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sarahvanslette.bsky.social
@sarahvanslette.bsky.social
PR nerd, strategic communicator, mom, and STL native. Can I pet that dog?
Have been muting, deleting, and unsubscribing in earnest for the past few months, and I highly recommend it! Gift link below:
March 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Kids need education to #climatechange + solutions so it becomes part of their DNA from when they are little. Something to share with your little ones.
#climatepositive

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A Climate Change Guide for Kids (Gift Article)
The future could be bad, or it could be better. You can help decide.
www.nytimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Go read a book.
February 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I am done with winter.
🚨 Winter Storm Warning issued February 11 at 10:33AM CST until February 12 at 9:00PM CST by NWS St Louis MO 🚨
Additional Details Here.
February 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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🚨 Winter Storm Warning issued February 11 at 10:33AM CST until February 12 at 9:00PM CST by NWS St Louis MO 🚨
Additional Details Here.
February 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Popped outside to grab my water bottle from the car and said "holy hell, is it foggy!" Just then the City's NotifySTL alert came through! Great minds, Commissioner.

If you haven't already signed up for emergency alerts, here you go!

www.stlouis-mo.gov/notifystl/
NotifySTL - Sign Up for Emergency Alerts
Our NotifySTL system is for residents, businesses, and visitors to the City of St. Louis
www.stlouis-mo.gov
January 31, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Recently downloaded the “No Thanks” app to get quick info on the political contributions of the brands and products I buy. You can search for a brand or even scan a barcode. Easy!
apps.apple.com/us/app/no-th...
‎No Thanks app
‎Welcome to our No Thanks App! Our app simplifies the process of scanning barcodes, It makes your shopping goes easily, just scan the product and the app will tell you. Key Features: Effortless Barc...
apps.apple.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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American social media companies write the algorithms that determine what voters read; moderation systems are opaque; political advertising cannot always be tracked. Do European democracies, or any democracies, really have sovereign elections anymore?
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Can Europe Stop Elon Musk?
He and other tech oligarchs are making it impossible to conduct free and fair elections anywhere.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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A grim but essential memory: 80 years ago today Auschwitz was liberated. That there was an Auschwitz to liberate is unspeakably tragic. . .
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
Auschwitz is liberated | January 27, 1945 | HISTORY
The Soviet Red Army enters Auschwitz, Poland, and liberates the survivors of the network of concentration camps—and finally reveals to the world the depth of the horrors perpetrated there.
www.history.com
January 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Gift link: “we may soon lose the ability to create tests hard enough for A.I. models.”
January 26, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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It actually is very important that you do things that you take pleasure in, regularly. That is part of how you survive the things that feel like they are going to destroy you.
January 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Gift link: “Every single aspect of human life across the broadest categories of human organization is being reoriented around the pursuit of attention. It is now the defining resource of our age.”
January 23, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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This came up in my family chat group so I thought I would share the gift link with y'all, too.

Why You Might Suddenly Be Following Trump on Instagram and Facebook

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/t...
Why You Might Suddenly Be Following Trump on Instagram and Facebook (Gift Article)
Many Instagram and Facebook users say they are confused about why they are seeing posts from the president and vice president in their feeds. Here’s what to know.
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM
To my new Bluesky friends (hi @lisadclancy.bsky.social and @kellidunaway.bsky.social 👋) my favorite feed is the Gift Links feed, which bypasses paywalls & gives you access to lots of major news articles. I subscribe to some outlets, but this is access to via gift links: bsky.app/profile/did:...
January 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Nailed it, Kyle. 😅

#AllForCITY
January 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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It's really not about leaving the other platforms. It's about bringing people here and giving them more engagement than the other apps.

That's what people want. Engagement. Takes nothing to offer it

If there is a user on another app that you like, DM them and invite them here. Post and tag me
January 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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If you think only billionaires can control social media, You are absolutely wrong. Social media is completely dependent on its users. Think about why you do or did use FB, ThreadsTik tok or Twitter. It's because they have enough users. Take away all the "normies" and they all are worthless
January 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Not all of St. Louis is closed. Soulard is not closed. Hammerstone's is open. Other places will be open as well because the owners and/or staff live in the nabe and just walk downstairs or walk up the unplowed street to work.
Couldn't find the meme, so I created my own!
Stay safe out there, friends. #stl #stlwx
January 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
During a winter storm, always grateful to live walking-distance to open grocery stores. Donuts make kids extra happy on a snowy morning 🍩. Thanks to all the workers who braved the icy roads!
January 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Perhaps a deeper understanding of social media, and how to use it, is needed. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
www.theatlantic.com
December 30, 2024 at 12:46 PM
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His post-presidency was seen by many as a model for future chief executives. Rather than vanish from view or focus on moneymaking, he established the Carter Center to promote peace, combat disease and tackle social inequality.

#jimmycarter #carter
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/u...
Jimmy Carter, Peacemaking President Amid Crises, Is Dead at 100 (Gift Article)
Rising from Georgia farmland to the White House, he oversaw the historic Camp David peace accords, but his one-term presidency was waylaid by troubles at home and abroad.
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2024 at 1:23 PM