Roberta Oster
@robertaoster.bsky.social
Communications Director at Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy. Mom, dog lover, aspiring painter. Posts are my own.
Please. Take a few minutes to read Rachel Goldberg Polin’s plea. www.thefp.com/p/rachel-gol...
Rachel Goldberg-Polin: The Appeal of a Mother Who Buried Her Only Son
Rachel Goldberg: Give us back our children. Those going hungry in tents. And those who are starving in tunnels—and being forced to dig their own graves.
www.thefp.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Please. Take a few minutes to read Rachel Goldberg Polin’s plea. www.thefp.com/p/rachel-gol...
I am so proud to work with Rev. Dr. LaKeisha Cook @revlcook.bsky.social - check out her essay:
A message of hope for these challenging times, from our Executive Director, @revlcook.bsky.social Rev. Dr. LaKeisha Cook. READ: virginiainterfaithcenter.org/peace-be-sti...
June 6, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I am so proud to work with Rev. Dr. LaKeisha Cook @revlcook.bsky.social - check out her essay:
Capital Emmy nomination news! Martin Montgomery and I are nominated for our story on the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind. I was deeply inspired by the students and teachers there. It aired 2024 on VPM News Focal Point. June 21 Emmy Awards are announced. Link: www.pbs.org/video/a-near...
May 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Capital Emmy nomination news! Martin Montgomery and I are nominated for our story on the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind. I was deeply inspired by the students and teachers there. It aired 2024 on VPM News Focal Point. June 21 Emmy Awards are announced. Link: www.pbs.org/video/a-near...
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Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
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As @jamellebouie.net has been saying, they are absolutely trying to bring back segregation.
April 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
As @jamellebouie.net has been saying, they are absolutely trying to bring back segregation.
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Days before ICE detained Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk, the State Dept. determined that the Trump administration had not produced evidence showing she engaged in antisemitic activities or made public statements supporting a terrorist organization. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
No evidence linking Tufts student to antisemitism or terrorism, State Dept. office found
An internal memo, prepared before Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk was detained by ICE, raises doubts about the Trump administration’s claims that she supports Hamas.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Days before ICE detained Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk, the State Dept. determined that the Trump administration had not produced evidence showing she engaged in antisemitic activities or made public statements supporting a terrorist organization. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.
A better world is possible.
A better world is possible.
April 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.
A better world is possible.
A better world is possible.
Clear, concise, and chilling 7-minute video by Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Fomenting Antisemitism
Not Combating It
open.substack.com
April 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Clear, concise, and chilling 7-minute video by Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
I'm so pleased to be working with our new executive director, Rev. Dr. LaKeisha Cook @revlcook.bsky.social, in our fight for economic, social, and racial justice! As the director of communications for @vainterfaith.bsky.social, I'll be keeping you posted about our work as we move forward.
Our staff is thrilled to welcome Rev. Dr. LaKeisha Cook as our new Executive Director as she takes the helm, advocating for economic, racial, and social justice.
April 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I'm so pleased to be working with our new executive director, Rev. Dr. LaKeisha Cook @revlcook.bsky.social, in our fight for economic, social, and racial justice! As the director of communications for @vainterfaith.bsky.social, I'll be keeping you posted about our work as we move forward.
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Timothy Snyder's Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow.
Great for listening to. And reflecting on.
The question now isn't what THEY should be doing,
it's what WE should be doing.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Great for listening to. And reflecting on.
The question now isn't what THEY should be doing,
it's what WE should be doing.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
open.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Timothy Snyder's Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow.
Great for listening to. And reflecting on.
The question now isn't what THEY should be doing,
it's what WE should be doing.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Great for listening to. And reflecting on.
The question now isn't what THEY should be doing,
it's what WE should be doing.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
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March 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
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This aged well. Or badly, if you are now at the Washington Post. The paperback of Burn Book is coming out in March with a new afterword that is 100 percent burnier and with a new title: Mendacious Fucks I Have Known nymag.com/intelligence...
Over Three Decades, Tech Obliterated Media
Kara Swisher’s front-row seat to a slow-moving catastrophe.
nymag.com
February 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This aged well. Or badly, if you are now at the Washington Post. The paperback of Burn Book is coming out in March with a new afterword that is 100 percent burnier and with a new title: Mendacious Fucks I Have Known nymag.com/intelligence...
@govpritzker.illinois.gov: "The root that tears apart your house's foundation begins as a seed. A seed of distrust and hate and blame...If we don't want to repeat history then for God's sake, in this moment, we'd better be strong enough to learn from it..."
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker warns against authoritarianism in address
In his State of the State address, Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Ill., warned against authoritarianism, saying “it took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle a con...
www.nbcnews.com
February 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
@govpritzker.illinois.gov: "The root that tears apart your house's foundation begins as a seed. A seed of distrust and hate and blame...If we don't want to repeat history then for God's sake, in this moment, we'd better be strong enough to learn from it..."
POIGNANT PODCAST: @abigailspanberger.com talks to @robenfarzad.bsky.social - SPANBERGER IS running for GOVERNOR of Virginia. She's a former 3-term member of Congress and CIA officer. They discuss Trump vs. DC; the war on trans kids; and the Dems' messaging problem. pod.link/903171979/ep...
Full Disclosure with Roben Farzad
The business of culture. The culture of business. Policy; media & tech; entrepreneurs and more.
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February 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
POIGNANT PODCAST: @abigailspanberger.com talks to @robenfarzad.bsky.social - SPANBERGER IS running for GOVERNOR of Virginia. She's a former 3-term member of Congress and CIA officer. They discuss Trump vs. DC; the war on trans kids; and the Dems' messaging problem. pod.link/903171979/ep...
Brilliant!!!
SNL’s commercial parodies over the years. Always loved these. #SNL50 youtu.be/xmaS4fyGo2c?...
Commercial Parodies – SNL50
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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February 17, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Brilliant!!!
My daughter sings “drift away” at an open mic in NYC. Way cool. www.facebook.com/share/r/1BGR...
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February 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
My daughter sings “drift away” at an open mic in NYC. Way cool. www.facebook.com/share/r/1BGR...
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