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Eleni Sarris
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Former aide to U.S. Senator Tim Wirth. All views are my own unless stated otherwise. Still on Twitter @EleniVSarris.
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The state of our world today
January 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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LOVED the “Anti-Carceral Approaches in Social Work Education: Exploring a Research Agenda to Support Transformation” symposia from @ceemantics.bsky.social and @janepalmer.bsky.social (and Sophia and Jelena and Noor) at #SSWR2025! What a great start to my first SSWR!
January 17, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse. stay locked in.
November 19, 2024 at 1:25 PM
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Housing insecurity in the US is a policy choice by those with money and power. It doesn’t have to be this way. In Vienna, 60% of the residents live in social housing. 1/3
How We Can Bring Vienna's Housing Model to the U.S.
Legislators visited Vienna to learn about the city’s social housing program. Here’s how they say their states’ housing crises would benefit from similar policies.
shelterforce.org
November 17, 2024 at 3:42 AM
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UN Committee declares Israel's assault on Palestinians is consistent with genocide and lists the following reasons:
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November 17, 2024 at 4:38 AM
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Republican President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday he wants Chris Wright, a Colorado oil and gas executive who denies that the world faces a “climate crisis,” to serve the new administration as Department of Energy secretary. Replaces a previous post that contained a typo.
Trump picks Colorado oil and gas executive to lead Energy Department • Colorado Newsline
President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday he will nominate Chris Wright, a Colorado oil and gas executive, to be energy secretary.
coloradonewsline.com
November 17, 2024 at 5:14 AM
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Hey friends, it’s cold AF in Denver, and our unhoused neighbors need supplies to stay safe! If you’ve got a little $ to spare, please consider donating to help them ride out this awful weather:

venmo.com/ViryaUS-Kelsang
Venmo | Virya US Kelsang
Venmo is a digital wallet that lets you make and share payments with friends. You can easily split the bill, cab fare, or much more. Download the iOS or Android app or sign up on Venmo.com today.
venmo.com
November 9, 2024 at 3:52 PM
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"The good news is that there is a serious, detailed plan that our next president and Congress can implement to address the needs of our clients and the millions of others like them.

It comes from the tenants themselves."
Struggling Tenants Tell Our Next President: Here is How You End Our Housing Crisis | Common Dreams
The situation is dire. The good news is that there is a serious, detailed plan that our next president and Congress can implement to address the needs of our clients and the millions of others like th...
www.commondreams.org
November 1, 2024 at 11:03 PM
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November 1, 2024 at 11:50 PM
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Great question! Read our Cold Justice series about the Baltimore doctor who, starting in the 1970s, had the foresight to collect samples from rape victims in the hope that DNA science would eventually catch up -- and how authorities largely ignored this archive for far too long.
Cold Justice
Starting in the 1970s, a Baltimore doctor quietly preserved DNA evidence from rape victims, believing science would eventually catch up. Much of it would sit for decades, ignored and unused, until a t...
www.propublica.org
July 23, 2024 at 2:32 AM
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jesus
March 28, 2024 at 6:27 AM
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this one just gives
March 28, 2024 at 4:12 AM
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Our little mutual aid group sent out simple cold weather kits this week with our weekly sack lunches: socks, a rain poncho, and hand warmers. These are relatively cheap to put together; even just buying enough for the people who sleep outside on your block can help ease a little misery in cold temps
January 14, 2024 at 2:23 AM
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In Edmonton this week, an encampment was torn down right before the city heads into a prolonged cold snap.
January 14, 2024 at 2:33 AM
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it is bc they have to stop for the holidays so landlords have backed up mean. we got a bill to abolish winter evictions introduced in nys last year seattle has it paris does the world didn’t end
January 14, 2024 at 2:37 AM
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We’ve got A LOT of de-brainwashing to do friend. Happy new year!
January 1, 2024 at 4:56 AM