in SBGrid at Harvard Medical School. This annually appointed academic role advances discovery in structural biology by curating, validating, an...
academicpositions.harvard.edu
October 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
We're looking for someone new to join the team @sbgrid.bsky.social . Link to full posting below
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Early voting sites are now open in Prince William County, the City of Manassas and the City of Manassas Park for the 2025 #Virginia general election.
You can cast your ballot beginning today.
PWC: Office of Elections
Manassas: Town Hall
Manassas Park: City Hall
#vagov #valeg
You can cast your ballot beginning today.
PWC: Office of Elections
Manassas: Town Hall
Manassas Park: City Hall
#vagov #valeg
September 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Just donated to Roger and Ellen, who are tireless activists and inspiring musicians doing great work that reaches a new audience!
gofund.me/7c221379
gofund.me/7c221379
Please donate to our video When Billionaires Rule the World, organized by Roger and Ellen Bruno and Schwartz
Every day we’re flooded with shocking images and sound clips … Roger and Ellen Bruno and Schwartz needs your support for Please donate to our video When Billionaires Rule the World
gofund.me
July 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Just donated to Roger and Ellen, who are tireless activists and inspiring musicians doing great work that reaches a new audience!
gofund.me/7c221379
gofund.me/7c221379
So fun working Sydney and our first cohort of 2025 interns!
Meet Sydney!🎉
Sister District MA-RI is excited to have her join the organizing intern team! She’s looking forward to further educating herself and others on the importance of state and local elections. Sydney helps phone bank, manages social media, and researches past and present candidates.
Sister District MA-RI is excited to have her join the organizing intern team! She’s looking forward to further educating herself and others on the importance of state and local elections. Sydney helps phone bank, manages social media, and researches past and present candidates.
June 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
So fun working Sydney and our first cohort of 2025 interns!
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Meet Sydney!🎉
Sister District MA-RI is excited to have her join the organizing intern team! She’s looking forward to further educating herself and others on the importance of state and local elections. Sydney helps phone bank, manages social media, and researches past and present candidates.
Sister District MA-RI is excited to have her join the organizing intern team! She’s looking forward to further educating herself and others on the importance of state and local elections. Sydney helps phone bank, manages social media, and researches past and present candidates.
June 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Meet Sydney!🎉
Sister District MA-RI is excited to have her join the organizing intern team! She’s looking forward to further educating herself and others on the importance of state and local elections. Sydney helps phone bank, manages social media, and researches past and present candidates.
Sister District MA-RI is excited to have her join the organizing intern team! She’s looking forward to further educating herself and others on the importance of state and local elections. Sydney helps phone bank, manages social media, and researches past and present candidates.
Ok Massachusetts, @cindycreem.bsky.social @massgovernor.bsky.social , would love to see MA lead on this one too!
www.courthousenews.com/california-l...
California legislature set to vote on bill to ban masks for federal, state and local law enforcement....
California legislature set to vote on bill to ban masks for federal, state and local law enforcement....
California lawmakers unveil bill to keep masks off law enforcement
One of the bill's authors laid some blame on President Donald Trump, saying the president's actions have fostered a volatile environment that has led to people impersonating law enforcement.
www.courthousenews.com
June 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Ok Massachusetts, @cindycreem.bsky.social @massgovernor.bsky.social , would love to see MA lead on this one too!
Welcome SAKSHI! 🥳
🎉Meet Sakshi!
Sister District MA-RI is thrilled to welcome her as a summer intern. Sakshi contributes to our work through candidate research, weekly phone banks, and social media. She's excited to continue advocating for key issues and supporting the states. We're so glad to have her on the team!
Sister District MA-RI is thrilled to welcome her as a summer intern. Sakshi contributes to our work through candidate research, weekly phone banks, and social media. She's excited to continue advocating for key issues and supporting the states. We're so glad to have her on the team!
June 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Welcome SAKSHI! 🥳
Great to have you on the team Anya!
🎉 Meet Anya, one of our amazing summer interns!
She’s a rising senior from Massachusetts who’s passionate about civic engagement and voter education. At Sister District, Anya is excited to help amplify local races and empower young people to take action.
We’re thrilled to have Anya on the team!
She’s a rising senior from Massachusetts who’s passionate about civic engagement and voter education. At Sister District, Anya is excited to help amplify local races and empower young people to take action.
We’re thrilled to have Anya on the team!
June 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Great to have you on the team Anya!
Quick to do, sign now to help build a community of supporters who will stand up for science.
Stand up for science and sign your name in support of NIH staff and The Bethesda Declaration: A Call for NIH and HHS Leadership to Deliver on Promises of Academic Freedom and Scientific Excellence.
actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...
actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...
ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff
Join the courageous and committed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants by adding your name now.
actionnetwork.org
June 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Quick to do, sign now to help build a community of supporters who will stand up for science.
Every Monday...I'll be there.
PHONEBANK FOR JOSHUA COLE ☎️ Join us on Zoom every Mon to dial for VA House Delegate Joshua Cole. NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED. We'll ID supporters, reach undecided voters, clean up campaign data, and recruit local volunteers. www.mobilize.us/sisterdistri...
May 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Every Monday...I'll be there.
With a student planning a freshman year at #Skidmore in the fall, very happy to see President Conner's name on this list!
Students are watching in these days before making a commitment #university #college #AACU
www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
Students are watching in these days before making a commitment #university #college #AACU
www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
April 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
With a student planning a freshman year at #Skidmore in the fall, very happy to see President Conner's name on this list!
Students are watching in these days before making a commitment #university #college #AACU
www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
Students are watching in these days before making a commitment #university #college #AACU
www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
Looking forward to another productive year! Open to local or remote applicants. No experience necessary, but must have a willingness to learn, the desire engage with fellow volunteers, and a passion for protecting democracy and preserving our freedoms.
Help us build progressive power across the country! As an organizing intern, you'll help us connect with voters, build civic engagement, & elect legislators working to preserve the environment, enact common-sense gun legislation, & protect our right to vote.
www.mobilize.us/sisterdistri...
www.mobilize.us/sisterdistri...
2025 Sister District MA-RI Organizing Intern (unpaid) - In person or Remote · Sister District MA-RI
### Apply to Sister District MA-RI and help us build progressive power, state by state!
Help us build progressive power in state legislatures across the country! As an organizing intern, you'll help ...
www.mobilize.us
April 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Looking forward to another productive year! Open to local or remote applicants. No experience necessary, but must have a willingness to learn, the desire engage with fellow volunteers, and a passion for protecting democracy and preserving our freedoms.
Lawyers for Harvard University said the school will not comply with a new list of demands sent by the Trump administration on Friday.
Harvard says it will not yield to Trump’s demands - The Boston Globe
Lawyers for Harvard University said Monday the school will not comply with a list of expanded demands from the Trump administration.
www.bostonglobe.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
@runforsomething.net doing good work!
Please boost and send this to anyone impacted by federal layoffs: @runforsomething.net is hosting an intro call for any former federal employees who want to turn anger into action by running for local office.
See below: www.mobilize.us/runforsometh...
See below: www.mobilize.us/runforsometh...
From Public Service to Public Office: A Call for Former Federal Workers · Run for Something
To all of the federal employees who have been tossed out of their roles by the Trump administration - we need you! You all are exactly the kinds of leaders who are needed in local office and Run For S...
www.mobilize.us
March 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
@runforsomething.net doing good work!
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March 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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I needed this tonight, when shame and sadness over what our country has become began to overwhelm. Thanks to Jessica Craven for pulling together the good news, and @katzpie.bsky.social for the recommendation.
Now…hopefully sleep first, then back to work.
open.substack.com/pub/chopwood...
Now…hopefully sleep first, then back to work.
open.substack.com/pub/chopwood...
Extra! Extra! 3/9 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Hey, all, and happy Sunday!
open.substack.com
March 10, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I needed this tonight, when shame and sadness over what our country has become began to overwhelm. Thanks to Jessica Craven for pulling together the good news, and @katzpie.bsky.social for the recommendation.
Now…hopefully sleep first, then back to work.
open.substack.com/pub/chopwood...
Now…hopefully sleep first, then back to work.
open.substack.com/pub/chopwood...
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PROTEST! 5 places to show up this week!
TODAY, 4pm, Boston Common Parkman Bandstand
March 4th for Democracy! Rally before the President's speech to "speak the truth about the state of our Union today and the need for nonviolent resistance to protect our democracy." Organized by 50501
TODAY, 4pm, Boston Common Parkman Bandstand
March 4th for Democracy! Rally before the President's speech to "speak the truth about the state of our Union today and the need for nonviolent resistance to protect our democracy." Organized by 50501
March 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
PROTEST! 5 places to show up this week!
TODAY, 4pm, Boston Common Parkman Bandstand
March 4th for Democracy! Rally before the President's speech to "speak the truth about the state of our Union today and the need for nonviolent resistance to protect our democracy." Organized by 50501
TODAY, 4pm, Boston Common Parkman Bandstand
March 4th for Democracy! Rally before the President's speech to "speak the truth about the state of our Union today and the need for nonviolent resistance to protect our democracy." Organized by 50501
Despair keeps knocking at the door, here's one way to face it with strength: support these four powerhouse grass-roots orgs that work year-round to educate and engage voters in MI and WI (timely for the upcoming state Supreme Court election in WI). secure.actblue.com/donate/sd045...
I just gave to help build state power!
Help Build State Power! Support community-based organizations with Sister District State Bridges!
secure.actblue.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Despair keeps knocking at the door, here's one way to face it with strength: support these four powerhouse grass-roots orgs that work year-round to educate and engage voters in MI and WI (timely for the upcoming state Supreme Court election in WI). secure.actblue.com/donate/sd045...
Lots of options for showing up in solidarity this week!
PROTESTS/ACTION DAYS THIS WEEK:
March 4th:
- @50501movement.bsky.social protests
- @aftunion.bsky.social #ProtectOurKids Day of Action
- @publiccitizen.bsky.social "Lights for Our Democracy" vigils during Trump's speech
March 7th:
- @standupforscience.bsky.social rallies
AND...
March 4th:
- @50501movement.bsky.social protests
- @aftunion.bsky.social #ProtectOurKids Day of Action
- @publiccitizen.bsky.social "Lights for Our Democracy" vigils during Trump's speech
March 7th:
- @standupforscience.bsky.social rallies
AND...
March 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Lots of options for showing up in solidarity this week!
On my agenda for tonight - supporting grassroots orgs focused on educating and engaging voters.
RSVP here: www.mobilize.us/sisterdistri...
RSVP here: www.mobilize.us/sisterdistri...
TODAY, 8-9pm: SUPPORT AZ & PA
The antidote to cruelty and disorder? Compassion and discipline. Join Sister District's first State Bridges event of the year to support four compassionate, disciplined grassroots organizations in two critical states: Pennsylvania and Arizona.
The antidote to cruelty and disorder? Compassion and discipline. Join Sister District's first State Bridges event of the year to support four compassionate, disciplined grassroots organizations in two critical states: Pennsylvania and Arizona.
February 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
On my agenda for tonight - supporting grassroots orgs focused on educating and engaging voters.
RSVP here: www.mobilize.us/sisterdistri...
RSVP here: www.mobilize.us/sisterdistri...
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We've gotten a lot of questions about who's behind #standupforscience2025 - and in the spirit of transparency, we made a starter pack of our core team ☀️
We're a group of early-career scientists who are passionate about the ability of science to drive progress!
go.bsky.app/SHLNvG1
We're a group of early-career scientists who are passionate about the ability of science to drive progress!
go.bsky.app/SHLNvG1
February 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
We've gotten a lot of questions about who's behind #standupforscience2025 - and in the spirit of transparency, we made a starter pack of our core team ☀️
We're a group of early-career scientists who are passionate about the ability of science to drive progress!
go.bsky.app/SHLNvG1
We're a group of early-career scientists who are passionate about the ability of science to drive progress!
go.bsky.app/SHLNvG1
Reposted by Michelle Ottaviano
I think our country sinks beneath the yoke:
It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash
Is added to her wounds.
It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash
Is added to her wounds.
February 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I think our country sinks beneath the yoke:
It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash
Is added to her wounds.
It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash
Is added to her wounds.