✨Ashanti Blaize-Hopkins✨

Cover art for Season 2 of the Doinf What Works podcast: Innovations in Homeless Services.

Cover art for season 1 of the Doing What Works podcast: Exploring the Blue Economy

🚨 NEW PODCAST ALERT! 🎙️ After 2 years BTS the Doing What Works is live on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, & YouTube!
🌊 Season 1 dives into the Blue Economy, focusing on ocean sustainability careers.
🏠 Season 2 tackles innovations in homeless services.
🎧 Listen now at smc.edu/doing-what-works! #FutureOfWork

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NYE is definitely a single person’s holiday. I’m looking at the clock wondering how it’s only 6pm because I really could go to sleep for the night right now. It getting dark at like 1:30pm isn’t helping.

Happy early new year, folks ✌🏾🥳🥱

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Wishing everyone a happy thanksgiving! May it be filled with food, fun, family, and friends. 🦃🍲🥂

A Bill to Kill the Education Department Is Already Filed. Here's What It Says The bill represents another attempt at a long-term Republican goal.

And so it begins…

www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Yes!!

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Some news as the chilrun say—

I was just admitted into one of ASU’s doctoral programs. I will be working towards my doctorate in education in organizational leadership and innovation.

The program starts in the Spring and I am insanely excited!!

I said what I said.

"News influencer" study dovetails w/economics. Consider this @cward1e.bsky.social interview about the impact of paywalls on an informed public.

Or as @mattdpearce.bsky.social has been talking about a lot recently, facts are expensive.

What does influencer content cost? www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

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Reminder to my fellow journalists: Our industry doesn’t survive if we cozy up to the very officials that we have a duty to hold accountable.

For example, you can cover politicians without going to their homes and having the prime rib special. Without principled journalists, there is no democracy.

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Ready to start the week focusing on joy and the things I can control. A Steelers win today definitely helps!

Make it a good week, everyone. ✨

That Serrano/Taylor fight was incredible! #TysonPaul

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I did not have seeing Mike Tyson bare backside on my bingo card tonight. I mean, what is happening??

Now this is a Cali press freedoms powerhouse starter pack! Thanks for pulling together @adamrose.bsky.social

They are skorts, thank you very much

I talked to @micahloewinger.bsky.social about the diminishing power of journalists to reach voters, particularly more conservative ones, amid a titanic power shift toward the platforms that stand between quality journalism and the public.

Starts around the 36 minute mark.

Do not follow this account.

#DarthHammil.

BlueSky for Beginners YouTube video by Machine Pun Kelly

It's up!!!! My Explainer video for BlueSky beginners.

I cover how to find your Twitter followers, Starter Packs, Feeds, Lists, some handy-dandy tools, and BlueSky etiquette.

Please watch and/or share with any newbies you know. I think it's helpful.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_V2...

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Anyone else feeling like the last few weeks has been some slowed down vortex of time??

OMG— that show was so underrated! The writing, the casting, the timing 🤌🏾. Nothing like it.

Yeah— you don’t want to know 🥴

I will now and forever more calendar ‘recovering from meeting’ in my calendar! 😆

🙋🏾‍♀️

Like I said, that fight for many Black women going forward will look much different.

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My entire focus after this election is protecting my peace. Guess who doesn’t get a say in how I do that? Megyn. Kelly. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Anyone hoping to see a cavapoo with rainbow angel wings?

My children say, you’re welcome!

My dog Max says, I hate it here 🫠

It really is a breath of fresh air so far…

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I’m protecting my peace and only focusing on the things that I can control. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Worst. Gum. Ever. Two solid chews of flavor and then it quickly turns into a small hunk of dirt flavored concrete in your mouth. 😒

It just hit me that there are no ads here 😲🤭