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mayela-sanchez-nav.bsky.social
@mayela-sanchez-nav.bsky.social
(She/her) masters in applied anthropology, focus on social justice through food and water policy 🍉🏳️‍🌈
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As someone who’s interviewed many small farmers in California, I expect to see more cases of burnout for these farmers from crisis after crisis hits. I [can only] hope that academics and stakeholders can overcome these obstacles in food systems.
This is a good essay, but it almost seems… afraid… to say the thing that needs to be said out loud: small farming doesn’t work because it’s a form of estate farming, and estate farming is utterly unsustainable.

A thread…

time.com/6966324/amer...
America’s Young Farmers Are Burning Out. I Quit, Too
"Getting young people into farming may not be the problem. Keeping them on the farm may be the hardest part."
time.com
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Rep. Swalwell : "Renee Good wasn’t a threat—she was a mom with stuffed animals in her glove box." "Any one of us with young kids knows what that glove compartment looks like," "She had a baby to go home to, a 6 year old who is now orphaned." #3E #endImpunity #ReneeGood #JusticeforGood #GoodVsEvil
January 8, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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Trump regime forces pulled out out their hand guns threatening to murder protestors in Minnesota. This is a practice that has been widely used by ICE and CBP regime troopers to intimidate civilians nationwide. #3E #EndImpunity #justiceforgood #goodvsevil
January 9, 2026 at 5:31 AM
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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Windmill workers are fighting for a union! Support their boycott! This holiday season, don’t buy Windmill mushrooms! #BoycottWindmillmushrooms
December 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Truth. Justice. Whatever. #Supergirl lands in theaters and IMAX June 26.
December 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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"The theory of monotropism frames the difference in cognitive functioning between autistic and non-autistic people in a value-neutral way. However, the broader autism literature has traditionally described focused interests in a negative light"
@aimeespeaks.bsky.social & Sarah Dantas, Neurodiversity
Focused Interests, Motivation, and Museum/Gallery Attendance – A Mixed-Methods Survey Exploring Autistic Adults’ Experiences and Wellbeing Outcomes - Sarah Dantas, Aimee Fletcher, 2025
Focused interests are characterised by high attention and focus, and are commonly experienced by autistic people. While some research frames these interests as ...
journals.sagepub.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Many economists and business leaders are raising alarms about falling birthrates. But advocates for lower human populations say a less crowded world will be happier and more sustainable.
Could smaller families 'rewild' the planet — and make humans happier?
Many economists and business leaders are raising alarms about falling birthrates. But advocates for lower human populations say a less crowded world will be happier and more sustainable.
n.pr
November 9, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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November 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Please, pass this post on.

People need to understand what Spotify is doing.
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Reports of ICE ads on #Spotify were noted in early October. People began calling for boycotts immediately.

Now, nearly a month later Spotify is seeing major losses.

And we can do ever BETTER. 👏👏👏

#BoycottSpotify
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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A) Venezuela has oil reserves. B) Wars are profitable for tyrants and C) provide distraction from other issues. D) For authoritarians and fascists if you cant get the resources take the resources. E) No Congress means no oversight. F) “But they cant do that!” Well. They are.

Shenanigan Cocktail.
October 31, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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In this time of racial division and threats to our nation's core values, voting Yes on Prop 50 is critical to farm workers and our communities. Be the voice for those who need it the most. #YesOnProp50
October 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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October 15, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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How it started:
"Our goal is to advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole, unconstrained by a need to generate financial return." (Introducing OpenAI blog post, 2015)

How it's going:
October 15, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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I wrote a human skeleton quiz -- filled with terrible puns -- for your Spooky Season enjoyment. 🧪🏺💀
Human skeleton quiz: What do you know about the bones in your body?
Do you have what it takes to be a bone-ified quiz champion?
www.livescience.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85
October 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.
October 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Migrants sent by the U.S. to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, were moved to another part of the naval base there because of a water failure, raising doubts about housing large numbers of deportees.
Water failure at Guantánamo Bay affects U.S. migrant operations there
Migrants sent by the U.S. to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, were moved to another part of the naval base there because of a water failure, raising doubts about housing large numbers of deportees.
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September 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion-dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.
The school shooting industry is worth billions — and it keeps growing
The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion-dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.
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September 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Los Angeles, CA
Music Festival
9/1/25
September 2, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Look at what Meta has to do to offset the power of organized labor and creatives!

So want to continue fighting against Meta’s Super Pac? One thing you could do is send letters to Californian legislators to pass AB-412, a pivotal transparency bill! Do so here👇

actionnetwork.org/petitions/le...
Meta to launch California super PAC focused on AI
The tech giant plans to spend tens of millions backing candidates in state races.
www.politico.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Current and former Microsoft employees were among those arrested. Microsoft has said it is reviewing a report that Israel has used its platform to facilitate attacks on Palestinian targets.
Protesters occupy Microsoft office as company reviews its work with Israel's military
Current and former Microsoft employees were among those arrested. Microsoft has said it is reviewing a report that Israel has used its platform to facilitate attacks on Palestinian targets.
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August 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Don’t be afraid to share your writing. There are six Sharknado movies.
August 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM