Joy Pruitt
@goubledus.bsky.social
Gardening with my girls in the land of the Suquamish and Snohomish People of the PNW
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
March 6, 2025 at 5:45 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
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Seattle's tech wealthy waged a frenzied war against it. Seattle's quisling city council moved the ballot to February to suppress turnout. Nonetheless, the voters of Seattle have overwhelmingly approved a measure funding a social housing agency by taxing the rich.
www.cascadepbs.org/politics/202...
www.cascadepbs.org/politics/202...
Seattle poised to pass ‘excess compensation’ tax for social housing
After the first ballot count in the special election, Seattleites heavily favored a business tax instead of pulling from the Jumpstart payroll tax.
www.cascadepbs.org
February 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Seattle's tech wealthy waged a frenzied war against it. Seattle's quisling city council moved the ballot to February to suppress turnout. Nonetheless, the voters of Seattle have overwhelmingly approved a measure funding a social housing agency by taxing the rich.
www.cascadepbs.org/politics/202...
www.cascadepbs.org/politics/202...
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‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson
February 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson
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This is important — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
February 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This is important — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
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Oh please please i am begging, don't use generative AI for any reason if you can avoid it.
It's being marketed as a quick time-saver, but it's messy, inaccurate, it is putting entire industries of people out of work, and the environmental impacts (energy and water usage) are huge and debilitating.
It's being marketed as a quick time-saver, but it's messy, inaccurate, it is putting entire industries of people out of work, and the environmental impacts (energy and water usage) are huge and debilitating.
February 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Oh please please i am begging, don't use generative AI for any reason if you can avoid it.
It's being marketed as a quick time-saver, but it's messy, inaccurate, it is putting entire industries of people out of work, and the environmental impacts (energy and water usage) are huge and debilitating.
It's being marketed as a quick time-saver, but it's messy, inaccurate, it is putting entire industries of people out of work, and the environmental impacts (energy and water usage) are huge and debilitating.
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LGBTQIA minors make up 40% of the endangered minor runaway population. They are 120% more likely to be unhoused. They are also uniquely at risk for exploitation and trafficking.
This is breathtakingly evil.
This is breathtakingly evil.
New — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was told this week by DOJ that they'd lose their funding if the org didn't remove any mentions of LGBTQIA+ issues from their public materials, I've learned. Staff were told they need to deadname trans kids in their reports to comply.
February 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
LGBTQIA minors make up 40% of the endangered minor runaway population. They are 120% more likely to be unhoused. They are also uniquely at risk for exploitation and trafficking.
This is breathtakingly evil.
This is breathtakingly evil.
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As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
February 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
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Longer-term perspective on the rise of US oligarchy
February 4, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Longer-term perspective on the rise of US oligarchy
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Earnestly cried about this bird the other day. “To find humanity, simply look for healed bones and toys.”
4) 2400 years ago, one Scythian wanted a plush bird toy and someone painstakingly made them one by hand out of three different colors of reindeer fur and felt, with contrast stitching. I think people will always do these things for each other. (Apparently Scythians loved plushies? Bitches, man.)
February 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Earnestly cried about this bird the other day. “To find humanity, simply look for healed bones and toys.”
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Bitches print zines from anarchist websites to combat emotional paralysis in the face of political horrors.
I am bitches. And you can be too.
itsgoingdown.org/dont-just-do...
I am bitches. And you can be too.
itsgoingdown.org/dont-just-do...
February 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Bitches print zines from anarchist websites to combat emotional paralysis in the face of political horrors.
I am bitches. And you can be too.
itsgoingdown.org/dont-just-do...
I am bitches. And you can be too.
itsgoingdown.org/dont-just-do...
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BREAKING: Trump has signed an executive order creating a Sovereign Wealth Fund- popular with Middle East monarchies - so the U.S. can buy TikTok. That’s state-run media, folks. www.reuters.com/markets/weal...
Trump signs executive order to create sovereign wealth fund
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday ordering the U.S. Treasury and Commerce Departments to create a sovereign wealth fund.
www.reuters.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
BREAKING: Trump has signed an executive order creating a Sovereign Wealth Fund- popular with Middle East monarchies - so the U.S. can buy TikTok. That’s state-run media, folks. www.reuters.com/markets/weal...
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List of CDC information that appears to have been taken down so far:
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index
January 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
List of CDC information that appears to have been taken down so far:
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index
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Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral
The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.
www.404media.co
January 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
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More from inside NIH:
Per a source with knowledge, for all internal research (of which there is like $10 billion worth or so), ALL purchasing shut down as of yesterday.
That means gloves, reagents, anything involved with lab work, which means a lot of that work will stop.
Per a source with knowledge, for all internal research (of which there is like $10 billion worth or so), ALL purchasing shut down as of yesterday.
That means gloves, reagents, anything involved with lab work, which means a lot of that work will stop.
January 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
More from inside NIH:
Per a source with knowledge, for all internal research (of which there is like $10 billion worth or so), ALL purchasing shut down as of yesterday.
That means gloves, reagents, anything involved with lab work, which means a lot of that work will stop.
Per a source with knowledge, for all internal research (of which there is like $10 billion worth or so), ALL purchasing shut down as of yesterday.
That means gloves, reagents, anything involved with lab work, which means a lot of that work will stop.
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And just like that, my new award from the @StateDept to help Pakistan grapple with air pollution and climate change is no more, thanks to this new administration
January 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
And just like that, my new award from the @StateDept to help Pakistan grapple with air pollution and climate change is no more, thanks to this new administration
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The oldest living thing on Earth isn’t a tree or a shark—it’s a patch of seagrass in the Mediterranean, estimated to be 200,000 years old. It’s survived ice ages, the rise and fall of empires, and human domination. What does this say?
January 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The oldest living thing on Earth isn’t a tree or a shark—it’s a patch of seagrass in the Mediterranean, estimated to be 200,000 years old. It’s survived ice ages, the rise and fall of empires, and human domination. What does this say?
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🚨 🚨 🚨 HOMEWORK 🚨 🚨 🚨
The email address for federal workers to inform on their colleagues is DEIAtruth@opm.gov.
Would be a real shame if folks flooded that inbox, rendering it useless.
The email address for federal workers to inform on their colleagues is DEIAtruth@opm.gov.
Would be a real shame if folks flooded that inbox, rendering it useless.
January 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
🚨 🚨 🚨 HOMEWORK 🚨 🚨 🚨
The email address for federal workers to inform on their colleagues is DEIAtruth@opm.gov.
Would be a real shame if folks flooded that inbox, rendering it useless.
The email address for federal workers to inform on their colleagues is DEIAtruth@opm.gov.
Would be a real shame if folks flooded that inbox, rendering it useless.
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Harvard just fired me and all of my colleagues. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Outsources Program to Identify Descendants of Those Enslaved by University Affiliates, Lays Off Internal Staff | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard University has laid off staff in the Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program, the unit of its $100 million Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery initiative tasked with identifying direct descendants of ...
www.thecrimson.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Harvard just fired me and all of my colleagues. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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The Trump circus dominates the news.
But there’s other events happening too - in countries where people are rising up against governments, fighting for democracy & accountability.
These photos are from Serbia & Georgia today. Capital cities brought to a standstill 🇷🇸🇬🇪
(Pls see ALT for more detail)
But there’s other events happening too - in countries where people are rising up against governments, fighting for democracy & accountability.
These photos are from Serbia & Georgia today. Capital cities brought to a standstill 🇷🇸🇬🇪
(Pls see ALT for more detail)
January 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The Trump circus dominates the news.
But there’s other events happening too - in countries where people are rising up against governments, fighting for democracy & accountability.
These photos are from Serbia & Georgia today. Capital cities brought to a standstill 🇷🇸🇬🇪
(Pls see ALT for more detail)
But there’s other events happening too - in countries where people are rising up against governments, fighting for democracy & accountability.
These photos are from Serbia & Georgia today. Capital cities brought to a standstill 🇷🇸🇬🇪
(Pls see ALT for more detail)
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The President of Columbia just told Trump to fuck off in the most extraordinary call for the Americas to rise up against American tyranny that I have possibly ever read.
FREEDOM. Let’s go.
FREEDOM. Let’s go.
January 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The President of Columbia just told Trump to fuck off in the most extraordinary call for the Americas to rise up against American tyranny that I have possibly ever read.
FREEDOM. Let’s go.
FREEDOM. Let’s go.
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“Abortion debt” is probably not a phrase you have heard. But post-Dobbs, it’s becoming more of a reality. And it’s only going to get worse.
That’s why @debtcollective.bsky.social is collaborating with frontline abortion funds and providers to eliminate and prevent $50,000 in abortion debt. 🧵
That’s why @debtcollective.bsky.social is collaborating with frontline abortion funds and providers to eliminate and prevent $50,000 in abortion debt. 🧵
December 16, 2024 at 3:14 PM
“Abortion debt” is probably not a phrase you have heard. But post-Dobbs, it’s becoming more of a reality. And it’s only going to get worse.
That’s why @debtcollective.bsky.social is collaborating with frontline abortion funds and providers to eliminate and prevent $50,000 in abortion debt. 🧵
That’s why @debtcollective.bsky.social is collaborating with frontline abortion funds and providers to eliminate and prevent $50,000 in abortion debt. 🧵
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"When some plants are dehydrated or under some other form of stress, they cry a mournful melody made of ultrasonic clicks. Some moths are able to hear those clicks, and..the insects may interpret the sounds as a cue to choose on which plant to lay their eggs." 🌱🧪 #plants #insects
When They Hear Plants Cry, Moths Make a Decision (Gift Article)
A new study suggests that the insects rely on the sounds made by distressed vegetation to guide important reproductive choices.
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2024 at 2:46 PM
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I'm once again asking for a show where a librarian, a bookseller, and a carpenter travel around helping people manage their out-of-control book collections. Discuss their sentimental value, their rarity, their histories, then build amazing book nooks and shelves and little libraries to organize them
December 8, 2024 at 2:18 PM
I'm once again asking for a show where a librarian, a bookseller, and a carpenter travel around helping people manage their out-of-control book collections. Discuss their sentimental value, their rarity, their histories, then build amazing book nooks and shelves and little libraries to organize them
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I wrote that when I realized how the election had turned out. It's had a wild life out there, and I wanted to share it here too (where I'm still figuring out how to piece together a thread.) Full text:
November 12, 2024 at 2:37 AM
I wrote that when I realized how the election had turned out. It's had a wild life out there, and I wanted to share it here too (where I'm still figuring out how to piece together a thread.) Full text:
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And this by Kelly Hayes! organizingmythoughts.org/collective-s...
Collective Survival, Adaptation and Direct Action
Defiance must be woven into the fabric of our daily lives, rather than simply proclaimed at marches or on social media.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 15, 2024 at 1:38 PM
And this by Kelly Hayes! organizingmythoughts.org/collective-s...