Arlene Martínez
@arlenemartinez.bsky.social
Comms+ at @goodjobsfirst, the nation's corporate welfare/corporate behavior watchdog. Past: @usatoday @mcall @vcstar @latimes. Bilingüe. Views my own.
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"The idea that these companies that have their profit wrapped up in the continued sale and use of fossil fuels is outright contrary to the very goals of the Paris Agreement..." I learned a lot from this conversation between @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social and @dharna.bsky.social
At COP30, humanity must choose: Fossil fuel industry profits or a livable planet?
“The presence of lobbyists and other representatives from the fossil fuel industry… is a huge problem, obviously, for the COP process,” Dharna Noor says. “The idea that these companies that have their...
therealnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
"The idea that these companies that have their profit wrapped up in the continued sale and use of fossil fuels is outright contrary to the very goals of the Paris Agreement..." I learned a lot from this conversation between @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social and @dharna.bsky.social
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Writing doesn't just help you process your thoughts.
Neuroscientists have found it physically changes your brain in ways that build resilience and help you handle everyday stress and challenges.
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Neuroscientists have found it physically changes your brain in ways that build resilience and help you handle everyday stress and challenges.
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Writing builds resilience by changing your brain, helping you face everyday challenges
Resilience is often presented as feats of bravery and endurance. But everyday practices like journaling, drafting a text or even writing a to-do list are manifestations of a capacity to adapt.
theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Writing doesn't just help you process your thoughts.
Neuroscientists have found it physically changes your brain in ways that build resilience and help you handle everyday stress and challenges.
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Neuroscientists have found it physically changes your brain in ways that build resilience and help you handle everyday stress and challenges.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The videos of often-violent ICE arrests circulating on social media are “brutal and terrifying,” Sarah Wildman writes. “What should give Americans equal pause is the inhumanity happening beyond the cameras, away from the view of judges and lawyers and the media.”
The videos of often-violent ICE arrests circulating on social media are “brutal and terrifying,” Sarah Wildman writes. “What should give Americans equal pause is the inhumanity happening beyond the cameras, away from the view of judges and lawyers and the media.”
Opinion | What Trump’s Immigration Policies Are Doing to People Here Legally
Something new is happening in the breadth and ferocity of efforts to change the makeup of this country.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The videos of often-violent ICE arrests circulating on social media are “brutal and terrifying,” Sarah Wildman writes. “What should give Americans equal pause is the inhumanity happening beyond the cameras, away from the view of judges and lawyers and the media.”
The videos of often-violent ICE arrests circulating on social media are “brutal and terrifying,” Sarah Wildman writes. “What should give Americans equal pause is the inhumanity happening beyond the cameras, away from the view of judges and lawyers and the media.”
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5/ As lead author @balancecraft.bsky.social says, “You can think of Wall Street as the ultimate NIMBY.”
“It’s impossible to solve America’s housing crisis without understanding the deep structural perversions in how homebuilding is financed.”
“It’s impossible to solve America’s housing crisis without understanding the deep structural perversions in how homebuilding is financed.”
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
5/ As lead author @balancecraft.bsky.social says, “You can think of Wall Street as the ultimate NIMBY.”
“It’s impossible to solve America’s housing crisis without understanding the deep structural perversions in how homebuilding is financed.”
“It’s impossible to solve America’s housing crisis without understanding the deep structural perversions in how homebuilding is financed.”
And we give Amazon billions of dollars that would otherwise go to after-school programs, expanding universal pre-K, roads, parks, child care and all the things that our lives security and joy.
October 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
And we give Amazon billions of dollars that would otherwise go to after-school programs, expanding universal pre-K, roads, parks, child care and all the things that our lives security and joy.
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I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".
hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
September 30, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".
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Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care
Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is becoming the first state in the U.S. to offer free early childhood education to every family in the state. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a universal ch…
www.krqe.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care
'Trump’s actions are not dangerously illegal, per Times journalists. Rather they “raise questions” and “stretch bounds”. Trump is not an authoritarian, he is a “maximalist.” Blisteringly obvious conclusions about his seizure of dictatorial powers are kept....'
presswatchers.org/2025/09/how-...
presswatchers.org/2025/09/how-...
How the New York Times uses weasel words to normalize authoritarianism | Press Watch
It’s an abandonment of the Times’s obligation to responsibly use its bully pulpit in a time of crisis.
presswatchers.org
September 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
'Trump’s actions are not dangerously illegal, per Times journalists. Rather they “raise questions” and “stretch bounds”. Trump is not an authoritarian, he is a “maximalist.” Blisteringly obvious conclusions about his seizure of dictatorial powers are kept....'
presswatchers.org/2025/09/how-...
presswatchers.org/2025/09/how-...
"At a time when wealth disparities in the United States have reached historic levels, the report exposes how the Abundance platform sidesteps the root causes of inequality and enables the further consolidation of corporate power..."
www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
Open Markets Institute and Revolving Door Project Debunk the “Abundance” Agenda & Propose Alternative, Shared-Power & Prosperity Approach — Open Markets Institute
The Open Markets Institute and the Revolving Door Project released a comprehensive joint report on the policy underpinnings of the so-called “abundance agenda,” an economic agenda popularized by Ezra ...
www.openmarketsinstitute.org
September 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"At a time when wealth disparities in the United States have reached historic levels, the report exposes how the Abundance platform sidesteps the root causes of inequality and enables the further consolidation of corporate power..."
www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
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Seems like a pure public good, well worth the $350 million provided by taxpayers.
First Look: Bengals to redesign club spaces, suites
The club and suite upgrades are part of the overall Paycor Stadium renovations that have already been announced.
www.fox19.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Seems like a pure public good, well worth the $350 million provided by taxpayers.
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It would be cool if the journalists doing these kinds of stories would take 5 minutes and look up one of the many studies on the benefits of bike infrastructure and then include that in the story. But no, we get vibes and a one-sided story.
Somerville shop owner fears bike lanes will "completely kill" businesses
Somerville shop owner fears bike lanes will "completely kill" businesses
A donut shop in Somerville, Massachusetts said they're forced to look for a new home after the construction of bike lanes will remove street parking.
www.cbsnews.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
It would be cool if the journalists doing these kinds of stories would take 5 minutes and look up one of the many studies on the benefits of bike infrastructure and then include that in the story. But no, we get vibes and a one-sided story.
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2. Today, ILSR is publishing a package of products that show how state enforcers and lawmakers can turn back the tide of outsized corporate power and support strong, equitable economies within their borders. ilsr.org/independent-...
Strengthening State Antimonopoly Laws - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
States have a history as frontline defenders against the threat of powerful corporations. Learn how states can use their power to promote vibrant economies.
ilsr.org
April 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
2. Today, ILSR is publishing a package of products that show how state enforcers and lawmakers can turn back the tide of outsized corporate power and support strong, equitable economies within their borders. ilsr.org/independent-...
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I can't get over how poorly this is written, and how reasonable the writer makes it sound to have whites-only developments and why yes, maybe the great replacement theory has merits. NYT sucks so bad so often.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/realestate/arkansas-white-housing-return-to-land.html
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/realestate/arkansas-white-housing-return-to-land.html
The Founders of This New Development Say You Must Be White to Live There
www.nytimes.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I can't get over how poorly this is written, and how reasonable the writer makes it sound to have whites-only developments and why yes, maybe the great replacement theory has merits. NYT sucks so bad so often.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/realestate/arkansas-white-housing-return-to-land.html
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/realestate/arkansas-white-housing-return-to-land.html
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We love to see this: The Long Beach Public Library is offering digital library cards so readers can access banned books to help offset censorship!
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Long Beach will open up its e-book library so teens from other states can read banned books
It's part of a nationwide push to let young people access reading material that may have been thrown out of their local libraries and schools.
lbpost.com
August 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
We love to see this: The Long Beach Public Library is offering digital library cards so readers can access banned books to help offset censorship!
lbpost.com/news/educati...
lbpost.com/news/educati...
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how many journalists were pulled off of more important work to chase down musk's latest bullshit vaporware for some soulless SEO chasing brunchlord editor
August 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
how many journalists were pulled off of more important work to chase down musk's latest bullshit vaporware for some soulless SEO chasing brunchlord editor
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6. Americans warped perceptions of crime “warp public opinion in ways that set back policy changes shown to improve public safety.”
We are spending billions of dollars constructing detention centers to house immigrants to combat a non-existent crime wave.
We are spending billions of dollars constructing detention centers to house immigrants to combat a non-existent crime wave.
Why you might not know that 2024 was America's safest year since the 1960s
An overwhelming majority of Americans, 64 percent, believe that crime increased across the country in 2024, according to a Gallup survey conducted late last year.
popular.info
August 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
6. Americans warped perceptions of crime “warp public opinion in ways that set back policy changes shown to improve public safety.”
We are spending billions of dollars constructing detention centers to house immigrants to combat a non-existent crime wave.
We are spending billions of dollars constructing detention centers to house immigrants to combat a non-existent crime wave.
can attest
it's so deranged how rich business owners have demanded for decades that they be called "job creators" despite the fact that every single person i know has experienced a rich guy buying out an existing business and firing everyone and usually completely bankrupting it before cashing out and leaving
August 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
can attest
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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
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Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19
Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza
Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.
aje.io
August 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19
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We're well over the 50 incidents documented in our investigation now. Here's one from this week from @opb.org, reporting that a young girl was also in the the van of Mam-speaking farmworkers from Guatemala when immigration agents broke the driver window. www.opb.org/article/2025...
August 11, 2025 at 4:35 AM
We're well over the 50 incidents documented in our investigation now. Here's one from this week from @opb.org, reporting that a young girl was also in the the van of Mam-speaking farmworkers from Guatemala when immigration agents broke the driver window. www.opb.org/article/2025...
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My "favorite" Kessler "fact check" was when he called Bernie Sanders a liar for correctly noting that "Three people in this country own more wealth than the bottom half of America." Kessler's argument was that it doesn't count because "people in the bottom half have essentially no wealth."
July 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
My "favorite" Kessler "fact check" was when he called Bernie Sanders a liar for correctly noting that "Three people in this country own more wealth than the bottom half of America." Kessler's argument was that it doesn't count because "people in the bottom half have essentially no wealth."
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First time since I've worked here where I read a headline and immediately thought "Oh this one's about me 100%."
Dunkin’ Announces They No Longer Have Heart To Charge People For Such Depressing Meals
CANTON, MA—Stressing that whatever garbage they have on their menu couldn’t possibly be better than what Americans had at home, Dunkin’ officials announced Monday that they no longer have the heart to...
theonion.com
July 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
First time since I've worked here where I read a headline and immediately thought "Oh this one's about me 100%."
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"He wants the world to know what happened to him in the Salvadoran prison — daily beatings, humiliation, psychological abuse. 'There is no reason for what I went through,” he said. “I didn’t deserve that.'" A haunting dispatch from @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/vene...
He Was Asked About His Tattoos and a TikTok Video in Court. Five Days Later, He Was in a Salvadoran Prison.
Albert Jesús Rodríguez Parra was one of more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants the Trump administration sent to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. After his release, he says he wants the world to ...
www.propublica.org
July 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
"He wants the world to know what happened to him in the Salvadoran prison — daily beatings, humiliation, psychological abuse. 'There is no reason for what I went through,” he said. “I didn’t deserve that.'" A haunting dispatch from @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/vene...
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Violation Tracker Global
Violation Tracker Global, produced by the Corporate Research Project of Good Jobs First, is a wide-ranging database on misconduct by large corporations throughout the world.
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June 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The analysis was enabled by our new database, Violation Tracker Global, the first wide-ranging database on corporate misconduct around the world.
🌍 violationtrackerglobal.goodjobsfirst.org
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