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Generic anxious millennial | Thomas Paine fan girl | Wife, dog mom, and weird aunt | 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🌈 Supporter |Professional chaos gremlin
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A man tried to make a statement by burning 100 library books — the community responded by donating over 1,000 more.
Book burners always lose in the long run.
Reason, facts, and free thought can't be silenced.
www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-n...
Book burners always lose in the long run.
Reason, facts, and free thought can't be silenced.
www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-n...
Man burns 100 library books; residents donate 1,000 more to local libraries
In Beachwood, the community is rallying together after a man reportedly burned 100 books from the local library — and filmed himself doing it.
www.news5cleveland.com
May 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
A man tried to make a statement by burning 100 library books — the community responded by donating over 1,000 more.
Book burners always lose in the long run.
Reason, facts, and free thought can't be silenced.
www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-n...
Book burners always lose in the long run.
Reason, facts, and free thought can't be silenced.
www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-n...
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Stonewall riots: No one can erase the truth that trans women kickstarted the LGBTQ+ rights movement
Trans women kickstarted the LGBTQ+ rights movement - Trump can't erase the truth
Trump has removed references to trans people from the Stonewall National Monument website; but his administration can't erase the facts.
www.thepinknews.com
May 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Stonewall riots: No one can erase the truth that trans women kickstarted the LGBTQ+ rights movement
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Another day of reminding everyone of Carl Sagan’s eerily accurate warning about the dangers of not being able to ask skeptical scientific questions to those in power or authority.
May 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Another day of reminding everyone of Carl Sagan’s eerily accurate warning about the dangers of not being able to ask skeptical scientific questions to those in power or authority.
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An anniversary worth marking.
I'm sure we're going to see the very people who have trashed its legacy seek to appropriate WW2 today - so let's remember what was really fought for: peace, a more united Europe, a land fit for heroes (mark 2) and the defeat of fascism.
I'm sure we're going to see the very people who have trashed its legacy seek to appropriate WW2 today - so let's remember what was really fought for: peace, a more united Europe, a land fit for heroes (mark 2) and the defeat of fascism.
May 8, 2025 at 6:44 AM
An anniversary worth marking.
I'm sure we're going to see the very people who have trashed its legacy seek to appropriate WW2 today - so let's remember what was really fought for: peace, a more united Europe, a land fit for heroes (mark 2) and the defeat of fascism.
I'm sure we're going to see the very people who have trashed its legacy seek to appropriate WW2 today - so let's remember what was really fought for: peace, a more united Europe, a land fit for heroes (mark 2) and the defeat of fascism.
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This is from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson aired on May 20th, 1977.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
April 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This is from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson aired on May 20th, 1977.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
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The Justice Department quietly invoked the Alien Enemies Act last month, granting Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents the power to conduct warrantless searches of people’s homes based solely on suspicion that they are “alien enemies.”
April 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The Justice Department quietly invoked the Alien Enemies Act last month, granting Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents the power to conduct warrantless searches of people’s homes based solely on suspicion that they are “alien enemies.”
This lady had guts. We can learn something from her bravery. May she rest easy.
Virginia Giuffre, who was the first of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims to go public — accusing Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell of recruiting her to join their sex trafficking ring — and who sued Prince Andrew for sexual assault, died on Friday. She was 41.
Virginia Giuffre, Voice in Epstein Sex-Trafficking Scandal, Dies at 41
She accused Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, of recruiting her to join their sex-trafficking ring and sued Prince Andrew for sexual assault.
www.nytimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This lady had guts. We can learn something from her bravery. May she rest easy.
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A very necessary read for these times. Kind of freaked out, but remembering lesson 18... "Be calm when the unthinkable arrives." I took notes 🫠
#timothysnyder #ontyranny
#timothysnyder #ontyranny
April 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
A very necessary read for these times. Kind of freaked out, but remembering lesson 18... "Be calm when the unthinkable arrives." I took notes 🫠
#timothysnyder #ontyranny
#timothysnyder #ontyranny
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Trump administration opens half of National Forests to logging. An emergency order lifts protections on over half of U.S. Forest Service lands as the Trump pushes to increase timber production.
April 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Trump administration opens half of National Forests to logging. An emergency order lifts protections on over half of U.S. Forest Service lands as the Trump pushes to increase timber production.
My current read.
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
April 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My current read.
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Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
April 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
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I spoke to an expert in authoritarianism, who explained to me that things like this are extremely meaningful and they help protect democracy, even if there’s not a straight line between this and actual legislating
Senator Cory Booker concludes his record-breaking Senate Floor speech after 25 hours
Massive applause for Booker
Massive applause for Booker
April 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I spoke to an expert in authoritarianism, who explained to me that things like this are extremely meaningful and they help protect democracy, even if there’s not a straight line between this and actual legislating
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Agencies informed staffers they were preparing to cut their workforces by up to half, then followed up with letters offering voluntary separation incentives. The move aimed at scaring employees into accepting the offer.
April 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Agencies informed staffers they were preparing to cut their workforces by up to half, then followed up with letters offering voluntary separation incentives. The move aimed at scaring employees into accepting the offer.
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I refer to growing up in the acid rain/ quicksand/impending nuclear conflict era as being "classically trained" in generalized anxiety
April 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I refer to growing up in the acid rain/ quicksand/impending nuclear conflict era as being "classically trained" in generalized anxiety
"Only the untaught layman or the charlatan lawyer can answer that procedures matter not."
If you're looking for an explainer on why due process matters to share with friends and family members who might ... need convincing, I've removed the (partial) paywall from my March 19 post for "One First" on the topic:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-133-...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-133-...
Bonus 133: Due Process and the Rule of Law
Too many Americans don't understand, at a basic level, *why* the Constitution requires due process when the government deprives anyone of their life, liberty, or property.
www.stevevladeck.com
March 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"Only the untaught layman or the charlatan lawyer can answer that procedures matter not."
Donation page is very easy to use 👍🏻 If you can, help keep US history alive and in the public eye. This cannot to erased.
#nationalmuseumofafricanamericanhistoryandculture
@srmilesauthor.bsky.social Thank you for sharing.
#nationalmuseumofafricanamericanhistoryandculture
@srmilesauthor.bsky.social Thank you for sharing.
You can become a member of the National African American History and Culture Museum.
support.si.edu/site/Donatio...
support.si.edu/site/Donatio...
March 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Donation page is very easy to use 👍🏻 If you can, help keep US history alive and in the public eye. This cannot to erased.
#nationalmuseumofafricanamericanhistoryandculture
@srmilesauthor.bsky.social Thank you for sharing.
#nationalmuseumofafricanamericanhistoryandculture
@srmilesauthor.bsky.social Thank you for sharing.
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I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
March 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
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Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”
www.washingtonpost.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
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It's always a good day to remember that literally every Confederate general was literally a traitor.
March 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It's always a good day to remember that literally every Confederate general was literally a traitor.
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White Lotus star Jason Isaacs speaking to The Newsagents,
"People get very annoyed when actors speak out about politics"
"My retort, there's a reality star in the While House"
"People get very annoyed when actors speak out about politics"
"My retort, there's a reality star in the While House"
March 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
White Lotus star Jason Isaacs speaking to The Newsagents,
"People get very annoyed when actors speak out about politics"
"My retort, there's a reality star in the While House"
"People get very annoyed when actors speak out about politics"
"My retort, there's a reality star in the While House"