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Ellie Squirrel

@sewimperfect.bsky.social

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Teacher, Tailor, Sailor, Squirrel. Neurodivergent Education Specialist in East Oakland, SEL/DEI committee member, UC Berkeley alumnus in Geography & Human Rights, SFSU MA Special Education & Autism Studies cert. Mom of 2 humans & a rescue menagerie. 🇺🇸🇺🇦

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5h

If you think the problem in this city is that my rent is too low, vote for Andrew Cuomo.

If you know the problem in this city is that your rent is too high, vote for me.

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Critical Bill. @criticalbill76.bsky.social · 5h

If you think sex pests should hold more public offices, vote for Andrew Cuomo.

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Zack Bornstein @zackbornstein.bsky.social · 3h

Not gonna lie toddlers absolutely nailed it with naps, buttered noodles, and rejecting authority

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Ellie Squirrel @sewimperfect.bsky.social · 2h

These are begging for googly eyes!!!

Ellie Squirrel @sewimperfect.bsky.social · 2h

Hmmmpph. At least you can sleep, sonny

Ellie Squirrel @sewimperfect.bsky.social · 2h

I finally submitted the paperwork last month for the Autism Studies graduate program that I finished a year ago 😅

I'm most proud of this, even more than my degrees.

Unfortunately, they used my legal name, Noelle, despite what I put on the doc. 😭 They put Ellie on my MA?

Thanks, I hate it.

Ellie Squirrel @sewimperfect.bsky.social · 2h

The excerpts from the article are so dystopian.

Did you see that he's inflating numbers by buying some of his own cybertrucks for his companies? 😂

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Ellie Squirrel @sewimperfect.bsky.social · 2h

It was so good that I bought his magnum opus. I've only read about a third so far but it's very well written.

www.theguardian.com/books/2014/m...

Thomas Piketty: the French economist bringing capitalism to book

Larry Elliott: Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century is that rare phenomenon, an economics tome that flies off the shelves

www.theguardian.com

Ellie Squirrel @sewimperfect.bsky.social · 2h

If you or anyone is interested in reading about income inequality, I highly recommend this very short read from French economist Thomas Piketty.

www.theguardian.com/books/2024/s...

Nature, Culture, and Inequality by Thomas Piketty review – mind the gap

The author of Capital returns with a short book on inequality that asks big questions

www.theguardian.com

Ellie Squirrel @sewimperfect.bsky.social · 2h

It's like an ongoing gag that Colin is actually a white supremacist. He's a very good sport about it 😂

I can't really recommend the show because most of the sketches were truly terrible. It was so bad I groaned, lol.

It would be amazing!

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Ellie Squirrel @sewimperfect.bsky.social · 2h

I don't believe in laissez-faire capitalism. I think our economic policy should place limits on the market, and wealth concentration and income inequality (both serious but distinct issues). We also need campaign finance reform. We'd be much better off.

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Ellie Squirrel @sewimperfect.bsky.social · 3h

As a special education teacher with primarily autistic students, some of whom are nonverbal, I also have real problems with how capitalism only assigns value based on how much an individual can produce.

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Ellie Squirrel @sewimperfect.bsky.social · 3h

I took environmental economics at Cal when I was 18, and the professor pointed out that capitalism allows free movement of capital, but not people, which produces a global race to the bottom. It made so much sense, when put like that.

Exploitation is built into the system.

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Ellie Squirrel @sewimperfect.bsky.social · 3h

a man wearing a black beanie and a black turtleneck is making a face .

ALT: a man wearing a black beanie and a black turtleneck is making a face .

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Ellie Squirrel @sewimperfect.bsky.social · 3h

Ours was too, but we went to these nice neighborhoods in the South Bay and Palo Alto so she could meet with potential advertisers.

Did you keep the car maintenance in the family?

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Ellie Squirrel @sewimperfect.bsky.social · 3h

I don't know if you watch SNL, but there was a funny joke on Weekend Update when Colin said his family had to leave Germany abruptly in '45. 😂

That would be amazing. Can we just send all of the useless billionaires to Mars??? No need to have enough fuel to return...🙏

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Ellie Squirrel @sewimperfect.bsky.social · 3h

At least they just harassed us and didn't shoot us. It was scary and embarrassing. I had to start the car every morning as a kid by using a hammer to hit the starter 😂😂😂

That's probably why it's so important to me to have a nice car now.

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Ellie Squirrel @sewimperfect.bsky.social · 3h

I read an article about that recently. They're terrified of being replaced. I'm convinced that they're so afraid of diversity and equality, because they know that the way minority groups are treated is wrong, and they're afraid of payback when they become the minority.

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Ellie Squirrel @sewimperfect.bsky.social · 3h

You're building capacity as an organizer!! Learning is becoming. You got this!!

Ellie Squirrel @sewimperfect.bsky.social · 3h

I would call it white nonsense but it's a pretty diverse neighborhood. It's just wealthy and everyone is all up in your business with nothing better to do.

I don't mind giving people my information but selectively and because I choose to.

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Ellie Squirrel @sewimperfect.bsky.social · 3h

One of our neighbors called the police for a welfare check because we left a light on for 2 days.

We got a map with all of our neighbors' contact information, and they had a blank space waiting for our info.

Um.

Ellie Squirrel @sewimperfect.bsky.social · 3h

I'm still adjusting to the new neighborhood. We got a welcome letter from the neighborhood watch today.

Growing up, my mom was a saleswoman, and when we would drive our beater through neighborhoods like this, we would get pulled over by the police, or followed until we left.

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Ellie Squirrel @sewimperfect.bsky.social · 4h

Since I am a human adult and not, in fact, a cat, I will still be going to a protest on Saturday despite transphobic Newsom's message.

But not because he suggested it, tbc 😒

*flicks tail*

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Francesca Bonanno @runningwiththedogs.bsky.social · 4h

#NoKings

Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 4h

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Scrappy @scrappyaf.bsky.social · 4h

Keep working it. Cracks are developing.

Keira Havens @highcountryrose.bsky.social · 11h

Here's something cool - we asked our members to reach out to the legislative directors for their reps and request a meeting (subject line "Trump Impeachment for Treason").

20% response rate from member offices.

Half of the responding reps are REPUBLICANS.

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