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Drove 5 hours north of Denver to Wyoming to see some lights and.... IT WAS BREATHTAKING #Auroraborealis #northenlights

My name is Kristin Song. On January 31, 2018, my son Ethan was shot in the head in his best friend's house. The father/gun owner stored 3 handguns and ammunition in a shoebox. Ethan's friend had been accessing the guns for over 6 months. At the hospital, the ER doctor slid down the wall, put his head in his hands, and whispered, "Your son is gone." At that instant, all I knew, loved and trusted was imploded into a million tiny pieces. I begged to say goodbye to my beautiful boy. I wanted to kiss his forehead, tell him how cherished he was, and tuck him in one last time. But the doctor begged me to remember Ethan as he was, you see, he was unrecognizable even to my eyes. The day before Thanksgiving in 2018, the prosecutor told me she would not charge the negligent gun owner, and if I wanted negligent gun owners to be held accountable, I would have to change the law. So I did. 6 months later, Connecticut passed Ethan's Law, which requires gun owners to secure their weapons if children can gain access. Then, I learned that so many states stood silent on this issue, so in 2019, I turned my attention to passing Ethan's Law nationally. I met with over 400 congressional offices, 130 of them Republican. In 2022, Ethan's Law was passed in the House of Representatives as part of the Safer Communities Act. Sadly, it was not picked up in the final package. When the Democrats lost the House of Representatives in 2023, I pivoted to passing safe gun storage laws in the States. As a result, Michigan, New Mexico, and Maryland passed safe storage laws. Currently, I am working with 5 states to pass Ethan's Law. I am emotionally and mentally exhausted, but I will not stop until there is a cultural shift in this country where it becomes second nature to secure your weapons around unsupervised children. If you believe in protecting children from gun violence, please follow and repost.

Frequently, I’ve come to regret things I’ve said. This, from 2001, is not one of those times:

If you read the New Yorker story about Hasan Minhaj, you should watch his response to it: youtube.com/watch?v=ABiHlt…

A streaming app that only played people’s glorious reaction to the first time they tried butter chicken and garlic naan would be worth $1B minimum

random American mother: I work two jobs to feed my family. I can't afford therapy for my son who survived a mass shooting. It's the hottest day on record. The UPS truck I work in has no AC. Please help me. GOP Congressman: Urgent! The Barbie movie is gay and Ken transed my wife.

Congrats to the Denver @Nuggets and the remarkable finals MVP Nikola Jokić for bringing home the franchise’s first NBA Championship!

For $3500 I will personally come to your house and move your couch closer to the TV

One parent could get my poetry banned from classrooms. And yet one country can't ban assault rifles from massacring them.

A West African immigrant and progressive, Yemi Mobolade, has been elected mayor of historically arch-conservative Colorado Springs. #copolitics

Met Gala as monitoring and observability solutions, a 🧵. Kim Kardashian as Datadog. Requires investment to get into. Takes active upkeep. Generally worth it, but there are gaps (and the occasional malfunction). Not an easy situation to get out of.

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In 1940, the Fair Labor Standards Act reduced the workweek to 40 hours. Today, as a result of huge advances in technology and productivity, now is the time to lower the workweek to 32 hours – with no loss in pay. Workers must benefit from advanced technology, not just the 1%.

CSPAN in the motha fuckin hooouuussseee!!!!

This is America. This is the cost of inaction.

I am officially running again against Lauren Boebert! In 2022, we came just 546 votes short of defeating Boebert. It was the closest race in the entire country. Now, I’m running again, but I need your help. Please, will you chip in now to my campaign to defeat Lauren Boebert?

Tomorrow is a public holiday for all Asians everywhere all at once

1/Twitter turning off SMS 2FA is dumb, but you can have Twitter use an “Authenticator App” to get fully secure 2FA. On iOS and Mac, this is actually built in — no third party app required. Go to Settings > Security and disable SMS 2FA, and enable “Authenticator” 2FA instead.

Nearly 1 million pounds of vinyl chloride were on this train. Now, the EPA has confirmed it's entered the Ohio River basin which is home to 25 million people. This is one of the deadliest environmental emergencies in decades and no one is talking about it.

Flu data out today. Holy crap.