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...mostly on Instagram (@birnsy).

Santa Cruz
Joined March 2009
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Replying to @DavidSacks
Nice. You’re welcome.
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What an amazing read.
In a new report spanning nearly the entirety of this week’s issue, Lawrence Wright looks back at the yearlong catastrophe of the COVID-19 pandemic, and at the fatal missteps—and heroic efforts—that defined the U.S.’s response. nyer.cm/8ZRQTzS
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Another burning heart at Big Basin Redwoods State Park
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I have held off using the f word for three and a half years, but there is no longer any honest alternative. Trump is a fascist, and he is promoting fascism in America.
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New York needs 30,000 ventilators. It will be the difference between life and death. The federal government must provide these ventilators. Only the federal government has the power to deliver.
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I do not understand the reluctance to use the federal Defense Production Act to manufacture ventilators. If not now, when?
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It’s National Arts in Education Week! Growing up, arts education was very important to me. We must continue to advocate and bring visibility to the cause of arts education. Learn more at NationalArtsinEducationWeek.…. - Shepard #ArtsEdWeek
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No pet left behind is what these volunteers and residents aim for in Texas.
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"...For love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite." - Nelson Mandela
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"People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love..."
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"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion..."
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The sign game was strong at the #ScienceMarch today, but this was my favorite. #marchforscience #ScienceMarchSF
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4000 people and a T. Rex came out to the #marchforscience in Santa Cruz.
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FLASHBACK: @seanspicer in Dec. says Trump WH won't ban specific media outlets. "That's what makes a democracy a democracy vs a dictatorship"
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When well intended patriots disagree, that's democracy. When POTUS says it's not fact until he approves it, that's tyranny.
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I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people's politics, rather than politics shaping what people think is true.
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Thx for the shout-out @PechaKucha! PK Santa Cruz has been a fun team effort w/ @Justchip1 @peterchester + more. bit.ly/2daZD5y – at Santa Cruz, CA