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Creator of supportive infrastructure, storynaut, parent, fellow traveler. Coffee, network, food, genders. Opinions all mine. She/her/hers.

Somerville, MA, USA
Joined December 2007
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“Zora Neale Hurston said that Black folk have an urge to adorn,” @ProfHolloway says. “The more adornment we can give to the ceremony, the more memorable it is.” A Homegoing to Remember ajc.com/news/atlanta-black-h…
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Extreme House Republicans are marching us toward a government shutdown. They can’t even get an agreement among themselves. The solution is simple: Stop playing political games with peoples’ lives.
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NYPD officers have made over *1 million* traffic stops since Mayor Adams took office. Black drivers were ~9x more likely to get searched than white divers. gothamist.com/news/nypd-has-…
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Sylvia Poggioli’s sign-off has been right up there with Ofeibea Quist-Arcton in ‘Dakah’ and Terry Gross’s welcome to “FreshAIR.” The voices of @NPR
End of an era, as @npr legend @spoggioli1 announces she’s retiring.
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“‘break the whole machine’ 🔊 by @vintagegotdaheat”
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"The Union is indestructible" Soviet poster, 1967.
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My city's elected officials, doing the work. Thank you, @BenForWard3 and @SarahP02143.
Very proud to join the School Committee last night to vote on the recommendations of the School Policing Subcommittee, >1yr of their tireless work. These changes call for a permanent end to in-school officers ("SROs"), & create explicit guard-rails for when police are called 👇
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For nine years, My Brother's Keeper Alliance has been helping address opportunity gaps boys and young men of color face in America. We caught up with Chris Crater, a senior associate with @MBK_Alliance, to reflect on #MBK's anniversary:
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The fear was that as Moscow got desperate it could target Moldova: Russian officials “are very embarrassed about the entire Ukraine operation & need a success somewhere,” Oleg Serebrian, Moldova’s deputy PM, said. “My personal fear is that Moldova is an easier target than Ukraine
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Oh this'll ALL be fantastic. I recommend putting the below in a tab and refreshing daily.
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Today's gender is the sound of a grackle.
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This is insane. Moderna is planning to charge $130 for its Covid vaccine. It only costs $2.85 to make. Taxpayers paid 100% of Moderna’s Covid vaccine development. We paid $2,500,000,000. This is the people’s vaccine. Shame @Moderna_tx into changing course.
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The gender today is the smell of a library and sound of a bonfire.
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The gender today is the smell of an old book and fresh mulch.
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Where’s the lie
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Today is World Diabetes day, November 14, the birthday of Sr Frederick Banting who discovered therapeutic insulin. He sold his patent to the University of Toronto for $1,believing it was unethical to profit from the life saving discovery. Price gouging exists today in the US.
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TikTok just suspended this video because of mass reporting claiming I violated the community guidelines. Seriously?! Man, they don’t want this point out there.
Stop separating abortion rights from the economy.
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Actually, no! But I can narrow it down to about seven.
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