Kristen H.

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Ciao, amici. Drinking water advocate in the Great Lakes. ♡ music, pasta, and justice.

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really cannot emphasize enough how plainly all this proves that the first priority of the next Democratic administration needs to be democracy reform --filibuster --electoral college --court reform --dc and pr statehood --new voting rights act --gerrymandering

What I've been sayin!

sort of half convinced swapping out Harris would be a marginal increase in Dem chances, but I am extremely sure that being stuck in this discourse for the rest of the campaign would be ruinous

I hate the taste of water after eating an apple! I'm sure there's a scientific reason I'll one day finally feel compelled to look up. Until then, I will continue to complain.

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Things are bad but all the more reason for optimism of the will and rejection of doomerism and nihilism. Only way out is through.

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I don't want some egghead bureaucrat telling me whether there's poison in the water I drink. Ideally I'd want that decided by a 29yo judge who went to a "biblical law school" and does not believe dinosaurs existed, and then to have that decision reaffirmed six years later by the Supreme Court.

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When I saw Biden at a fundraiser early this month, he sounded tired and a bit feeble, particularly contrasted with Obama talking right next to him. But the choice between enfeebled and a narcissistic sociopath surrounded by younger narcissistic sociopaths is not even a little difficult.

I helped manage the facebook account of the nonprofit I work for. Most of the messages and comments are just pure spam.

New from 404 Media, something we've been thinking about for a while: has Facebook just given up? The site is overrun with AI and scams, and the experts who used to help with content moderation there tell us Facebook has stopped asking them for help www.404media.co/has-facebook...

Has Facebook Stopped Trying?www.404media.co Facebook has been overrun with AI spam and scams. Experts say Facebook has stopped asking them for help.

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We have to boil our tap water before we use it for several days at a time, several times a year, minimally. If this is news to you, it’s time to start paying closer attention to how conservative politics are entrenched and spreading. We are not “red” - we are voter suppressed.

i'm sorry but big city residents just now learning that 911 outages are a thing when that shit has gone on for years in places like New Orleans and Jackson, Mississippi is a real kick in the teeth

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The cool thing about riding a rental bike in Amsterdam is that even though you're on a beat-up heavy old three speed step-through you are also part of the apex species of the entire mobility ecosystem, feared by pedestrians and motorists alike.

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The private water and sewage utility of Limerick wants to raise rates by 24% and people are organizing against the rate case. What's a few dozen more dollars a month in real human terms? "That means you can't stop and get a hobby." 6abc.com/post/aqua-pa...

Aqua Pennsylvania proposes rate increase: Here's what we're learning6abc.com Here's the good news: the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission told the Troubleshooters the commission will immediately suspend the rate case, which will trigger a full investigation.

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oh no my wife is getting a flag ready

Blueberries blooming 💙🩵💚

Stay safe! If you see foam on any body of water or beach, don't touch it! It could be chemicals! If you do, wash it off immediately. #pfas #pfos #psa #foreverchemicals #water

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"Instead of taking a pause on mowing and letting nonnative plants dominate the spring landscape, we recommend planting a diverse range of native trees, shrubs and herbaceous flowering plants." planetdetroit.org/2024/05/ni-m...

It’s OK to mow in May. The best way to help pollinators is by adding native plants.planetdetroit.org While no-mow May has gained traction, it's far more important to use plants that feed pollinators, expert says.

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Let's do more!

the removal of Confederate symbols decreased racial resentment, increased support for affirmative action and warm feelings toward Blacks, and decreased anti-Black hate crimes. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Monumental Changes: Confederate Symbol Removals and Racial Attitudes in the United States | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No jawww.journals.uchicago.edu

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Heck yeah. AVR is a missing ingredient for a lot of otherwise good efforts to eliminate felon disenfranchisement.

Michigan is the first state with a law that mandates automatic voter registration for people when they exist prison. boltsmag.org/michigan-aut...

Michigan Law Is First to Automatically Register People to Vote As They Leave Prisonboltsmag.org The legislature passed a bill that will also expand automatic voter registration in other ways, including applying it at Medicaid offices, and likely add many new Michiganders to voter rolls.

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There are things progressives can be legitimately mad at Joe Biden for, but his record on appointing diverse judges is nothing short of spectacular. Head and shoulders above every president who came before.

Biden has installed the most non-White judges of any presidentwww.washingtonpost.com An analysis of Federal Judicial Center data shows the racial and gender breakdowns in Biden’s picks for the Supreme Court and other federal courts so far.

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NORTHERN LIGHTS: Take my picture! Please! I don't look great now but the photos will be spectacular, bursts of green and pink! Take as many photos as you can! THE MOON: Do not take my photo, if you little apes dare to photograph me I will be so tiny, I swear to god I will make myself so goddamn tiny

Everyone in Michigan getting northern lights but me 😭

PSA: If you live anywhere near this blob and it’s not cloudy, tonight is a good night to go outside and look up www.swpc.noaa.gov/communities/...

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Guardian list based on climate scientists: voting flying eating less meat protesting having fewer children Count Us In list based on social scientists:

Pull this guy into a house hearing STAT

Trump this morning: "If any Jewish person voted for Joe Biden, they should be ashamed of themselves." Tell me again which party has an antisemitism problem? www.threads.net/@aaron.rupar...

Aaron Rupar (@aaron.rupar) on Threadswww.threads.net Trump this morning: "If any Jewish person voted for Joe Biden, they should be ashamed of themselves." Tell me again which party has an antisemitism problem?

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One of the most deeply racist things I’ve ever heard. It’s basically saying killing another 35,000 people won’t happen if we get them all MBAs. There is a deep sickness and inhumanity in mainstream press institutions right now. They refuse to accept kids are upset at seeing mass death.

He thinks the university should instead have invested in "groups that promote Arab-Jewish understanding" and "management skills capacity-building for Palestinians." /2

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Hearing that Tressie McMillan Cottom was harassed off this platform I want to note that the harassment on BlueSky is worse than Twitter for many bc of the way the algorithm functions, lack of safety controls, the norms on here. It’s extremely toxic, I hope they can build in more safety functionality

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IMHO one of the hardest concepts for people worried about climate change to grasp is that fear-based messages alone are not enough to catalyze change at scale. Fear wakes us up (EPPM, Witte 1992); but if we don't think we can do anything about it (self-efficacy, Bandera 1977), we will do nothing.

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Today in America Will Hate Fascism: MAGA took over very red Ottawa County, MI. Hilarity did not, in fact, ensue. It's been an utter train wreck of never-ending chaos and lawsuits as they played every culture war card they held. Yesterday, they recalled an extremist commissioner, and elected a D.

Ottawa County Commissioner Lucy Ebel recalled by voterswww.woodtv.com Voters in Holland and Park townships have voted to recall Ottawa County Commissioner Lucy Ebel.

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john oliver on protesting for palestine

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Amazing story: For the first time, scientists have observed an orangutan applying a medicated paste that it made to heal a wound. www.bbc.com/news/science...

Wounded orangutan seen using plant as medicinewww.bbc.com It is the first time a creature in the wild has been seen using a medicinal plant to treat a wound.

Sacrificed a vibrant social life by moving to a conservative Michigan county, but silver lining is that it's the best thing I've done for democracy. Chicago didn't need my sassy lib ass.

It’s gonna come down to Michigan over practically a handful of votes and we’re all gonna live thru hell for it Own me with this prediction if I’m wrong, hopefully I am wrong