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Dane Lauritzen

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Dane Lauritzen @embracedoubt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Weekend vacation to Winchester. And guess what, there's a Pride festival happening at the museum. Unexpected, but great for the visit.
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Dane Lauritzen @embracedoubt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Weirdly timely Some More News video related to Flock and ALPRs. youtube.com/watch?v=Mm_t...
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Why These Flock Cameras Are Worse Than You Thought
YouTube video by Some More News
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Eyes Off ALX @eyesoffalx.org · 23/09/2026
Alert: Eyes Off ALX needs your help tmrw (9/24)! APD’s delayed clarifications on its ALPR policy do NOT acknowledge tech risks/harms. We need folks to show up and demand real accountability. Meet us tmrw, 9/24 @ 5:30pm Pork Barrel, then come w/ us to APD’s 6:30pm public session @ Duncan Library!
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Dane Lauritzen @embracedoubt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Voting is one of the most basic ways to participate in our society. I encourage everyone who is eligible to register and make their voice heard at the ballot box.
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I Voted Grogu
Alt: I Voted Grogu
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Dane Lauritzen @embracedoubt.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Early Long Dark House premiere, courtesy of a fellow book-nerd at work. Going back tomorrow with my partner for more books and chocolate. 🎃
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Dane Lauritzen @embracedoubt.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Waiting impatiently for the Long Dark House bookstore to open. And yes, I'm still finishing Nona the Ninth, and I have a couple other books on the shelf to read. I don't need another bookstore blocks from my house, but I wants it.
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Dane Lauritzen @embracedoubt.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The Director of T&ES has chosen to pursue a "Concept C", for Russell Road safe routes to school improvements. I encourage residents to look over the letter from the Director, which I've linked below. www.alexandriava.gov/sites/defaul...
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Dane Lauritzen @embracedoubt.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The City of Alexandria is currently developing its General Assembly legislative priorities for next year. These priorities are an important mechanism for supporting affordable housing, multimodal transit, and clean energy. I urge people to comment on our City’s priorities. publicinput.com/a12731
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Shape Alexandria's Legislative Package for 2027 - PublicInput
Every year the City of Alexandria creates a legislative package that outlines City priorities and positions for the Virginia General Assembly Session. The 2027 General Assembly Session begins on Janua...
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Dane Lauritzen @embracedoubt.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
As we approach election season, I encourage people to volunteer as a poll worker. Poll working is a fast and simple way to support your community. Learn more about volunteering at: www.elections.virginia.gov/officer-of-e...
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Become an Officer of Election and lend a hand for democracy! Help your local registrar in assisting your family, friends, and neighbors to have a satisfying experience when voting.
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Dane Lauritzen @embracedoubt.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I want to give a shout-out to the Dangerous By Design report from Smart Growth America. Alexandria is implementing many safety projects, but the long-term trend for the region is pretty grim. Long-term fatality trend for the DMV is up 0.43. www.smartgrowthamerica.org/media/2026/0...
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Dane Lauritzen @embracedoubt.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
At Alexandria Pride 2026. I melted last year, so enjoying the clouding and cooler weather.
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Dane Lauritzen @embracedoubt.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I just dropped of my primary ballot on my way home from the Traffic and Parking Board. If you live in Virginia, or any state with an active primary now, I encourage you to make your vote heard. Especially if you don't have a 'competitive' primary election.
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Dane Lauritzen @embracedoubt.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Eerie thunderstorm kitty.
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Dane Lauritzen @embracedoubt.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Looking forward to a self-indulgently nerdy day today. I'm planning to go to Eastern Market to buy "Gideon the Ninth" that was recommended by a D&D Youtuber, Pointy Hat. Per reviews it's a lesbian necromancer gothic space-opera, so points for style? Then to the games store, and ending with pizza.
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Dane Lauritzen @embracedoubt.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Interesting update from the City on the Beauregard Trail Feasibility Study. There's still a lot of work by staff to do, but it's looking like a good start. www.alexandriava.gov/sites/defaul...
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention. The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
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Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports. And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.” Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 14/01/2026
For ease of navigation and sharing, I have turned my little list into a website: standwithminnesota.org
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Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
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jeremy messersmith @jeremymessersmith.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Want to help folks being terrorized by ICE in Minnesota? Well look at this google doc someone made. Lots of GoFundMe's that haven't met their goals yet. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Stand With Minnesota: Resource Hub
Causes to Donate to in Minnesota to Help Our Communities Defend Themselves from ICE *Note: I am from Minnesota, and these come from people I know or I am connected with. I cannot vouch for all the in...
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Brooklyn Kennedy Scott @brookekennedyscott.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
A good way to follow-up on the protests this wknd is to fill our reps voicemails using www.5calls.org Don’t stop calling until they impeach Noem, defund ice, & shut down the govt
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borderless @borderless.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time. Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief. Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time. Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
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Grassroots Alexandria @gra-alexandria.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
We are thankful for our volunteers and their leadership Grassroots Alexandria Monthly Action Meeting! When: Thursday, December 4, 7-9pm Where: 3801 Mt Vernon Ave (TWU building), 22305 What: Human rights, Pro-democracy action, Education, Environment, Housing Equity, and Transportation Equity.
Image shows a flag against a grassy background. Text: Grassroots Alexandria Monthly Action Meeting! Thursday, December 4, 7pm. All welcome, all free. Volunteers Needed. DM or email to RSVP. GrassrootsAlexnadria@gmail.
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Renee (paix120) @paix120.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Virginians: If you have voted for Kaine in the past, and aren't happy about this, please contact his office immediately. You may have to wait until tomorrow to call, but here's an email form www.kaine.senate.gov/contact/shar...
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Share Your Opinion | U.S. Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 17/10/2025
I've been mulling over this point for a while and decided, with No Kings ][ looming, it was worth writing up. www.pbump.net/o/sincerity-...
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Sincerity is not the problem
As is inevitably the case after an election — and is especially the case after an election with an unexpected result — allies of the losing presidential candidate in 2024 looked for people to blame. O...
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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
1.) Dramatically smaller, like dramatically. The equivalent of ICE/CBP to something like the Stazi would be like 15 million people. 2.) They can't operate in the shadows. Everything they do is filmed and disseminated immediately.
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Dane Lauritzen @embracedoubt.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Solidarity for Free DC - Alexandria Sign Making” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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Solidarity for Free DC - Alexandria Sign Making · Mobilize
Join us in supporting DC by making signs to display in our homes, work, or wherever we can. This event will be outside, but we will have water for your use. This is a visibility event, as we plan to...
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David S. Cohen @dsc250.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it. - Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders. - Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 14/06/2025
Northern Virginia says “No Kings.”
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
!!! Quinnipiac poll of 1,265 RVs, conducted from June 5-9, finds Trump at -11% approval on “immigration issues” and -16% on “deportations.” Full poll here: poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
Voters were asked about Trump's handling of seven issues...
• immigration issues: 43 percent approve, 54 percent disapprove, with 3 percent not offering an opinion;
• deportations: 40 percent approve, 56 percent disapprove, with 4 percent not offering an opinion;
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/06/2025
Your tax dollars pay for just about everything a police department does, which includes generating tons of reports, dispatch logs, and video recordings. Any citizen is entitled to see those public records to understand how the government works. By @andrewfordnews.bsky.social (Published June 2020)
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I Cover Cops as an Investigative Reporter. Here Are Five Ways You Can Start Holding Your Department Accountable.
Police culture can be insular and tough to penetrate, but the public can hold law enforcement accountable. Here are important methods and context you need to know.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 08/06/2025
While soldiers deploy to downtown Los Angeles to deal with a small protest, freight trains carrying tanks have moved into DC for Trump's bizarre military parade. The absurd theatrics are a sign of a weak, frightened regime. They're flailing. The desperation is palpable.
Aerial view of a freight train carrying dozens of tanks rolling through a neighborhood in DC
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
“[W]hat has to follow corrupt misrule of this kind: tribunals, trials, punishment, prison, and the running to ground and defunding of the entire Trump syndicate.” 🎯 @dceiver.bsky.social cc: @democrats.org presidential wannabes in 2028; congressional/senate candidates in 2026.
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Let’s Start Talking About Jail Time for Trump and His MAGA Enablers
Trump is the head of a criminal syndicate, and he should be treated accordingly.
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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 02/05/2025
While Trump’s shock and awe momentum may be waning, it’s still possible for his authoritarian agenda to succeed. In our latest edition of our series, The Entrenchment Agenda, we take a look at the numbers according to the Authoritarian Playbook. Read and share: www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/day-100-wh...
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Day 100: Where we are now
Trump is losing the key to autocracy
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Really good point. These are cuts to research into cures for cancer and Alzheimer’s. And Trump is doing them to corrupt universities and end free speech and free thought. They want to force in conservative ideas that have lost in a free marketplace, and use cancer money to do that
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Chris Adamson @invalidname.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/04/2025
Ambassador Spock modeling the proper “fuck you, make me” response to intimidation tactics. Our current-day institutions could learn a lot from him.
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Paul Gowder @gowder.io · 11/04/2025
LET THIS BE A LESSON TO ALL OF YOU. As I've been saying (most recently to the northwestern student behavior) you fight authoritarianism by collectively imposing costs on every dictator move. File all the lawsuits, give ZERO INCHES dailynorthwestern.com/2025/04/10/c...
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HHS confirms NU’s funding freeze due to antisemitism
After reports first surfaced Tuesday that the Trump administration had frozen $790 million in federal funding from Northwestern, even the University’s top officials said they’d been left in the dark o...
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Important in itself, especially for those of us living in New York. But it’s more broadly important as a demonstration of the power of noncompliance as a response to unlawful commands.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Here’s how to stay in the fight: 📱 Use the 5 Calls app or Resist Bot to contact your elected officials daily. 🎤 Demand town halls. Show up at their public appearances. 🚫 Boycott evil corporations. 🗣️ Talk to your friends, family, coworkers, and neighbors. 🌳 Build community power. #FiftyFiftyOne
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Donald's babysitters must have been *extra-busy* today keeping that thin-skinned toddler from seeing pics of all the thousands of people throughout America taking to streets to say they are OVER Trump and Musk and the chaos/destruction they bring.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
To the world: We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom. —With love, Your American allies.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
The biggest thing we need to do is let people know that the protests are FUN. Yelling fuck the man is fun. You will meet fun people. We also need to make them more fun. Bring grills like the French. Bring instruments like it’s Mardi Gras. Give people a reason to spend their weekend in the streets.
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
A thread about power. There is a lesson here, about how beating autocrats like Trump involves STANDING UP to them, not backing down. Find a way to stand up. Canada's PM told Trump to fuck off, and now Trump is treating him better. 1/
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
We're in a very bad place. But, giving up is not an option. And I see judicial nihilism as a version of giving up. My conclusion in that piece: "Every single moment, statement, or action that slows down the backslide into authoritarianism is a good one, and we should look for and document them."
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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
As we all know, the surest way to make a bully leave you alone is to give in to their demands
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