news junkie. hugging trees. doing good, or at least giving it a valiant try. (tweets = me and mine)
Joined October 2007
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19 Mar 2023
I'm ready to fund an army of librarians, drag queens, national parks workers, and black birders. Take my money.
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24 Jun 2022
If a government cannot protect the most basic right of bodily autonomy for its people, then that government is clearly a failed design. Extremists exploited every weakness in that design over decades, in order to control women, and they are victorious today.
24 Jun 2022
Today, the Supreme Court not only reversed nearly 50 years of precedent, it relegated the most intensely personal decision someone can make to the whims of politicians and ideologues—attacking the essential freedoms of millions of Americans.
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25 May 2022
Why even be in Congress if you don’t believe in doing your job?
Just quit and let someone who actually gives a damn do it instead of acting like a useless piece of furniture when babies are shot with AR15s that we let teen boys impulse buy before they can legally have a beer.
25 May 2022
You cannot legislate away evil.
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1 Apr 2022
absolute legend.
31 Mar 2022
Happy Retirement, Betty!
Betty Reid Soskin, the oldest active ranger in the National Park Service at age 100, retired today after a remarkable career. Learn more: nps.gov/orgs/1207/soskin-ret…
📸Betty Reid Soskin @RosieRiveterNPS
ALT Portrait of Ranger Betty Reid Soskin in front of visitor center building.
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10 Dec 2021
In the Zagros mountains of Iran, perfectly blended into the gypsum and limestone rocks is a snakes entire body
but the tip of its tail which resembles a spider, luring insectivorous birds within a striking range. This is the spider-tailed horned viper 1/
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25 Jul 2020
'Wall of Vets' joins Black Lives Matter protests in Portland x.com/i/events/1286894869231…
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9 Jun 2020
Myself and more than 50 other former Change.org employees are calling on @Change to donate the money raised from the Justice for George Floyd petition and more. Read our list of demands: medium.com/@blmopenletter/ch…
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2 Jun 2020
Tomorrow, we’re shutting our agency down for a day of direct action.
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16 Mar 2020
The City will prohibit residents from leaving their homes except to meet basic needs including visiting the doctor, or buying groceries or medicine, until at least April 7, Mayor London Breed is expected to announce Monday.
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13 Dec 2019
This decision—pushed by a far-right partisan legal group desperate to prevent votes that could end Trump’s presidency—should be overturned. But whether or not it is, it’s on us to organize the Dems that the GOP is trying to suppress, and make their plan backfire.
13 Dec 2019
BREAKING: Wisconsin judge sides with conservatives, orders elections commission to deactivate up to 234,000 voters who may have moved
Decision expected to be appealed
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5 Dec 2018
So proud of our work @1Deg 💪
4 Dec 2018
Did you know @1deg has helped over 450,000 people find resources? That’s just one of the milestones we hit last year. See them all in our NEW Annual Impact Report bit.ly/1degAIR17-18
#tech4good
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26 Nov 2018
What can “Big data” do besides follow you around the web with shoe ads? We think #bigdata can help fight poverty. After 5 yrs and 400k searches, join us for the 1st @1deg platform data analysis webinar Dec 11. Register (free): bit.ly/2DYDjbW #1degbigdata #bigdata4good
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29 Aug 2018
"We know you're doing good work. We want to help you do more of that" 👏👏so excited to rep @1Deg and join @BGBreck and the #boxorg family at #boxworks18
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1 Jun 2018
Oh hey, the US gov't isn't the only one that's a bit of a mess. @LouiseDowne makes us feel less alone w/examples of UK gov't struggling w/ big change mgmt tech challenges #CfASummit
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1 Jun 2018
"We have to hold ourself accountable for results, and that takes courage." 💪 @LibbySchaaf cannot agree more #cfasummit2018 #CfASummit
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31 May 2018
"Most innovation is coming from younger and smaller companies passionate about solving government's big challenges. If gov't really wants innovation, then make sure procurement criteria doesn't exclude new, small vendors." 👏TY 👏@SkyKelley1 #CFASummit
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31 May 2018
"How do we translate values into criteria for procurement?" Awesome question for both gov't and their vendor partners #CfASummit @18F @mark43 @avisare1 @LACity
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31 May 2018
"Government's job isn't to innovate. Government's job is to scale the best innovations." - @LynnOvermann #CfASummit
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31 May 2018
"I want to see people going into computer science programs in order to tackle homelessness." - @cecmunoz @NewAmerica dreaming big about civic tech
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