Mr. Bear
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Making the lonely a little more bearable
“Because to confront Israel isn’t the sort of strength the liberal class lauds. To put your body on the line against a genocide backed by the west isn’t the sort of courage they applaud.” @natebear1.bsky.social www.donotpanic.news/p/the-libera...
The Liberal Abandonment Of Greta Thunberg
The Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has been detained by Israel and reportedly maltreated by her Israeli captors after she was kidnapped, along with hundreds of other activists, from Gaza’s territoria...
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October 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“Because to confront Israel isn’t the sort of strength the liberal class lauds. To put your body on the line against a genocide backed by the west isn’t the sort of courage they applaud.” @natebear1.bsky.social www.donotpanic.news/p/the-libera...
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I’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.
October 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.
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Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
September 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
“Our future depends on finding each other, on building something better together, overcoming the lure of passivity and consumption.” @jphillll.bsky.social
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On social media we now trade time for numbness
The casino, slop, and touching grass
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August 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
“Our future depends on finding each other, on building something better together, overcoming the lure of passivity and consumption.” @jphillll.bsky.social
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I love adding this one data point to economic charts. It works every time.
August 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
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During the pandemic, the US implemented the most effective social welfare policies in our history -- programs that worked because they were big enough, simple, and universal. And then we withdrew them. This remains imo the central economic-policy story of our times. davisvanguard.org/2025/05/3hou...
May 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
During the pandemic, the US implemented the most effective social welfare policies in our history -- programs that worked because they were big enough, simple, and universal. And then we withdrew them. This remains imo the central economic-policy story of our times. davisvanguard.org/2025/05/3hou...
“If I keep lilacs close, might the faeries see through this mask? Might they recognize the wild, untamed part in me, loosen my bindings, and set me free?” Kristi Marciano @orionmagazine.bsky.social
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Orion Magazine (@orionmagazine.bsky.social)
Inviting readers into a community of caring for the planet—justly, sustainably, and joyously. orionmagazine.org
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May 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“If I keep lilacs close, might the faeries see through this mask? Might they recognize the wild, untamed part in me, loosen my bindings, and set me free?” Kristi Marciano @orionmagazine.bsky.social
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Can someone please explain why journalists have stopped pointing out that the executive branch has no constitutional authority to end these programs?
JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave
The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
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April 1, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Can someone please explain why journalists have stopped pointing out that the executive branch has no constitutional authority to end these programs?
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March 31, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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A world without Trans people has never existed, and it never will. More than visibility, we need safety 🏳️⚧️
March 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
A world without Trans people has never existed, and it never will. More than visibility, we need safety 🏳️⚧️
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Ozturk is apparently being detained because she wrote an opinion essay. Fulbright is a program of the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. They have a duty to speak up for the rights and safety of international students participating in Fulbright exchanges in the US.
March 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Ozturk is apparently being detained because she wrote an opinion essay. Fulbright is a program of the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. They have a duty to speak up for the rights and safety of international students participating in Fulbright exchanges in the US.
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friends, please help the quoted post circulate, we need to flood Governor Healey’s office with calls today
MA residents, please join me in calling Governor Healey's office to demand action and a response to these brazen kidnappings carried out by ICE on the streets of our cities.
If you'd like a script, we've provided one - full copy in the alt text.
Her office's number is 617 725 4005.
Flood it!
If you'd like a script, we've provided one - full copy in the alt text.
Her office's number is 617 725 4005.
Flood it!
March 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
friends, please help the quoted post circulate, we need to flood Governor Healey’s office with calls today
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Her crime was writing an op/ed. Her visa was valid, but she wrote an op/ed
March 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Her crime was writing an op/ed. Her visa was valid, but she wrote an op/ed
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Another student kidnapped and disappeared by masked ICE agents for voicing an opinion.
Federal immigration authorities late Tuesday detained a Tufts PhD student who is a Turkish national, her attorney and community activists said.
Federal immigration authorities detain Tufts graduate student - The Boston Globe
In an email Tuesday night, Tufts University President Sunil Kumar said the school received reports that the student was taken into custody outside an off-campus apartment building in Somerville.
www.bostonglobe.com
March 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Another student kidnapped and disappeared by masked ICE agents for voicing an opinion.
“Because when you love something, you plan. Then, from the one in the denim vest and jean jacket: ‘I just thought he would live forever.’” @mossyair.bsky.social @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social
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Only Count In One | matchbook
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March 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
“Because when you love something, you plan. Then, from the one in the denim vest and jean jacket: ‘I just thought he would live forever.’” @mossyair.bsky.social @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social
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“One thing we all share: we begin and, inevitably, we cease.”
Lovely artwork by Angela Mihm @astrolabe.ooo
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Lovely artwork by Angela Mihm @astrolabe.ooo
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Choices & Connections - the Game of Life • artwork from Angela Mihm
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March 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
“One thing we all share: we begin and, inevitably, we cease.”
Lovely artwork by Angela Mihm @astrolabe.ooo
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Lovely artwork by Angela Mihm @astrolabe.ooo
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“Inside, we found: flakes, ridges, cliffs, dales, meat, oil, smell, sound.” Robin Steve @astrolabe.ooo
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interlude • fiction from Robin Steve
one out of season morning, we went out looking for a name. We did not know where names make their lairs, whether they favour rock, dirt, twigs, or wires.
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March 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
“Inside, we found: flakes, ridges, cliffs, dales, meat, oil, smell, sound.” Robin Steve @astrolabe.ooo
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“The whole sky was filled with squealing and feathers and what my brother called ‘a terrified love.’”
Jessica Richardson @astrolabe.ooo
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Jessica Richardson @astrolabe.ooo
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The Day of the Great Release • fiction from Jessica Richardson
Sometimes this terrified love swooped inches from your face, and you wondered if it would peck your eyes out. Who kept these birds? Why did they?
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March 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
“The whole sky was filled with squealing and feathers and what my brother called ‘a terrified love.’”
Jessica Richardson @astrolabe.ooo
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Jessica Richardson @astrolabe.ooo
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“On the other hand, raspberries do grow, I suppose, up in the air, to some extent—in comparison, at least, to the Erdbeeren sweetly ripening down there amongst the summer straw.” @l42r.bsky.social @astrolabe.ooo
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Skyberries • non-fiction from Geoffrey Wessel
If Erd can translate either “Earth” or “ground,” does German also have one single word for English “sky” and “Heaven”?
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March 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
“On the other hand, raspberries do grow, I suppose, up in the air, to some extent—in comparison, at least, to the Erdbeeren sweetly ripening down there amongst the summer straw.” @l42r.bsky.social @astrolabe.ooo
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“I am spraying him back, the little womanwoman, with knucklesknuckles and hairless fingers upon a purple trigger.”
Devan Murphy @astrolabe.ooo
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Devan Murphy @astrolabe.ooo
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Goatboy • fiction from Devan Murphy
We’re mooing and braying with laughter, moving in slo-mo, such fun. His little jeans, his striped t-shirt over his drumlike child’s tummy.
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March 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“I am spraying him back, the little womanwoman, with knucklesknuckles and hairless fingers upon a purple trigger.”
Devan Murphy @astrolabe.ooo
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Devan Murphy @astrolabe.ooo
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“Her clutter, too much. I’d be sifting through it soon. ‘Three months,’ she said.” @maryloubuchi.bsky.social @astrolabe.ooo
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I Threw the Warthog Away • non-fiction from Mary Lou Buschi
She found it in the trash next to a table covered with cards. “You are so mean,” she said.
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March 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
“Her clutter, too much. I’d be sifting through it soon. ‘Three months,’ she said.” @maryloubuchi.bsky.social @astrolabe.ooo
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Thrilled to be part of the @astrolabe.ooo universe with my piece “Self-hypnosis, or Dig Deep In There Until the Bottom of the Ocean of Your Childhood”
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Self-hypnosis, or Dig Deep In There Until the Bottom of the Ocean of Your Childhood • fiction from Georgia Bellas
I see her hands cup a grasshopper. I see her sweep with pine needle brooms. Can you smell the lilacs, purple and white?
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March 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Thrilled to be part of the @astrolabe.ooo universe with my piece “Self-hypnosis, or Dig Deep In There Until the Bottom of the Ocean of Your Childhood”
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Spring is here! The Stitches materialized today. Explore these worlds by @mrbearstumpy.bsky.social, @l42r.bsky.social, @maryloubuchi.bsky.social, Robin Steve, Jessica Richardson, Devan Murphy, and Angela Mihm.
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Astrolabe
A new literary magazine in the form of a dynamic universe.
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March 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Spring is here! The Stitches materialized today. Explore these worlds by @mrbearstumpy.bsky.social, @l42r.bsky.social, @maryloubuchi.bsky.social, Robin Steve, Jessica Richardson, Devan Murphy, and Angela Mihm.
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