bree
@bree777.bsky.social
Environmental scientist turned public servant. Florida gal. Gun toting leftist. Lover of books, music, art, and nature.
‘People only have as much liberty as they have the intelligence to want and the courage to take.’
‘People only have as much liberty as they have the intelligence to want and the courage to take.’
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"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 5:33 PM
"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...
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i think about this photo a lot
April 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
i think about this photo a lot
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Typical Trump voter, he can't understand why people won't empathize with him now that his family is suffering under the policies he voted for.
He sure didn't care about the mass deportations or the stripping of rights from women and LGBTQ people. He voted for OTHERS to suffer, not him. Now he mad.
He sure didn't care about the mass deportations or the stripping of rights from women and LGBTQ people. He voted for OTHERS to suffer, not him. Now he mad.
April 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Typical Trump voter, he can't understand why people won't empathize with him now that his family is suffering under the policies he voted for.
He sure didn't care about the mass deportations or the stripping of rights from women and LGBTQ people. He voted for OTHERS to suffer, not him. Now he mad.
He sure didn't care about the mass deportations or the stripping of rights from women and LGBTQ people. He voted for OTHERS to suffer, not him. Now he mad.
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we are living in fascism right now
April 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
we are living in fascism right now
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3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie).
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
CDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffs
The CDC rejected a request for help "due to the complete loss" of their lead poisoning experts.
www.cbsnews.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie).
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
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They are obviously slow learners
April 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
They are obviously slow learners
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yeah man, please make my 85 year
old great aunt prove her citizenship to vote in rural georgia, this definitely isn’t reminiscent of anything in the american past
old great aunt prove her citizenship to vote in rural georgia, this definitely isn’t reminiscent of anything in the american past
🧵 There are a lot of misleading claims out there about the SAVE Act. Let me set the record straight: I voted for the SAVE Act for the simple reason that American elections are for Americans. Requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote is common sense.
April 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
yeah man, please make my 85 year
old great aunt prove her citizenship to vote in rural georgia, this definitely isn’t reminiscent of anything in the american past
old great aunt prove her citizenship to vote in rural georgia, this definitely isn’t reminiscent of anything in the american past
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Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration.
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
April 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration.
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
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You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.
April 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.
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It always boggles my mind that I, a journalist, am expressly forbidden from trading stocks, but members of Congress, with vastly greater knowledge of market-moving news, are allowed to profit by front-running markets, and so may profit by in essence stealing from the public they represent.
April 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
It always boggles my mind that I, a journalist, am expressly forbidden from trading stocks, but members of Congress, with vastly greater knowledge of market-moving news, are allowed to profit by front-running markets, and so may profit by in essence stealing from the public they represent.
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Good morning.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
April 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Good morning.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
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🤦🏼 WHOOPS — An economist whose work Trump used to calculate the tariffs says they massively screwed up the math: “I would strongly prefer the policy be scrapped entirely, but barring that Trump should divide the results by FOUR.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...
April 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🤦🏼 WHOOPS — An economist whose work Trump used to calculate the tariffs says they massively screwed up the math: “I would strongly prefer the policy be scrapped entirely, but barring that Trump should divide the results by FOUR.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...
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Sending anyone from this country to a foreign gulag, particularly without a court hearing, should rightfully end a presidency. Full stop.
April 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Sending anyone from this country to a foreign gulag, particularly without a court hearing, should rightfully end a presidency. Full stop.
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Sotomayor is right. According to this Supreme Court, the US can now kidnap, detain, and fly legal immigrants and citizens to a foreign country's prison, even if it's a whoopsie.
America, people. Freedom and stuff.
America, people. Freedom and stuff.
April 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Sotomayor is right. According to this Supreme Court, the US can now kidnap, detain, and fly legal immigrants and citizens to a foreign country's prison, even if it's a whoopsie.
America, people. Freedom and stuff.
America, people. Freedom and stuff.
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Am I depressed because of what's happening or am I depressed because of the people who somehow didn't see it coming?
Both. It's both.
Both. It's both.
April 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Am I depressed because of what's happening or am I depressed because of the people who somehow didn't see it coming?
Both. It's both.
Both. It's both.
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“They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
~The Great Gatsby
~The Great Gatsby
April 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
~The Great Gatsby
~The Great Gatsby
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White House: we want reciprocal tariffs
Vietnam: fine, let’s do zero percent
White House: fuck you
Absolute clown car administration
Vietnam: fine, let’s do zero percent
White House: fuck you
Absolute clown car administration
April 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
White House: we want reciprocal tariffs
Vietnam: fine, let’s do zero percent
White House: fuck you
Absolute clown car administration
Vietnam: fine, let’s do zero percent
White House: fuck you
Absolute clown car administration
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BREAKING — The family abducted by ICE is returning home, per email from Sackets Harbor Superintendent:
April 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
BREAKING — The family abducted by ICE is returning home, per email from Sackets Harbor Superintendent:
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As bad as rest of the market is doing, Tesla is crashing twice as fast.
April 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
As bad as rest of the market is doing, Tesla is crashing twice as fast.
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the emperor’s favorite concubine fired one of his top internal security officers while rumors abound that the household eunuch has lost the emperors favor
April 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
the emperor’s favorite concubine fired one of his top internal security officers while rumors abound that the household eunuch has lost the emperors favor
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Wall Street bets discord is so goddamn funny right now
April 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Wall Street bets discord is so goddamn funny right now
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Ohh "America First" was a hit list
April 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Ohh "America First" was a hit list
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If our democracy dies, this is its epitaph
April 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
If our democracy dies, this is its epitaph