Daria Locher

free expression advocate • researcher • writer любопытна. always learning. Previously @pressfreedom @uspresstracker @penamerica @rockthevote

[Daria Locher @Daria_Locher]

🆕: My self-published article, "Modern Magic Makers: A Look into the #NeoPagan Movement in the U.S."

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"Witchcraft is the belief in the power of ideas to change your reality, my cousin Della, a #Wicca practitioner, told me."
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Read the full feature: https://t.co/Hnshfzhjsb

[Daria Locher @Daria_Locher]

Important takeaways from #JimmyKimmelLive

1. the FCC forcing ABC to suspend the show is a vicious attack on free speech.

2. there is a website created by Laura Loomer tracks down people to cancel & doxx isn’t a secret.

cancel culture erodes America’s most fundamental freedoms.

[Daria Locher @Daria_Locher]

The fact Jimmy Kimmel was shut down for Charlie Kirk comments & not these past 2 ex (the vaccine one also communicates “rightwing choices can/should reduce life exp. of rightwing folk”) shows: it’s simply the US right realizing how sweet cancel culture feels when you’re in power.

[Harry Sisson @harryjsisson]

🚨Rolling Stone is now confirming what we all knew happened with Jimmy Kimmel’s show. According to their reporting, executives at ABC and Disney didn’t think Kimmel said anything outrageous but they feared retaliation from Trump. This is a blatant attack on free speech.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

From me, a list of Trump supporters who killed, or tried to kill, Democrats and opponents of Trump in recent years (since the right are now claiming all the political violence is from the left!)

Receipts:
https://t.co/YbS3A8fz5p

[Daria Locher @Daria_Locher]

There has recently been a big jump in trusting news from from social media according to @pewresearch (see above thread)

If you’re starting to get more news from socials, check out this @AllSidesNow blog about how to identify bias in social media content⬇️
https://t.co/lUn3qL23px

[Daria Locher @Daria_Locher]

Republicans have become more likely since 2024 to trust information from news outlets, social media

https://t.co/rTD7F1ZIo1

[Daria Locher @Daria_Locher]

After a precipitous drop around 2019, the US adult population is gaining more trust in news media — and the most dramatic change is seen in Republicans.

Now more than half of Republicans surveyed trust national news orgs.

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

If they can handcuff a U.S. Senator for asking a question, imagine what they will do to you.

[Daria Locher @Daria_Locher]

@marcorubio In the last 10 min,

5 adults have died due to @marcorubio’s massacre of US aid funding.

13 children have died — and their deaths were avoidable. They trusted the US and put their lives in our hands.

What can I do but beg for some of it to be undone?
https://t.co/rWla5uUUvt

[Daria Locher @Daria_Locher]

Researcher Brooke Nichols from @BU_Tweets reports an estimated 90,000 avoidable adult deaths caused by sudden funding cuts to US international aid. And 190,000 children’s deaths.

@marcorubio says he’s “very proud” of the cuts, & that he signed off on every decision. Horrific.

[Daria Locher @Daria_Locher]

3,600,000 avoidable child deaths from malaria.
59,000 avoidable child deaths from pneumonia.
51,000 avoidable deaths from terminated PEPFAR contracts.

This is the cost of the games that @marcorubio is playing w/ US aid. These deaths are on his hands.
https://t.co/Wsnt8ZTKw8

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

4. Grains of salt under a microscope

[Daria Locher @Daria_Locher]

According to the SDG Gender Index by @equal2030, gender equality is declining or stagnant in 53 countries.

And after the repeal of Roe v. Wade, the U.S. now has the same gender equality score as China.

https://t.co/iE3sQZw5jz

[Daria Locher @Daria_Locher]

Anyone else re-reorganize data in Excel/Google Sheets until they find the perfect way to present the specific info w colorcoded conditional formatting & margins?😂

I'm currently staring in pride at this spreadsheet I wrangled 5 types of overlapping data in & it's making my day🙌

[John V. Kane @UptonOrwell]

How fortunate that there already exists survey-experimental work on the effects of framing Kamala Harris in different ways! Quite prescient @katie_clayton14, Charles & @YusakuHoriuchi!

https://t.co/ZP7MOwR9n0

[Daria Locher @Daria_Locher]

🆕: "Modern Magic Makers: A Look into the #NeoPagan Movement in the U.S."

✨ In the article, explore the commonalities within the diverse American neo-Pagan population with this interactive chart made based on @pewresearch's surveys

Find it here: https://t.co/Hnshfzhjsb

[Daria Locher @Daria_Locher]

"As of 2014, 0.3% of the American adult population identified with Pagan or Wiccan faiths, according to @pewresearch — around 1.5 mil individuals. Pew considers this small religious minority one of the most quickly growing religious groups in the US."

https://t.co/Hnshfzhjsb

[Daria Locher @Daria_Locher]

🆕: My self-published article, "Modern Magic Makers: A Look into the #NeoPagan Movement in the U.S."

✨
"Witchcraft is the belief in the power of ideas to change your reality, my cousin Della, a #Wicca practitioner, told me."
✨

Read the full feature: https://t.co/Hnshfzhjsb

[Daria Locher @Daria_Locher]

So interesting. According to @pewresearch (2/2):

➡️ In 2024, 3 in 10 American adults are religiously unaffiliated
➡️ About 1/2 say spirituality is important in their lives
➡️ Most believe animals other than humans can have spirits or spiritual energies

https://t.co/eRAQ5sYt1K

[Daria Locher @Daria_Locher]

So interesting. According to @pewresearch (1/2):

78% of Americans identified as Christian in 2007
⬇️ to 71% in 2024
⬇️ to 63% in 2021

Pew estimates that the Christian proportion of the population could decrease to as little as 35% by 2070.

https://t.co/07jKGbmIQr

[Daria Locher @Daria_Locher]

absolutely loving @LibbyApp. instead of reading 10 books at the same time over 6 months, I’m reading one at a time & under a week. & it’s free 😭❤️

10/10 recommend

also, I just found out that local libraries have membership passes to major museums so that’s also life changing!