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High Tech Software (recovering tech bro), STEM, Old Time Music, He/Him

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"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution

25.01.2026 02:03 πŸ‘ 5411 πŸ” 1857 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 22

This is, quite literally, our collective duty.

25.01.2026 03:55 πŸ‘ 1942 πŸ” 424 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1
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How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota I’m going to assume that if you’re reading this, you more or less understand the situation in Minnesota and I don’t have to explain it to you! That said, I do have a section of lo…

ARE YOU A NON-MINNESOTAN WHO WANTS IDEAS OF STUFF TO DO TO HELP MINNESOTA RESIST FASCIST TYRANNY? Have I got a blog post for you! With additional advice for how to get ready in case tyranny shows up at YOUR doorstep next!

naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...

21.01.2026 04:13 πŸ‘ 1465 πŸ” 1097 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 53
Yellow costumes and flag

Yellow costumes and flag

Shadow flag

Shadow flag

Crowds

Crowds

#nokings Wakefield MA

18.10.2025 15:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#nokings Wakefield MA

14.06.2025 16:10 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Green forest

Green forest

Green is good 🌱

10.06.2025 15:21 πŸ‘ 144 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Let’s talk for a moment about some of the more subtle ways that the press acts as a mouthpiece for law enforcement.

Actor Jonathan Joss was shot to death on Sunday. I don’t know what happened; I wasn’t there. But his husband said a homophobic neighbor shot him as part of an explicit hate crime.
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03.06.2025 22:16 πŸ‘ 5141 πŸ” 1718 πŸ’¬ 91 πŸ“Œ 121
Me wearing a t-shirt that says β€œGod loves you. No exceptions.” above a rainbow Episcopal shield.

Me wearing a t-shirt that says β€œGod loves you. No exceptions.” above a rainbow Episcopal shield.

β€˜Nuf said. NO exceptions.βš“οΈ

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OK, I’m told the feds released Mayor Barka rather than holding him over the weekend on the pretext they couldn’t get him before a judge. I am pleasantly surprised, through I suspect the decision was made on a lower level and that the people who made it may suffer.

10.05.2025 00:00 πŸ‘ 7747 πŸ” 1098 πŸ’¬ 170 πŸ“Œ 42

Intimidation.

That’s what it’s about.

Stage some shocking arrests of people with power.

Then let them go.

You’ve made your point:
The same thing could happen to anyone.

A few well-staged acts of violence are all it takes to intimidate people into compliance or silence.

10.05.2025 03:45 πŸ‘ 379 πŸ” 93 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2
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Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana The cases have renewed concerns that the Trump administration’s expedited deportations are violating the rights of both citizens and noncitizens.

This line is going to stick with me for a very long time.

β€œOne of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors…”

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25.04.2025 11:30 πŸ‘ 22551 πŸ” 7954 πŸ’¬ 782 πŸ“Œ 602
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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

25.04.2025 15:32 πŸ‘ 60150 πŸ” 20586 πŸ’¬ 593 πŸ“Œ 831
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22.04.2025 21:17 πŸ‘ 1173 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 5
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The message on the white rose leaflets may as well have been written today for what is happening in the United States
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30.03.2025 01:07 πŸ‘ 166 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4

They’re not going to get out of this by playing semantics.

Sending detailed information about an upcoming military strike on unclassified channels (and even to the wrong guy) is wrong, reckless, and obviously a threat to American troops.

26.03.2025 15:39 πŸ‘ 71751 πŸ” 15072 πŸ’¬ 2306 πŸ“Œ 561

We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.

11,000 people showed up.

Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.

21.03.2025 21:23 πŸ‘ 128474 πŸ” 25921 πŸ’¬ 3707 πŸ“Œ 1740
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The path of best resistance: "Faith-rooted messaging would help build broader political support" "We need a lot more courage and fortitude right now"

"The media can often reinforce the perception that the right speaks for all Christians when in reality, there are far more Christians who reject the right’s narrow and often toxic definition of the faith."

12.02.2025 13:46 πŸ‘ 113 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
Picture of β€œThe Green Book” written Victor H Green. Published to help black people travel safely from the 1930s through the 1960s.

Picture of β€œThe Green Book” written Victor H Green. Published to help black people travel safely from the 1930s through the 1960s.

🧡 Victor H. Green was a postal employee who, after moving to Harlem, New York, in the 1930’s, started compiling information on New York City establishments that safely served black travelers. In the introduction of the first 1936 edition, Green wrote, β€œThere will be a day sometime…..

01.02.2025 23:26 πŸ‘ 729 πŸ” 195 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 11
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Storms are blowing in tonight and the birds are watchful while finches are singing. The Red- bellied Woodpecker is not as focused as the maple tree branch frame, but wait for their exit. πŸͺΆπŸŒΏ

30.01.2025 23:35 πŸ‘ 88 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1
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#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

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Bumblebees have to learn how to get nectar from flowers. They will usually visit the same flowers every day as long as they keep finding nectar and pollen.
This is called flower or #pollinator constancy.

#bees
#bumblebees
#nature
😊🌍

31.01.2025 15:48 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Jef Bourgeau, American (1950- ), Blue Birch Woods at Murphy's Pond, 2024, print on coldpress watercolor paper, image: 18 x 18 in, sheet: 24 x 24 in

30.01.2025 21:17 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
30,000,045 to be exact!

30,000,045 to be exact!

30 Million users! Congrats, Bluesky!

29.01.2025 04:23 πŸ‘ 41218 πŸ” 2790 πŸ’¬ 443 πŸ“Œ 163

Congratulations to my friend Dr Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social for publishing his first book β€œPassport to the Kingdom Fungi”!

Hell of an accomplishment πŸ™Œ can’t wait for the release date!

29.01.2025 02:55 πŸ‘ 1931 πŸ” 90 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 1
A poster reading "Build a wall of resistanceβ€”don't talk to ICE" with a drawing showing a line of houses slamming their doors at the approach of a man who can be identified as a heartless and despicable mercenary by the letters "I.C.E." emblazoned on his jacket.

A poster reading "Build a wall of resistanceβ€”don't talk to ICE" with a drawing showing a line of houses slamming their doors at the approach of a man who can be identified as a heartless and despicable mercenary by the letters "I.C.E." emblazoned on his jacket.

I shall die, but that is all that I shall do for Death;
I am not on his payroll.

I will not tell him the whereabouts of my friends
nor of my enemies either.
I will not map him the route to any man’s door.
Am I a spy in the land of the living,
that I should deliver men to Death?

-St. Vincent Millay

28.01.2025 01:27 πŸ‘ 864 πŸ” 285 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4

Not to get all political on you but actually I do think you should be talking to people you know about this

28.01.2025 02:38 πŸ‘ 13694 πŸ” 1888 πŸ’¬ 446 πŸ“Œ 36

Just got off the phone with a medical provider who accepts Medicaid. Because they are shut out from the Medicaid portal, they might not be able to make payroll. They exclusively serve low-income Floridians.

28.01.2025 20:18 πŸ‘ 15956 πŸ” 4822 πŸ’¬ 642 πŸ“Œ 250

In his parting message @jimacosta.bsky.social said we should all post:

I will not give into the lies.
I will not give into the fear.

We understand the assignment, Jim. And fuck @cnn.com.

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