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Former Midwesterner, long-time resident of the South Bay. Retired from tech and loving it. Cat lover. Liberal. Volunteer at Santa Clara Open Space Authority. Hiking and birding are hobbies, but reading is my truest passion.

Let's win the midterms and take back Congress. Join Ken Martin, Yasmin Radiy from Swing Left, and more next Wednesday!

https://www.mobilize.us/swingleft/event/912730/

#swingleft #politics #uspol #democracy

HELP US WIN THE MIDTERMS! · Swing Left

Join Ken Martin, the Chair of the Democratic National Committee, and Yasmin Radjy, the Executive Director of Swing Left, for a Zoom meeting hosted by grassroots leader Steve Schear to talk about how you can help Democrats win the midterms. Winning the House and possibly the Senate is the most powerful and realistic way to limit the power of Trump and MAGA. Lorenza Ramirez, the DNC’s new Organizing Director, and Zack Malitz, Swing Left’s Managing Director, will also speak at the meeting about innovative new programs. Attending this meeting will give you an opportunity to learn about and sign-up for new programs focused on winning the midterms and building popular support for Democrats that will help turn the tide in 2028. ### Co-hosted by: Swing Blue Alliance, Network Nova, Volunteer Blue, 31st St Swing Left, Actify, Indivisible Guilford and 17 other volunteer groups.

Mobilize

March 28th is when we say "No Kings" and rally together, building our coalition, showing our power.

#NoKings #uspol #democracy

There’s no more important state this cycle than Arizona! With a crucial Senate seat, two target House races and 11 electoral college votes, the path to national victory runs through Arizona. We know we can boost voter turnout by getting abortion rights on the ballot in November. Support our groups’ organizing work to make it happen: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/indivisible-arizona?refcode=mastodon20240217directpost&source=mastodon
Clearly, the Supreme Court isn't going to reform itself. Take a minute to tell your Member of Congress to use their power and hold the corrupt MAGA SCOTUS accountable. We need our highest court to be a beacon of justice, not a playground for billionaires! https://act.indivisible.org/letter/email-your-member-congress-and-tell-them-hold-corrupt-supreme-court-accountable?source=mastodon&medium=directpost
Email Your Member of Congress and Tell Them to Hold the Corrupt Supreme Court Accountable

Indivisible Guide
#Xfinity #comcast has been down all day where I live in South San Jose. Anyone else? We're at our wit's end and zero way of communicating with them. #ComcastDown
Can anyone explain to me why some vaccines most eliminate the chance you'll get the disease (measles, rubella, pertussis) while other vaccines don't do that at all, but instead mostly work to lessen severity (covid, flu)?

The latest update from the Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative is out with US estimates:

▪️ 1 of every 35 people is today infectious with #COVID19

▪️ More COVID is transmitting today than in 91% of the pandemic to date

▪️ We are rapidly approaching the 2nd-worst surge of the pandemic

▪️ This surge may peak around January 10, at which point (if we were still counting) we'd see 2,000,000 new cases per day

▪️ A room with 25 people has a 50% chance of having someone infectious

https://www.pmc19.com/data/index.php

Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative - COVID-19 Data Dashboard

We've been talking about the growth of the JN.1 #COVID19 variant for a month now. The CDC is finally breaking it out in its Nowcast: Growth from 4% of US tests to 21% in 18 days. The last estimate is as of 11/29, so it's probably predominant or nearly so today. That suggests we'll see a great deal of growth of COVID infections in the coming three weeks through the holidays. No surprise there, but if you needed more evidence: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions
COVID Data Tracker

CDC’s home for COVID-19 data. Visualizations, graphs, and data in one easy-to-use website.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Morning snow.
#Watercolour on paper, 11x15 in. #Watercolor #YukonArt
Painting of the day.