Chasing 2 kids & a yellow lab. Former journo, corporate concierge & CEO comms pro. McCandless Communications founder. Forever UW Badger & fan of 80s hairbands.
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Maria McCandless Lyons retweeted
Simone Biles taught a valuable lesson at the Olympics:
Overcoming adversity takes time. Resilience is not about how quickly you bounce back—it’s about how fully you recover.
You can’t judge people’s strength when they fall. Their fortitude is visible when they rise again.
Maria McCandless Lyons retweeted
Dare I say, the white women on this call definitely understand the assignment! #AnswerTheCall2024
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Reset is joined by Roxanne Smith, board president of @CommsUnited and @TheVoiceofJosh of @mindsitenews to explore non-law enforcement ways to answer crisis calls. trib.al/3lKw11G
Maria McCandless Lyons retweeted
Thank you to everyone who has been so gracious as my career here comes to a close. I had a blast!
Sports writer Joe Stevenson is retiring after 35 years with the Northwest Herald, 42 years overall in the business. This is his farewell column. shawlocal.com/high-school-sp…
Maria McCandless Lyons retweeted
This would have been unthinkable before @CaitlinClark22 arrived at Iowa and changed everything. This isn’t just a sports story. This is an American cultural story. It’s about Title IX and what happens when a nation gives girls and women a chance to play sports too.
Maria McCandless Lyons retweeted
“It’s the human stories.”
How a mom in Ukraine, wrestling with whether to buy her daughter a pet guinea pig, shapes our understanding of what connects us—even during war.
My column.
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Really, Tiger? You’re a 47-year-old 'girl dad’ who still pulls juvenile and sexist tampon pranks like an immature school boy? My @usatodaysports column: usatoday.com/story/sports/co…
Maria McCandless Lyons retweeted
I am living with a terminal disease. I am also a patient advocate.
I am a damn good advocate, but I need your help. The more followers I have, the more I can get government and pharma to pay attention.
So my ask is: Will you follow me so we can change the world?
Maria McCandless Lyons retweeted
HOCO: driving QB1 Jackson Lyons and 1 Doubles Alisha Virani. Definitely an athletic car. Thanks Fugino for the photo bomb.
Maria McCandless Lyons retweeted
77% of American workers have no paid parental leave. 1 in 4 moms goes to work 2 weeks after giving birth. Childcare costs as much as college, and the U.S. invests 0.2% of its GDP on it. For a nation seemingly set on making people have babies, we sure don't want to invest in them
Maria McCandless Lyons retweeted
This is Loulou and Coco. They just became new parents. It's a lot to handle so far. 13/10 for all
ALT two black and brown dachshunds sit on a couch surrounded by their three yellow chicks. the dachshunds both have looks of concern on their faces
ALT one of the dachshunds has her mouth open and looks absolutely stunned as one of the chicks bites her tongue. the other dachshund cowers in the background
ALT a close up view of the chick biting the dachshund’s tongue
ALT the dachshund whose tongue was previously in the beak of one of the chicks sits with her eyes closed. the chicks seem apologetic as they cuddle her. the other dachshund apprehensively remains in the background
Maria McCandless Lyons retweeted
Say it with me: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson!
Today, Justice Jackson made history as the first public defender and Black woman to be confirmed to serve on the Supreme Court.
Maria McCandless Lyons retweeted
At a bar in Key West…
“You’re from Chicago? Isn’t Chicago a…”
Me, immediately cutting the guy off: “A wonderful place to live? A completely and totally safe tourist destination with tons to do? Yes, yes it is.”
Maria McCandless Lyons retweeted
.@Simone_Biles is TIME’s 2021 Athlete of the Year.
With the eyes of the world upon her, she took the extraordinary step of saying: That’s enough. I’m enough #TIMEPOY ti.me/3dQeq2a