Elizabeth Quartwrite
@equartz.bsky.social
Texan. Episcopalian. Wildlife enthusiast. Amateur cook. Lover of Highlands scotch and a bold lip.
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People who say “it won’t matter”, or “nothing ever changes”, or “there’s nothing I can do” are just looking for an excuse to do nothing.
Don’t be one of those people.
Do something small every day. It might seem insignificant, but it adds up, especially when millions of us are doing small things.
Don’t be one of those people.
Do something small every day. It might seem insignificant, but it adds up, especially when millions of us are doing small things.
March 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
People who say “it won’t matter”, or “nothing ever changes”, or “there’s nothing I can do” are just looking for an excuse to do nothing.
Don’t be one of those people.
Do something small every day. It might seem insignificant, but it adds up, especially when millions of us are doing small things.
Don’t be one of those people.
Do something small every day. It might seem insignificant, but it adds up, especially when millions of us are doing small things.
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democracy in michigan and wisconsin was crushed to the point of near-irreversibility until 2020 -- vastly worse than what trump seems likely to be able to do before 2028 -- and we fought back, inch by inch, until we took it back, despite Republicans having both structural advantages and real support
I have no respect for any of these people that just doom post all day when the exact path to turning back the clock on democratic backsliding can be seen in Michigan and Wisconsin. But they don't want to deal in factuals, only hyperbolic hypotheticals
February 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
democracy in michigan and wisconsin was crushed to the point of near-irreversibility until 2020 -- vastly worse than what trump seems likely to be able to do before 2028 -- and we fought back, inch by inch, until we took it back, despite Republicans having both structural advantages and real support
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Feels like we all need to add as much pro-social, Mr Rogers like activity as possible just as a homeostatic response to all the ambient evil floating around right now.
Anyway I just signed up to read with little kids on Wednesday mornings before work.
Anyway I just signed up to read with little kids on Wednesday mornings before work.
February 15, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Feels like we all need to add as much pro-social, Mr Rogers like activity as possible just as a homeostatic response to all the ambient evil floating around right now.
Anyway I just signed up to read with little kids on Wednesday mornings before work.
Anyway I just signed up to read with little kids on Wednesday mornings before work.
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I've received a tip that access to NASA supercomputing services used for fundamental physics research has been disrupted. I was told in-process computation jobs were interrupted from January 22-29 and access hasn't been restored. If you're in this situation, message stevanzetti.12 on Signal.
February 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I've received a tip that access to NASA supercomputing services used for fundamental physics research has been disrupted. I was told in-process computation jobs were interrupted from January 22-29 and access hasn't been restored. If you're in this situation, message stevanzetti.12 on Signal.
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Hey man sorry to hear about all your political turmoil. Would it help if I scrolled around on the computer all day and drove myself insane?
February 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Hey man sorry to hear about all your political turmoil. Would it help if I scrolled around on the computer all day and drove myself insane?
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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Hi, are you doomscrolling?
There's a lot of doom right now. Possibly unprecedented amounts. It might feel overwhelming, chaotic, and very disorienting. Despite all of that, you still deserve time to rest and recover.
Try not to stay up too late tonight. And charge your phone away from your bed.
There's a lot of doom right now. Possibly unprecedented amounts. It might feel overwhelming, chaotic, and very disorienting. Despite all of that, you still deserve time to rest and recover.
Try not to stay up too late tonight. And charge your phone away from your bed.
January 29, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Hi, are you doomscrolling?
There's a lot of doom right now. Possibly unprecedented amounts. It might feel overwhelming, chaotic, and very disorienting. Despite all of that, you still deserve time to rest and recover.
Try not to stay up too late tonight. And charge your phone away from your bed.
There's a lot of doom right now. Possibly unprecedented amounts. It might feel overwhelming, chaotic, and very disorienting. Despite all of that, you still deserve time to rest and recover.
Try not to stay up too late tonight. And charge your phone away from your bed.
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🧵 👋 I'm a political scientist who wrote a book about the recent collapse of two democracies (Egypt & Tunisia).
Given the anxieties of today, let me present a 🧵 with thoughts & resources for:
WHAT TO DO IF YOUR DEMOCRACY COLLAPSES:
Given the anxieties of today, let me present a 🧵 with thoughts & resources for:
WHAT TO DO IF YOUR DEMOCRACY COLLAPSES:
January 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🧵 👋 I'm a political scientist who wrote a book about the recent collapse of two democracies (Egypt & Tunisia).
Given the anxieties of today, let me present a 🧵 with thoughts & resources for:
WHAT TO DO IF YOUR DEMOCRACY COLLAPSES:
Given the anxieties of today, let me present a 🧵 with thoughts & resources for:
WHAT TO DO IF YOUR DEMOCRACY COLLAPSES:
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Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
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Christmas is a good time to throw Wikipedia a few bucks to thank them for the many times you relied on the site that year. Members of the billionaire class want to destroy it for some reason.
(@archive.org is also under constant threat nowadays and in need of support)
(@archive.org is also under constant threat nowadays and in need of support)
December 25, 2024 at 5:23 AM
Christmas is a good time to throw Wikipedia a few bucks to thank them for the many times you relied on the site that year. Members of the billionaire class want to destroy it for some reason.
(@archive.org is also under constant threat nowadays and in need of support)
(@archive.org is also under constant threat nowadays and in need of support)
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WE ARE STILL IN THIS.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.
Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉
Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.
Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉
Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.
December 17, 2024 at 3:58 AM
WE ARE STILL IN THIS.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.
Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉
Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.
Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉
Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.
This but with books
the problem is i want to play every video game and there are only finite hours in a lifetime
December 3, 2024 at 5:53 AM
This but with books
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The climate crisis has to be addressed at the national and international level, but consumer choice plays a role. One thing we can do is switch from almonds (R in photo) to pecans (L). Both are similar in nutrition, but it is water use and geography that makes a difference. 1/4
November 24, 2024 at 6:30 PM
The climate crisis has to be addressed at the national and international level, but consumer choice plays a role. One thing we can do is switch from almonds (R in photo) to pecans (L). Both are similar in nutrition, but it is water use and geography that makes a difference. 1/4
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America is worth saving. It is worth the fight to make it better.
And if ideals aren't enough for you, then fight to make it better for you and yours. Fight to make it better for your friends and neighbors. Fight to make it the country we deserve.
And if ideals aren't enough for you, then fight to make it better for you and yours. Fight to make it better for your friends and neighbors. Fight to make it the country we deserve.
November 24, 2024 at 1:57 AM
America is worth saving. It is worth the fight to make it better.
And if ideals aren't enough for you, then fight to make it better for you and yours. Fight to make it better for your friends and neighbors. Fight to make it the country we deserve.
And if ideals aren't enough for you, then fight to make it better for you and yours. Fight to make it better for your friends and neighbors. Fight to make it the country we deserve.
I’m so glad to find so many of the folks I followed on Twitter pre-Elon. So many folks quit (for good reason) but I missed seeing y’all’s witty commentary on my feed.
November 23, 2024 at 4:59 AM
I’m so glad to find so many of the folks I followed on Twitter pre-Elon. So many folks quit (for good reason) but I missed seeing y’all’s witty commentary on my feed.
“Americans are prosperous, but without any deep sense of obligations to others. We are a highly commercial, individualist people, and when we let go of even a thin liberal conception of the public good, we become nasty, petty, small, vindictive and irrational.”
Great piece by @polphilpod.bsky.social on @liberalcurrents.com. Correctly summarises what everyone seems to be avoiding in their post election analysis. www.liberalcurrents.com/a-disease-of...
A Disease of Affluence
Trump's supporters are not motivated by economic anxiety, but by its opposite.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 20, 2024 at 8:12 PM
“Americans are prosperous, but without any deep sense of obligations to others. We are a highly commercial, individualist people, and when we let go of even a thin liberal conception of the public good, we become nasty, petty, small, vindictive and irrational.”
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What an achievement vaccines are. What a monument to our love for each other it is to stare straight into the face of something as horrific and unstoppable as smallpox or measles or polio or cervical cancer and say “You know what, it doesn’t have to be like this.”
HUMANS!
HUMANS!
November 15, 2024 at 1:59 AM
What an achievement vaccines are. What a monument to our love for each other it is to stare straight into the face of something as horrific and unstoppable as smallpox or measles or polio or cervical cancer and say “You know what, it doesn’t have to be like this.”
HUMANS!
HUMANS!
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School Board elections in Oklahoma are next year...not 2026. Primaries for local elections are February 11th. Want to change the direction of the state? Run or find a campaign to support.
Here is a fuller write-up of this crazy story, by AP👇
Oklahoma schools superintendent mandates students watch announcement of new religious department
Oklahoma's education superintendent has sent an email to public school superintendents requiring them to show students his video announcement of a new Department of Religious Freedom and Patriotism.
apnews.com
November 16, 2024 at 5:35 PM
School Board elections in Oklahoma are next year...not 2026. Primaries for local elections are February 11th. Want to change the direction of the state? Run or find a campaign to support.
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