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Franny
@harriet-frances.bsky.social
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Detroit based Artist, archivist, and IA and UX design advocating for people and the planet. I’m excited by pedestrian urbanism, dance parties, and fresh food.

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whitehouse.senate.gov
I’m disappointed but not surprised that a Supreme Court assembled by the fossil fuel industry let this die. But God bless the kids and their lawyers; history will show who the good guys were.
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Youth-Led Climate Case. The Youth Say They Will Fight On - Inside Climate News
Juliana v. United States sought to hold the federal government accountable for its fossil fuel policies, saying they infringed on their right to life, liberty and property.
insideclimatenews.org
March 31, 2025 at 9:26 PM
harriet-frances.bsky.social
Anyone else find it annoying that every senator has a different website design. Shouldn’t it be easy for me to find legislation you sponsored and your voting record easily? As an information architect this has me wondering what the benefit of everyone having g their own system is.
February 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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jayapal.house.gov
Trump has dismantled the Aviation Security Advisory Committee. He has fired hundreds of FAA workers who did everything from maintenance and mechanics to aviation safety — and he’s threatening even more.

He is putting our safety at risk. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration firing FAA staff including safety workers despite recent crashes
President moves to cut Federal Aviation Administration workforce as critics say public safety could be endangered
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
harriet-frances.bsky.social
In my effort to contemplate the intersections of gardening, art, and information architecture, I’ve picked up this book Ed. By Laurie Cluitmans. Title: On The Necessity Of Gardening. Reflections to follow
February 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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esqueer.net
We've created a tracker that covers all executive orders affecting LGBTQ folks along with federal and state legislation.

We're at 334 anti-LGBTQ bills.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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@evanurquhart.bsky.social
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@lizsaila.bsky.social
A screenshot of a multi‐column table listing several U.S. presidential Executive Orders relating to LGBTQ+ rights and antidiscrimination policies. Each row has columns for “Origin” (POTUS), “Number/Identifier” (e.g., EO 13988), “Title” (such as Preventing and Combating Discrimination…), “Action Type” (e.g., Broad Nondiscrimination, Military Nondiscrimination), “Summary” (key points of each order), and “Date Signed.” The listed orders span from early 2021 through early 2025, covering topics like preventing discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation, banning conversion therapy, rescinding prior harmful EOs, and restricting or expanding DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) initiatives. A spreadsheet at the top shows columns tracking anti‐LGBTQ bills by status and year: total bills (334), 2025 bills (327), 2024 rollovers (7), how many passed committees (3), passed one chamber (5), passed both chambers (0), enacted (1), vetoed (0), failed (3), and carried forward (0). Below that, another header row lists different types of anti‐LGBTQ legislation (e.g., gender‐affirming care bans, pronoun bans, “Don’t Say Gay,” drag bans, bathroom bans) with the total count of each category (e.g., 55 for gender‐affirming care bans, 20 for pronoun bans, 14 for “Don’t Say Gay,” etc.). A color‐coded U.S. map spans the lower half, with states shaded from light orange to deep red according to how many anti‐LGBTQ bills they contain. Texas appears in the darkest red (46 bills), with lighter shades indicating fewer bills in other states. A note at the bottom right explains that the map shows total tracked bills per state, which does not necessarily reflect each bill’s likelihood of passage.
January 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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greatlakesnow.bsky.social
Our first episode of 2025 is almost here 🌊

Take a look at efforts to manage Canada geese. Go underwater to see how divers are saving freshwater mussels. And learn about the Indigenous history of the #GreatLakes fur trade.

Premieres on Detroit PBS this Monday at 7:30 PM ET: youtu.be/b7gc71viG7I
Too Many Geese and Not Enough Mussels | Episode Preview
YouTube video by Great Lakes Now
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January 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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chanda.blacksky.app
This is one of the first lessons I learned on date #2 with lawyer spouse: the law means whatever judges say it means. If the judges are full of shit, the law will be bullshit.

See how the 14th amendment, a law designed to protect Black people, was used to end affirmative action.
roxanegay.bsky.social Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · Dec 2
A lot of people think everything will work out if we just play by the rules but don’t seem to recognize that rules only matter when everyone agrees to follow them and, well, that isn’t our present reality.
December 2, 2024 at 2:38 AM
harriet-frances.bsky.social
Starting her by returning some artwork I made in 2018.
A purple landscape of a house taking inspiration from ido period art in Asia. The painting was recorded with a camera and mixed with slide projector images creating a glitched effect.
November 14, 2024 at 4:16 AM