mattburrows @mattburrows

The Golden State Joined December 2008

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UC Berkeley Library @UCBerkeleyLib

2 years ago

“It is by far the grandest of all the special temples of Nature I was ever permitted to enter.” 🏞 — Naturalist John Muir #OTD in 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill that protected Yosemite Valley, ushering in the national parks system!

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mattburrows @mattburrows

2 years ago

via @nytopinion nytimes.com/2023/06/07/opi…

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UC Berkeley Library @UCBerkeleyLib

2 years ago

“I live many lives, but photography is my own personal life.” 📸 Photographer Dorothea Lange was born #OTD in 1895. Her work below shows San Francisco schoolchildren reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in 1942, shortly before the forced removal of families of Japanese descent.

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Dionne Searcey @dionnesearcey

2 years ago

Their ordeal might have remained largely unknown, like those of so many other asylum seekers. Only on this occasion, it was captured in its entirety on video. Harrowing evidence of Greece’s actions @MatinaStevis nytimes.com/2023/05/19/wor…

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Justin Elliott @JustinElliott

3 years ago

NEW: Clarence Thomas secretly accepted lavish luxury travel for decades from a billionaire businessman/GOP donor, in apparent repeat violation of ethics law. Fmr judge: “It’s incomprehensible to me that someone would do this." propublica.org/article/claren… w/@js_kaplan @Amierjeski

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mattburrows @mattburrows

3 years ago

via @nytimes nytimes.com/2023/03/17/wor…

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L.A. County Fire Department @LACoFDPIO

3 years ago

#LACoFD USA-2 has been activated by @USAID and is deploying to the Turkey earthquake. The deployment team will consist of 81 personnel, 6 K9 teams, and 3 structural engineers. A press conference is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. at 12605 Osborne St. Pacoima CA 91331.

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Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC

3 years ago

Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln a hundred and sixty years ago today:

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mattburrows @mattburrows

3 years ago

via @nytimes nytimes.com/2022/12/15/tec…

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Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ @tribelaw

3 years ago

“A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution,” #DonaldTrump actually wrote today (12/3/22). Can one use the word “unfuckingbelievable” on Twitter?

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Andrea Junker @Strandjunker

3 years ago

I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it a thousand times: The economy will come back, your rights may not. — Vote.

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Cal Bears History @CalBearsHistory

3 years ago

The Free Speech Movement in Berkeley began on Oct. 1, 1964 when Jack Weinberg was arrested for sitting at a table in Sproul Plaza supporting the Congress of Racial Equality. 3,000 students surrounded the police car. A 32-hour stand-off ensued, people speaking from the car's roof.

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Liz Cheney @Liz_Cheney

3 years ago

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Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC

3 years ago

Apollo 11 on the moon, today 1969:

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Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff

3 years ago

We have a narrow window to act on climate change before it’s too late. And that window is closing rapidly. History will not be kind to those who stand in the way of action. If there is anyone left to write it.

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Bobby Weir @BobWeir

3 years ago

Go over to HeadCount.org to make sure you're registered to vote. @HeadCountOrg

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Andrea Junker @Strandjunker

3 years ago

In 1869 it was decided to have 9 Supreme Court justices because there were 9 Circuit Courts. Now there are 13 Circuit Courts. So what exactly are we waiting for?

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Kasie Hunt @kasie

3 years ago

Important to remember: Overturning Roe vs. Wade will impact Americans with the fewest resources, not the wealthy or well-connected

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Cal Bears History @CalBearsHistory

4 years ago

Thomas Schelling, @Cal Class of 1944, was born April 14, 1921. He was awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in Economics for pioneering evolutionary game theory. As directed in his will, his Nobel Medal was auctioned and the proceeds donated to the Southern Poverty Law Center in 2018.

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen

4 years ago

Appalled by reports of unspeakable horrors in areas from which Russia is withdrawing. An independent investigation is urgently needed. Perpetrators of war crimes will be held accountable.