upma
@upmasingh.com
I have a Punjabi name, I'm not named after food. I do UXey things for my day job. Otherwise I'm a home cook, TV watcher, podcast listener, and a slow knitter. Child-free cat lady. Jaded optimist. Philadelphia.
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Left Mastodon. Long story, abrupt end, meaning I didn’t get to export my followers.
So now I’m trying to re-find my followers here. If you know me, please re-post and follow and suggest people I might also know.
So now I’m trying to re-find my followers here. If you know me, please re-post and follow and suggest people I might also know.
October 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Left Mastodon. Long story, abrupt end, meaning I didn’t get to export my followers.
So now I’m trying to re-find my followers here. If you know me, please re-post and follow and suggest people I might also know.
So now I’m trying to re-find my followers here. If you know me, please re-post and follow and suggest people I might also know.
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Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
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I said this in the summer and it’s still true.
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I said this in the summer and it’s still true.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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They need to follow through for the ACA demands and make the pain people are going through worth it. Otherwise they just are torturing the public without intention to achieve anything.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
They need to follow through for the ACA demands and make the pain people are going through worth it. Otherwise they just are torturing the public without intention to achieve anything.
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Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
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The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact
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I don't have the qualifications for this job (yet) but would love something like this role in the future
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November 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I don't have the qualifications for this job (yet) but would love something like this role in the future
If you are looking for a short-term contract Data Engineer role, you should take a look!
protectdemocracy.recruitee.com/o/data-engin...
If you are looking for a short-term contract Data Engineer role, you should take a look!
protectdemocracy.recruitee.com/o/data-engin...
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Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that?
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that?
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
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So these are the people we're asking to work without pay?
"Among air traffic controllers, the age-related decline is so sharp—and the potential consequences of decline-related errors so dire—that the mandatory retirement age is 56."
"Among air traffic controllers, the age-related decline is so sharp—and the potential consequences of decline-related errors so dire—that the mandatory retirement age is 56."
November 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
So these are the people we're asking to work without pay?
"Among air traffic controllers, the age-related decline is so sharp—and the potential consequences of decline-related errors so dire—that the mandatory retirement age is 56."
"Among air traffic controllers, the age-related decline is so sharp—and the potential consequences of decline-related errors so dire—that the mandatory retirement age is 56."
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Ten things I took away from one remarkable, history-making moment. Turn the volume up. www.anildash.com/2025/11/05/t...
Turn the volume up. - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Ten things I took away from one remarkable, history-making moment. Turn the volume up. www.anildash.com/2025/11/05/t...
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
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If anyone in Philly (or anywhere in eastern PA, really) is looking to run a campaign inspired by Mamdani's in terms of not just publicity but also policy, please let me know IMMEDIATELY. I will be involved however I can
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
If anyone in Philly (or anywhere in eastern PA, really) is looking to run a campaign inspired by Mamdani's in terms of not just publicity but also policy, please let me know IMMEDIATELY. I will be involved however I can
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Mamdani has won more votes than the entire population of any of the 5 smallest states.
Mamdani has won more votes than there are people in South Dakota.
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Mamdani has won more votes than the entire population of any of the 5 smallest states.
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BIG BREAKING: Democrat Zohran Mamdani is elected Mayor of New York City, in the largest turnout vote since 1969. He becomes the first Muslim and immigrant mayor of New York City, and the first Muslim to be elected of a major U.S. city.
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
BIG BREAKING: Democrat Zohran Mamdani is elected Mayor of New York City, in the largest turnout vote since 1969. He becomes the first Muslim and immigrant mayor of New York City, and the first Muslim to be elected of a major U.S. city.
NBC called it for Mamdani!!!
November 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
NBC called it for Mamdani!!!
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polls close at 8pm, New Jersey!
November 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
polls close at 8pm, New Jersey!
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Hey, Virginia! I voted, and you should, too. Celebrate the end of the Youngkin era and the beginning of something better for our state. You've got a couple of hours left to cast your vote. Plenty of time, but go now if you can...
November 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Hey, Virginia! I voted, and you should, too. Celebrate the end of the Youngkin era and the beginning of something better for our state. You've got a couple of hours left to cast your vote. Plenty of time, but go now if you can...
Probably preaching to the choir on here, but in case you need a nudge here's me telling you to *please* go vote today. If you're in PA it is in *everyone's* best interest to vote yes on state supreme court judge retentions.
November 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Probably preaching to the choir on here, but in case you need a nudge here's me telling you to *please* go vote today. If you're in PA it is in *everyone's* best interest to vote yes on state supreme court judge retentions.
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A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.
It was a little different last week.
It was a little different last week.
November 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.
It was a little different last week.
It was a little different last week.
If I get another boy cat, I will name him Ernie.
November 2, 2025 at 3:46 AM
If I get another boy cat, I will name him Ernie.