Marta Urquilla @martau.bsky.social · 13/03/2025And yet, check his voting record on nominees. Yesterday he was on the fence about the CR. What line do Senate Dems think they’re supposed to be holding? This vote is a no-brainer, shouldn’t take a public outcry for Dems to vote No. Sand in the gears. 7 weeks late… 030
Marta Urquilla @martau.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Stand out. Someone has to. It is easy, in words and deeds, to follow along. It can feel strange to do or say something different. But without that unease, there is no freedom. And the moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow. Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny 051
Marta Urquilla @martau.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Two peers have lost relatives, friends, co-workers & community members to the brutal violence being carried out against civilians in the DRC. Please, if you can, contribute to help evacuate people to safety in Uganda. It’s $100 to get each person out. Any amount will be greatly appreciated.gogetfunding.com“Safe Passage: Evacuating Lives from DRC to Uganda”The Democratic Republic of Congo is bleeding. Death has become so common and yet those affected can’t easily escape because they cannot. And this is why we need you, to enable people in Goma escape to... 010
Marta Urquilla @martau.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Bullies on film. Trump and Vance are undeserving of their titles. These are Russian agents. They have ceded the country’s claim to the title Leader of the Free World. There was one leader in the room: Zelenskyy. youtu.be/ZThLlfMvMRY?...youtu.beChris Hayes: Trump ‘irreparably destroyed’ world order with Zelenskyy blowupYouTube video by MSNBC 000
Marta Urquilla @martau.bsky.social · 27/02/2025The disconnect. Just wow. While women scientists are fired from NASA and other federal agencies…The discrediting of expert knowledge…It’s possible to pursue innovation and use your billions now here on earth to help feed the poor and value workers. 021
Marta Urquilla @martau.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Please support this evacuation effort to help people from the DR Congo get to safety in Uganda. The assault on human life right now is truly devastating.gogetfunding.com"Safe Passage: Evacuating Lives from DRC to Uganda" | GoGetFundingThe Democratic Republic of Congo is bleeding. Death has become so common and yet those affected can’t easily escape because they cannot. And this is why we need you, to enable people in Goma escape to... 010
Marta Urquilla @martau.bsky.social · 21/02/2025When the story of these astronauts being stranded first broke we were in the midst of the general election campaign. Musk breaking everything wasn’t yet figuring in the American imagination. I thought this is going to get politicized if they don’t get them back here soon. Here we are. 000
Marta Urquilla @martau.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Some inspo for X-pats also considering leaving Metateenvogue.comThese Gen Z'ers Are Ditching Social Media for GoodYoung people are fed up with Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. 000
Marta Urquilla @martau.bsky.social · 18/02/2025This is how it’s done. Someone give Judge Reyes her own box of cigars! *or a box of whatever she wants because this is 🤌🏼 010
Reposted by Marta UrquillaAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18/02/2025If you’re wondering who the Elon Musk staffers are, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has several Musk staffers, including Amanda Scales, Brian Bjelde, Stephen Duarte, Christina Hanna, and Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski. 16678242640
Marta Urquilla @martau.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Trump regime is removing the bios and profiles of women scientists from US government websites. But the women said Nope and wasted no time in buying the domain womeninstem.us to crowdsource the stories of women scientists that are being censored. womeninstemus.blogspot.com/2025/02/us-w...womeninstemus.blogspot.comU.S. Women in STEM ManifestoAmerican women have contributed countless inventions and discoveries to the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics in t... 041
Marta Urquilla @martau.bsky.social · 10/02/2025For the culture!wired.comThe Wild True Story Behind Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime ShowFrom the start, Kendrick Lamar wanted to turn his life into a video game for his big Super Bowl halftime show. The team tasked with doing that knew what to do—right down to sourcing a vintage GNX. 020
Marta Urquilla @martau.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Action over inaction. @schumer.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov we should not be here in the first place. Congress must act! 021
Marta Urquilla @martau.bsky.social · 04/02/2025@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social put an end to this now! Congress needs to act! 000
Marta Urquilla @martau.bsky.social · 03/02/2025When I worked at the White House as mom of an infant I had to pass security w/my breast pump. At my Oval photo, my kid brought a drawing for the president. We got held at the gate so the drawing could be scanned. But Elon Musk can waltz right in w/external servers & private employees like no prob? 051
Marta Urquilla @martau.bsky.social · 02/02/2025If only we had Congressional leadership to take action on this @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social 🤷🏻♀️ 010
Marta Urquilla @martau.bsky.social · 01/02/2025🚨 Call 202-224-3121 to reach any member of the US Senate and House. Make your voice heard! 110
Marta Urquilla @martau.bsky.social · 31/01/2025This. Call your elected leaders and demand opposition. Flood the switchboard. 202-224-3121 020
Marta Urquilla @martau.bsky.social · 31/01/2025There’s a reason you don’t bring your own server off the street into the White House. As if federal workers aren’t already dealing with enough. 010
Marta Urquilla @martau.bsky.social · 31/01/202520-some years ago, many Americans turned to The West Wing’s Jed Bartlett for the presidential leadership & compassion our country was in such desperate want of. This time, I’m not looking for another Jed. I’m looking for us: We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. 020
Marta Urquilla @martau.bsky.social · 30/01/2025ISO new party leadership. Candidates with a spine, a plus! 010
Reposted by Marta UrquillaPeter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 28/01/2025List of ALL 100 U.S. Senators DC Contact Information: Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville 202-224-4124 Senator Katie Boyd Britt 202-224-5744 Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski 202-224-6665 Senator Dan Sullivan 202-224-3004 Arizona Senator Mark Kelly 202-224-2235 Senator Ruben Gallego 202-224-4521 1/17 29161493705
Reposted by Marta UrquillaJen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 29/01/2025That is the kind of statement every Dem should make 451302273
Marta Urquilla @martau.bsky.social · 28/01/2025For friends and colleagues in the bc civil service: www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/what-civil...ifyoucankeepit.orgWhat civil servants need to know in week twoThe newest attacks on the civil service — and how to plan for what happens next 100
Marta Urquilla @martau.bsky.social · 27/01/2025“It is unconscionable that the Trump administration would co-opt the language and vision of the civil rights movement in these executive orders as it attempts to send our nation back to an era of rampant, state-sanctioned discrimination." — Richard Besser, president, Robert Wood Johnson Foundationphilanthropy.comTrump DEI Investigations Could Target Large FoundationsWhile Trump criticized DEI in his first administration, his recent executive order targets for-profit and nonprofit government contractors, universities with large endowments, and foundations with ass... 031
Marta Urquilla @martau.bsky.social · 27/01/2025🐆🐆🐆 cause & effect www.legistorm.com/stormfeed/vi...legistorm.comYoung Leads Effort to Protect U.S. Corn Exports to Colombia - Sen. Todd Young Official Press Release | LegiStormWASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) led a bipartisan, bicameral letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and U.S. Department... 010
Marta Urquilla @martau.bsky.social · 27/01/2025De-cluttering, I found this old bookmarked post by @lynz-simmons.bsky.social breaking down red state Missouri’s general election results in 2020. A full cycle later, with Trump II now 7 days in, her insights & recommended actions hold true. unrollthread.com/t/1326923396...unrollthread.comA readable Thread by @LynzforCongress Says There are many conversations hap - UnrollThread.comA readable Tweet Thread is waiting for you @LynzforCongress Says There are many conversations happening right now, where folks are trying to figure out “what happened to Missouri.” I ran for Congress... 010
Marta Urquilla @martau.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Crowdfunding campaign to raise $1 billion for the World Health Organization.whofoundation.donorsupport.co1 Dollar, 1 WorldI have been at WHO for over 10 years. Like my colleagues, I have worked my butt off day and night to fight Covid and work towards universal access to health care. This place frustrates me every day. 222
Marta Urquilla @martau.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Just because your last name is Whitehouse doesn’t mean you have to act like it. Sheesh.talkingpointsmemo.comDems Worry Sen. Whitehouse Considering Vote for RFK JrWanted to share some information on the RFK Jr. nomination before the... 000
Marta Urquilla @martau.bsky.social · 24/01/2025This is America. www.thedailybeast.com/us-citizens-...thedailybeast.comU.S. Citizens Warned to Carry ID Amid ICE Ramp-UpThe advice comes as Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials carry out raids. 011
Reposted by Marta UrquillaUnrivaled Basketball @unrivaledwbb.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Games start back up tonight! Phantom 👻 vs Mist 🗻 - 7pm ET Laces 👟 vs Vinyl 🎵 - 8:15pm ET 1228430
Marta Urquilla @martau.bsky.social · 24/01/2025More of this! Add today’s action by Newark Mayor Baraka to these stories. 130
Marta Urquilla @martau.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Mayor Ras J. Baraka: “Newark will not stand idly while people are being unlawfully terrorized.” www.newarknj.gov/news/mayor-r...newarknj.govNews: MAYOR RAS J. BARAKA’S STATEMENT ON ICE RAID ON NEWARK BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTOfficial Page of Newark, NJ News: MAYOR RAS J. BARAKA’S STATEMENT ON ICE RAID ON NEWARK BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT 000
Reposted by Marta UrquillaIan Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 18/01/2025On separating signal from noise: "as you think about responding to various outrages in the months ahead, remember that, often, the goal of provocative actions and statements is to provoke. To get opponents to overreact in a way that advances the provocateur’s goals" open.substack.com/pub/protectd...open.substack.comHow to pay attentionTricks for parsing Trump’s noise; plus, a new poll on January 6 pardons 23279116