Sandra Moscoso

@sandramoscoso

co-founder of #TheUpskillingLabs. finder of other things, too - especially silver linings. collector of people. best/worst mom-wife-friend ever (striving for for best, but I'm only human).

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Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· 27d

"Community of practitioners." It's been up to us all along. It's always been.

"It’s this idea that we don’t have to look for an individual, for a savior, for an Übermensch. I think the counter to Trump always has been and always will be civil society. A lot of the left wants social change to look like the French Revolution or Che Guevara. Maybe changing the world is more like caregiving than it is like war. Too many people still expect it to look like war. I denigrate politicians I don’t respect as windsocks. I just want us to understand that most of the important change is collective."

Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· May 23

Work on a Saturday doesn't seem so bad when you're in good company. @thehillishome.com 💙

Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· May 19

There's no shortage of AI coverage. What's missing is an honest conversation about what it means for the DC workforce, schools, gov - right now, by the people affected. @erinpalmer & I got tired of looking for a host for this convo. So we started it ourselves. One year. One blog. www.aitaxdc.org 🧵

Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· May 17

It's a great day to cheer your neighbors on as they run, with the support of the greatest band on earth!!!! #ward6❤️

Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· May 14

I’m thrilled to share that last week, the work I'm doing together with an amazing team was recognized last week as part of Technical.y's RealLIST connectors - "ecosystem leaders helping the region flourish." technical.ly/entrepreneur... Some of the amazing team --> theupskillinglabs.org/the-team

Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· May 5

Stopped by NE @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social to print RCV ballots for #BikeRolltoSchoolDay and the Book Bike has arrived! See you 7:30am at Lincoln Park! 🚲🗳️❤️ @w6pspo.bsky.social @hillfamilybiking.org @hillragdc.bsky.social @thehillishome.com @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social @rankthedistrict.bsky.social

Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· May 1

👀 (Sets off to play calendar musical chairs with hubby). It's good practice for Bike and Roll to school day!! (AKA "schelp tables and snacks to Lincoln Park and maybe bike later day" 😂)

Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· Mar 21

Fascinating panel of DC educators following the screening of @countedout.bsky.social by @w6pspo.bsky.social C4DC and DC Area Educators for Justice. Math is a language and underpins everything in life, including Democracy!

Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· Mar 20

Celebrating the end of #SunshineWeek the way James Madison intended! #foia #opengov

Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· Mar 13

Next week is @sunshineweek.bsky.social ☀️ and I'm getting myself ready. I think this will pair nicely with my sunshine yellow pants👖, no? www.raygunsite.com/products/foi....

Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· Mar 8

It's a good day to support @janeese4dc.bsky.social ! 💜 Happy International Women's Day!

Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· Feb 13

Super fun night celebrating @transpobingo.bsky.social! Icing on the cake was watching #TheUpskillingLabs alum, @echo4dc.bsky.social win the whole enchilada by earning every square! Thanks for the fun, @erinpalmerdc.bsky.social and @handlebarsdc.bsky.social ! See ya next year! 🛴🚶🏽‍♀️🚉🚲

Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· Feb 10

En route to host a second event celebrating @transpobingo.bsky.social ! See you at MLK @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social where the Upskilling Labs will host #MeetthePods! and give out stickers for your boards! Feeling pretty good about earning my Mario Kart square. #transpobingo 🚶🏽‍♀️🚉🫶

Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· Feb 6

Super fun morning with hearty friends, celebrating @transpobingo.bsky.social (a week-long game celebrating active transportation that is played across the city. @w6pspo.bsky.social joined forces with the Prancers, @hillfamilybiking.org @thehillishome.com CHAMPSDC and Friends of Lincoln Park DC.

Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· Oct 18

Scenes from the very peaceful, very creative #NoKings march and rally in Washington, DC. We watched for hours and the crowds never stopped pouring in.

Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· Oct 9

Some days are better than others, but no days are better than Walk and Roll to School Day! Grateful for a community that comes through, rain or shine! @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social @w6pspo.bsky.social @sew20003.bsky.social @freedcproject.bsky.social #WalkRolltoSchool www.flickr.com/photos/10472...

Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· Sep 6

Cuties up at the "crack of 7" to ride in the #DCBikeRide 🚴🏽‍♀️

Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· Jun 29

It's watermelon season and the rinds need a green spot to land in! Love that I don't need to find a place for them until compost pick up or drop off days! Thanks Zero Waste DC ! ♻️🥗

Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· Jun 8

Hey @thehillishome.com ! Know any neighbors with fairy gardens, Barbie gardens, or the like who might want these? (There's a Michael Jackson grammy doll in there, too!)

8 Barbie, Skipper, Ken dolls + 1 Michael Jackson doll in plastic shoe boxes

Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· Jun 7

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

World Pride participants resting in the shade, in the NGA sculpture garden

Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· Jun 7

@robertwhitedc.bsky.social reminding me we all need to invest in fast twitch muscle training! Happy Pride! #worldpride 🌈

Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· Jun 7

Happy Pride! 🌈 #worldpride Thanks for organizing #Ward6, Team @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social !

Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· May 7

For the love of community.... cc @sew20003.bsky.social

Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· May 5

The #BikeandRolltoSchoolDay staging area has begun to take shape! It's not pretty, but I know it will be FUNNNNNN! My 'activist tables' are always ready for a party, sidewalk sale, art project, and always ALWAYS a Bike and Roll to School Day! 🫡 cc @sew20003.bsky.social #GoodTrouble

folding tables, yard signs, snacks and reflectors for bike and roll to school day.

Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· May 2

Almost 10 years ago at Bike and Roll to School Day... DC Dino was such a joy. IYKYK @ellegitlin.com @joshdata.me @noahkunin.bsky.social @georgiamoon.social

Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· Apr 27

Briefly sat on the Capitol steps with @booker.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social (and @maya4rights.bsky.social and @rweingarten.bsky.social!). The proposed budget takes food out of the mouths of hungry children, denies them healthcare. As they say repeatedly, the budget is a moral document.

people sitting on the capitol steps with Hakeem Jeffries, Cory Booker, Randi Weingarten and Maya Wiley.

Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· Apr 19

Look, Rome is burning, but good things still exist. DC Gov's DPW Electronics/shredding drop today off was delightful. Organized, friendly staff, and I even got 2 compliments on my hair! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #DCGovLove #SilverFoxSilverLinings

DC's DPW page re - Household Hazardous Waste (HHW), E-cycling, & Document Shredding

Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· Apr 11

👀 (Aside: I really am loving reading a physical book - it's been a while!).

Embrace diversity.
Unite—
Or be divided, robbed, ruled, killed
By those who see you as prey.
Embrace diversity Or be destroyed.

Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· Apr 9

Continuing to torture myself with this gorgeous (yet painful) prophecy... I used to think we were frogs being slowly boiled, but now I'm pretty sure we're lobsters, just refusing to admit it to ourselves. Whew!

"President Donner isn't the only one breaking up and selling off science and space projects. No one is expanding the kind of exploration that doesn't earn an immediate profit,"

Some samples from the page. "Anyone KSF hired would have a hard time living on the salary offered. In not very much time, I think the new hires would be in debt to the company. That's an old company-town trick-get people into debt, hang on to them, and work them harder. Debt slay. ery. That might work in Christopher Donner's America. Labor laws, state and federal, are not what they once were.
"We could try," Cory insisted to Dad. "We could be safe in Olivar. The kids could go to a real school and later get jobs with the company. After all, where can they go from here except outside?" Dad shook his head. "Don't hope for it, Cory. There's nothing sate about slavery."
Marcus and I were still up, listening. The two younger boys had been sent to bed, but we four were still clustered around the radio. Now Marcus spoke up.
"Olivar doesn't sound like slavery," he said. "Those rich people would never let themselves be slaves."
Dad gave him a sad smile. "Not now," he said. "Not at first." He shook his head. "Kagimoto, Stamm, Frampton: Japanese, Ger-man, Canadian. When I was young, people said it would come to this. Well, why shouldn't other countries buy what's left of us if we put it up for sale. I wonder how many of the people in Olivar have any idea what they're doing."
"I don't think many do," I said. "I don't think they'd dare let
themselves know."
He looked at me, and I looked back. I'm still learning how dogged people can be in denial, even when their freedom or their lives are at stake."

Sandra Moscoso@sandramoscoso· Apr 8

Reading Octavia Butler's "Parable of the Sower" set in a dystopian 2024-2027 (published in 1993). It's... a toughie... 🫠