Lauren
@thejewelednest.com
Colorful sea witch of interior design 💜
Intersectional feminist, anti-racist, trans-inclusive 💜
State: NC | State of mind: 🎃🦇👻
Intersectional feminist, anti-racist, trans-inclusive 💜
State: NC | State of mind: 🎃🦇👻
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(And please hear me when I say that none of this is intended to imply we should just wait and see what fate delivers. WE are an external reality and our protest can very much be what pierces that evil bubble)
March 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
(And please hear me when I say that none of this is intended to imply we should just wait and see what fate delivers. WE are an external reality and our protest can very much be what pierces that evil bubble)
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Please note that Trump and Musk are very deliberately cutting research on things like cancer and environmental toxins.
March 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Please note that Trump and Musk are very deliberately cutting research on things like cancer and environmental toxins.
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Other small ideas for things to do. I absolutely promise it will make you feel better than doing nothing.
Thirty lonely but beautiful actions you can take right now which probably won't magically catalyze a mass movement against Trump but that are still wildly important
Why? Because others will see you do them, and it will make it easier for them to take their own (slightly less lonely but equally beautiful) action by your side
thewhitepages.net
February 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Other small ideas for things to do. I absolutely promise it will make you feel better than doing nothing.
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This is so on point.
February 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
This is so on point.
1️⃣ Tim Moffitt is pushing SB 58, a bill that blocks NC AG @jeffjacksonnc.bsky.social from suing the federal gov—even to protect hurricane relief funds. Yet Moffitt championed relief funding for his district after storms. So why is he backing a bill that could block future aid? 🤔 #NCPol #StopSB58
February 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
1️⃣ Tim Moffitt is pushing SB 58, a bill that blocks NC AG @jeffjacksonnc.bsky.social from suing the federal gov—even to protect hurricane relief funds. Yet Moffitt championed relief funding for his district after storms. So why is he backing a bill that could block future aid? 🤔 #NCPol #StopSB58
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I won’t stop posting this.
How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
February 13, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I won’t stop posting this.
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“People are doing things.”
Tesla stores and charging stations are now protest hotspots!
Turns out, unelected Elon Musk and his fake government agency, DOGE, aren’t sitting well with folks watching democracy get gutted.
Turns out, unelected Elon Musk and his fake government agency, DOGE, aren’t sitting well with folks watching democracy get gutted.
February 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
“People are doing things.”
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Stop buying Tesla. If you have one, sell it and buy a competitor. That's how you hurt Elon Musk. It's all about money. Other billionaires will take note.
February 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Stop buying Tesla. If you have one, sell it and buy a competitor. That's how you hurt Elon Musk. It's all about money. Other billionaires will take note.
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Any dictionary can be a pocket dictionary with big enough pants.
February 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Any dictionary can be a pocket dictionary with big enough pants.
This line from @sifill.bsky.social is what I am going to say whenever people try to deflate a call to activism 💙 we have met and seen the impact of people doing things as we have taken our small daily steps of civic and community engagement
Yes. “People are doing things. You will meet them when YOU start doing things.”
Lots of information and resources in this one.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Lots of information and resources in this one.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Democracy is Crumbling. Is Anybody Doing Anything?
Yes. And You Can Too.
open.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This line from @sifill.bsky.social is what I am going to say whenever people try to deflate a call to activism 💙 we have met and seen the impact of people doing things as we have taken our small daily steps of civic and community engagement
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We are not helpless.
While Apartheid Clyde and his tech bros invade the US Treasury, here's what we as citizens can do to demand they be held accountable for violating our privacy rights.
A clear, easy, & meaningful call to action each person can & should take.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/how-do-we-...
While Apartheid Clyde and his tech bros invade the US Treasury, here's what we as citizens can do to demand they be held accountable for violating our privacy rights.
A clear, easy, & meaningful call to action each person can & should take.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/how-do-we-...
How Do We Stop the South African Billionaire?
Take 30 seconds, demand the Treasury Department comply with the Privacy Act of 1974, and help spread the word—here's how
www.qasimrashid.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
We are not helpless.
While Apartheid Clyde and his tech bros invade the US Treasury, here's what we as citizens can do to demand they be held accountable for violating our privacy rights.
A clear, easy, & meaningful call to action each person can & should take.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/how-do-we-...
While Apartheid Clyde and his tech bros invade the US Treasury, here's what we as citizens can do to demand they be held accountable for violating our privacy rights.
A clear, easy, & meaningful call to action each person can & should take.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/how-do-we-...
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Yesterday’s live is now on YouTube: m.youtube.com/watch?featur...
February 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Yesterday’s live is now on YouTube: m.youtube.com/watch?featur...
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In a global first, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners today launched a first-ever vaccine trial for Ebola from the Sudan species of the virus, and at an unprecedented speed for a randomized vaccine trial in an emergency.🧵
February 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
In a global first, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners today launched a first-ever vaccine trial for Ebola from the Sudan species of the virus, and at an unprecedented speed for a randomized vaccine trial in an emergency.🧵
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Hot take:
Gamers like me (and you) have a responsibility to speak up and demand the companies that make the games we love continue to promote DEI policies AND demand continued representation and accessibility in those games. We have a responsibility to make the fandom space safe for all.
Gamers like me (and you) have a responsibility to speak up and demand the companies that make the games we love continue to promote DEI policies AND demand continued representation and accessibility in those games. We have a responsibility to make the fandom space safe for all.
February 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Hot take:
Gamers like me (and you) have a responsibility to speak up and demand the companies that make the games we love continue to promote DEI policies AND demand continued representation and accessibility in those games. We have a responsibility to make the fandom space safe for all.
Gamers like me (and you) have a responsibility to speak up and demand the companies that make the games we love continue to promote DEI policies AND demand continued representation and accessibility in those games. We have a responsibility to make the fandom space safe for all.
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It's #LibraryLoversMonth and libraries rock ❤️ They:
➡️ Offer free materials
➡️ Host events
➡️ Build community and life-long learning
➡️ Are safe spaces & makerspaces
➡️ Provide life-saving resources & ESL support
➡️ Boost critical thinking
➡️ Aid in career development
➡️ Have LIBRARIANS!
➡️ Offer free materials
➡️ Host events
➡️ Build community and life-long learning
➡️ Are safe spaces & makerspaces
➡️ Provide life-saving resources & ESL support
➡️ Boost critical thinking
➡️ Aid in career development
➡️ Have LIBRARIANS!
February 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
It's #LibraryLoversMonth and libraries rock ❤️ They:
➡️ Offer free materials
➡️ Host events
➡️ Build community and life-long learning
➡️ Are safe spaces & makerspaces
➡️ Provide life-saving resources & ESL support
➡️ Boost critical thinking
➡️ Aid in career development
➡️ Have LIBRARIANS!
➡️ Offer free materials
➡️ Host events
➡️ Build community and life-long learning
➡️ Are safe spaces & makerspaces
➡️ Provide life-saving resources & ESL support
➡️ Boost critical thinking
➡️ Aid in career development
➡️ Have LIBRARIANS!
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A reminder that fiction — books, film, games, what have you — is always political. The willful absence of “politics” in any work is itself a political choice and a political act. Who gets to tell (and sell) stories is political. It might be an undercurrent — covert, not overt. But it’s there.
February 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM
A reminder that fiction — books, film, games, what have you — is always political. The willful absence of “politics” in any work is itself a political choice and a political act. Who gets to tell (and sell) stories is political. It might be an undercurrent — covert, not overt. But it’s there.
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People who stand up to power may not fix everything in a day, but they provide the necessary fuel for others, who are in great need of some inspiration, to keep fighting.
February 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
People who stand up to power may not fix everything in a day, but they provide the necessary fuel for others, who are in great need of some inspiration, to keep fighting.
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Idgaf I’m still fighting for guaranteed healthcare.
Aspiration is the answer. Not just “we’re not the bad guys.”
We need something more meaningful than that. I want a future worth fighting for. They have no vision. We do. Lean into our strengths and knock them out. 👊🏽
Aspiration is the answer. Not just “we’re not the bad guys.”
We need something more meaningful than that. I want a future worth fighting for. They have no vision. We do. Lean into our strengths and knock them out. 👊🏽
January 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Idgaf I’m still fighting for guaranteed healthcare.
Aspiration is the answer. Not just “we’re not the bad guys.”
We need something more meaningful than that. I want a future worth fighting for. They have no vision. We do. Lean into our strengths and knock them out. 👊🏽
Aspiration is the answer. Not just “we’re not the bad guys.”
We need something more meaningful than that. I want a future worth fighting for. They have no vision. We do. Lean into our strengths and knock them out. 👊🏽
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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Costco - the only company to publicly come out in support of Diversity initiatives despite pressure from the GOP and they just raised the pay for their workers. Stop shopping at Target.
Costco to raise hourly pay for most US store workers to over $30 www.reuters.com/business/ret...
Costco to raise hourly pay for most US store workers to over $30 www.reuters.com/business/ret...
Costco to raise hourly pay for most US store workers to over $30
Retailer Costco Wholesale will increase pay for most of its hourly U.S. store workers to more than $30, according to a memo sent to employees this week.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Costco - the only company to publicly come out in support of Diversity initiatives despite pressure from the GOP and they just raised the pay for their workers. Stop shopping at Target.
Costco to raise hourly pay for most US store workers to over $30 www.reuters.com/business/ret...
Costco to raise hourly pay for most US store workers to over $30 www.reuters.com/business/ret...
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Hey if anyone is considering backing up any datasets for some reason today, the Open Science Framework has free storage up to 5G/private repository, and up to 50G/public repository.
(The OSF is run by a 501c3 (Center for Open Science), so if you do this you might also consider making a donation.)
(The OSF is run by a 501c3 (Center for Open Science), so if you do this you might also consider making a donation.)
January 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Hey if anyone is considering backing up any datasets for some reason today, the Open Science Framework has free storage up to 5G/private repository, and up to 50G/public repository.
(The OSF is run by a 501c3 (Center for Open Science), so if you do this you might also consider making a donation.)
(The OSF is run by a 501c3 (Center for Open Science), so if you do this you might also consider making a donation.)
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Look at how enthusiastic folks are about, say, the Mac Mini. Apple’s got many flaws, but they’re pushing back on shit like the anti-DEI wave because they still make products people actually want to buy, not just ones that people are trapped in.
January 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Look at how enthusiastic folks are about, say, the Mac Mini. Apple’s got many flaws, but they’re pushing back on shit like the anti-DEI wave because they still make products people actually want to buy, not just ones that people are trapped in.
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"Trump is a bully and bullies prey on the weak. They understand the power of fear and exploit it. Capitulating to Trump now — even before he has been sworn in — makes you more vulnerable, not less."
Now Is the Time for Courage
From Marc | I started Democracy Docket to be fearlessly independent and unapologetically pro-democracy.
www.democracydocket.com
January 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"Trump is a bully and bullies prey on the weak. They understand the power of fear and exploit it. Capitulating to Trump now — even before he has been sworn in — makes you more vulnerable, not less."