Marta Urquilla
@martau.bsky.social
⚠️Under construction — learning to navigate these blue skies as i rage over the dismantling of our civil rights and/or laugh to keep from crying. NFLTG. All views are my own.
And yet, check his voting record on nominees. Yesterday he was on the fence about the CR. What line do Senate Dems think they’re supposed to be holding? This vote is a no-brainer, shouldn’t take a public outcry for Dems to vote No. Sand in the gears. 7 weeks late…
Morning update: NO on cloture. NO on the CR. We’re fighting this bad bill that cuts Americans a terrible deal with everything we’ve got.
March 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
And yet, check his voting record on nominees. Yesterday he was on the fence about the CR. What line do Senate Dems think they’re supposed to be holding? This vote is a no-brainer, shouldn’t take a public outcry for Dems to vote No. Sand in the gears. 7 weeks late…
Stand out. Someone has to. It is easy, in words and deeds, to follow along. It can feel strange to do or say something different. But without that unease, there is no freedom. And the moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow.
Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny
March 6, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Stand out. Someone has to. It is easy, in words and deeds, to follow along. It can feel strange to do or say something different. But without that unease, there is no freedom. And the moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow.
Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny
Thank you, Rep. Al Green!
March 6, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Thank you, Rep. Al Green!
Facts.
US taxpayers have given billions to Elon Musk and he hasn’t said “thank you” once
March 3, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Facts.
Two peers have lost relatives, friends, co-workers & community members to the brutal violence being carried out against civilians in the DRC. Please, if you can, contribute to help evacuate people to safety in Uganda. It’s $100 to get each person out. Any amount will be greatly appreciated.
“Safe Passage: Evacuating Lives from DRC to Uganda”
The Democratic Republic of Congo is bleeding. Death has become so common and yet those affected can’t easily escape because they cannot. And this is why we need you, to enable people in Goma escape to...
gogetfunding.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Two peers have lost relatives, friends, co-workers & community members to the brutal violence being carried out against civilians in the DRC. Please, if you can, contribute to help evacuate people to safety in Uganda. It’s $100 to get each person out. Any amount will be greatly appreciated.
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After yesterday's events in the White House, Haltbakk Bunkers, one of Norway's largest marine fuel companies, appears to have announced that it will no longer refuel American Navy vessels.
Haltbakk has called on other European companies to refuse service to American forces.
Haltbakk has called on other European companies to refuse service to American forces.
March 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Bullies on film. Trump and Vance are undeserving of their titles. These are Russian agents. They have ceded the country’s claim to the title Leader of the Free World. There was one leader in the room: Zelenskyy.
youtu.be/ZThLlfMvMRY?...
youtu.be/ZThLlfMvMRY?...
Chris Hayes: Trump ‘irreparably destroyed’ world order with Zelenskyy blowup
YouTube video by MSNBC
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March 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Bullies on film. Trump and Vance are undeserving of their titles. These are Russian agents. They have ceded the country’s claim to the title Leader of the Free World. There was one leader in the room: Zelenskyy.
youtu.be/ZThLlfMvMRY?...
youtu.be/ZThLlfMvMRY?...
The disconnect. Just wow. While women scientists are fired from NASA and other federal agencies…The discrediting of expert knowledge…It’s possible to pursue innovation and use your billions now here on earth to help feed the poor and value workers.
Pop star Katy Perry and journalists Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez, who is also billionaire Jeff Bezos' fiancée, are set to blast off into space on a Blue Origin rocket, marking the first all-female flight crew in more than six decades reut.rs/43eLawM
Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez among Blue Origin's planned all-female crew to space
Pop star Katy Perry and journalists Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez, who is also billionaire Jeff Bezos' fiancée, are set to blast off into space on a Blue Origin rocket, marking the first all-female flight crew in more than six decades.
reut.rs
February 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The disconnect. Just wow. While women scientists are fired from NASA and other federal agencies…The discrediting of expert knowledge…It’s possible to pursue innovation and use your billions now here on earth to help feed the poor and value workers.
Please support this evacuation effort to help people from the DR Congo get to safety in Uganda. The assault on human life right now is truly devastating.
"Safe Passage: Evacuating Lives from DRC to Uganda" | GoGetFunding
The Democratic Republic of Congo is bleeding. Death has become so common and yet those affected can’t easily escape because they cannot. And this is why we need you, to enable people in Goma escape to...
gogetfunding.com
February 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Please support this evacuation effort to help people from the DR Congo get to safety in Uganda. The assault on human life right now is truly devastating.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 how it’s done
💥 BREAKING: At John Deere's annual shareholders meeting today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal brought by the same group that targeted Costco and Apple. An anti-DEI proposal from the NCPPR received less than 1 percent of votes.
Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out
Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out
February 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 how it’s done
Stand up to bullies. Stand on business. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
This is how it’s done.
Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
February 21, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Stand up to bullies. Stand on business. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Didn’t have NYP on my list of truth-tellers
February 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Didn’t have NYP on my list of truth-tellers
When the story of these astronauts being stranded first broke we were in the midst of the general election campaign. Musk breaking everything wasn’t yet figuring in the American imagination. I thought this is going to get politicized if they don’t get them back here soon. Here we are.
February 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
When the story of these astronauts being stranded first broke we were in the midst of the general election campaign. Musk breaking everything wasn’t yet figuring in the American imagination. I thought this is going to get politicized if they don’t get them back here soon. Here we are.
Some inspo for X-pats also considering leaving Meta
These Gen Z'ers Are Ditching Social Media for Good
Young people are fed up with Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk.
www.teenvogue.com
February 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Some inspo for X-pats also considering leaving Meta
This is how it’s done. Someone give Judge Reyes her own box of cigars! *or a box of whatever she wants because this is 🤌🏼
Quite an exchange here between Judge Reyes and DOJ attorney on how "pronoun usage" affects military readiness.
February 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This is how it’s done. Someone give Judge Reyes her own box of cigars! *or a box of whatever she wants because this is 🤌🏼
Reposted by Marta Urquilla
If you’re wondering who the Elon Musk staffers are, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has several Musk staffers, including Amanda Scales, Brian Bjelde, Stephen Duarte, Christina Hanna, and Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski.
February 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
If you’re wondering who the Elon Musk staffers are, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has several Musk staffers, including Amanda Scales, Brian Bjelde, Stephen Duarte, Christina Hanna, and Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski.
Trump regime is removing the bios and profiles of women scientists from US government websites. But the women said Nope and wasted no time in buying the domain womeninstem.us to crowdsource the stories of women scientists that are being censored.
womeninstemus.blogspot.com/2025/02/us-w...
womeninstemus.blogspot.com/2025/02/us-w...
U.S. Women in STEM Manifesto
American women have contributed countless inventions and discoveries to the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics in t...
womeninstemus.blogspot.com
February 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Trump regime is removing the bios and profiles of women scientists from US government websites. But the women said Nope and wasted no time in buying the domain womeninstem.us to crowdsource the stories of women scientists that are being censored.
womeninstemus.blogspot.com/2025/02/us-w...
womeninstemus.blogspot.com/2025/02/us-w...
Jamaica Plain, MA has something to say
February 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Jamaica Plain, MA has something to say
For the culture!
The Wild True Story Behind Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show
From the start, Kendrick Lamar wanted to turn his life into a video game for his big Super Bowl halftime show. The team tasked with doing that knew what to do—right down to sourcing a vintage GNX.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
For the culture!
Sweet like justice, Karma is a queen
Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:
Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized (Gift Article)
A judge awarded the trademarked name and symbols to a Washington church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Sweet like justice, Karma is a queen
Action over inaction. @schumer.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov we should not be here in the first place. Congress must act!
www.citizen.org/news/advocac... now we are talking!
Advocacy Group, Unions Sue Treasury Department Over Illegal DOGE Data Access - Public Citizen
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Represented by Public Citizen Litigation Group and State Democracy Defenders Fund, the Alliance for Retired Americans, the…
www.citizen.org
February 4, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Action over inaction. @schumer.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov we should not be here in the first place. Congress must act!
@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social put an end to this now! Congress needs to act!
Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
February 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social put an end to this now! Congress needs to act!
When I worked at the White House as mom of an infant I had to pass security w/my breast pump. At my Oval photo, my kid brought a drawing for the president. We got held at the gate so the drawing could be scanned. But Elon Musk can waltz right in w/external servers & private employees like no prob?
February 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
When I worked at the White House as mom of an infant I had to pass security w/my breast pump. At my Oval photo, my kid brought a drawing for the president. We got held at the gate so the drawing could be scanned. But Elon Musk can waltz right in w/external servers & private employees like no prob?
If only we had Congressional leadership to take action on this @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social 🤷🏻♀️
The federal government has intense limits on data sharing in order to protect privacy. Sharing IRS tax data to another part of government *requires an act of Congress.*
What constraints are being placed on Musk hoovering up people's personal data?
What constraints are being placed on Musk hoovering up people's personal data?
February 2, 2025 at 12:49 AM
If only we had Congressional leadership to take action on this @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social 🤷🏻♀️