Mother, teacher, dancer, Unitarian Universalist. In love with the stars in the sky. she/her/hers
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Melissa Rosales retweeted
The Bay Area is already experiencing power outages during the #AtmosphericRiver.
So how can you best prep your home for potentially losing power tonight?
Here's a quick checklist you can run through right now🧵⬇️
kqed.org/news/11936674/how-t…
Melissa Rosales retweeted
Iranian team refused to sing the official Iranian anthem at #FIFAWorldCup2022 as a sign of support for protesters in their homeland.
Admire everyone who is fighting for freedom and democracy! The price of freedom is so high but it's the only option.
Melissa Rosales retweeted
⚡️ BREAKING: #Iran football team captain defies regime, backs protests: “We have to accept that conditions in our country are not right & our people are not happy. They should know that we are with them. And we support them. And we sympathize with them regarding the conditions.”
Melissa Rosales retweeted
It wasn’t about making a political statement – human rights are non-negotiable. That should be taken for granted, but it still isn’t the case. That’s why this message is so important to us.
Denying us the armband is the same as denying us a voice. We stand by our position.
Guess this is it, so I'd better get one last tweet in?? Gonna miss it. Will never not laugh at #SpaceKaren
Melissa Rosales retweeted
Bigger corporate profits account for *over half* of the higher prices people are paying.
Melissa Rosales retweeted
📻🗣️🎙️ This is my first audio essay as a nonspeaking person for @KQED's Perspectives series. It's a commentary on voice, communication access, and care.
Audio & text transcript: kqed.org/perspectives/201601…
#YearOfTheTiger
ALT Asian American disabled woman in a wheelchair wearing a bright red lip color and an orange and black tiger-striped sweater. She has a tracheostomy in her neck attached to a ventilator tube. Photo credit: Eddie Hernandez Photography
Melissa Rosales retweeted
Feels like a good time to revisit the Doctrine of Discovery: the Christian legal theory with which Europeans gave themselves the right to colonize the globe.
It asserted that Christian Nations became the rightful owner of any land they found occupied by non-Christian people.
The pace of writing, the flow, the sound of the chalk, the lack of toxic marker smell...I love me a chalkboard. ❤️
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Melissa Rosales retweeted
In @thenation today, my piece unpacking the idea of “COVID fatigue” and challenging the (seemingly straightforward) claim that the general public is tired of responding to the pandemic.
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Melissa Rosales retweeted
So many folks have said they would have PAID to see #PreyMovie, well here's you chance. If you loved the Comanche version of Prey, show your love by donating to the Comanche Language Department.
Help to us to support our community of learners! gofund.me/2481d9b7
Melissa Rosales retweeted
I learned some things about feline poxvirus as an EXAMPLE to talk about a similar virus. If a cat gets a catpox, it can spread to cat people.
If there’s an outbreak & only cat folks can be tested, it will seem like ONLY cats or cat people get it. Cats start getting dirty looks.
ALT An orange cat is looking at you with a question mark on his head. The picture also has a cartoon cow, a cartoon chart of data and a cartoon science test tube.