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sarainatx.bsky.social
Sara
@sarainatx.bsky.social
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Gen X progressive left Texan, here for news, politics, civil rights & public schools. I help local nonprofits & downballot candidates build community and help tech companies that don't suck do cool marketing stuff.
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sarainatx.bsky.social
Leander, Texas voters could vote 8 times between November 2025 & 2026. Even engaged voters are unlikely to know of this many opportunities & the general public will have no idea. It's time to build awareness about what election dates are coming & who's on the ballot! aimforimpact.com/election-dat...
Be a voter: City of Leander Place 3 Runoff Election December 13, 2025 with early voting December 1-9, City of Leander Mayor and Place 4 Election February 7, 2026 with early voting January 26-February 6, Texas Democratic Primary March 3, 2026 with early voting February 17-27, and Texas General Election November 3, 2026 with early voting October 19-30 2026.
November 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
sarainatx.bsky.social
This bugs me almost as much as the sound of the Teams ring.
February 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
sarainatx.bsky.social
With International Women's Day coming up before too long, any chance someone is building a gender pay gap bot for Bluesky like the one that used to exist on that other app? 😁 www.bbc.com/news/uk-engl...
If you tweet about IWD I'll retweet your gender pay gap
January 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
sarainatx.bsky.social
Hey y'all, Bluesky actually has an amazing feature to make alt text really easy. 👇

Tap +Alt in the top left corner
Tap 📄 in the bottom right corner to read the text from the image
Tap Copy All in the bottom left corner
Tap and long press in the dialog box, then tap Paste
Edit if needed, then Save
January 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
sarainatx.bsky.social
I'm cropping the images because I'm disgusted by seeing or sharing it, but 💯 agree with the sentiment from @joncooper-us.bsky.social here.
Anyone who says this was NOT a Nazi salute can -- with all due respect -- fuck off.
January 21, 2025 at 3:17 AM
sarainatx.bsky.social
When did Bluesky get trending videos? Was this always part of the platform?
January 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
sarainatx.bsky.social
Our laws are so outdated for the corruption that exists today.
AXIOS logo above text: "The emoluments clause of the Constitution, written in 1787, hardly envisaged a world where a president could conjure billions of dollars of wealth out of nowhere just by endorsing a meme. In the present day, it's impossible to track who's going to be buying this coin over the next three years and thereby directing their money directly at Trump."
January 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
sarainatx.bsky.social
Worth repeating, from Rebecca Shaw at @theguardian.com.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"I knew that one day we might have to watch as capitalism and greed and bigotry led to a world where powerful men, deserving or not, would burn it all down. What I didn’t expect, and don’t think I could have foreseen, is how incredibly cringe it would all be. I have been prepared for evil, for greed, for cruelty, for injustice – but I did not anticipate that the people in power would also be such huge losers."
January 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
sarainatx.bsky.social
It's hilarious. And hint hint, Lemon8 is not even hiding this: (click for full image)
January 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
sarainatx.bsky.social
This article is thoughtful & worth a read.

IMHO it misses 2 components of the Trump era here: Wealthy Christian Nationalists fund astroturfing efforts like M4L, one of many chaos agents behind some of our current animosity.

And they're helped by Meta & X algorithms & practices that reward hate.
The author's text describes how meeting in person breaks down some animosity, and by not doing so we lose "the middle ring" in our social structure previously held by neighbors. "When you sign up for a committee to draft a diversity statement for the school, you find that you can accommodate each other's opposing views. It's politically moderating to meet thoughtful people in the real world who disagree with you." Researchers were expecting polarization, with people on the left and right sharing conspiracy theories about each other, but "these aggravated loners agreed with dark pronouncements such as 'I need chaos around me.'"
January 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
sarainatx.bsky.social
Happy everything y'all! 🎄🎅 I'm thankful to be happy and healthy and enjoying this holiday with family. Wishing good things for everyone.
Christmas tree decorated with lights and ornaments
December 25, 2024 at 3:23 AM
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And yet they can write NYT op eds full of platitudes and BS in an attempt to paint the company's laser focus on profits over people as somehow benevolent. 💩
Highlighted text from the NYT article that proposes the former CEO' work was aimed at "making health care more affordable, more transparent, more intuitive, more compassionate — and more human."
December 14, 2024 at 6:05 AM
sarainatx.bsky.social
When the youngest kid influences my Spotify Wrapped. 😁
Spotify Wrapped Top Artists: Taor Swift, Vandelux, Issey Cross, Florence + The Machine, BoyWithUke
December 4, 2024 at 2:19 PM
sarainatx.bsky.social
This is nuts. So basically they could categorize any organization they want to without any justification.
Highlighted text: "The law would not require officials to explain the reason... nor does it require evidence."
November 12, 2024 at 3:39 AM