Carolina Miranda (Brazilian, Mom, Aunt, Educator, K-8 Admin)

#Perimenopause took alcohol right out of my social habits. Not worth at this point. Enters U
#upsidedrinks - w/ its collection of non-alcoholic drinks - I heard they have some incredible beers, too. And seriously: look at these labels!!!

Bluesky Is Plotting a Total Takeover of the Social Internet All the lefties fled to Bluesky following Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. But CEO Jay Graber says the app is for everyone—and could revolutionize how people communicate online.

All the lefties fled to Bluesky following Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. But CEO Jay Graber says the app is for everyone—and could revolutionize how people communicate online. www.wired.com/story/big-in...

Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.

We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

We don't just make good movies about the dictatorship. We are beginning to learn from our own history and turn it from conceptual to applied learning... Proud of my country of origin right now. Bravo, #Brazil.

Watched it today. It is a masterpiece. Obrigada #imstillhere ❤️ it is a gift of healing to so many of us #Brazilian expats whose family stories and memories sometimes disperse within time and space.

Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out.

Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation.

Say equity, which a just society should pursue.

Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.

Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do.

Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.

Inspiring

A diverse flight crew of a gay guy, a Black man, and a woman

A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼

A Chicago elementary school turned away agents they feared were from ICE. They turned out to be from the Secret Service | CNN Fearing federal agents asking to search a Chicago elementary school Friday morning were from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, school officials denied them entry. But it turned out they were US Sec...

Follow the lead of the school principal in Chicago who knew her rights to refuse when ICE tried to enter her school. She protected the children and the school and her leadership should serve as an example to all public servants on all fronts and industries. You fight back.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces Canada's response to U.S. tariffs – February 1, 2025 YouTube video by cpac

I read a post on LinkedIn the other day that said it is time #Canada stops extracting resources and begins leading by creating industries. If there was ever a time to re-imagine and re-invent the #Canadian identity, that time is now. How can education leaders best serve the country in this moment?

Practical Mysticism: Evelyn Underhill’s Stunning Century-Old Manifesto for Secular Transcendence and Seeing the Heart of Reality “Because mystery is horrible to us, we have agreed for the most part to live in a world of labels; to make of them the current coin of experience, and ignore their merely symbolic character, …

The great paradox: Consciousness constitutes both our entire experience of reality and our blindfold to reality as it really is. Trapped within it, we mistake our concepts of things for the things themselves, seeing the world not as it is but as we are https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/04/28/evel…

My children and their friends are watching The Notebook, from 2004 as a cool vintage movie during their slumber party tonight. I am not so sure how to feel about the word vintage associated with the year 2004. What am I? A relic? 1980s kid's problems...

Maps OpenStreetMap, Maps.me, Organic Maps
Cloud Storage Nextcloud, pCloud, Tresorit
Video Conferencing Jitsi Meet, BigBlueButton, Whereby
AI DeepSeek
Phone Messages: Signal

Summary of Key Sustainable Platforms
Browsers Brave, Firefox, Ecosia
Search Engines Ecosia, DuckDuckGo, Startpage
Social Media Mastodon, Pixelfed, Bluesky
Email ProtonMail, Tutanota, Posteo
Calendar Proton Calendar, Fruux, EteSync
Documents CryptPad, Etherpad, OnlyOffice

10. Video Conferencing

Jitsi Meet

Open-source, privacy-focused video conferencing

No tracking and self-hostable

BigBlueButton:

Open-source video conferencing designed for education and collaboration

Whereby:

Privacy-focused and browser-based video conferencing.

Committed to sustainability.

9. Cloud Storage

Nextcloud:

Open-source, self-hostable cloud storage.

Privacy-focused and sustainable.

pCloud:

Privacy-focused cloud storage with a one-time payment option.

Runs on renewable energy.

Tresorit:

Encrypted cloud storage with a focus on sustainability and privacy.

Maps.me is your ultimate travel companion and your passport to the new financial system. MAPS.ME (MapsWithMe) are offline maps of the whole world. Map of the USA: New York, San Francisco, Washington. France Paris. Italy: Rome, Venice, Florence, Rimini. Spain: Barcelona, Madrid. Japan, Gre...

8. Maps/Navigation

OpenStreetMap:

Open-source, community-driven maps.

Privacy-focused and sustainable.

Maps.me:

Offline maps based on OpenStreetMap data.

Lightweight and privacy-respecting.

Organic Maps:

Open-source, privacy-focused navigation app.

Uses OpenStreetMap data and is ad-free.

7. Documents

CryptPad:

Open-source, privacy-focused document editor.

No tracking and fully encrypted.

Etherpad:

Open-source, collaborative document editor.

Lightweight and privacy-respecting.

OnlyOffice:

Open-source office suite with cloud collaboration.

Self-hostable and privacy-focused.

6. Calendar

Proton Calendar:

Encrypted calendar from the makers of ProtonMail.

Privacy-focused and sustainable.

Fruux:

Open-source calendar and sync service.

Environmentally conscious and privacy-respecting.

EteSync:

Encrypted calendar and contacts sync.

Open-source and privacy-focused.

5. Email

ProtonMail:

Privacy-focused, encrypted email service

Runs on renewable energy based in Switzerland

Tutanota:

Open-source, encrypted email service

Committed to sustainability and privacy

Posteo:

Green email provider powered by renewable energy

Focuses on privacy and sustainability

4. Social Media (Instagram Replacement)

Pixelfed:

Decentralized, open-source photo-sharing platform.

EyeEm:

A photography-focused platform that emphasizes creativity and sustainability.

VSCO:

A photo-editing and sharing app with a strong community focus.

No ads and minimal data collection.

3. Social Media (Twitter Replacement)

Mastodon:

Decentralized, open-source, and ad-free.

Runs on community-owned servers, reducing reliance on big tech.

Bluesky:

A decentralized social media platform founded by Twitter’s former CEO.

CounterSocial:

Actively combats bots and disinformation.

2. Search Engines

Ecosia:

Carbon-negative and privacy-respecting (plants trees).

DuckDuckGo:

Privacy-focused search engine that doesn’t track users.

Uses renewable energy for its servers.

Startpage:

Provides Google search results without tracking.

Committed to privacy and sustainability.

1. Browsers

Brave: Privacy-focused, blocks trackers and ads.

Renewable energy initiatives.

Firefox:

Developed by Mozilla, a non-profit organization.

Committed to sustainability and digital rights.

Ecosia:

Uses ad revenue to plant trees. Strong focus on environmental impact.

Maps.me is your ultimate travel companion and your passport to the new financial system. MAPS.ME (MapsWithMe) are offline maps of the whole world. Map of the USA: New York, San Francisco, Washington. France Paris. Italy: Rome, Venice, Florence, Rimini. Spain: Barcelona, Madrid. Japan, Gre...

Looking to move away from Google and Meta (Facebook) services and prioritize sustainability, privacy, and ethical practices, here’s a comprehensive list of alternatives for your key needs. I’ve prioritized platforms that are environmentally conscious, open-source, or privacy-focused (DeepSeek)

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

I'm a K-8 School Administrator in ON committed to publicly funded education systems through innovation and critical thinking. Ed.D. candidate at Western University (2026), researching intercultural competencies as per the TRC Calls to Action. Believer in Women's Rights. Views are my own.

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