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Sixty-five years ago today, four first-graders desegregated New Orleans's public schools: Ruby Bridges at William Frantz Elementary School, and Leona Tate, Tessie Provost, and Gail Etienne at McDonogh 19 Elementary School. They faced violent mobs and threats to their lives. They were 6 years old. 🗃
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Sixty-five years ago today, four first-graders desegregated New Orleans's public schools: Ruby Bridges at William Frantz Elementary School, and Leona Tate, Tessie Provost, and Gail Etienne at McDonogh 19 Elementary School. They faced violent mobs and threats to their lives. They were 6 years old. 🗃
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Standing up to a tyrant - who is willing to impose pain as leverage to compel loyalty or acquiescence - is hard. You can convince yourself that yielding stops the pain and brings you back to "normal".
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Standing up to a tyrant - who is willing to impose pain as leverage to compel loyalty or acquiescence - is hard. You can convince yourself that yielding stops the pain and brings you back to "normal".
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
October 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
October 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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Rest in peace, Dr. Jane Goodall💚
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rest in peace, Dr. Jane Goodall💚
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"No right was deemed by the fathers of the government more sacred than the right of speech. It was in their eyes, as in the eyes of all thoughtful men, the great moral renovator of society and government."
― Frederick Douglass, activist and author
― Frederick Douglass, activist and author
September 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
"No right was deemed by the fathers of the government more sacred than the right of speech. It was in their eyes, as in the eyes of all thoughtful men, the great moral renovator of society and government."
― Frederick Douglass, activist and author
― Frederick Douglass, activist and author
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The idea of America that has captivated the world for centuries is of a democracy by the people, of the people, and for the people. Let's keep marching to realize it.
August 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The idea of America that has captivated the world for centuries is of a democracy by the people, of the people, and for the people. Let's keep marching to realize it.
@tntsportsus.bsky.social Less desk talk, more tennis! There are scores of compelling matches happening at Roland Garros. SHOW THE TENNIS.
May 31, 2025 at 12:18 PM
@tntsportsus.bsky.social Less desk talk, more tennis! There are scores of compelling matches happening at Roland Garros. SHOW THE TENNIS.
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The newspaper that gave the world Roger Ebert & published his Pulitzer-winning film criticism for five & a half decades can't be bothered to pay a human freelancer some tiny pittance to compile a summer reading list, so they outsourced it to the free lie generator. I have no joke. This is just sad.
This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
May 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The newspaper that gave the world Roger Ebert & published his Pulitzer-winning film criticism for five & a half decades can't be bothered to pay a human freelancer some tiny pittance to compile a summer reading list, so they outsourced it to the free lie generator. I have no joke. This is just sad.
@theguardian.com FYI your "scroll for more" ads often don't scroll, meaning I can't read past the little bit before it fills my screen. I'm not going to click your links any more. It's a waste of my time.
May 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
@theguardian.com FYI your "scroll for more" ads often don't scroll, meaning I can't read past the little bit before it fills my screen. I'm not going to click your links any more. It's a waste of my time.
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"The unjust distribution of goods persists, creating a situation of social sin that cries out to Heaven and limits the possibilities of a fuller life for so many of our brothers."
- Cardinal Bergoglio,
aka Pope Francis,
2007.
- Cardinal Bergoglio,
aka Pope Francis,
2007.
April 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"The unjust distribution of goods persists, creating a situation of social sin that cries out to Heaven and limits the possibilities of a fuller life for so many of our brothers."
- Cardinal Bergoglio,
aka Pope Francis,
2007.
- Cardinal Bergoglio,
aka Pope Francis,
2007.
April 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Slava Ukraini.
That's it. That's the post.
Today, tomorrow, forever, Slava Ukraini.
No matter what happens in the White House.
Slava Ukraini.
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Slava Ukraini.
That's it. That's the post.
Today, tomorrow, forever, Slava Ukraini.
No matter what happens in the White House.
Slava Ukraini.
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February 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Slava Ukraini.
That's it. That's the post.
Today, tomorrow, forever, Slava Ukraini.
No matter what happens in the White House.
Slava Ukraini.
🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦
Slava Ukraini.
That's it. That's the post.
Today, tomorrow, forever, Slava Ukraini.
No matter what happens in the White House.
Slava Ukraini.
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Every word of this.
We know they're losers. THEY know they're losers. We must never stop reminding them of what losers they are. It's all we have against their billions. L-O-S-E-R-S.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We know they're losers. THEY know they're losers. We must never stop reminding them of what losers they are. It's all we have against their billions. L-O-S-E-R-S.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers | Rebecca Shaw
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s desperation to be cool as they suck up to Donald Trump is so cringe it makes my skin crawl
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Every word of this.
We know they're losers. THEY know they're losers. We must never stop reminding them of what losers they are. It's all we have against their billions. L-O-S-E-R-S.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We know they're losers. THEY know they're losers. We must never stop reminding them of what losers they are. It's all we have against their billions. L-O-S-E-R-S.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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RIP Jimmy Carter.
December 29, 2024 at 10:04 PM
RIP Jimmy Carter.
Thank you for your impeccable life of service, President Carter.
#JimmyCarter #ThankYouJimmyCarter
(And for leaving us while a decent man is still president so you will get the honors you so richly deserve.)
#JimmyCarter #ThankYouJimmyCarter
(And for leaving us while a decent man is still president so you will get the honors you so richly deserve.)
December 30, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Thank you for your impeccable life of service, President Carter.
#JimmyCarter #ThankYouJimmyCarter
(And for leaving us while a decent man is still president so you will get the honors you so richly deserve.)
#JimmyCarter #ThankYouJimmyCarter
(And for leaving us while a decent man is still president so you will get the honors you so richly deserve.)