@jackiekiadii
Senior Sister, 20+ yr Business Owner, Hapless Gardener, Music Lover, Democracy Defender, Chin-Checking Introvert, Indefatigable Learner, Jokester. Oh, and I teach Excel, Power Query, and Power BI. "FEED the change you wish to see."
So, I was working with this S. African on focusmate and I told him what's happening here reminds me of what happened in the country I grew up in (including a 14 yr civil war BTW).
He agreed and was so disturbed by the thought, he just stared at the screen for the entire session.
Exactly why I've been warning people for NINE YEARS.
Happy b’day, “Give Me the Night” — the iconic LP released by George Benson 45 yrs ago today
“After a month in the studio,” he said, “I’d packed my bags when Quincy [Jones] called & said they had one more song for me. I wanted to go home but he insisted: “Man, it’s a good song. It won’t take long.”
Popper's Paradox of Tolerance = don't give an inch to Nazis or they'll take the whole thing. (Stares at Democrat party)
Passing on some good news out of Tucson 🌵: Amazon's Project Blue development was shut down by Tucson city council after civic community members showed up & created immense pressure against the "water-devouring" data center that planned to use Tucson city water 🚰 supply.
Showing up matters! 💙 (1
Thank you!
Thank you!
Can you share some book titles?
That last sentence? BARS!!! ⏸️📶⏸️📶
Yes!
@cdelawalla.bsky.social on @standupforscience.bsky.social's new "31 days of action" campaign to protect our scientific institutions from FY2026 budget cuts. Stay tuned for the announcement here: www.standupforscience.net/take-action
The same group that elected leaders who refused to use the money DEMOCRATIC administrations gave them to shore up their system?
The same people who elected an administration that delayed FEMA search and rescue teams for 72 hours?
Recent research, co-led by Black women researchers and conducted specifically with Black women residents, found that 80% of Black women in this neighborhood live in high-risk soil contamination zones, with 80% of those residents reporting chronic health conditions.
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What oath? She is not in office. She worked her tail off to give Americans the best, and AMERICA REJECTED HER.
Take it up with the GOP voters and non-voters.
What is this with folks wanting to see a Black woman humbled? It is weird.
The political streets said bringing in a certain leader who brought in consultants was the price she had to play to get endorsed by a VERY POWERFUL Dem leader.
Honestly, the way she was rolling, I do not think she needed that endorsement.
The happiest sound to a gardener in the South in the middle of summer? Thunder, because you know you're about to get a lot of rain 🌧️.
Anyhoo, okra harvest.
" “People have a very high degree of trust in ChatGPT, which is interesting because AI hallucinates. It should be the tech that you don't trust that much," Altman said about OpenAI's own ChatPGT."
It's important we all be VERY real and honest about AI. It's interesting tech but ... problematic.
Anatasia Salari Power BI Women Speaker July 2025 Topic: The Power of Visual Context: Bring your KPIs to Life
#PowerBIWomen meeting in less than 2 hours
Wednesday, 7/2/25
Noon Eastern
Speaker: Anatasia Salari, Microsoft MVP
The Power of Visual Context: Bring KPIs to Life
Free and open to all Power BI Women members @powerbiwomen.bsky.social
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This regime has come after many groups of people - women, veterans, Hispanics, rural voters, etc. They voted for this at MUCH HIGHER rates than Black people. Interesting point for you to omit.
Right? We the people are tired of propping up FOTUS and his progeny.
Good. We do not need the likes of them sullying our sacred celebration.
On Juneteenth and forever…
Honor, don’t bury or whitewash the history of our ancestors who were lynched.
(National Lynching Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama)
Touch grass, Karen.
The observance of Juneteenth calls us to recommit ourselves to the work of equity, equality, and justice.
Each June 19, and especially today in Minnesota, we are reminded of our incredible capacity to heal, hope, and emerge from our darkest moments with purpose and resolve.
Jun 19: SpaceX Starship 36 explodes into massive fireball during static test last night
Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
I know a lot of Americans who work as hard as she did. That being said, it's a shame she had to self deport.
#ProudBlue
This took place in the Mayfair section of Philadelphia, PA. A man impersonating an ICE agent robbed and stole $1000 in cash.
This is why people need to know where ICE and CBP agents will be. Without transparency on their movements, anyone can pose as an agent.
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"All these many years into my life as a library card holder, I still walk into mine and think: I can take any of these books home with me? For FREE? Everyone should be talking about this!”
- Melissa Albert, author
#ReasonstoLoveLibraries
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