Deb Fallows
@FallowsDeb
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Linguist, author, swimmer. 'Our Towns', the book, documentary, & foundation. 'Dreaming in Chinese', the book.
Washington DC
Joined April 2014
Did your Covid vax experience look like this? Outside. Sunny, warm 72 degrees. Neighbors. Coffee and homemade snickerdoodles. Thanks, Palisades Village, for supporting local community. And thanks, Giant Pharmacy. @PV_Village @OurTowns @JamesFallows
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The next step forward for public libraries: Becoming 'sustainable.' What that means and why it matters. (by me). @OurTowns @sustainablelib2 @SDCountyLibrary @SDCLLakeside @ALALibrary @Jamesfallows
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Our Towns update on the remarkable surge in local Sustainability projects, reporting, and funding across the US. https://t.co/bqiKkx1LEL
@OurTowns @ClimateCentral @ArcGISStoryMaps @CalVolunteers @Report4America @UofRedlands
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How a local paper informs citizens and encourages them to engage in issues they care about. A model for local journalism. Still in FL. Still reading daily! @OurTowns @HeraldTribune
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Beyond words and pictures. A better, richer way to tell and read stories online. Maps, timelines, sliding images, video, audio enhance well-chosen words. @ArcGISStoryMaps @OurTowns @JamesFallows @charlesriver
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Recovering lost crab pots and focusing on Charles River dams. Both amazing StoryMaps that Our Towns will feature soon as our winners. Congrats!
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"Boxing is what we do. Community is who we are," says Ian Franklin, CEO of Project Fighting Chance in San Bernardino. Featured in Our Towns HBO documentary. PFC's Terry "the Terrible" Washington, 19, now headed for Olympic trials. @OurTowns
https://t.co/fUCFw8a8GQ
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Mississippi high school students immortalize a forgotten moment of 1960s desegregation. @OurTowns @msmsbluewaves @MUWedu @EmCollective @JamesFallows @CYarb1
https://t.co/tSQKvO7TsH
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Why reading Banned Books out loud matters. Here's what happened in my hometown of DC. #BannedBooksWeek @dcpl @ALALibrary @UrbanLibCouncil @GuillotiNeTheat @OurTowns
https://t.co/1NEfnFnlHY
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Esri StoryMap competition happening now. This year's theme is Conservation. Here's how to register for September 28 webinar for everything you need to know. @ArcGISStoryMaps @IUCN @OurTowns
https://t.co/bNaHSqRwlP
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"X, formerly known as Twitter,..." So, how long will it take for this appositive phrase to disappear? Bets anyone?
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New season. New mission. New website. Check it out and please subscribe to newsletter.
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Remember your high school history teacher? Chuck Yarborough is the gold standard. Listen to this lesson from Chuck. Teacher at MS School Math/Science (MSMS), Emerson Collective Fellow. Friend of Our Towns. @EmCollective @msmsbluewaves @OurTowns @CYarb1
https://t.co/7cva4POZEa
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Society & Culture Podcast · Updated Weekly · How can we shape the place we call home? And how does it shape us? This season, host and poet Dwayne Betts talks to inspiring local leaders who are...
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Soft diplomacy: So proud that HBO ‘Our Towns’ will be screened in Kyiv 9/29. Thanks American Film Showcase, US State Dept, & USC School of Cinematic Arts. Thanks US Emb Ukraine & America House. Congrats West City Films @FilmShowcase @USEmbassyKyiv
westcityfilms.com
HBO portrait of America and the rise of civic reinvention. Directed by Steven Ascher & Jeanne Jordan; featuring James & Deborah Fallows.
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Thanks to the volunteer Turtle Patrol of the Coastal Wildlife Club for their relentless reporting on sea turtle activity. Citizen Science at work in their own communities.
Back to FL's Gulf Coast to check on Deb's 101-yr-old mom (doing great, thanks!) and late season turtle hatches. Looking toward record-breaking numbers in 2023 despite losing some hatches to the very hot and dry summer. Turtle patrol monitoring continues. https://t.co/W10ZKwHFQW
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Back again up Downeast. Good news from Eastport, Maine. @OurTowns
https://t.co/dyEYJ21oHu
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A gem of Downeast is Eastport, Maine. Jim and I visited for the 6th time last week to talk about the 'new conventional wisdom' of the value and treasure of smaller towns. Thanks @MaineMonitor, Quoddy Tides, and people of Eastport. @OurTowns @JamesFallows
https://t.co/4ZYBW4SuBO
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Try your e-bike here! Libraries lend books, snow shovels, rakes, games, seeds, hotspots, and so much more. And now: E-bikes. Good for the environment, good for transportation, good for well-being of people.
In Vermont you can "Ditch your car for a week and try out an e-bike — for free. South Burlington residents will be able to check out an e-bike from the South Burlington Public Library for six days." @FallowsDeb @BikeLeague @SafeRoutesNow @OurTowns
https://t.co/HIRAlRKUag
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