Aspasia
@aspasia1772.bsky.social
I work at the intersection of data and policy to build a stronger social sector. Interested in building a better information ecosystem to defend democracy.
It’s the Gulf of Mexico.
It’s the Gulf of Mexico.
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@aspasia1772.bsky.social
· Feb 2
"Empires fall not by the sword alone, but by the slow decay of virtue. A people unwatchful of their rulers shall wake to find themselves no longer free. If Rapatio’s will becomes law, then let the world know—we did not fall in battle, we surrendered in silence." M. Otis Warren, "The Adulateur," 1772
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We need to start pushing back—legally
If they’re masked, unmarked, and flashing Amazon gear, report it for what it is: an attempted kidnapping by law enforcement impersonators.
🎥 Record.
📍 Share location.
📞 Call the police.
“ICE vest” is not an ID.
If they’re masked, unmarked, and flashing Amazon gear, report it for what it is: an attempted kidnapping by law enforcement impersonators.
🎥 Record.
📍 Share location.
📞 Call the police.
“ICE vest” is not an ID.
June 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
We need to start pushing back—legally
If they’re masked, unmarked, and flashing Amazon gear, report it for what it is: an attempted kidnapping by law enforcement impersonators.
🎥 Record.
📍 Share location.
📞 Call the police.
“ICE vest” is not an ID.
If they’re masked, unmarked, and flashing Amazon gear, report it for what it is: an attempted kidnapping by law enforcement impersonators.
🎥 Record.
📍 Share location.
📞 Call the police.
“ICE vest” is not an ID.
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A cop doing the right thing? I think that i might need my fainting chair!
June 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A cop doing the right thing? I think that i might need my fainting chair!
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Funny post, copied from elsewhere on Social Media (unknown original source). #losangeles #protests #ice #fascism
June 11, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Funny post, copied from elsewhere on Social Media (unknown original source). #losangeles #protests #ice #fascism
Keep it up and stay peaceful LA!!
June 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Keep it up and stay peaceful LA!!
Thank you for your attention to this completely unhinged bullshit.
May 30, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Thank you for your attention to this completely unhinged bullshit.
This valuable analysis by NYT makes one thing clear: We’ve lost working and middle class voters of every race, in every part of the country. If the only ones still listening to the Democrats are wealthy and educated, we are not the party of equity and opportunity.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Donald Trump Has Remade America’s Political Landscape (Gift Article)
The steady march to the right across a vast number of counties reveals the extent of the nation's transformation in the Trump era, and the seriousness of the Democrats' problems.
www.nytimes.com
May 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This valuable analysis by NYT makes one thing clear: We’ve lost working and middle class voters of every race, in every part of the country. If the only ones still listening to the Democrats are wealthy and educated, we are not the party of equity and opportunity.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
For all the transparency we’re not getting from this administration, please buy a coffee for these Reddit users for developing this amazing community-driven resource:
www.project2025.observer
#project2025
www.project2025.observer
#project2025
Project 2025 Tracker
Track the progress on Project 2025
www.project2025.observer
March 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
For all the transparency we’re not getting from this administration, please buy a coffee for these Reddit users for developing this amazing community-driven resource:
www.project2025.observer
#project2025
www.project2025.observer
#project2025
A glimmer of hope. Keep fighting!! 💪 🇺🇸
March 26, 2025 at 5:27 AM
A glimmer of hope. Keep fighting!! 💪 🇺🇸
It’s demoralizing to see so many entities and individuals caving to this administration’s extortionist attempts to subvert the will of the people and undermine the rule of law. Huge gratitude for Elias Law and others who are holding the line and refusing to cower.
This morning, the White House issued a Presidential Memorandum titled “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court.”
Elias Law Group Chair @marcelias.bsky.social Elias issued the following statement in response.
elias.law/newsroom/pre...
Elias Law Group Chair @marcelias.bsky.social Elias issued the following statement in response.
elias.law/newsroom/pre...
Statement from Elias Law Group Chair Marc Elias
elias.law
March 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
It’s demoralizing to see so many entities and individuals caving to this administration’s extortionist attempts to subvert the will of the people and undermine the rule of law. Huge gratitude for Elias Law and others who are holding the line and refusing to cower.
About an hour from me, this was Jackie sheltering her eaglets from a storm bearing down on her nest this morning, and I won’t let even Chuck Schumer ruin the hopeful symbolism of this steadfast mama bravely doing what must be done to protect the next generation.
March 14, 2025 at 2:22 AM
About an hour from me, this was Jackie sheltering her eaglets from a storm bearing down on her nest this morning, and I won’t let even Chuck Schumer ruin the hopeful symbolism of this steadfast mama bravely doing what must be done to protect the next generation.
And yet, Republican support for this shit show does not waiver.
March 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
And yet, Republican support for this shit show does not waiver.
How not to be a dick, with many thanks to Dick’s Sporting Goods!
March 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
How not to be a dick, with many thanks to Dick’s Sporting Goods!
"Rapid unscheduled disassembly" is the theme with everything Musk touches..
www.npr.org/2025/03/06/g...
www.npr.org/2025/03/06/g...
SpaceX's latest Starship test flight ends with another explosion
Nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, SpaceX launched another mammoth Starship rocket but lost contact minutes into the test flight.
www.npr.org
March 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"Rapid unscheduled disassembly" is the theme with everything Musk touches..
www.npr.org/2025/03/06/g...
www.npr.org/2025/03/06/g...
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None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.
February 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.
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ICONIC: Yosemite National Park workers just hung an upside-down American flag—THOUSANDS of feet up on El Capitan. That’s not decoration. That’s a distress signal. They’re telling us the country is in danger. Are you paying attention?
www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
February 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
ICONIC: Yosemite National Park workers just hung an upside-down American flag—THOUSANDS of feet up on El Capitan. That’s not decoration. That’s a distress signal. They’re telling us the country is in danger. Are you paying attention?
www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
All musk and bro-y, signifying nothing.
The amount of secondhand embarrassment I have even just watching this is through the roof.
February 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
All musk and bro-y, signifying nothing.
I want to amplify this "gripping tale about database hygiene" by Justin Wolfers, Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the University of Michigan. Elon Musk is not the Christopher Columbus of waste and fraud in the government, and there is no deep state discovery here. Keep pushing back...
One thing I've learned to do when I have questions about social security number holders who are age 100 or older is to look up the SSA Inspector General audit report, "Numberholders Age 100 or Older Who Did Not Have Death Information on the Numident."
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https://oig.ssa.gov/assets/uploads/a-06-21-51022.pdf
t.co
February 18, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I want to amplify this "gripping tale about database hygiene" by Justin Wolfers, Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the University of Michigan. Elon Musk is not the Christopher Columbus of waste and fraud in the government, and there is no deep state discovery here. Keep pushing back...
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One thing I've learned to do when I have questions about social security number holders who are age 100 or older is to look up the SSA Inspector General audit report, "Numberholders Age 100 or Older Who Did Not Have Death Information on the Numident."
t.co/AdWTV8eIPV
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https://oig.ssa.gov/assets/uploads/a-06-21-51022.pdf
t.co
February 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
One thing I've learned to do when I have questions about social security number holders who are age 100 or older is to look up the SSA Inspector General audit report, "Numberholders Age 100 or Older Who Did Not Have Death Information on the Numident."
t.co/AdWTV8eIPV
t.co/AdWTV8eIPV
Violence appears to be what they are asking for. This regime has no restraint, no boundaries, no shame, and no conscience, and Dems have no answer.
February 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Violence appears to be what they are asking for. This regime has no restraint, no boundaries, no shame, and no conscience, and Dems have no answer.
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
February 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
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