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Not the first law-abiding natural-born citizen that ICE has kidnapped, but this does seem to be an escalation in their brazenness considering that he's a school superintendent and community leader.
Dr Ian Roberts was born in Brooklyn, NY.
ICE took him and no one knows why.
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ICE took him and no one knows why.
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September 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Not the first law-abiding natural-born citizen that ICE has kidnapped, but this does seem to be an escalation in their brazenness considering that he's a school superintendent and community leader.
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#California #quake M3.0 | Alameda County, California | 2m ago | Sep 22, 2025 05:21 pm (Pacific Standard Time)
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Aftershock of M4.2 quake 15 hours earlier
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Light magnitude 3.0 earthquake at 7 km depth
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September 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
#California #quake M3.0 | Alameda County, California | 2m ago | Sep 22, 2025 05:21 pm (Pacific Standard Time)
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Aftershock of M4.2 quake 15 hours earlier
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Aftershock of M4.2 quake 15 hours earlier
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Felt #earthquake: 4.5 #quake 2 km ESE of Berkeley, CA, 15 minutes ago - 769 reports so far.
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Felt earthquake: 4.5 quake 2 km ESE of Berkeley, CA, 15 minutes ago
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September 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Felt #earthquake: 4.5 #quake 2 km ESE of Berkeley, CA, 15 minutes ago - 769 reports so far.
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If you want some tips and basic things to remember to avoid spreading copaganda, we have a free Don't Be A Copagandist series.
These guides are aimed at journalists and media makers, but are useful for anyone who wants to be a more discerning consumer of media and to help shift narratives.
These guides are aimed at journalists and media makers, but are useful for anyone who wants to be a more discerning consumer of media and to help shift narratives.
Don’t Be A Copagandist! Series — Interrupting Criminalization
This compilation of resources for media and communicators covering criminalization provide framing and language guidance on a wide range of timely topics.
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June 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
If you want some tips and basic things to remember to avoid spreading copaganda, we have a free Don't Be A Copagandist series.
These guides are aimed at journalists and media makers, but are useful for anyone who wants to be a more discerning consumer of media and to help shift narratives.
These guides are aimed at journalists and media makers, but are useful for anyone who wants to be a more discerning consumer of media and to help shift narratives.
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Re: COVID vaccine, the FDA is accepting public comments (for just a few days, rather than the normal, longer, timeline).
You can leave a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
You can leave a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
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May 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Re: COVID vaccine, the FDA is accepting public comments (for just a few days, rather than the normal, longer, timeline).
You can leave a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
You can leave a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
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Think we’ve forgotten about the time that Elon was booed so badly by fans of Dave Chapelle (of all people) that he locked himself in his office and Twitter employees considered calling the cops to do a wellness check.
What I’m saying is we can go harder.
What I’m saying is we can go harder.
March 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Think we’ve forgotten about the time that Elon was booed so badly by fans of Dave Chapelle (of all people) that he locked himself in his office and Twitter employees considered calling the cops to do a wellness check.
What I’m saying is we can go harder.
What I’m saying is we can go harder.
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🖋️ “Flu Vax Saves Lives” hit 100 signers!
Flu Vax Saves Lives
Text SIGN PXAVMJ to 50409 — The FDA abruptly canceled its upcoming advisory committee meeting to select the strains for next year's flu shot. There's a 6 month production cycle so now is the time that strains need to be selected.
Flu is dangerous; the virus mutates regularly. Herd immunity from a high vaccination rate protects us all. Younger adults with strong immune systems got decimated in the 1918 influenza pandemic. Their strong immune responses resulted in pneumonia. Influenza doesn't mess around.
The Senate approved RFK Jr against the advice of thousands of medical professionals. Please arrange for RFK Jr to be subpoenaed by the appropriate committees to answer questions under oath. Please pass a bill in Congress to select and order flu vaccine. Consider impeaching RFK Jr for dereliction.
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February 28, 2025 at 4:15 AM
🖋️ “Flu Vax Saves Lives” hit 100 signers!
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All I can really say at this point is if everyone isn't watching how trans people have lost basic rights and protections on a scale that hasn't been seen in decades in the span of 72 hours and realizing that even if you aren't trans there's nothing stopping it from happening to you, you're a fool
January 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
All I can really say at this point is if everyone isn't watching how trans people have lost basic rights and protections on a scale that hasn't been seen in decades in the span of 72 hours and realizing that even if you aren't trans there's nothing stopping it from happening to you, you're a fool
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“First do no harm”
NYU-Langone is cancelling appointments for gender-affirming care for young trans people, parents say. The cancellations come after Trump's order directing institutions that receive federal funding to end gender-affirming care for patients under 19. hellgatenyc.com/nyu-langone-...
NYU-Langone Is Cancelling Gender-Affirming Care Appointments for Trans Kids, Parents Say
The cancellations come on the heels of an executive order signed by President Trump directing institutions that receive federal funding to end gender-affirming care for patients under the age of 19.
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February 1, 2025 at 5:39 AM
“First do no harm”
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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January 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
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I am pining for my Advil and I think I always will. It didn't make pain vanish but helped with inflammation and you know moving from time to time. I am now medically forbidden. : /
January 2, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I am pining for my Advil and I think I always will. It didn't make pain vanish but helped with inflammation and you know moving from time to time. I am now medically forbidden. : /
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Kind of nerdy but if you have a lot of regular daily/weekly tasks you need to keep track of (pills, exercises, cleaning, vegetables) there's an app called Habitica that turns those checklists into a little RPG game. Gotta keep my sprite alive
So hey, let’s start off 2025 maybe making somebody’s life better in a small tangible way. What is a small practical thing—object, lifehack, whatever—that solved a small annoyance for you?
For me, did you know you can buy clips with elastic specifically to hold the corner of your fitted sheet on?
For me, did you know you can buy clips with elastic specifically to hold the corner of your fitted sheet on?
January 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Kind of nerdy but if you have a lot of regular daily/weekly tasks you need to keep track of (pills, exercises, cleaning, vegetables) there's an app called Habitica that turns those checklists into a little RPG game. Gotta keep my sprite alive
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Publication no. 1: I wrote about a Taiwanese Texan tofu factory and how food trends and demographic changes gave rise to a demand for tofu and new dishes like tofu tamales. www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-cit...
How a Houston Tofu Brand Thrives in Meat-Loving Texas
“I don’t think our story would have happened anywhere else but Texas.”
www.houstoniamag.com
December 31, 2024 at 4:54 AM
Publication no. 1: I wrote about a Taiwanese Texan tofu factory and how food trends and demographic changes gave rise to a demand for tofu and new dishes like tofu tamales. www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-cit...
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The essay by @melissahung.bsky.social is so tender and loving
Publication no. 2: I contributed an essay about an intergenerational friendship to Disability Intimacy, an anthology edited by @sfdirewolf.bsky.social
bookshop.org/a/7686/97805...
bookshop.org/a/7686/97805...
Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire a book by Alice Wong
The much-anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility another revolutionary collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experi...
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January 2, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The essay by @melissahung.bsky.social is so tender and loving
October 17, 2024 at 9:28 PM
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As seen in Michael Crichton's Runaway, starring Tom Selleck and Gene Simmons.
Other robot designs in Runaway include: "a roomba, but it has an arm that can hold a revolver" and "robot wife that looks like a cross between a NASA control panel and a stack of stereo components"
Other robot designs in Runaway include: "a roomba, but it has an arm that can hold a revolver" and "robot wife that looks like a cross between a NASA control panel and a stack of stereo components"
I don’t take humanoid robots too seriously because in most situations an actually functional design would either look like a forklift or a horrific bug
October 11, 2024 at 4:48 PM
As seen in Michael Crichton's Runaway, starring Tom Selleck and Gene Simmons.
Other robot designs in Runaway include: "a roomba, but it has an arm that can hold a revolver" and "robot wife that looks like a cross between a NASA control panel and a stack of stereo components"
Other robot designs in Runaway include: "a roomba, but it has an arm that can hold a revolver" and "robot wife that looks like a cross between a NASA control panel and a stack of stereo components"
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'“That’s the beauty and the horror of it all,” said one staff member. “You’re like, I can’t believe all this wonderfulness is happening in the midst of just absolute stupidity.”'
Edible Schoolyard, Alice Waters' nonprofit, is hugely influential and respected in the food world — so it was shocking and really sad to hear from so many staff that it's been an awful place to work. for my column, I spent 6 months digging into how this happened. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/sole...
They were honored by the Obamas. Now, insiders say one of the Bay Area’s most famous nonprofits is in ‘pure chaos’
Current and former staff say that legendary chef Alice Waters' nonprofit Edible Schoolyard faces financial challenges and directionless governance.
www.sfchronicle.com
September 26, 2024 at 9:34 PM
'“That’s the beauty and the horror of it all,” said one staff member. “You’re like, I can’t believe all this wonderfulness is happening in the midst of just absolute stupidity.”'