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Rob Ross
@robrross.bsky.social
English teacher from California. Choosing to live with hope for the future.
Keep spreading this. We have some moral clarity to rally around.
WOW! You've got to watch all of this.

A priest just confronted Trump's fascism to his face. She's so incredibly brave.
January 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I’m all in for this. Perhaps this will end up being the start of a silver lining in the devolution of our media landscape.
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January 13, 2025 at 9:33 PM
So cheesy. :/
January 6, 2025 at 3:21 AM
We can win it back.
“Count me among the pro-democracy, pro-American advocates who will not be exhausted or motivated by cynical defeatism. I hope you feel the same.”

www.americaamerica.news/p/remaining-...
Remaining Resolute
Revisiting the day after the election to reassert the need for a motivated opposition
www.americaamerica.news
December 27, 2024 at 10:00 PM
I’m going to live forever.
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · Dec 5
Eating at least five tiny servings of dark chocolate each week may lower the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 21%, according to a new observational study. In fact, as dark chocolate consumption increased from none to five servings, so did the benefits, the study found.
Dark chocolate linked to lower risk of type 2 diabetes, study says | CNN
A small quantity of dark chocolate was better than milk chocolate for insulin control and type 2 diabetes prevention, according to a new study.
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2024 at 5:49 AM
Reposted by Rob Ross
Pete Hegseth was forced to step down from both of the nonprofit advocacy groups that he ran in the face of serious allegations of financial mismanagement, sexual impropriety, and personal misconduct, @janemayer.bsky.social reports.
Pete Hegseth’s Secret History
A whistle-blower report and other documents suggest that Trump’s nominee to run the Pentagon was forced out of previous leadership positions for financial mismanagement, sexist behavior, and being rep...
www.newyorker.com
December 2, 2024 at 4:28 AM
Yosemite 11/27/24. Fall in relief.
November 28, 2024 at 1:59 AM
This is like a self-sanction. Even if you believed it would “work,” there is no world in which doing this all at once would not unleash massive inflation and chaos in supply chains.
November 26, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Reflecting on hope and resilience the last few weeks. Camus resisted and survived the Nazi invasion. I will not let them take my life and my joy.
November 25, 2024 at 10:56 PM