Heather Thomas
@hattiethomas.bsky.social
Director of Outreach & Engagement for Weave News @weavenews.bsky.social Mental Health Advocate. Mama. Outdoor enthusiast. Southern Vermont ✨
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📰 Weave Notes: Volume 9 | No. 2
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Did you catch the latest newsletter from Weave News? Our media org is the antidote for our times, presenting grassroots journalism for social justice — sharing news and analysis from voices around the world.
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Thank you @steveperazaphd.bsky.social for an insightful piece that allows us to consider possibilities, from a global perspective! ✨
As New York considers the possibility of investing in a new social housing initiative, it is useful to look at what is widely considered one of the great social housing success stories: Vienna, Austria.
Steve Peraza (@steveperazaphd.bsky.social) takes a look in this piece, published today. 👇
Steve Peraza (@steveperazaphd.bsky.social) takes a look in this piece, published today. 👇
The Vienna Model and Social Housing Best Practices — Weave News
Vienna, Austria, is the site of what is viewed internationally as the most successful model of social housing development since the early twentieth century.
www.weavenews.org
April 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Thank you @steveperazaphd.bsky.social for an insightful piece that allows us to consider possibilities, from a global perspective! ✨
Reposted by Heather Thomas
This week, as the number of confirmed measles cases rose to 483, the CDC buried a report that would’ve stressed the importance of getting vaccinated.
The move was “not normal at all,” one agency staff member said.
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
The move was “not normal at all,” one agency staff member said.
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations
The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.
propub.li
March 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This week, as the number of confirmed measles cases rose to 483, the CDC buried a report that would’ve stressed the importance of getting vaccinated.
The move was “not normal at all,” one agency staff member said.
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
The move was “not normal at all,” one agency staff member said.
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
Reposted by Heather Thomas
Teen Vogue presents: Introducing Vivian Wilson @thevivllainous.bsky.social
In her 2nd-ever interview, the 20-year-old tells @ellayurman.bsky.social about going viral, protecting trans youth, her “pathetic man-child” estranged dad Elon Musk, and more @teenvogue.com
www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
In her 2nd-ever interview, the 20-year-old tells @ellayurman.bsky.social about going viral, protecting trans youth, her “pathetic man-child” estranged dad Elon Musk, and more @teenvogue.com
www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
March 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Teen Vogue presents: Introducing Vivian Wilson @thevivllainous.bsky.social
In her 2nd-ever interview, the 20-year-old tells @ellayurman.bsky.social about going viral, protecting trans youth, her “pathetic man-child” estranged dad Elon Musk, and more @teenvogue.com
www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
In her 2nd-ever interview, the 20-year-old tells @ellayurman.bsky.social about going viral, protecting trans youth, her “pathetic man-child” estranged dad Elon Musk, and more @teenvogue.com
www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
Reposted by Heather Thomas
It's here - the latest edition of our "Weave Notes" newsletter!
The stories this month overwhelmingly echo the consequences of imperialism, apartheid, and authoritarianism - as well as power of organizing grassroots resistance.
Come and Weave with us! 👇
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The stories this month overwhelmingly echo the consequences of imperialism, apartheid, and authoritarianism - as well as power of organizing grassroots resistance.
Come and Weave with us! 👇
mailchi.mp/weavenews/ma...
March 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
It's here - the latest edition of our "Weave Notes" newsletter!
The stories this month overwhelmingly echo the consequences of imperialism, apartheid, and authoritarianism - as well as power of organizing grassroots resistance.
Come and Weave with us! 👇
mailchi.mp/weavenews/ma...
The stories this month overwhelmingly echo the consequences of imperialism, apartheid, and authoritarianism - as well as power of organizing grassroots resistance.
Come and Weave with us! 👇
mailchi.mp/weavenews/ma...
Reposted by Heather Thomas
📣New today! Issue #2 of our Global Indigenous Peoples News Bulletin, produced by Teodora Hasegan.
Click through for stories about environmental personhood, Indigenous health & sovereignty, efforts to preserve linguistic heritage, the intersection of Indigenous knowledge w/tech and AI, & more.
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Click through for stories about environmental personhood, Indigenous health & sovereignty, efforts to preserve linguistic heritage, the intersection of Indigenous knowledge w/tech and AI, & more.
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Global Indigenous Peoples News Bulletin #2 (March 2025) — Weave News
This newly launched bulletin focused on Global Indigenous Peoples News , part of the Glocal Exchange project of Weave News, seeks to highlight some of the current issues from Indigenous commu...
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March 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
📣New today! Issue #2 of our Global Indigenous Peoples News Bulletin, produced by Teodora Hasegan.
Click through for stories about environmental personhood, Indigenous health & sovereignty, efforts to preserve linguistic heritage, the intersection of Indigenous knowledge w/tech and AI, & more.
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Click through for stories about environmental personhood, Indigenous health & sovereignty, efforts to preserve linguistic heritage, the intersection of Indigenous knowledge w/tech and AI, & more.
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Did you catch the latest newsletter from Weave News? Our media org is the antidote for our times, presenting grassroots journalism for social justice — sharing news and analysis from voices around the world.
Latest: mailchi.mp/f63f56ced1eb...
Visit www.weavenews.org.
Latest: mailchi.mp/f63f56ced1eb...
Visit www.weavenews.org.
📰 Weave Notes: Volume 9 | No. 2
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March 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Did you catch the latest newsletter from Weave News? Our media org is the antidote for our times, presenting grassroots journalism for social justice — sharing news and analysis from voices around the world.
Latest: mailchi.mp/f63f56ced1eb...
Visit www.weavenews.org.
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Visit www.weavenews.org.
Reposted by Heather Thomas
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is the latest federal agency to be hit with DOGE layoffs.
That's the same agency that has investigated crashes involving Tesla's self-driving cars.
This was never about "efficiency."
That's the same agency that has investigated crashes involving Tesla's self-driving cars.
This was never about "efficiency."
Musk’s cost-cutting team is laying off workers at the auto safety agency overseeing his car company
Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team is eliminating jobs at the vehicle safety agency that oversees Tesla and has launched investigations into deadly crashes involving his company’s cars.
apnews.com
February 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is the latest federal agency to be hit with DOGE layoffs.
That's the same agency that has investigated crashes involving Tesla's self-driving cars.
This was never about "efficiency."
That's the same agency that has investigated crashes involving Tesla's self-driving cars.
This was never about "efficiency."
This 👇🏼 are you following along? @weavenews.bsky.social
Is the view from nowhere coming undone a bit?
Here's a former president of NBC News www.status.news/p/noah-oppen... declaring that in a sea of disformation he's most hopeful about new newsrooms "that both act in good faith, but also openly acknowledge the filter through which they view the world."
Here's a former president of NBC News www.status.news/p/noah-oppen... declaring that in a sea of disformation he's most hopeful about new newsrooms "that both act in good faith, but also openly acknowledge the filter through which they view the world."
February 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This 👇🏼 are you following along? @weavenews.bsky.social
Reposted by Heather Thomas
📣 New today! The latest from @steveperazaphd.bsky.social, who writes about a bill in the New York State Senate that "has the potential to democratize housing across the state and to make a significant and long-lasting impact in the areas of housing and economic justice.”
Read all about it! 👇
Read all about it! 👇
A Social Housing Development Authority for New York State — Weave News
On February 6, 2024, New York State (NYS) Senator Cordell Cleare , a Democrat i n the 30th Senate DIstrict (including Harlem), introduced Senate Bill 2023-S8494 to establish “the New York State ...
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February 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
📣 New today! The latest from @steveperazaphd.bsky.social, who writes about a bill in the New York State Senate that "has the potential to democratize housing across the state and to make a significant and long-lasting impact in the areas of housing and economic justice.”
Read all about it! 👇
Read all about it! 👇
Reposted by Heather Thomas
Why does grassroots journalism matter? Because justice matters. Because people's voices matter. Because corporate and establishment media will mostly often ignore these kinds of stories.
All respect to Basel Adra for his courageous reporting and to @972mag.bsky.social for amplifying it.
All respect to Basel Adra for his courageous reporting and to @972mag.bsky.social for amplifying it.
Our film is going to the Oscars. But in Masafer Yatta, we’re still being erased
As the world watches ‘No Other Land,’ Israeli settlers are raiding our villages while soldiers arrest us, abuse us, and demolish our homes.
www.972mag.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Why does grassroots journalism matter? Because justice matters. Because people's voices matter. Because corporate and establishment media will mostly often ignore these kinds of stories.
All respect to Basel Adra for his courageous reporting and to @972mag.bsky.social for amplifying it.
All respect to Basel Adra for his courageous reporting and to @972mag.bsky.social for amplifying it.
Reposted by Heather Thomas
In the first installment of a new project on social housing, Steve Peraza (@steveperazaphd.bsky.social) searches for hope and finds inspiration in some of the independent reporting that has been done on an issue that is too often poorly covered (or not covered at all) by legacy media. 👇👇👇
Audaciously Hoping: Independent, Grassroots, and Global Perspectives on Social Housing — Weave News
Let’s examine what we know about social housing. Here I have curated a variety of articles by independent news outlets which have reported on social housing developments “glocally” (that is, locally a...
www.weavenews.org
February 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
In the first installment of a new project on social housing, Steve Peraza (@steveperazaphd.bsky.social) searches for hope and finds inspiration in some of the independent reporting that has been done on an issue that is too often poorly covered (or not covered at all) by legacy media. 👇👇👇
Reposted by Heather Thomas
Y’all, @haymarketbooks.org is offering 40% off their Black Liberation books—including my new book, “Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education” and the book I coedited “Balck Lives Matter at School.”
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40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation
Black History Month is not only a celebration of the rich history of Black life, politics, culture, and struggle. It is also a reminder to engage every day with that history as we ...
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February 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Y’all, @haymarketbooks.org is offering 40% off their Black Liberation books—including my new book, “Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education” and the book I coedited “Balck Lives Matter at School.”
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/65-40-...
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/65-40-...
Reposted by Heather Thomas
Do yourself and democracy a favor. Support independent media.
February 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Do yourself and democracy a favor. Support independent media.
Reposted by Heather Thomas
Right-wing media to move into the #Pentagon. Utterly depressing. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump's Pentagon says it will 'rotate' out some media from offices
President Donald Trump's administration, in an unprecedented move, announced late on Friday it would remove four media organizations including the New York Times from their dedicated office spaces in the Pentagon, citing a desire to make room for others.
www.reuters.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Right-wing media to move into the #Pentagon. Utterly depressing. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Oh, the contradictions…
January 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Oh, the contradictions…
From WANN wearenotnumbers.org/what-does-it...
What does it mean to survive? - We Are Not Numbers
In Gaza I clung to life despite the fear and chaos because it felt meaningful. Here I am alive, but life feels hollow.
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January 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
From WANN wearenotnumbers.org/what-does-it...
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"Her history demonstrates a disregard for and lack of commitment to supporting Black, Indigenous, and other farmers and ranchers of color, as well as small and family farmers, farmworkers, and the working people who sustain our food system," one advocate said.
www.commondreams.org/news/usda-tr...
www.commondreams.org/news/usda-tr...
Trump USDA Pick Backs Mass Deportations and 'Ready to Bow to Corporate Interests' | Common Dreams
"As usual, President Trump appears more concerned with buoying business interests than reforming our broken system to deliver safe, affordable food," one advocate said.
www.commondreams.org
January 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"Her history demonstrates a disregard for and lack of commitment to supporting Black, Indigenous, and other farmers and ranchers of color, as well as small and family farmers, farmworkers, and the working people who sustain our food system," one advocate said.
www.commondreams.org/news/usda-tr...
www.commondreams.org/news/usda-tr...
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Reposted by Heather Thomas
Mothers across the Los Angeles area are trying to figure out how to move on after the disaster while also taking care of their children’s mental and physical health.
‘He knows it is gone’: What it’s like to parent through the Los Angeles wildfires
Mothers are helping their children cope with the loss of safety and stability — even as they are grappling with it themselves.
19thnews.org
January 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Mothers across the Los Angeles area are trying to figure out how to move on after the disaster while also taking care of their children’s mental and physical health.
Reposted by Heather Thomas
The state ranks second nationwide for public meeting attendance.
Vermont’s civic health index shows high community engagement but low interest in voting among youth - VTDigger
The state ranks second nationwide for public meeting attendance.
vtdigger.org
January 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The state ranks second nationwide for public meeting attendance.
Reposted by Heather Thomas
The death toll in the Los Angeles wildfires has risen to 16 amid new evacuation orders as firefighters race to stop the spread of wildfires before potentially strong winds return aje.io/8cri97
January 12, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The death toll in the Los Angeles wildfires has risen to 16 amid new evacuation orders as firefighters race to stop the spread of wildfires before potentially strong winds return aje.io/8cri97
Reposted by Heather Thomas
ICYMI: We are continuing to update our list of recommended independent, grassroots, and global coverage of the California fires. If you're looking for critical perspectives on this important story, we've got you covered.
www.weavenews.org/stories/2025...
www.weavenews.org/stories/2025...
California Fires: Independent, Grassroots, and Global Perspectives (UPDATING) — Weave News
As apocalyptic wildfires continue to burn and proliferate in and around Los Angeles, CA, it is important to seek out coverage and perspectives that help contextualize the story, connect it with larger...
www.weavenews.org
January 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
ICYMI: We are continuing to update our list of recommended independent, grassroots, and global coverage of the California fires. If you're looking for critical perspectives on this important story, we've got you covered.
www.weavenews.org/stories/2025...
www.weavenews.org/stories/2025...
Reposted by Heather Thomas
"Hope—like parenting, like organizing, like abolition—is a collective exercise."
~ @mayaschenwar.bsky.social, "We Grow The World Together: Parenting Toward Abolition"
~ @mayaschenwar.bsky.social, "We Grow The World Together: Parenting Toward Abolition"
January 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
"Hope—like parenting, like organizing, like abolition—is a collective exercise."
~ @mayaschenwar.bsky.social, "We Grow The World Together: Parenting Toward Abolition"
~ @mayaschenwar.bsky.social, "We Grow The World Together: Parenting Toward Abolition"
Reposted by Heather Thomas
For those who may be looking for alternative perspectives and analysis, we are curating a set of independent, grassroots, and global perspectives on the LA fires. 👇
California Fires: Independent, Grassroots, and Global Perspectives (UPDATING) — Weave News
As apocalyptic wildfires continue to burn and proliferate in and around Los Angeles, CA, it is important to seek out coverage and perspectives that help contextualize the story, connect it with larger...
www.weavenews.org
January 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
For those who may be looking for alternative perspectives and analysis, we are curating a set of independent, grassroots, and global perspectives on the LA fires. 👇
And, the truth of the matter is…
Mark Zuckerberg: I built this platform to give the people a voice
Me: okay but actually you built it to rate how hot the woman at your school were
Me: okay but actually you built it to rate how hot the woman at your school were
January 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
And, the truth of the matter is…