Julie Diaz-Asper
@juliediazasper.bsky.social
Love good conversations, cooking big meals, and taking long trips.
Founder of Social Lens Research | Building the Lens Library, a tech-enabled ethnographic video research platform, to build empathy, spark innovation, and tell good stories.
Founder of Social Lens Research | Building the Lens Library, a tech-enabled ethnographic video research platform, to build empathy, spark innovation, and tell good stories.
Sign our letter telling your U.S.Representative to VOTE NO on the Republican Big Bad Betrayal Bill and instead prioritize families and our economy over billionaires. #MomsSky action.momsrising.org/sign/HouseRe...
Speak out against the harmful Republican budget & tax bill.
Sign our letter telling your U.S. Representatives to VOTE NO on the Republican Big Bad Betrayal Bill and instead prioritize families and our economy over billionaires.
action.momsrising.org
July 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Sign our letter telling your U.S.Representative to VOTE NO on the Republican Big Bad Betrayal Bill and instead prioritize families and our economy over billionaires. #MomsSky action.momsrising.org/sign/HouseRe...
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Thanks to @msnbc.com for covering @dmehro.bsky.social and @dell.bsky.social’s reporting: www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
Original story here: www.wired.com/story/ice-de...
Original story here: www.wired.com/story/ice-de...
'I will never forget what I saw': Shocking new reporting from inside immigration detention centers
A brand new investigation by Wired into ten of the nation's largest immigration detention centers has found that serious medical incidents are rising at many of the sites. NBC News correspondent Jacob...
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June 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Thanks to @msnbc.com for covering @dmehro.bsky.social and @dell.bsky.social’s reporting: www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
Original story here: www.wired.com/story/ice-de...
Original story here: www.wired.com/story/ice-de...
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Power walking to the election.
4 days left.
4 days left.
June 21, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Power walking to the election.
4 days left.
4 days left.
I'm attending MomsRising Together's event, “Community Meeting: Fighting the Republican Big Betrayal Bill with MomsRising and NWLC” - sign u www.mobilize.us/momsrisingto...
Community Meeting: Fighting the Republican Big Betrayal Bill with MomsRising and NWLC · MomsRising Together
Join MomsRising and the National Women's Law Center for a Special Community ZOOM Meeting on Wednesday, June 18 at 8:00 pm ET/ 5:00 pm PT.
We will hear from leaders in the U.S. Senate, storytellers, a...
www.mobilize.us
June 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I'm attending MomsRising Together's event, “Community Meeting: Fighting the Republican Big Betrayal Bill with MomsRising and NWLC” - sign u www.mobilize.us/momsrisingto...
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📢 Libraries need YOU! 📚 This Take Action For Libraries Day, stand up for the spaces that inspire, educate & connect us! Want to make a lasting impact? Join a Friends of the Library group & help support your library through advocacy & community efforts. bit.ly/3PLVzIV
April 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
📢 Libraries need YOU! 📚 This Take Action For Libraries Day, stand up for the spaces that inspire, educate & connect us! Want to make a lasting impact? Join a Friends of the Library group & help support your library through advocacy & community efforts. bit.ly/3PLVzIV
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DOGE’s secrecy is alarming—but Country First is cutting through the darkness, exposing the truth, and demanding transparency.
Www.country1st.com
Www.country1st.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
DOGE’s secrecy is alarming—but Country First is cutting through the darkness, exposing the truth, and demanding transparency.
Www.country1st.com
Www.country1st.com
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Let’s be clear: Trump cannot unilaterally abolish a federal department created by Congress.
So this GOP attack on public education will have to end with Congress — and that means we need to maximize pressure on Congress to ensure the Department of Education outlasts the Trump Administration.
So this GOP attack on public education will have to end with Congress — and that means we need to maximize pressure on Congress to ensure the Department of Education outlasts the Trump Administration.
Trump’s newest target: The Department of Education
Today, Donald Trump signed an executive order that aims to eliminate the Department of Education. Emphasis on “aims to.” Trump cannot…
indivisibleteam.medium.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Let’s be clear: Trump cannot unilaterally abolish a federal department created by Congress.
So this GOP attack on public education will have to end with Congress — and that means we need to maximize pressure on Congress to ensure the Department of Education outlasts the Trump Administration.
So this GOP attack on public education will have to end with Congress — and that means we need to maximize pressure on Congress to ensure the Department of Education outlasts the Trump Administration.
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If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks
The USDA has notified the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that it would terminate the agreement for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, which is one of the progr...
www.wunc.org
March 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
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Eric Fletcher, will speak at #TEDxAdamsMorgan 2025!🤲With 30+ years of experience, he believes kindness can transform businesses. Join us on March 22! Register here: tinyurl.com/TEDxAdamsMorgan #KindnessInBusiness #Leadership
March 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Eric Fletcher, will speak at #TEDxAdamsMorgan 2025!🤲With 30+ years of experience, he believes kindness can transform businesses. Join us on March 22! Register here: tinyurl.com/TEDxAdamsMorgan #KindnessInBusiness #Leadership
That’s what bro diplomacy gets you
French polling on Ukraine
Macron is giving a televised address tonight, likely on defence and security
So here's polling from this week on how French people see the war in Ukraine
First, 73% say the US isn't an ally of France
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So here's polling from this week on how French people see the war in Ukraine
First, 73% say the US isn't an ally of France
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March 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM
That’s what bro diplomacy gets you
Don't miss #TEDxAdamsMorgan on March 22 in #WashingtonDC! Gather, connect and get inspired on a way forward for a better world. Please note discounted and free tickets are being sponsored so don't let $s get in the way of attending.
We’re officially on our way! Join us on March 22 at Sitar Arts Center as we plant the seeds for a better world. Registration is open! #tedxadamsmorgan #plantingseedsforabettertomorrow
#cultivatingchange
#ideasworthspreading
#changemakers
#washingtondc
#adamsmorgan
#cultivatingchange
#ideasworthspreading
#changemakers
#washingtondc
#adamsmorgan
February 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Don't miss #TEDxAdamsMorgan on March 22 in #WashingtonDC! Gather, connect and get inspired on a way forward for a better world. Please note discounted and free tickets are being sponsored so don't let $s get in the way of attending.
My optimism that MAGA and friends will self-destruct is growing www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump faces Truth Social backlash over AI video of Gaza with topless Netanyahu and bearded bellydancers
Users of president’s own social media site criticise video showing reimagined Gaza featuring Trump and Israeli PM sipping cocktails
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
My optimism that MAGA and friends will self-destruct is growing www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Let's put that the Trump bug on the non-priority list.
😱
'Apple says it is working to fix its speech-to-text tool after some social media users found that when they spoke the word "racist" into their iPhones it typed it out as "Trump"'
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Apple says it is working to fix its speech-to-text tool after some social media users found that when they spoke the word "racist" into their iPhones it typed it out as "Trump"'
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Apple AI tool transcribed the word 'racist' as 'Trump'
Experts have questioned the company's explanation that it is due to the two words being similar.
www.bbc.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Let's put that the Trump bug on the non-priority list.
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You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
February 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
Nothing beats a good protest sign to sum it up!
From the pics community on Reddit: Anti Musk-DOGE sign along Route 4 Bergen County NJ yesterday
Explore this post and more from the pics community
www.reddit.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Nothing beats a good protest sign to sum it up!
Recent ICE enforcement raids continue to cause fear in communities, while their dubious practice of retroactively updating press release timestamps only adds to the atmosphere of uncertainty and fear
US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations
Thousands of press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s inauguration
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Recent ICE enforcement raids continue to cause fear in communities, while their dubious practice of retroactively updating press release timestamps only adds to the atmosphere of uncertainty and fear
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Google wants Search to be more like an AI assistant in 2025
Google wants Search to be more like an AI assistant in 2025
Google Search is in the midst of a “journey” around AI, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said during the company’s earnings call on Tuesday. The start of that journey was AI overviews, a controversial and monumental shift in how Google delivers information to…
tcrn.ch
February 5, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Google wants Search to be more like an AI assistant in 2025
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Not a single person in the Executive Branch — not Donald Trump, not Elon Musk, and not any of their cronies — has the authority to shut down USAID. Congress created the agency by statute.
We ask a lot of our civil servants. Today, we ask of them another task — show up to work. Continue to serve.
We ask a lot of our civil servants. Today, we ask of them another task — show up to work. Continue to serve.
February 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Not a single person in the Executive Branch — not Donald Trump, not Elon Musk, and not any of their cronies — has the authority to shut down USAID. Congress created the agency by statute.
We ask a lot of our civil servants. Today, we ask of them another task — show up to work. Continue to serve.
We ask a lot of our civil servants. Today, we ask of them another task — show up to work. Continue to serve.
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WIRED reported over the weekend that a growing number of US government websites were going offline, including several related to USAID. Early on Monday, Elon Musk said USAID was “beyond repair” and that Trump had agreed to shut it down.
US Government Websites Are Disappearing in Real Time
A growing number of US government websites have gone offline as of Saturday, including several related to USAID and others focused on youth programs, Africa, and more.
www.wired.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
WIRED reported over the weekend that a growing number of US government websites were going offline, including several related to USAID. Early on Monday, Elon Musk said USAID was “beyond repair” and that Trump had agreed to shut it down.
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The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.
February 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.
good to see a strategic and effective plan to retaliate on the tariffs from Canada. Go after red states, cause they know who can apply pressure.
February 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
good to see a strategic and effective plan to retaliate on the tariffs from Canada. Go after red states, cause they know who can apply pressure.
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#FYI: ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.
(Published 2021)
(Published 2021)
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes,…
www.propublica.org
February 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
#FYI: ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.
(Published 2021)
(Published 2021)
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Fourteen hours before the crash. 👇
January 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Fourteen hours before the crash. 👇
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If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it.
Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.
But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.
They aren’t firing for a reason.
Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.
But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.
They aren’t firing for a reason.
January 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it.
Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.
But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.
They aren’t firing for a reason.
Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.
But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.
They aren’t firing for a reason.