Shari-O
@brickmaker.bsky.social
Historian. Bats right, throws left. Baker and angler in a past life; taking suggestions for the next one.
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When the gales of November came early…50 years. RIP
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
When the gales of November came early…50 years. RIP
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"We are committing wanton criminal acts of assassination in the Caribbean [against] innocent people who haven't been found guilty of anything."
November 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"We are committing wanton criminal acts of assassination in the Caribbean [against] innocent people who haven't been found guilty of anything."
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Even if the House was fully functional, they're in session for an avg of 147 days and out for 218.
Under Speaker Johnson, Congress has been in session only 12 of the last 97 days, and he still won't swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.
These are the people who demand Work Requirements.😐
Under Speaker Johnson, Congress has been in session only 12 of the last 97 days, and he still won't swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.
These are the people who demand Work Requirements.😐
October 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Even if the House was fully functional, they're in session for an avg of 147 days and out for 218.
Under Speaker Johnson, Congress has been in session only 12 of the last 97 days, and he still won't swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.
These are the people who demand Work Requirements.😐
Under Speaker Johnson, Congress has been in session only 12 of the last 97 days, and he still won't swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.
These are the people who demand Work Requirements.😐
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The U.S. Constitution explicitly prohibits a third presidential term. We should be more concerned that this is openly being debated right now.
October 28, 2025 at 3:24 AM
The U.S. Constitution explicitly prohibits a third presidential term. We should be more concerned that this is openly being debated right now.
Major flight delays on AA on east coast/Charlotte. I got a voucher for a super sketchy hotel. AA would not give a voucher to the dude in line next to me because his flight was delayed due to lack of air traffic controllers, mine was due to weather. WTF AA
October 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Major flight delays on AA on east coast/Charlotte. I got a voucher for a super sketchy hotel. AA would not give a voucher to the dude in line next to me because his flight was delayed due to lack of air traffic controllers, mine was due to weather. WTF AA
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This guy sure takes a lot of cognitive tests and MRIs for someone whose doctors think he's doing great
October 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This guy sure takes a lot of cognitive tests and MRIs for someone whose doctors think he's doing great
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using a fat black sharpie to reroute the hurricane's path directly over the east wing ballroom
October 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
using a fat black sharpie to reroute the hurricane's path directly over the east wing ballroom
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It’s been over a month since Adelita Grijalva was elected to the House, but Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in — because Grijalva would be the decisive 218th signature to force a vote on releasing the Epstein Files. Take action with our social toolkit: app.sosha.ai/toolkit/adel...
October 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
It’s been over a month since Adelita Grijalva was elected to the House, but Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in — because Grijalva would be the decisive 218th signature to force a vote on releasing the Epstein Files. Take action with our social toolkit: app.sosha.ai/toolkit/adel...
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Holy shit. Midnight massacre at ICE.
October 28, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Holy shit. Midnight massacre at ICE.
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Let's deal with America's GUN PROBLEM.
October 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Let's deal with America's GUN PROBLEM.
After this term, there should be a Truth Commission set up with participation from international organizations to investigate human rights abuses being carried out by the current administration, along with recommendations for prosecution. Is this practical or possible?
October 27, 2025 at 3:57 AM
After this term, there should be a Truth Commission set up with participation from international organizations to investigate human rights abuses being carried out by the current administration, along with recommendations for prosecution. Is this practical or possible?
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Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.
October 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.
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Sad news. What a legend. RIP www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Sad news. What a legend. RIP www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
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The guy who ordered the hit on Jamal Khashoggi is the one paying for this comedy festival in Riyadh, so everlasting shame on any comic who takes this blood money. Remember MBS means "Murder wth Bone Saw."
September 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The guy who ordered the hit on Jamal Khashoggi is the one paying for this comedy festival in Riyadh, so everlasting shame on any comic who takes this blood money. Remember MBS means "Murder wth Bone Saw."
Rest in Power ✊🏼
Assata Shakur
Assata Shakur
September 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Rest in Power ✊🏼
Assata Shakur
Assata Shakur
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I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.
September 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.
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The concept of the corporate state was way underplayed in fascism studies for too long. The institutional union of the government, big business and the church to crush labor is the distinguishing feature of fascism.
Leavitt on TikTok: "Under the terms of this deal, TikTok will be owned by a majority of American investors and controlled by a board of directors with extensive national security and cybersecurity credentials. In partnership with the US govt, Oracle with serve as TikTok's trusted security provider."
September 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The concept of the corporate state was way underplayed in fascism studies for too long. The institutional union of the government, big business and the church to crush labor is the distinguishing feature of fascism.
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Rep. Summer Lee said the Epstein case “could be a bigger scandal than Watergate, involving billionaires & foreign govts.”
Lee made the original House motion to subpoena the estate, bringing release of a number of records. More documents were delivered yesterday.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Lee made the original House motion to subpoena the estate, bringing release of a number of records. More documents were delivered yesterday.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Anti-Trump Protests in UK, GOP Senator Pushes Back, Colbert’s Rallying Cry, and More Good News
Unless you’re Trump
open.substack.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Rep. Summer Lee said the Epstein case “could be a bigger scandal than Watergate, involving billionaires & foreign govts.”
Lee made the original House motion to subpoena the estate, bringing release of a number of records. More documents were delivered yesterday.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Lee made the original House motion to subpoena the estate, bringing release of a number of records. More documents were delivered yesterday.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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"I can abhor the violence that took your life, but I don't have to celebrate how you chose to live."
Pastor Howard-John Wesley
Pastor Howard-John Wesley
September 17, 2025 at 2:37 AM
"I can abhor the violence that took your life, but I don't have to celebrate how you chose to live."
Pastor Howard-John Wesley
Pastor Howard-John Wesley
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From historian & AAUP Academic Freedom Committee member Joan Scott:
“…the stakes we have in a democratic system of education are always under threat. For those of us who value it, the fight for its preservation is an urgent, if never-ending, challenge.”
#DefendHigherEd
“…the stakes we have in a democratic system of education are always under threat. For those of us who value it, the fight for its preservation is an urgent, if never-ending, challenge.”
#DefendHigherEd
September 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
From historian & AAUP Academic Freedom Committee member Joan Scott:
“…the stakes we have in a democratic system of education are always under threat. For those of us who value it, the fight for its preservation is an urgent, if never-ending, challenge.”
#DefendHigherEd
“…the stakes we have in a democratic system of education are always under threat. For those of us who value it, the fight for its preservation is an urgent, if never-ending, challenge.”
#DefendHigherEd
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Harvard can't use someone's race to decide if they are going to be a student, but ICE can use a student's race to decide if they are going to detain/incarcerate them.
According to the Supreme Court, race can only be a factor if you want hurt, not help, someone.
According to the Supreme Court, race can only be a factor if you want hurt, not help, someone.
September 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Harvard can't use someone's race to decide if they are going to be a student, but ICE can use a student's race to decide if they are going to detain/incarcerate them.
According to the Supreme Court, race can only be a factor if you want hurt, not help, someone.
According to the Supreme Court, race can only be a factor if you want hurt, not help, someone.
Today, after my best efforts and a year-long fight, my department voted to strike the word diversity from our curriculum. We weren’t pressured, there were no consequences for keeping it. Provost said we had public-facing documents with this language that needed to be deleted. Feeling alone, gutted.
September 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Today, after my best efforts and a year-long fight, my department voted to strike the word diversity from our curriculum. We weren’t pressured, there were no consequences for keeping it. Provost said we had public-facing documents with this language that needed to be deleted. Feeling alone, gutted.
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#OtD 3 Sep 1945 President Harry Truman approved and expanded Operation Paperclip, a secret plan to bring over 1500 Nazi scientists and war criminals to live in the US where they worked on the space program as well as biological and chemical weapons stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1025...
September 3, 2025 at 10:55 PM
#OtD 3 Sep 1945 President Harry Truman approved and expanded Operation Paperclip, a secret plan to bring over 1500 Nazi scientists and war criminals to live in the US where they worked on the space program as well as biological and chemical weapons stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1025...
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once again, when pressed on where trump gets the authority to take an action, vance’s argument is, essentially, that trump is sovereign
Q: On the Venezuela vessel strike, what legal authority were you guys working under?
JD VANCE: The legal authority is there are people who are bringing -- literal terrorists -- who are bringing deadly drugs into our country
JD VANCE: The legal authority is there are people who are bringing -- literal terrorists -- who are bringing deadly drugs into our country
September 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
once again, when pressed on where trump gets the authority to take an action, vance’s argument is, essentially, that trump is sovereign