Preston Merchant

Photographer | Public health PIO | NorCal Comms Lead for @TeamRubicon | Taught @ColumbiaJourn | Tweets are my own.

[Preston Merchant @PrestonMerchant]

@evanscribe Are those mustache hairs in violation, growing beyond the corner of your mouth?

[Preston Merchant @PrestonMerchant]

Powerful reflection by @ZahirJ on Indian and Indian diaspora identity and the turmoil Modi continues to create. https://t.co/kBDa8ynr9N

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@bibekbhandari @SixthTone Your integrity and courage shine through. Looking forward to your future endeavors.

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When I made a small donation earlier today, the Cho family fund was just over $100K. Now it's past a million. No sum is enough for a 6 year old who lost his parents & little brother to a shooter in a country that simply refuses to address gun violence.

https://t.co/NjYaxdAyEU

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@chhabs Great pic!

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You never know when a photo you snap will contain, a decade later, a felon convicted in one of the world's biggest financial fraud cases. https://t.co/Aqzq1K8rzE

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@RobTVLA Picard is off to an amazing start! Holy crap!

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@prattattak Is Wyoming like Texas with snow?

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@oinkness Did he respond to your question?

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I fear that when Summer freaked out about vaxxing the calves and started shrieking about trauma it was the actual moment when Yellowstone jumped the shark.

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@prattattak You’ve had quite the journey in public radio. Congrats!

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@culturaltutor Cool that the painting utilizes orange and teal as its color scheme, which makes it seem even more like modern cinema.

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@Sarojini Amazon.

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@Sarojini Book arrived a few days ago. It’s amazing.

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@Sarojini St. Lucia — less glitzy than much of the Caribbean. Nice beaches, mountains/volcano, French history but English speaking, Walcott.

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@arunNYC That, and the whole Defender of the Faith thing.

[Preston Merchant @PrestonMerchant]

My words and pictures from 2012 of a community with strong ties to Fiji’s and India’s history, which will fray when they are forced off the land.

[The Juggernaut @thejuggernaut]

Lal, 69, is almost certainly part of the last generation of Indian cane cutters in Fiji.

For #LaborDay, we revisit @PrestonMerchant's story from our archives.
https://t.co/DiF23RatmU

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Insightful and trenchant commentary on the state of India's democracy, also depressing and frightening.

[Debasish Roy Chowdhury @Planet_Deb]

At 75, after decades of institutional abuse and social degradation as a result of a historical failure to ensure adequate welfare for its poorest, India's democracy is too frail to withstand a strongman's sledgehammer, I write in @nytimes @nytopinion https://t.co/zeT7Cls7iy

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@vijmn Dick needs to take him duck hunting.

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@KulkarniManju @islamoyankee @TazzyStar Dhingra writes about the early Patel-owned hotels in San Francisco.