Helena

@helena350.bsky.social

dancer, Pilates teacher, and climate action+justice volunteer. Collaboration and community beyond binaries.

We gotta start referring to data centers by both their mother and father's last names, Spain style. The Microsoft-Chevron data center, the Meta-ExxonMobil data center, and so forth. Absolutely no reason just the tech bros should be taking the heat on this shit

We need your help this week! For over a year, we’ve been in a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make the dangerous CEI Hub (the 6 mile stretch of fuel tanks along the Willamette River) safer. That policy is in front of City Council this week. Check out this thread to learn how you can help!

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muy interesante, especialmente la conversación alrededor del 30 minutos en que están hablando de cómo las "profesías" se pueden volver realidad no porque adivinaran el futuro sino porque la gente actuaba como si lo hicieran. elhilo.audio/podcast/juic...

Falsos profetas: Meta, la vigilancia y las predicciones de la lA

Meta evita un juicio histórico por daños a menores. Carissa Véliz analiza su poder, la privacidad y la maquinaria de la predicción.

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Lots of people talk about getting money out of politics, but I want to talk about getting people into politics. Volunteering on a campaign is an act of hope, care, and solidarity. It is the antidote to cynicism (which our opposition needs to win).

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It was wonderful to spend Rosh Hashanah last week with Missy and Elaine, two lifelong Michiganders who welcomed me into their home and taught me about the sweet and joyous meaning of Rosh Hashanah.

The cost of private automobile ownership. This one SUV crash cost many lives and millions of dollars in damage, response, cleanup, lost time and healthcare. Hundreds of people are killed every day in the U.S. in car crashes. Thousands worldwide. Billions of dollars annually.

Dr Grace S Peng@gspeng.bsky.social · 2w ago

"At least three people were killed when an NBC4 news helicopter crashed and burst into flames Tuesday night in Chatsworth not far from a serious accident involving a Metro bus that also left three people dead." SUV plows into Metro bus. News helicopter crashed covering the SUV crash

There is so much to learn from the effective advocacy against data centers and Flock cameras: 1. Zero surveys have ever shown either of these are "top issue." "Top issue" from forced menu can't tell you what can make thing catch notice & garner ACTION. /1

63 years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led the first historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. They understood that equal economic and voting rights were the path to ending racial inequality in America.

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You’ve got to see this. Angie Nixon’s Café Resistance is so much more than a bookstore. It’s a community hub offering FREE tutoring, a food pantry, Black history classes, mentorship, mental health workshops, music lessons, healthcare resources and more.