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12 Jun 2023
OMG, arrived. Five whole hours before our taxi to the airport.
This would 100% not have been possible without a very helpful staffer in @RepPressley 's office, which is a ridiculous way to run a passport system, but a great way to run a congressional office.
6 Jun 2023
PSA: if you need to renew a US passport in the next few months, you're already doomed. @StateDept is too overwhelmed to even pick up the phone; we put in my daughter's renewal, EXPEDITED, in March, and don't have it yet. Getting on a plane Monday. In theory 🤷♀️
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11 Jun 2023
I'm confused that the @UPS definition of "next day air" means "the package that was shipped Thursday, you will get it Monday, it will literally sit in CT for 48 hours in between" but this is probably still fine
Kinda feeling like I should've just driven to CT yesterday though
6 Jun 2023
PSA: if you need to renew a US passport in the next few months, you're already doomed. @StateDept is too overwhelmed to even pick up the phone; we put in my daughter's renewal, EXPEDITED, in March, and don't have it yet. Getting on a plane Monday. In theory 🤷♀️
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9 Jun 2023
Last-minute check before bedtime because I can't think about anything else and now it says SHIPPED!! Next day air 🤞🤞🤞
It's ridiculous that you NEED congressional office intervention to make this happen, but also @AyannaPressley 's staff is TOP NOTCH.
6 Jun 2023
PSA: if you need to renew a US passport in the next few months, you're already doomed. @StateDept is too overwhelmed to even pick up the phone; we put in my daughter's renewal, EXPEDITED, in March, and don't have it yet. Getting on a plane Monday. In theory 🤷♀️
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Andromeda Yelton retweeted
8 Jun 2023
Question: Since the WHO ended the global emergency status for COVID-19 on May 5th, does anyone know of any journals that have reimposed paywalls? Thanks!
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8 Jun 2023
Helpful staffer heard back that they have not finished adjudicating the application, which I presume is polite phrasing of "you're totally fucked", plus a note that repeated inquiries can slow things down.
Well I wouldn't ask so often if I had ANY VISIBILITY OR ESTIMATE.
6 Jun 2023
PSA: if you need to renew a US passport in the next few months, you're already doomed. @StateDept is too overwhelmed to even pick up the phone; we put in my daughter's renewal, EXPEDITED, in March, and don't have it yet. Getting on a plane Monday. In theory 🤷♀️
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8 Jun 2023
If I had an estimate of "tomorrow", I could mostly plan on my current itinerary. If I had an estimate of "July", I could have replanned ages ago and be done with it. I am currently keeping all possible vacations open in my mind and it isn't leaving room for anything else.
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8 Jun 2023
I mean FUTURE contact with my representatives will include "jfc just allocate state whatever they need to stop drowning under passports because no one can function right now"...but...NOW contact is I need the damn passport. Ideally a month ago, like you promised.
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8 Jun 2023
4 days until travel, still no passport. Just left voicemail with @ewarren 's and @SenMarkey 's Boston offices. I happen to have a meeting right around the corner today so maybe I'll just show up??? auuuuugh
6 Jun 2023
PSA: if you need to renew a US passport in the next few months, you're already doomed. @StateDept is too overwhelmed to even pick up the phone; we put in my daughter's renewal, EXPEDITED, in March, and don't have it yet. Getting on a plane Monday. In theory 🤷♀️
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7 Jun 2023
Today: got 3-4 levels deep in the phone tree before they told me they were too busy to take the call. Cannot tell if better or worse? Wrote back to the _excellent_ staffer at @AyannaPressley 's office, hoping he has options I don't. Passport still not shipped.
6 Jun 2023
PSA: if you need to renew a US passport in the next few months, you're already doomed. @StateDept is too overwhelmed to even pick up the phone; we put in my daughter's renewal, EXPEDITED, in March, and don't have it yet. Getting on a plane Monday. In theory 🤷♀️
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6 Jun 2023
PSA: if you need to renew a US passport in the next few months, you're already doomed. @StateDept is too overwhelmed to even pick up the phone; we put in my daughter's renewal, EXPEDITED, in March, and don't have it yet. Getting on a plane Monday. In theory 🤷♀️
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Andromeda Yelton retweeted
31 May 2023
NEW ESSAY (& 🧵): you can't understand our current anti-trans moral panic without "Understanding the Anti-Trans Parent Movement," which has received almost no media scrutiny. no-paywall link, please share & give it lots of "claps" (up to 50)!
juliaserano.medium.com/under… #trans #LGBTQ
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Andromeda Yelton retweeted
17 May 2023
💥BREAKING VICTORY💥: LA Superior Court Judge Lawrence Riff found it unconstitutional for LA County and City of LA to jail people between arrest and their first court date simply because they couldn’t afford bail. (🧵tldr at the end)
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Andromeda Yelton retweeted
13 May 2023
I've had represented parties lose at trial against self-represented litigants, always because they lied to their lawyers. My favorite was an old divorce case where the husband had a lawyer and the wife didn't.
He brought a lawyer.
She brought receipts.
(A fun story 🧵.)
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Andromeda Yelton retweeted
14 May 2023
Normally, you're a little panicked on Mother's Day. Your sister, Kelly, always buys the perfect gift, while you scramble last-minute.
Not this year. This year is different.
"Nice birdbath, Kelly," you say. "I guess I'm just more focused on keeping Mom and her home safe-"
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4 May 2023
You know how there are some people who are SO good you never get to hire them because they're never on the market? Yeah, here is your extremely rare chance.
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Andromeda Yelton retweeted
30 Apr 2023
WHO!!!!!!!!
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