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Amanda Abrams retweeted
31 May 2024
Architects tell counties they need bigger jails.
Then they get the contracts to build those jails.
Conflict of interest much?
@mandaabrams has a revelatory @theintercept story on why our communities keep expanding jails, despite good alternatives: theintercept.com/2024/05/31/…
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21 Oct 2023
Peter Beinart - once again, so clear. And true, and heartening.
There Is a Jewish Hope for Palestinian Liberation. It Must Survive. nytimes.com/2023/10/14/opini…
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11 Sep 2023
I'm working at a Duke library and looking around, wondering if all these undergrads are part of the 1%. It's creepy. nytimes.com/interactive/2023…
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23 Aug 2023
Weird article about the rise in breast cancer among young women. Not a single real Q about why - ie could it be a rise in environmental toxins? Heavy glyphosate use over past 20 yrs? PFAS? Never mentioned. Seems typical for breast cancer coverage.
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Amanda Abrams retweeted
12 May 2023
A true effort to address homelessness will require housing vouchers, a suitable housing supply, and coordination.
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16 Mar 2023
Really excited to get this story out about what climate change-related weather could do to the housing market. TLDR: It's likely going to be ugly in ways that we're fully unprepared for. Thanks to @jasondovemark for his insights & guidance. sierraclub.org/sierra/1-spri…
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Amanda Abrams retweeted
25 Oct 2022
No one denies the weather is changing on the low-lying fringe of North Carolina. No one can. But virtually no one there would admit to believing in global warming, @mandaabrams writes.
“Utter the words and folks might recoil.”
📸: @Cocobuttrshuttr
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Amanda Abrams retweeted
27 May 2022
The 1994-2004 federal assault weapon ban reduced gun massacres by 37%—and reduced the number of people dying by 43%.
Mass shootings rose 183% after the ban expired, increasing deaths by 239%.
A ban on assault weapons would save lives—again.
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22 Mar 2022
My husband just texted to ask what my love language is. Umm, who are you and where is my husband?
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17 Mar 2022
So embarrassing but that VRBO ad with the giant family reunion, accompanied by Kermit singing "I'm right where I belong" gets me every time
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Amanda Abrams retweeted
15 Mar 2022
THREAD: This is a story about how a young teen was attacked by police. And how the police lied & the NYC Mayor used & disparaged this *child* to try to kill bail reform. Please read on. "All New Yorkers deserve true public safety. Let’s start w/ the truth."nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-o…
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Amanda Abrams retweeted
8 Mar 2022
NEW: A Republican legislator has proposed a first-of-its-kind law to stop Missouri residents from accessing abortion *outside of Missouri.*
Planned Parenthood calls it “the most extraordinary provision we have ever seen.”
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Amanda Abrams retweeted
3 Mar 2022
We are all an amazing Army of Empathy and goodness! This cooks fill me with hope! Cooks of the world, raise up! Let’s build longer tables! We can end hunger in the world. We can bring Peace to the world! @WCKitchen #ChefsForUkraine
My heart breaks for Ukraine, but the spirit of the Ukrainian people fills me with hope. In Kyiv, @WCKitchen restaurant partner Mafia has been cooking meals for shelters, hospitals & medical battalion. Tonight: chicken & vegetable stew with fresh baked bread! #ChefsForUkraine 💛🇺🇦
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2 Mar 2022
Zoomed with a bunch of financial folks today for a story about commercial real estate, & they all look so put together. I can feel them thinking, "why are these journalist types always so frumpy?" cringe
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2 Feb 2022
Love this. Beautifully written. He's clearly a very decent person.
Only spreading Aloha: A journalist reflects on air travel and tourism in the pandemic era ncpolicywatch.com/2022/02/02… via @ncpolicywatch
Amanda Abrams retweeted
14 Oct 2021
I get that we as Americans have different conceptions of what is and isn't over the line, offensive, hurtful and taboo. But I also think most people understand it's better to be kind than cruel and it's *bizarre* to see that view treated as some kind of radical left proposition.
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Amanda Abrams retweeted
23 Sep 2021
Not a single G20 nation is on track to meet its Paris Agreement commitments.
This is the cost of inaction — and enough is enough!
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