Mindy Zwanziger

YouTube video by Oregon Only Slightly Exaggerated | Travel Oregon

It's pretty magical here. The Travel Oregon animated ads pretty much nailed it.

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Photo of Senator Chris Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

Wisconsin VICTORY!! 👏👏👏

That’s 2 for 2 of the Oregon senators voting no for the CR ✅

Was happy to see this - but noticed a bunch of folks talking about “cloture” in the comments - what is that?

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

“The flowers are better if you steal them”

- my 93 yr old grandma

The greatest political scandal today is not what Trump is doing. It is the fact that congressional Republicans have given up their role in the constitutional system as a check on the executive branch. If we are in a constitutional crisis, it is as much on Mike Johnson and John Thune as anyone else.

BREAKING: White House confirms it has lost at least 12 cases, at least temporarily, since becoming president. Acting illegally and losing cases is a hallmark of Trump.

Resistance act of the day:

Finally convinced myself to call my senators and house reps.

I did it! Yay! 💪 And now next time will be easier.

Resistance act of the day:

Binge watch Rings of Power so we can let our Prime subscription expire with zero regrets at the end of the month.

My 3yr old just used the word “persnickety” and I love it so much 🥹

Resistance step of the day:

Save the phone numbers of your senators and house rep to your phone. Text them to folks with the same.

Find here: www.senate.gov/senators/sen...

And here: www.house.gov/representati...

Weak men cannot compromise. Weak men cannot build consensus. Weak men think that leadership means force. Weak men build nothing that lasts.

by embracing preparedness, you are building mental and physical resiliency for yourself and your community.

agency is, essentially, the opposite of trauma. creating plans and taking steps towards those plans is, in some ways, more important than actually succeeding at those plans. always be trying.

if you, for whatever reason, decided to start some basic home preparedness today, and can only get to a few stores, here's what I'd tell you to get:

-walkie talkies for everyone in your family
-little portable power packs, one per phone
-a print road atlas
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Preparedness step of the day:

Check your family’s passports, ensure they won’t expire soon and renew if they do.

Indie Bookstores Will Soon Be Able to Sell E-Books (Gift Article) Bookshop, a site that lets independent, bricks-and-mortar bookshops sell their books online, is launching an app that will allow the sales of e-books, too.

Good news for folks who want to support local booksellers

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Just gave @skylight.social a scroll!

I got a few too many wrestling videos for my liking 😆 But I’m sure that’ll get figured out soon enough.

Stoked to see this up and moving forward!

"We are living through precedented times."
- Historians

a cartoon character says you are my hero Alt: a cartoon character says you are my hero - old school crap animation of He-man winking at the screen

A tipsy note to newcomers:

We do not engage with bad faith actors here.

Block works really well.

Also, you can hide someone's comment on your posts from ALL views permanently (do so before blocking).

Don't give them attention.

Guard your peace and your piece!

P.S. Use alt text!!!

Feature request for all voice assistant technology:

Respond back to me at the same volume I initiated the request.

If I whisper to you to turn off the music as I tiptoe out of my toddler’s room at bedtime, yelling back at me is not ideal 😆

When I joined the tech industry in 2019, I was optimistic.

I felt so strongly that the tech industry could be a force for good in the world.

I’m finding it hard to be optimistic these days.

Called out a leader in my company for only caring about D&I when it was convenient during a meeting with all of his direct reports.

Too much? Maybe. :sweating:

Group (Mob) Programming Workshop, Tue, Aug 15, 2023, 6:00 PM | Meetup **Join us for a monthly, hands-on group programming workshop!** *(Also known as mob programming)* The goals of this workshop are to practice group programming, turn up the

I facilitate a monthly group (mob) programming workshop at the New Relic offices in Portland.

We get together with folks of various levels and code together! We'll have a brief introduction into the whats and hows of group programming and then dive into a small problem.

It's a good time!

Proud of myself.

Instead of just hack-ily copy/pasting files when I accidentally created a branch off an old branch (as I usually do because rebase scares me), I successfully rebased onto main! 🙌

Little things 🎉

I broke my son’s grapefruit train and now I feel like a horrible human being.