strongrrl (she/her)

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Artist, mom (a low-maintenance teen and a high-maintenance cat), and political junkie living in New York City. Always looking for great fiction recommendations. (she/her)
Long time #Caturday admirer, first time caller. I suspect this will be our beautiful girl’s last Saturday so wanted to give her a moment in the limelight. She’s seen all my girls from cradle to (near) adulthood. Thank you for being wonderfully grouchy, Lola šŸ˜»ā™„ļø

During the wildfire smoke peak in NYC, 70% of asthma-related ER visits were in ZIP codes with predominantly Black & Brown residents. 60% were in areas with higher poverty rates than the city overall.

#ClimateChange is one of the most important health equity issues of our time.

This one is for my Black and brown readers. Fellow white folks, please sit this one out, but feel free to boost for a bigger sample size.

When you see "Our organization has a commitment to diversity and inclusion" in a set of non-profit corporate policies, what is your first thought?

"These people might be half-decent to work with."
11.6%
"Yeah, you're out to make a buck off our backs."
18.1%
"How many of your leaders actually look like me?"
52.1%
Other; please comment below.
18.1%
Poll ended at .

#caturday

To sleep, and perchance, to dream.

I’m excited to share that I was a guest on ā€œStories In Our Rootsā€ #podcast, where I travel back to 1911 #Chicago when a dramatic event involving my #Italian immigrant family took place. Little did I know it made headlines across the US. This 27-minute episode is a reminder on how #genealogy & #familyhistory isn't just about digging up the past. The #trauma and #stories from the past shape who we are today. I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did! https://heathercmurphy.com/storiesinourrootspodcast-jacqueline-jannotta/
Exploring Family Tragedies with Compassion and Understanding

Jacqueline Jannotta explores tragedies within her family tree and gains compassion and understanding for her ancestors and those she meets.

Heather Murphy

Florida freedom is:

The ability of the state to kidnap trans children
The ability to search children’s genitals
The ability to ban books
The ability to run over protesters
The ability to lose billions in business
The ability to have a private militia publicly funded
The ability to imprison doctors who give medical care
And declaring war on the LGBTQ community

The NAACP is right. More organizations need to warn about the dangers of traveling to or doing business with Florida.

@wihtlore

Chosen family is still family! 

This video is a gift that keeps on giving.

Hey there Mastodonians,

For personal family reasons I'd rather not get into, I need help digging up dirt on three "buy gold/silver" companies.

They are 100% rightwing crazies. That isn't the issue. I am looking for dirt: scams, fraud, criminal histories, angry customers-- whatever you can dig up.

They are:
- ITM Trading (owner: Craig Griffin)
- GoldCo (Hannity affiliation)
- KirkElliottPhd dot com

I'm most concerned about Elliott "phd" because he claims 27 yrs experience, yet seems to have no real past beyond a certain point. He has SEO'd the fuck out of search engines. I think he might have changed his name at some point. Also, this Elliott is the one that a certain elderly, poor person is most eager to hand over all of her money to... SOON. Like, he has them hooked and excited and ancy. They can hardly wait to throw their money away.

PLEASE boost. I'm really racing the clock on this one.

A coworker of mine has three owlets in a nest in a tree near her house and now the entire company is obsessed with them!

We now have a Slack channel dedicated to them and get updates every morning šŸ˜‚

UPDATE: I’ll be posting the daily owl update from our company Slack channel on here with #DailyOwlUpdate.

#Owls #Cute #Outside #Trees #AltText