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Lifelong creative kid. Oil Painting, Printmaking, Gardening, Woodworking, Music, and other Tinkerings.
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No AI, no NFT.
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No AI, no NFT.
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Silence is complicity. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/on-palestine
On Palestine
My articles on the Gaza genocide.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
August 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Silence is complicity. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/on-palestine
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NEW ARTICLE! On the dangers of AI: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/soul-strip...
Soul Stripping
Against AI, again.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
August 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
NEW ARTICLE! On the dangers of AI: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/soul-strip...
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Re-upping this from November. Some of us have consistently tried to warn about what was to come. Many of us were treated as hysterical.
August 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Re-upping this from November. Some of us have consistently tried to warn about what was to come. Many of us were treated as hysterical.
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“Just leave the country” is not a solution to fascism.
A large number of people can’t even leave their city or state
They’re trapped in legislative poverty. They’re disabled. They have families they can’t uproot or leave behind
The reasons are endless, but make no mistake, leaving is a privilege
A large number of people can’t even leave their city or state
They’re trapped in legislative poverty. They’re disabled. They have families they can’t uproot or leave behind
The reasons are endless, but make no mistake, leaving is a privilege
July 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
“Just leave the country” is not a solution to fascism.
A large number of people can’t even leave their city or state
They’re trapped in legislative poverty. They’re disabled. They have families they can’t uproot or leave behind
The reasons are endless, but make no mistake, leaving is a privilege
A large number of people can’t even leave their city or state
They’re trapped in legislative poverty. They’re disabled. They have families they can’t uproot or leave behind
The reasons are endless, but make no mistake, leaving is a privilege
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The week has been chaotic, but there's been A LOT of good news this week, especially in politics. A thread/
April 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The week has been chaotic, but there's been A LOT of good news this week, especially in politics. A thread/
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Longest Senate filibusters ever:
Strom Thurmond - opposing voting rights for black people
Ted Cruz - opposing health care for poor people
Cory Booker - opposing fascism
#filibuster
Strom Thurmond - opposing voting rights for black people
Ted Cruz - opposing health care for poor people
Cory Booker - opposing fascism
#filibuster
April 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Longest Senate filibusters ever:
Strom Thurmond - opposing voting rights for black people
Ted Cruz - opposing health care for poor people
Cory Booker - opposing fascism
#filibuster
Strom Thurmond - opposing voting rights for black people
Ted Cruz - opposing health care for poor people
Cory Booker - opposing fascism
#filibuster
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Cory Booker has just broken Strom Thurmond's record for longest Senate filibuster ever, which stood for 68 years.
Thurmond set it objecting to the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Booker set it arguing against authoritarianism.
May Strom's name be forgotten and his memory erased.
Thurmond set it objecting to the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Booker set it arguing against authoritarianism.
May Strom's name be forgotten and his memory erased.
April 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Cory Booker has just broken Strom Thurmond's record for longest Senate filibuster ever, which stood for 68 years.
Thurmond set it objecting to the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Booker set it arguing against authoritarianism.
May Strom's name be forgotten and his memory erased.
Thurmond set it objecting to the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Booker set it arguing against authoritarianism.
May Strom's name be forgotten and his memory erased.
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Call Corey Booker’s office and thank him for standing up for Democratic principles! The Congressional Switchboard is (202) 224-3121. Ask for Corey Booker!
April 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Call Corey Booker’s office and thank him for standing up for Democratic principles! The Congressional Switchboard is (202) 224-3121. Ask for Corey Booker!
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Shout out to Jeffrey Goldberg for reporting on this now instead of waiting two years to put it in a book.
March 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Shout out to Jeffrey Goldberg for reporting on this now instead of waiting two years to put it in a book.
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I appreciate that Jeffrey Goldberg did not sit on this news for a book that he writes two years from now
March 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I appreciate that Jeffrey Goldberg did not sit on this news for a book that he writes two years from now
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America’s foremost expert on not being up to the task has weighed in!
These people are clearly not up for the job.
American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social. theatln.tc/AmsjsuT6
March 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
America’s foremost expert on not being up to the task has weighed in!
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BINGO.
There is no Captain America. There is only.... America. Get in community.
There is no Captain America. There is only.... America. Get in community.
The ongoing demand for a single voice despite all organizing advice to the contrary is going to end the way these things always do. The charismatic leader of a resistance movement is killed. It's only movie magic that gives them happily ever after
March 24, 2025 at 2:04 AM
BINGO.
There is no Captain America. There is only.... America. Get in community.
There is no Captain America. There is only.... America. Get in community.
One of THE BEST podcasts. Period.
Amazing content, outstanding production, and overall a creative, academic feat to the highest degree!
Amazing content, outstanding production, and overall a creative, academic feat to the highest degree!
This is the first post Literature and History (literatureandhistory.com) has made on Bluesky, to a total of zero followers! I'm sure it has a glorious future! 🤣
Literary History, from Ancient Times to the Present
Discover a literature podcast that takes you on a journey through literary history, with summaries, historical analyses, and original music.
literatureandhistory.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
One of THE BEST podcasts. Period.
Amazing content, outstanding production, and overall a creative, academic feat to the highest degree!
Amazing content, outstanding production, and overall a creative, academic feat to the highest degree!
One of THE BEST podcasts. Period.
Amazing content and outstanding production! Basically, a creative, academic feat to the highest degree!
Amazing content and outstanding production! Basically, a creative, academic feat to the highest degree!
This is the first post Literature and History (literatureandhistory.com) has made on Bluesky, to a total of zero followers! I'm sure it has a glorious future! 🤣
Literary History, from Ancient Times to the Present
Discover a literature podcast that takes you on a journey through literary history, with summaries, historical analyses, and original music.
literatureandhistory.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
One of THE BEST podcasts. Period.
Amazing content and outstanding production! Basically, a creative, academic feat to the highest degree!
Amazing content and outstanding production! Basically, a creative, academic feat to the highest degree!
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Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
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🚨 Trump and Musk want to fire federal workers, gut public services, and hand our government to billionaires. We’re not letting that happen.
📢 Join us this Thursday at 8PM ET for a mass call to hear how we fight back—together.
📢 Join us this Thursday at 8PM ET for a mass call to hear how we fight back—together.
March 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
🚨 Trump and Musk want to fire federal workers, gut public services, and hand our government to billionaires. We’re not letting that happen.
📢 Join us this Thursday at 8PM ET for a mass call to hear how we fight back—together.
📢 Join us this Thursday at 8PM ET for a mass call to hear how we fight back—together.
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Americans are about to make it very clear who’s country this is and it sure as shit is not Trump or musks.
It’s ours.
It’s ours.
I just don’t think bumper stickers are going to cut it any more www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...
Massachusetts Tesla charging stations intentionally set on fire, investigators believe
The Massachusetts State Fire Marshal's office says a fire at a bank of Tesla charging stations is believed to have been intentionally set and is being investigated as suspicious.
www.cbsnews.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Americans are about to make it very clear who’s country this is and it sure as shit is not Trump or musks.
It’s ours.
It’s ours.
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(🧵) How Elon Musk betrayed America: a thread from a Musk biographer and former federal criminal investigator.
Please share widely, here and elsewhere. This will be long.
Author bio: www.sethabramson.net/bio
Latest book: sethabramson.substack.com/p/proof-of-d...
Please share widely, here and elsewhere. This will be long.
Author bio: www.sethabramson.net/bio
Latest book: sethabramson.substack.com/p/proof-of-d...
March 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
(🧵) How Elon Musk betrayed America: a thread from a Musk biographer and former federal criminal investigator.
Please share widely, here and elsewhere. This will be long.
Author bio: www.sethabramson.net/bio
Latest book: sethabramson.substack.com/p/proof-of-d...
Please share widely, here and elsewhere. This will be long.
Author bio: www.sethabramson.net/bio
Latest book: sethabramson.substack.com/p/proof-of-d...
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Diversity in ways
to overthrow the system,
Equity in opportunities
for everyone to overthrow it,
Inclusion of everyone
in the dismantling,
and Access to liberation for all.
to overthrow the system,
Equity in opportunities
for everyone to overthrow it,
Inclusion of everyone
in the dismantling,
and Access to liberation for all.
March 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Diversity in ways
to overthrow the system,
Equity in opportunities
for everyone to overthrow it,
Inclusion of everyone
in the dismantling,
and Access to liberation for all.
to overthrow the system,
Equity in opportunities
for everyone to overthrow it,
Inclusion of everyone
in the dismantling,
and Access to liberation for all.
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Several good things are happening according r/fednews so I am going to drop them here. If federal workers are fighting back, how much more us?
A thread/
A thread/
February 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Several good things are happening according r/fednews so I am going to drop them here. If federal workers are fighting back, how much more us?
A thread/
A thread/
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7/ A government that refuses to act isn’t just failing—it’s surrendering.
A country that won’t rule itself has already chosen to be ruled.
Read the full column here: aridrennen.substack.com/p/the-suprem...
A country that won’t rule itself has already chosen to be ruled.
Read the full column here: aridrennen.substack.com/p/the-suprem...
The Supreme Court Accidentally Made the Case for Taxing Billionaires Out of Existence
A state that values its continued existence must take steps to ensure that no single individual accumulates the power to dismantle it
aridrennen.substack.com
February 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
7/ A government that refuses to act isn’t just failing—it’s surrendering.
A country that won’t rule itself has already chosen to be ruled.
Read the full column here: aridrennen.substack.com/p/the-suprem...
A country that won’t rule itself has already chosen to be ruled.
Read the full column here: aridrennen.substack.com/p/the-suprem...
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Hey Democrats, here’s a 10 point plan that you can adopt and add onto with more depth and it will get you much further than the bullshit you’re DNC chairs is trying to push.
1: Immediate arrest and seizure of all assets for those involved with the doge coup at any level
1: Immediate arrest and seizure of all assets for those involved with the doge coup at any level
February 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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I am annoyingly, fatally optimistic about our futures. It's not that I don't know HOW bad things are or that I'm in a position of privilege to where I'm not impacted. It's not that I'm not afraid or angry or that I don't hurt.
It's that I'm too observant and I see everything, the good and the bad.
It's that I'm too observant and I see everything, the good and the bad.
February 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I am annoyingly, fatally optimistic about our futures. It's not that I don't know HOW bad things are or that I'm in a position of privilege to where I'm not impacted. It's not that I'm not afraid or angry or that I don't hurt.
It's that I'm too observant and I see everything, the good and the bad.
It's that I'm too observant and I see everything, the good and the bad.
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MORE INCREDIBLY RUDE EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE FRANKLY UNHINGED BEHAVIOR
February 6, 2025 at 1:34 AM
MORE INCREDIBLY RUDE EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE FRANKLY UNHINGED BEHAVIOR