Theofrastusbombastus Vonhoenheim

Civil rights, democracy, the environment, and the Constitution.

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

More than 1,000 authors, including @nytimes bestselling author Scott Carney @sgcarney, have spoken out against efforts by major publishers & trade organizations to undermine the traditional rights of libraries to own & preserve books: https://t.co/5zjpzl3ryc #AuthorsForLibraries

[The Rockefeller Foundation @RockefellerFdn]

AI is harming marginalized groups, and yet these groups have less influence in AI's development @ZiaKhanNYC tells us. ⌨️🖥️

The Rockefeller Foundation is proud to support @black_in_ai & @DAIRInstitute in building equity into new AI technologies: https://t.co/BcIrMdXlv5

[Olga Lautman 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @OlgaNYC1211]

Russia is happy all around that Elon Musk owns Twitter. They broke the news early in the morning and their latest is their kremlin shill Trump getting his account back to plan more operations to attack our democracy. This is sickening

[ProPublica @propublica]

Unlike dozens of other countries, the United States has never fully banned asbestos.

The EPA made an attempt to do so in 1989, but it was overturned in federal court in 1991.

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[WildEarth Guardians @wildearthguard]

“The Forest Service has both the legal authority and responsibility to create a proactive, science-based national grazing management framework that prevents these conflicts." – Lizzy Pennock, WildEarth Guardians

Demand action —> https://t.co/FhNAMFAqkH

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[Nonprofit Quarterly @npquarterly]

.@ConversationUS on how the Native Americans’ decadeslong struggle for control over sacred lands is making progress: https://t.co/NV5hfaY2P5

[Nonprofit Tech for Good @nonprofitorgs]

From embracing Facebook & Instagram Charitable Giving Tools to launching an ambassador program, this webinar on November 9 is the third and final webinar required to earn a Certificate in Digital Marketing & Fundraising from Nonprofit Tech for Good!

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[Val Demings @valdemings]

This one’s real.

[Harvard Business Review @HarvardBiz]

The lack of treatments around the world is costing lives. https://t.co/1wwYY3kkJo

[The Rockefeller Foundation @RockefellerFdn]

Join tomorrow's #SOCAP22 session @ 12:30PM ET/9:30AM PT, featuring our own @natlorac, on how effective philanthropy and investing in impact with integrity could look like. Learn more: https://t.co/VZWzhHXSdo

[The Chronicle of Philanthropy @Philanthropy]

Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Honors Dolly Parton, Stacy and Lynn Schusterman, and Others https://t.co/MXs5vWfJCu

[Nonprofit Tech for Good @nonprofitorgs]

October, November, and December are the busiest months of the year for nonprofit fundraisers!

Download this three-month calendar with suggested dates for email updates, social media campaigns, direct mail, etc. to get organized.🗓️

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via @Network4Good

[Lillian Mongeau Hughes @lrmongeau]

No one who lives in the Northwest should skip this story. By ⁦@tonyvschick⁩ https://t.co/sQHahtgpYc

[Dawn.com @dawn_com]

Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy is the sole organisation in the country generating knowledge and evidence on the state of philanthropy and its utilisation.

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[John Gramlich @johngramlich]

Who are the US adults who regularly get news on TikTok? A majority are women, people under 50, people who have not completed college, people who are not White, and people who identify with or lean to the Democratic Party. https://t.co/0M8RpeVM9N

[ProPublica @propublica]

It's called the pig butchering scam.

It starts with a a simple “Hi” from some charming, attractive stranger DMing you online.

It can end with all your money disappearing into a fraudster's account.

https://t.co/GPdzTlYCP8

[AGRA Watch @agrawatch]

Yesterday we flyered around downtown Seattle to request more news coverage critical of the Gates Foundation's agricultural development work.

We support #localnews and we think the @seattletimes should run these kinds of stories. A thread...

[AGRA Watch @agrawatch]

If you're a #Journalist working on #FoodSystems or #philanthropy, come to this press conference on Sept 1, hosted by @Afsafrica to share why @AGRAAlliance isn't working and to offer alternatives. https://t.co/zqAev67r5y

[Theofrastusbombastus Vonhoenheim @thegrantplant]

If we wish to remain a democracy we must #EndCitizensUnited ⤵️

[ProPublica @propublica]

The $1.6B went to the Marble Freedom Trust, which isn't required to publicly disclose donors & has wide latitude to spend directly on elections.

Its name doesn't appear in any public database of business, tax or securities records.

w/ @LeverNews
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