@kristiferox.bsky.social
💜 PNW mom to humans and non-humans 🐾🐴🐹Educator 📓 Scientist 🧬 Pearl Jam Fan 🎶 Ready to make good trouble ✊
Opinions are solely my own.
Opinions are solely my own.
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State AG defends WA’s ‘sanctuary’ policy amid congressional scrutiny
State AG defends WA’s ‘sanctuary’ policy amid congressional scrutiny
Republican U.S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner, who represents Eastern Washington, is among those pressuring Attorney General Nick Brown on immigration issues.
www.seattletimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
State AG defends WA’s ‘sanctuary’ policy amid congressional scrutiny
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
Join the live stream on the 24th!
Seattle folks: I'm giving a (free) public lecture Feb 24, where I'll explain what our team's decade of research on online rumors & disinformation reveals about the once-alternative media ecosystem that is driving the rise of right wing populism around the world. www.washington.edu/facultystaff...
2025 University Faculty Lecture
A Spotlight on Rumors: Illuminating How Influence and Improvisation Shape Online Conversations
www.washington.edu
February 17, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Join the live stream on the 24th!
In case you or your bot has time for an email today. We really need to shut down this DEI training. You can direct emails to DEIAtruth at opm . gov. #DEI #TeachTruth #goodtrouble
February 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In case you or your bot has time for an email today. We really need to shut down this DEI training. You can direct emails to DEIAtruth at opm . gov. #DEI #TeachTruth #goodtrouble
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If you're considering Trump's federal employee buyout, know that you deserve better than to have a billionaire with no real understanding of what you do, come in, belittle your work, & try to push you out the door—whether you're a food safety inspector or an air traffic controller.
February 6, 2025 at 3:12 AM
If you're considering Trump's federal employee buyout, know that you deserve better than to have a billionaire with no real understanding of what you do, come in, belittle your work, & try to push you out the door—whether you're a food safety inspector or an air traffic controller.
I see what happened this morning. There is no mistake.
January 21, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I see what happened this morning. There is no mistake.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: “Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed”
Take a few moments to read this excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King's Letter From Birmingham Jail.
Take a few moments to read this excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King's Letter From Birmingham Jail.
Martin Luther King, Jr.: “Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed”
Take a few moments to read this excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King's Letter From Birmingham Jail.
www.nwprogressive.org
January 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Martin Luther King, Jr.: “Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed”
Take a few moments to read this excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King's Letter From Birmingham Jail.
Take a few moments to read this excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King's Letter From Birmingham Jail.
Current vibe as I rage clean.
January 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Current vibe as I rage clean.
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The data shows private equity makes health care worse, plain and simple.
It’s a scheme to help the rich get richer, leaving you with higher costs & worse outcomes.
You deserve better. Congress must pass my Health Over Wealth Act to deliver for patients. www.healthcaredive.com/news/federal...
It’s a scheme to help the rich get richer, leaving you with higher costs & worse outcomes.
You deserve better. Congress must pass my Health Over Wealth Act to deliver for patients. www.healthcaredive.com/news/federal...
Private equity poses ‘new and unique risks’ to healthcare, federal agencies warn
A new report from the Biden administration calls for increased transparency in healthcare transactions to better monitor the growing influence of private equity on care delivery.
www.healthcaredive.com
January 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The data shows private equity makes health care worse, plain and simple.
It’s a scheme to help the rich get richer, leaving you with higher costs & worse outcomes.
You deserve better. Congress must pass my Health Over Wealth Act to deliver for patients. www.healthcaredive.com/news/federal...
It’s a scheme to help the rich get richer, leaving you with higher costs & worse outcomes.
You deserve better. Congress must pass my Health Over Wealth Act to deliver for patients. www.healthcaredive.com/news/federal...
Don’t forget that the #tiktokban was embedded in a bill supplying aid for Ukraine, Gaza, and Israel. Were bill approvals saying yes to aid or no to TikTok?
Why you shouldn’t thank Trump for “saving TikTok”
January 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Don’t forget that the #tiktokban was embedded in a bill supplying aid for Ukraine, Gaza, and Israel. Were bill approvals saying yes to aid or no to TikTok?
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Reminder for anyone who sees Trump as a savior: He lobbied to have tiktok banned in the first place, and now he’s positioning himself as the hero by unbanning it. It’s theatrics.
January 19, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Reminder for anyone who sees Trump as a savior: He lobbied to have tiktok banned in the first place, and now he’s positioning himself as the hero by unbanning it. It’s theatrics.
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Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) 😊📚
Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
January 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) 😊📚
Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
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Employers have the resources to weather a strike. Working people seldom do.
#WaLeg should end the vicious cycle that keeps wages low by passing SB 5041 and passing Unemployment Ins. for Striking Workers: https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/Add?chamber=Senate&mId=32439&aId=161575&caId=24779&tId=3
#WaLeg should end the vicious cycle that keeps wages low by passing SB 5041 and passing Unemployment Ins. for Striking Workers: https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/Add?chamber=Senate&mId=32439&aId=161575&caId=24779&tId=3
January 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Employers have the resources to weather a strike. Working people seldom do.
#WaLeg should end the vicious cycle that keeps wages low by passing SB 5041 and passing Unemployment Ins. for Striking Workers: https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/Add?chamber=Senate&mId=32439&aId=161575&caId=24779&tId=3
#WaLeg should end the vicious cycle that keeps wages low by passing SB 5041 and passing Unemployment Ins. for Striking Workers: https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/Add?chamber=Senate&mId=32439&aId=161575&caId=24779&tId=3
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Breaking News: President Biden pardoned five activists and public servants on Sunday, including a posthumous grant of clemency to the civil rights leader Marcus Garvey.
Biden Pardons Five More People, Including Civil Rights Leader Marcus Garvey
Civil rights leaders and lawmakers have long said that Mr. Garvey’s 1923 conviction for mail fraud was unjust, arguing that he was targeted for his work.
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Breaking News: President Biden pardoned five activists and public servants on Sunday, including a posthumous grant of clemency to the civil rights leader Marcus Garvey.