Felicity Pereyra
@fpereyra.bsky.social
candidate: HISD trustee, district I—formerly @kamalaharris @barackobama @hillaryclinton @thedemocrats—girl mom, data nerd, texan, latina
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Felicity Pereyra
@fpereyra.bsky.social
· Jul 14
𝗠𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘆𝗿𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜'𝗺 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗗 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗲, 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿.
Being raised by a single mom taught me how to be resilient, but it was my teachers that taught me that nobody makes it on their own, and everyone has potential when someone believes in them.
Being raised by a single mom taught me how to be resilient, but it was my teachers that taught me that nobody makes it on their own, and everyone has potential when someone believes in them.
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It's a bias amplification engine thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, study finds
A new study has found that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT consistently advise women to ask for lower salaries than men.
thenextweb.com
July 21, 2025 at 11:19 AM
It's a bias amplification engine thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
Thank you to the @houstonchronicle.com for keeping the public informed on Greg Abbott's takeover of HISD, and also that we've got important school board elections 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 in Houston.
July 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Thank you to the @houstonchronicle.com for keeping the public informed on Greg Abbott's takeover of HISD, and also that we've got important school board elections 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 in Houston.
𝗠𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘆𝗿𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜'𝗺 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗗 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗲, 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿.
Being raised by a single mom taught me how to be resilient, but it was my teachers that taught me that nobody makes it on their own, and everyone has potential when someone believes in them.
Being raised by a single mom taught me how to be resilient, but it was my teachers that taught me that nobody makes it on their own, and everyone has potential when someone believes in them.
July 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
𝗠𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘆𝗿𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜'𝗺 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗗 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗲, 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿.
Being raised by a single mom taught me how to be resilient, but it was my teachers that taught me that nobody makes it on their own, and everyone has potential when someone believes in them.
Being raised by a single mom taught me how to be resilient, but it was my teachers that taught me that nobody makes it on their own, and everyone has potential when someone believes in them.
LFG 🔥
Democrats Must ‘Toughen Up’ Against Trump, Obama Tells Donors
www.nytimes.com
July 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
LFG 🔥
"The data shows that HISD’s enrollment was declining by an average of about 2% each year in the five years prior to the state takeover in June 2023. Since then, the district’s student enrollment has declined by about 4% each year, largely driven by enrollment declines at the 130 NES campuses."
HISD is seeing larger enrollment declines since the state takeover began
HISD's New Education System schools have reported higher rates of student enrollment declines during the first two years of the state takeover, data shows.
www.houstonchronicle.com
June 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"The data shows that HISD’s enrollment was declining by an average of about 2% each year in the five years prior to the state takeover in June 2023. Since then, the district’s student enrollment has declined by about 4% each year, largely driven by enrollment declines at the 130 NES campuses."
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
June 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
What a testament to the power of real, authentic community organizing ❤️✊🏻
Zohran Mamdani’s New York City Miracle
A few months ago, the “no-name” state assemblyman seemed destined to lose to Andrew Cuomo. On election night, he redrew the city’s political maps.
www.newyorker.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
What a testament to the power of real, authentic community organizing ❤️✊🏻
"[T]he best way to reach parents isn’t billboards, new branding color schemes and materials or choreographed video productions. It’s building trust with transparency and respect ... [n]o amount of consulting contracts can replace trust."
HISD's enrollment is dropping. A $2 million rebrand won't help. | Editorial
The school district is ready to spend $2.25 million on marketing. But we've got advice — for free.
www.houstonchronicle.com
June 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"[T]he best way to reach parents isn’t billboards, new branding color schemes and materials or choreographed video productions. It’s building trust with transparency and respect ... [n]o amount of consulting contracts can replace trust."
I don’t think deleting FEMA is the answer — Trump says FEMA to be wound down after hurricane season: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
June 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I don’t think deleting FEMA is the answer — Trump says FEMA to be wound down after hurricane season: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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it is fun to read profiles of this guy which play him up as some diabolical mastermind and then watch him in action and see a huge loser
Stephen Miller: "Children will be taught to love America. Children will be taught to be patriots. Children will be taught civic values for schools that want federal taxpayer funding ... we're gonna make sure these funds are not being used to promote communist ideology."
May 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
it is fun to read profiles of this guy which play him up as some diabolical mastermind and then watch him in action and see a huge loser
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Mike Waltz has left the chat.
May 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Mike Waltz has left the chat.
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RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
RFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s departm...
www.wired.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
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it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months
April 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months
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one other way to think of this is that it is a massive program of upwards redistribution to wealthy business owners who can skimp on worker, consumer and environmental safety to juice profits for themselves www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
Trump and DOGE Are Planning Deregulation at a Massive Scale
The White House will soon move to rapidly repeal or freeze rules that affect health, food, workplace safety, transportation and more.
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
one other way to think of this is that it is a massive program of upwards redistribution to wealthy business owners who can skimp on worker, consumer and environmental safety to juice profits for themselves www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
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First they came for the innocent man deported to a Salvadoran gulag on an “administrative error” they falsely claim they’re powerless to reverse, flouting court orders even from the Supreme Court — and I spoke out, because I know how the damn poem ends.
April 15, 2025 at 3:50 AM
First they came for the innocent man deported to a Salvadoran gulag on an “administrative error” they falsely claim they’re powerless to reverse, flouting court orders even from the Supreme Court — and I spoke out, because I know how the damn poem ends.
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3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie).
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
CDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffs
The CDC rejected a request for help "due to the complete loss" of their lead poisoning experts.
www.cbsnews.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie).
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
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Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?
April 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?
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Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration.
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
April 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration.
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
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They are obviously slow learners
April 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
They are obviously slow learners
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BREAKING: An immigration court determined our client Mahmoud Khalil to be removable from the U.S. based solely on his political speech.
The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.
The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.
April 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
BREAKING: An immigration court determined our client Mahmoud Khalil to be removable from the U.S. based solely on his political speech.
The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.
The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.
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Here it is — the constitutional crisis.
April 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Here it is — the constitutional crisis.
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THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole.
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
April 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole.
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
I predict a undeniable constitutional crisis
Supreme Court says Trump administration must facilitate return of deported Maryland man
The Supreme Court says the Trump administration must facilitate the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, rejecting the administration’s emergency appeal.
apnews.com
April 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I predict a undeniable constitutional crisis