Isabella Muzquiz
@imuzquiz.bsky.social
Former ghostwriter, current data manager for a Tier 1 research university || All opinions are my own
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Southern California Edison, the electric utility whose equipment has been the focus of investigations into the deadly Eaton fire, said on Friday that it planned to bury over 150 miles of power lines in fire-prone areas near Altadena and Malibu — one of the top requests from fire-ravaged communities.
After L.A. Fires, Edison Wants to Bury Power Lines in Altadena and Malibu
Southern California Edison is echoing calls from homeowners to move spark-prone electrical equipment underground. Company officials estimated the cost at more than $650 million.
www.nytimes.com
April 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Southern California Edison, the electric utility whose equipment has been the focus of investigations into the deadly Eaton fire, said on Friday that it planned to bury over 150 miles of power lines in fire-prone areas near Altadena and Malibu — one of the top requests from fire-ravaged communities.
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When I say you don’t have to worry about microplastics in your brain I mean that there is much stronger evidence that you should be worrying about other things that you don’t ever think about, like the draining of peatlands for agriculture, and things that you think about all the time, like fascism.
April 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
When I say you don’t have to worry about microplastics in your brain I mean that there is much stronger evidence that you should be worrying about other things that you don’t ever think about, like the draining of peatlands for agriculture, and things that you think about all the time, like fascism.
I so, so desperately want to interview a FEMA worker (former or current) for my grad class research project. Honestly, I'm wondering if I should make it my thesis focus...
April 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I so, so desperately want to interview a FEMA worker (former or current) for my grad class research project. Honestly, I'm wondering if I should make it my thesis focus...
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk are destroying Social Security.
Phone lines are overwhelmed. The offices are understaffed. The website has crashed four times. Experts are saying the system is at risk of collapsing.
Trump and Musk’s solution? Lay off thousands of more workers.
Phone lines are overwhelmed. The offices are understaffed. The website has crashed four times. Experts are saying the system is at risk of collapsing.
Trump and Musk’s solution? Lay off thousands of more workers.
Social Security faces thousands more job cuts even with service in tailspin
The agency has already seen 7,000 job losses from dramatic cost-cutting efforts by Trump and Musk — even as they promise no benefit reductions.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are destroying Social Security.
Phone lines are overwhelmed. The offices are understaffed. The website has crashed four times. Experts are saying the system is at risk of collapsing.
Trump and Musk’s solution? Lay off thousands of more workers.
Phone lines are overwhelmed. The offices are understaffed. The website has crashed four times. Experts are saying the system is at risk of collapsing.
Trump and Musk’s solution? Lay off thousands of more workers.
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Groups across the country have received letters notifying them that their grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities have been canceled, raising alarms about serious harm to museums, historical sites, and a wide range of community projects.
April 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Groups across the country have received letters notifying them that their grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities have been canceled, raising alarms about serious harm to museums, historical sites, and a wide range of community projects.
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A divided Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to at least temporarily freeze up to $65 million in educational grants designed to address teacher shortages, which the government says fund programs that promote diversity, equity and inclusion.
Supreme Court allows Trump officials to freeze teacher training grants
Lower courts had blocked the Trump administration’s effort to cut funding from teacher training and development programs created by Congress.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
A divided Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to at least temporarily freeze up to $65 million in educational grants designed to address teacher shortages, which the government says fund programs that promote diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Democratic Sen. Cory Booker delivered a speech that lasted 25 hours and 5 minutes on the Senate floor, condemning the harmful impact he says President Donald Trump's administration is having on the American public. cnn.it/4iN4Uws
April 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Democratic Sen. Cory Booker delivered a speech that lasted 25 hours and 5 minutes on the Senate floor, condemning the harmful impact he says President Donald Trump's administration is having on the American public. cnn.it/4iN4Uws
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Of course, Trump and his cabinet of billionaires don't care if prices rise. These plutocrats are out to enrich themselves at the expense of everybody else. Let them eat DOGE.
Trump says he ‘couldn’t care less’ if auto prices rise because of tariffs | CNN Business
President Donald Trump said Saturday he doesn’t care if automakers hike prices because of his tariffs. In fact, he encouraged them to.
www.cnn.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Of course, Trump and his cabinet of billionaires don't care if prices rise. These plutocrats are out to enrich themselves at the expense of everybody else. Let them eat DOGE.
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An FDA worker confirms what I've seen out there.
CDC's entire FOIA office is gone.
The FDA's communications and web office were cut.
"The FDA as we know it is gone."
CDC's entire FOIA office is gone.
The FDA's communications and web office were cut.
"The FDA as we know it is gone."
April 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
An FDA worker confirms what I've seen out there.
CDC's entire FOIA office is gone.
The FDA's communications and web office were cut.
"The FDA as we know it is gone."
CDC's entire FOIA office is gone.
The FDA's communications and web office were cut.
"The FDA as we know it is gone."
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Exclusive: Members of President Donald Trump’s National Security Council, including White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, have conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts.
Widespread layoffs, purge of leadership underway at U.S. health agencies
The move comes after Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s announcement of a sweeping reduction of the Department of Health and Human Services.
wapo.st
April 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Exclusive: Members of President Donald Trump’s National Security Council, including White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, have conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts.
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The Florida legislature has spent more time policing Capitol sinks than they have solving a whole host of issues Floridians are facing.
A transgender woman was arrested last month for using the restroom at the Florida Capitol. This isn't about safety — it's about cruelty, intimidation, and pushing trans people out of public spaces. Our full statement from our Executive Director @nadinesmith.bsky.social: eqfl.org/statement-ar...
April 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The Florida legislature has spent more time policing Capitol sinks than they have solving a whole host of issues Floridians are facing.
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Calling all high school artists of #TX35: we’re accepting submissions for our Congressional Art Competition until April 11th! 🎨
Students can apply & the winner will have their art displayed in the US Capitol for one year.
Apply & share now at casar.house.gov/art!
Students can apply & the winner will have their art displayed in the US Capitol for one year.
Apply & share now at casar.house.gov/art!
March 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Calling all high school artists of #TX35: we’re accepting submissions for our Congressional Art Competition until April 11th! 🎨
Students can apply & the winner will have their art displayed in the US Capitol for one year.
Apply & share now at casar.house.gov/art!
Students can apply & the winner will have their art displayed in the US Capitol for one year.
Apply & share now at casar.house.gov/art!
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On March 14, 2025, the Trump administration issued an executive order that called for the dismantling of seven federal agencies “to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.”
The Institute of Museum and Library Services was also on the list. (via @us.theconversation.com)
The Institute of Museum and Library Services was also on the list. (via @us.theconversation.com)
Analysis: Trump order targets agency that provides crucial funding for libraries and museums
The Institute of Museum and Library Services provides financial support to a wide array of cultural and educational institutions, including art, science and history museums, zoos, aquariums,…
buff.ly
March 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
On March 14, 2025, the Trump administration issued an executive order that called for the dismantling of seven federal agencies “to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.”
The Institute of Museum and Library Services was also on the list. (via @us.theconversation.com)
The Institute of Museum and Library Services was also on the list. (via @us.theconversation.com)
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Trump’s “DESTROY ALL LABOR UNIONS” executive order from last night must be stopped, rescinded, and buried deep in the ground.
Even if a judge blocks it temporarily, we must not stop fighting it with full force until it is gone for good.
Even if a judge blocks it temporarily, we must not stop fighting it with full force until it is gone for good.
March 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Trump’s “DESTROY ALL LABOR UNIONS” executive order from last night must be stopped, rescinded, and buried deep in the ground.
Even if a judge blocks it temporarily, we must not stop fighting it with full force until it is gone for good.
Even if a judge blocks it temporarily, we must not stop fighting it with full force until it is gone for good.
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Unseasonable warmth is setting the stage for damaging thunderstorms capable of bringing powerful wind, large hail and tornadoes to nearly 175 million people in the central and eastern United States Sunday and Monday.
Half the US population could be in the path of severe thunderstorms early next week | CNN
Unseasonable warmth is setting the stage for damaging thunderstorms capable of bringing powerful wind, large hail and tornadoes to nearly 175 million people in the central and eastern United States Su...
cnn.it
March 29, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Unseasonable warmth is setting the stage for damaging thunderstorms capable of bringing powerful wind, large hail and tornadoes to nearly 175 million people in the central and eastern United States Sunday and Monday.
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Look, everyone, it’s been more than fifty years since Warergate. Attaching -gate to every scandal or potential scandal is just cringe.
Let’s call it: Signal Dome.
Let’s call it: Signal Dome.
March 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Look, everyone, it’s been more than fifty years since Warergate. Attaching -gate to every scandal or potential scandal is just cringe.
Let’s call it: Signal Dome.
Let’s call it: Signal Dome.
Incredible how many local mayoral candidates running on a "democratic" line said they agree with eliminating DEI...while admitting they only got to where they are based on the equal opportunity it afforded them. The cognitive dissonance is real.
Sometime very soon we’re going to have to have the conversation about how many so-called progressives also wanted “DEI” to die & what all that mainstream endorsement of the propaganda around what at their essence were integration efforts says about people who believe themselves to be the good guys.
March 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Incredible how many local mayoral candidates running on a "democratic" line said they agree with eliminating DEI...while admitting they only got to where they are based on the equal opportunity it afforded them. The cognitive dissonance is real.
Studying emergency management & preparedness in communication really feels like watching history repeat on exponential levels. Infrastructure and intersectional vulnerabilities are exacerbating an already dangerous situation when it comes to climate change.
A 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on Friday causing mass destruction. More than 1600 people are dead and authorities expect that number to rise.
Here's how you can help.
Here's how you can help.
How to help those affected by the Myanmar earthquake | CNN
A 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on Friday causing mass destruction. More than 1600 people are dead and authorities expect that number to rise.
www.cnn.com
March 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Studying emergency management & preparedness in communication really feels like watching history repeat on exponential levels. Infrastructure and intersectional vulnerabilities are exacerbating an already dangerous situation when it comes to climate change.
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March for Trans visibility in downtown San Antonio 3/29/25
March 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
March for Trans visibility in downtown San Antonio 3/29/25
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March for Trans visibility in downtown San Antonio 3/29/25
March 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
March for Trans visibility in downtown San Antonio 3/29/25
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SAGA is proud to join forces with some amazing local advocacy organizations for this year’s Trans Day of Visibility march! Join us as we march to celebrate resilience, honor our ancestors who fought for liberation, and demand a future where every queer and trans person can thrive.
March 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM
SAGA is proud to join forces with some amazing local advocacy organizations for this year’s Trans Day of Visibility march! Join us as we march to celebrate resilience, honor our ancestors who fought for liberation, and demand a future where every queer and trans person can thrive.
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⚠️ Responses will be deleted upon completion
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March 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Clarifying for anyone interested:
⚠️ No personal information saved or shared in any way with the university or any other entity
⚠️ Only raw numbers used in homework exercise
⚠️ Responses will be deleted upon completion
⚠️ No personal information saved or shared in any way with the university or any other entity
⚠️ Only raw numbers used in homework exercise
⚠️ Responses will be deleted upon completion
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The Trump administration pushed out Peter Marks, the nation’s top vaccine regulator and an architect of the U.S. program to rapidly develop coronavirus vaccines.
RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
In his resignation letter, Marks rebuked Kennedy for seeking “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies” about vaccines.
wapo.st
March 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The Trump administration pushed out Peter Marks, the nation’s top vaccine regulator and an architect of the U.S. program to rapidly develop coronavirus vaccines.
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Quantitative Severe Weather Survey
Turn data collection into an experience with Typeform. Create beautiful online forms, surveys, quizzes, and so much more. Try it for FREE.
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March 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Please take my grad school survey! No personal info is saved & it will not be used in publication.
✅️ US Residents
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The week ahead will come with several noteworthy weather events in the United States, highlighted by the potential for record heat in Texas starting midweek alongside a western atmospheric river, and a late-week likelihood of severe thunderstorms in the central and southern states.
Where storms, potential floods and record heat will hit the U.S. this week
Extreme weather will affect many regions of the country this week. Here are the places that will be hardest hit.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The week ahead will come with several noteworthy weather events in the United States, highlighted by the potential for record heat in Texas starting midweek alongside a western atmospheric river, and a late-week likelihood of severe thunderstorms in the central and southern states.