Claudine
@claudinerlco.bsky.social
Current: 🧶 knitting / 🏃🏻♀️running / 🐕 coyotes/ 💀 calaveras.
Black Lives Matter. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️⚧️🌊
I work in Tech/ Privacy, San Francisco 🌁
Black Lives Matter. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️⚧️🌊
I work in Tech/ Privacy, San Francisco 🌁
🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🙈
US Magistrate Judge Vaala trying to untangle Lindsey Halligan's first adventure in indicting someone:
September 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Here are the first vaccine recommendations issued by the West Coast Health Alliance, which includes California, Washington, Oregon, and Hawaii:
September 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Here are the first vaccine recommendations issued by the West Coast Health Alliance, which includes California, Washington, Oregon, and Hawaii:
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BIG: California has passed a new law, AB 144, that formally divorces the state’s vaccine laws from the authority wielded by the federal government, and allows the state to base future immunization guidance on credible, independent medical organizations instead.
Following Trump’s politicization of CDC, West Coast states issue unified vaccine recommendations — California breaks from future federal guidance with new law | Governor of California
www.gov.ca.gov
September 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
BIG: California has passed a new law, AB 144, that formally divorces the state’s vaccine laws from the authority wielded by the federal government, and allows the state to base future immunization guidance on credible, independent medical organizations instead.
This must happen in California. @governor.ca.gov please ensure Californians of all ages are able to get the vaccines they need, as supported by science.
This is good: With Trump/RFK destroying CDC, JB Pritzker's officials are exploring the possibility of buying Covid vaccines from manufacturers and distributing them in-state themselves, source tells me.
Dem govs must step up and fill the void.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1998...
Dem govs must step up and fill the void.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1998...
Trump’s Decapitation of CDC Takes Darker Turn—and Hands Dems a Weapon
Illinois’s J.B. Pritzker is leading a charge other Democratic governors should take up: In our America, we’ll make sure public health systems remain strong.
newrepublic.com
August 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This must happen in California. @governor.ca.gov please ensure Californians of all ages are able to get the vaccines they need, as supported by science.
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President Obama’s 2025 summer reading list is here – but this year, he added something new. Alongside the books, you’ll find his own handwritten reflections on why each one made the list.
✍🏾 📖: obama.org/stories/pres...
✍🏾 📖: obama.org/stories/pres...
President Obama’s favorite reads of the summer
Check out President Obama’s summer book picks—in his own words.
obama.org
August 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
President Obama’s 2025 summer reading list is here – but this year, he added something new. Alongside the books, you’ll find his own handwritten reflections on why each one made the list.
✍🏾 📖: obama.org/stories/pres...
✍🏾 📖: obama.org/stories/pres...
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Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.
June 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.
Reposted by Claudine
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SCOOP: Less than two weeks before the start of hurricane season, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) rescinded the agency’s strategic plan, which includes a document that guides agency priorities when responding to disasters, WIRED has learned.
FEMA Has Canceled Its Four-Year Strategic Plan Ahead of Hurricane Season
Multiple FEMA employees tell WIRED that they did not know of another time when a strategic plan was rescinded without another in place.
www.wired.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
SCOOP: Less than two weeks before the start of hurricane season, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) rescinded the agency’s strategic plan, which includes a document that guides agency priorities when responding to disasters, WIRED has learned.
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Breaking news: The U.S. economy shrank in the first three months of 2025, contracting by an annualized rate of 0.3 percent, a stark reversal after nearly three years of solid growth, as tariff-related uncertainty upended spending patterns and raised fears of an impending recession.
U.S. economy shrank in early 2025, as tariffs sapped growth
GDP shrank in the first quarter, a new report shows, offering a look at how tariffs are reshaping spending patterns and changing the economy.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Breaking news: The U.S. economy shrank in the first three months of 2025, contracting by an annualized rate of 0.3 percent, a stark reversal after nearly three years of solid growth, as tariff-related uncertainty upended spending patterns and raised fears of an impending recession.
Yay Canada!! 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦
April 29, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Yay Canada!! 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦
Love this so much, @aoc.bsky.social you’re a treasure! ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽 🧶
It’s #WIPWednesday! 🧶
This is what I’ve been knitting between Fight the Oligarchy rally stops.
Oversized Seasons Cardigan by Ozetta.
Splurged big-time on the yarn (🫣) but honestly after holding this thing for weeks I’m happy I did. Woolerton Estates in Fluffy. #KnitSky
This is what I’ve been knitting between Fight the Oligarchy rally stops.
Oversized Seasons Cardigan by Ozetta.
Splurged big-time on the yarn (🫣) but honestly after holding this thing for weeks I’m happy I did. Woolerton Estates in Fluffy. #KnitSky
April 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Love this so much, @aoc.bsky.social you’re a treasure! ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽 🧶
Wow, what lovely generosity from Audrey Borrego! 🧶
Looking for some absolutely incredible #knitting patterns? Audrey Borrego retired her entire store, and ALL of her patterns are free. There are some absolutely incredible ones here. Go forth, and enjoy!
www.ravelry.com/designers/au...
#knitting #knit #fiberarts #freepattern
www.ravelry.com/designers/au...
#knitting #knit #fiberarts #freepattern
April 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Wow, what lovely generosity from Audrey Borrego! 🧶
FAFO? Thoughts and prayers.
Jennifer Piggott proudly hung a red-and-blue Trump flag outside her one-story home during the November campaign. Now that she’s been fired from her civil-service job, her days of supporting the president are over reut.rs/41zDzGB
DOGE job cuts bring pain to Trump heartland
Jennifer Piggott proudly hung a red-and-blue Trump campaign flag outside her one-story home during the November election race. Now, after she was abruptly fired from her civil service job, her days of supporting the president are over.
reut.rs
March 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
FAFO? Thoughts and prayers.
I’ve got friends visiting this week, so managed some catch-up gift-knitting. 🧶 Also using, for the first time, some cute “knit by” labels I got from #cutpietags (Etsy). From L-R #perkylittlehat pattern by Sharon Lensch and #firenzehat by Jenny Noto/ Wanded.
#knitsky #knitted #showmeyourknits
#knitsky #knitted #showmeyourknits
March 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I’ve got friends visiting this week, so managed some catch-up gift-knitting. 🧶 Also using, for the first time, some cute “knit by” labels I got from #cutpietags (Etsy). From L-R #perkylittlehat pattern by Sharon Lensch and #firenzehat by Jenny Noto/ Wanded.
#knitsky #knitted #showmeyourknits
#knitsky #knitted #showmeyourknits
Mood. 👇
Down, down to hell, and say I sent thee thither—
[Stabs him again.]
[Stabs him again.]
March 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Mood. 👇
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Me: I can’t believe UK voters chose to torch their economy with Brexit. That can never be topped.
American voters:
American voters:
a man is covering his eyes with his hands in front of a group of men .
ALT: a man is covering his eyes with his hands in front of a group of men .
media.tenor.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Me: I can’t believe UK voters chose to torch their economy with Brexit. That can never be topped.
American voters:
American voters:
I purchased these beautiful beans at the farmer’s market last week. But perhaps just as delightful a discovery was @ranchogordo.bsky.social ‘s listing for these beans where avid fans also write in ways to cook them!!
www.ranchogordo.com/products/sno...
#beansky #recipes #snowcapbeans
www.ranchogordo.com/products/sno...
#beansky #recipes #snowcapbeans
March 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I purchased these beautiful beans at the farmer’s market last week. But perhaps just as delightful a discovery was @ranchogordo.bsky.social ‘s listing for these beans where avid fans also write in ways to cook them!!
www.ranchogordo.com/products/sno...
#beansky #recipes #snowcapbeans
www.ranchogordo.com/products/sno...
#beansky #recipes #snowcapbeans
ICYMI: 🧶 designer @knitosophy.bsky.social is having a birthday sale with patterns 41% off - pictured is the gorgeous Milkweed top (also available as a hat + in DK weight). Last day of sale is today, 2 March
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
Milkweed pattern by Jamie Hoffman
The Milkweed and Monarch patterns are part of a bundle. Purchase both and save $5.50 for a limited time. No coupon needed!
www.ravelry.com
March 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
ICYMI: 🧶 designer @knitosophy.bsky.social is having a birthday sale with patterns 41% off - pictured is the gorgeous Milkweed top (also available as a hat + in DK weight). Last day of sale is today, 2 March
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
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Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
February 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
Friday, 28 Feb. #buynothing #economicblackout
February 28, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Friday, 28 Feb. #buynothing #economicblackout
February 28, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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Other countries are already taking advantage of DOGE chaos.
“Foreign countries are actively recruiting my colleagues, and some have already left...My students are looking at jobs overseas now. People have been coming [to the US] to do science my whole life. Now people are going the other way.”
“Foreign countries are actively recruiting my colleagues, and some have already left...My students are looking at jobs overseas now. People have been coming [to the US] to do science my whole life. Now people are going the other way.”
DOGE’s Chaos Reaches Antarctica
Daily life at US-run Antarctic stations has already been disrupted. Scientists worry that the long-term impacts could upend not only important research but the continent’s delicate geopolitics.
www.wired.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Other countries are already taking advantage of DOGE chaos.
“Foreign countries are actively recruiting my colleagues, and some have already left...My students are looking at jobs overseas now. People have been coming [to the US] to do science my whole life. Now people are going the other way.”
“Foreign countries are actively recruiting my colleagues, and some have already left...My students are looking at jobs overseas now. People have been coming [to the US] to do science my whole life. Now people are going the other way.”
As a privacy professional, it was always clear to me that all this unauthorized access to sensitive data constituted unequivocal data breaches.
Mary Ellen Callahan, former chief privacy officer at the DHS, explains why the treasury secretary violated the law by giving sensitive, personal data to Elon Musk's DOGE.
Mary Ellen Callahan, former chief privacy officer at the DHS, explains why the treasury secretary violated the law by giving sensitive, personal data to Elon Musk’s DOGE.
TikTok video by Brennan Center for Justice
www.tiktok.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
As a privacy professional, it was always clear to me that all this unauthorized access to sensitive data constituted unequivocal data breaches.
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Let’s go www.yahoo.com/news/no-amaz...
'No Amazon, no Walmart, no fast food': What's behind the 'Feb. 28 economic blackout'
The People's Union USA, a self-described “grassroots movement” founded by John Schwarz, is encouraging Americans to refrain from making non-essential purchases on Friday.
www.yahoo.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Let’s go www.yahoo.com/news/no-amaz...
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"Immigrants didn't steal my job. The president did."
February 23, 2025 at 5:06 AM
"Immigrants didn't steal my job. The president did."