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Shara Karasic
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Sometimes, write. #losangeles #woolfer
I saw a different side of LA during my gig proofreading Indonesian for the LA County Board of Elections in between tech jobs: thecoachellareview.com/2025/12/05/c... Thank you for publishing my piece The Coachella Review!
City of Industry by Shara Karasic
1 This was not the Tinseltown Los Angeles of the world’s imagination. I looked around at my cohorts at orientation for this language proofreading gig for the LA County Board of Elections. They were c...
thecoachellareview.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Will reading become obsolete? How A.I. could transform our relationship to the written word.
What’s Happening to Reading?
For many people, A.I. may be bringing the age of traditional text to an end.
www.newyorker.com
July 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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"What touched me most was that our voices as young Palestinians were not only heard but genuinely respected & engaged with...as part of the solution & the future. My heartfelt thanks to Tomorrow's Women for their support." #parispeaceconference #israel #palestine #tomorrowswomen
June 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Thanks @nassefi.bsky.social! Should be an amazing event. There's also a virtual screening earlier in the day 4/27 which includes a Q&A with the filmmakers and activists. Tickets: tomorrowswomen.my.salesforce-sites.com/default/CnP_...
April 25, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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Yonatan Zeigen's mother, Vivian Silver, was a peace activist killed on Oct 7th. Her son, instead of turning to hate, has now taken up her cause of peace. He's featured in film Resister Pour La Paix, & joins an upcoming virtual Q&A session 4/27.

What would you ask Yonaton?

Tkts: tomorrowswomen.org
April 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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An extraordinary chance to hear firsthand what’s happening on the ground at this pivotal moment. Hear a vision of hope & strength from brave Palestinian & Israeli women activists who imagine and work toward a peaceful future together.

Los Angeles 4/7 & 4/8: www.tomorrowswomen.org/_files/ugd/a...
April 7, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Belgrade, hmmm
March 16, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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1. You feel powerless? Don’t know what you can do to resist the rise of fascism?
Here is an answer: Good Things.
Fascism inflicts pain and harm as a matter of doctrine.
Kindness, care and conviviality defend us from it.
The more we build community, the less it can take root.
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March 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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"I was very curious about the other side." www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcTT... #Palestinian #Israeli #hope #UN #UNForum
UN Forum 2025
YouTube video by Tomorrow's Women
www.youtube.com
March 14, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Hear inspiring stories from Palestinian and Israeli young women of @tmrwswomen.bsky.social who partner as leaders to promote peace at UN NGO Forum!
March 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025.

This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
restoredcdc.org
March 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.

This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.

What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."
February 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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It took ten years, but the NYT finally got there
February 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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"America has no king" seems like a good theme to rally around
Publicly abandoning American and Ukranian democracy on the same day.
February 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Pritzker: If we don’t want to repeat history, then for god’s sake, in this moment, we better be strong enough to learn from it.
February 20, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Every time Sean Hooks interviews an author, a delightful conversation ensues. Claire Messud: “I really do believe in our animal selves, the experience of being in a room." Yep. More at seanhooks.com/writing.
February 20, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Cave explorer. Neuroscientist. Student. Son. #proudmama
February 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Thank you for doing the right thing.
A USAID HR director sent out this email today to staff letting them know he was placed on administrative leave.

“Today, representatives of the Agency's front office and DOGE instructed me to violate the due process of our employees by issuing immediate termination notices to a group of employees.”
January 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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I love that a white guy was flying the plane, a white guy was flying the helicopter, and a white guy gutted the FAA last week but somehow the blame is too much diversity.
January 30, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Tired: DEI Hire

Wired: DUI Hire
January 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Hell is empty,
And all the devils are here.
January 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Sen Adam Schiff has set up
this link to accept donations in the wake of the catastrophic Los Angeles area fires split equally among LA Fire Department Foundation, United Way of Greater LA & LA Regional Food Bank

secure.actblue.com/donate/q1202...

#StrongerTogether #LAProud
January 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM