Writer, reader, thinker, hikerhttps://bsky.app/profile/miriampawel.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/miriampawel.bsky.social/post/3mvnszwxwas2rhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/opinion/university-of-california-sat.html16 Sep 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:iuwt5bdvb3rmbbecql2zu3ik/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnszwxwas2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/miriampawel.bsky.social/post/3lmldbbz5ok2u“We are only in great national trouble when people violate or circumvent the Constitution ... Our country will survive this tragedy and will do so if an enlightened citizenry will give its attention to the affairs of government on all its levels.” Earl Warren, May 197412 Apr 2025 00:57 +0000at://did:plc:iuwt5bdvb3rmbbecql2zu3ik/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmldbbz5ok2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/miriampawel.bsky.social/post/3ledwrukozn2lAnyone looking to understand the homeless count numbers in CA, officially released today, should read this excellent @calmatters.org story from *September* (and beware of fuzzy math being thrown around-mixing percents/percentages/numbers/ etc) https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2024/09/pit-count-analysis-2024/28 Dec 2024 07:04 +0000at://did:plc:iuwt5bdvb3rmbbecql2zu3ik/app.bsky.feed.post/3ledwrukozn2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/miriampawel.bsky.social/post/3le6qyknepz22https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1cRXgDFiSs26 Dec 2024 05:37 +0000at://did:plc:iuwt5bdvb3rmbbecql2zu3ik/app.bsky.feed.post/3le6qyknepz22https://bsky.app/profile/miriampawel.bsky.social/post/3lcqp6qtf6d2sSomebody did some great organizing in Merced — Dem’s winning margin comes down to UC Merced college kids who registered to vote *on election day*! [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Dec 2024 22:02 +0000at://did:plc:iuwt5bdvb3rmbbecql2zu3ik/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcqp6qtf6d2shttps://bsky.app/profile/miriampawel.bsky.social/post/3lcbir6q6dc23So in her home state, Harris polled so much worse than Biden/2020 that Trump flipped Fresno with fewer votes than he received four years ago. The drop in Dem supports crosses all geo/pol/economic lines. Interesting implications going forward. Gift link: https://www.sfchronicle.com/election/article/california-democratic-turnout-19946372.php?utm_content=cta&sid=5be1cfc32ddf9c58d0b94841&ss=A&st_rid=fc7662da-ca3a-4599-b676-eea0380ea867&utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_term=headlines&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL2VsZWN0aW9uL2FydGljbGUvY2FsaWZvcm5pYS1kZW1vY3JhdGljLXR1cm5vdXQtMTk5NDYzNzIucGhw&time=MTczMzA4NTMwNTU2Mg%3D%3D&rid=ZmM3NjYyZGEtY2EzYS00NTk5LWI2NzYtZWVhMDM4MGVhODY3&sharecount=NA%3D%3D01 Dec 2024 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:iuwt5bdvb3rmbbecql2zu3ik/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcbir6q6dc23https://bsky.app/profile/miriampawel.bsky.social/post/3lbxsbvok322iLooks like Dems are on track to flip the third CA seat, CA13 in the central valley. Will be interesting to see the final results, but some reports suggest ballot curing in Merced helped push Adam Gray into the lead [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Nov 2024 00:21 +0000at://did:plc:iuwt5bdvb3rmbbecql2zu3ik/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbxsbvok322ihttps://bsky.app/profile/miriampawel.bsky.social/post/3lbxrlwjfws24https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/ucsb-protest-search-warrant-19944165.php28 Nov 2024 00:09 +0000at://did:plc:iuwt5bdvb3rmbbecql2zu3ik/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbxrlwjfws24https://bsky.app/profile/miriampawel.bsky.social/post/3lbn7l6jn4227Blue skies ahead for @davidlauter.bsky.social 🦆🦜🕊️🦅 [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Nov 2024 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:iuwt5bdvb3rmbbecql2zu3ik/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbn7l6jn4227