Ruth Zakarin 🧶🪬😷

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Executive Director of the MA Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence. Shorter than I seem on zoom. Foodie, knitter, and mildly obsessed with my cat. #mapoli #bospoli #EndGunViolence #BelieveSurvivors #Boston #Massachusetts #COYS #Knitting #Cats

#GenX is the best Gen and every day is #Caturday
Opinions - plentiful and mine.

Organization websitehttps://www.mapreventgunviolence.org/
Blog postshttps://jwa.org/blog/author/ruth-zakarin
Hey #Mastodon, join us tomorrow for an important conversation about guns and suicide prevention. Registration info below! #GunViolence

Before the rain

Lake Champlain
Burlington, Vermont
#photography

Apparently it is #InternationalCatDay, so Arlo decided to pose for his official portrait. Notice the piercing stare and jaunty angle of his chin. One paw forward, chest out, and I think he is quite satisfied with the finished product. #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

Four years ago, they were hated for “running up” the score.

This year, they are hated for not scoring enough.

There are too many people making a sport of hating the #USWNT. There’s a lot to unpack with that. But just one thought…

Enough. Appreciate their incredible accomplishments. And that’s it.

Y’all, check in with your journalist friends right now. Send them chocolate and caffeine, and IDK maybe a kitten. They are drinking from a firehouse of news right now and there is no way they are catching up, getting sleep, or taking that vacation they planned next week. #indictment
Never ever EVER missing an opportunity to make a buck - or a mockery of our democracy - would be Donald J. Trump.

@RuthZ
This question is as serious as:

To be, or not to be. That is the question.

For me, the answer is "to be" awake at 3am ET. Never been so happy with my insomnia and natural wakefulness at that hour.

Sleep? Or soccer?

Thoughts?
#USWNT #WorldCup2023

🤦🏻‍♀️ #Twitter Threatens Legal Action Against Nonprofit That Tracks Hate Speech

The Center for Countering Digital Hate said it had received a letter from #X, Twitter’s parent company, accusing it of trying to hurt the social platform with its research.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/31/technology/twitter-x-center-for-countering-digital-hate.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Twitter Threatens to Sue Center for Countering Digital Hate Over Research

The Center for Countering Digital Hate said it had received a letter from X, Twitter’s parent company, accusing it of trying to hurt the social platform with its research.

The New York Times

Always glad to see Democratic governors protecting our rights and freedoms.

With Lamont's signature, CT enacts four reproductive rights bills-
https://ctmirror.org/2023/07/19/ct-reproductive-rights-bill-abortion-contraception/

With Lamont’s signature, CT enacts four reproductive rights bills

The bills expand contraception access, protect abortion providers against legal action from other states, and safeguard online health data.

CT Mirror