Sense & Synthesis
@sensynthesis.bsky.social
Liberal Texan. Appalled American. Pro-democracy mom, strategist, nerd, advocate, accidental science communicator.
No Kings. Good must prevail. 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 Public health is a group project. We’re all vulnerable to disability. Ish shouldn’t be this hard.
No Kings. Good must prevail. 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 Public health is a group project. We’re all vulnerable to disability. Ish shouldn’t be this hard.
Pinned
It’s just wild to me that there has never been an easier time in history to be human and a few groups of lunatics are determined to undo that.
What he says.
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They didn’t march for order, they marched for justice. I wrote about Bloody Sunday, #MLK’s real legacy, and how today’s language, carefully stripped of democracy, prepares us to accept state violence again. #uspolitics #authoritarianism #civilliberties
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
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A Barometer, Not a Tribute
What a rural lawmaker’s MLK Day email reveals about power, protest, and state violence
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January 20, 2026 at 4:25 AM
They didn’t march for order, they marched for justice. I wrote about Bloody Sunday, #MLK’s real legacy, and how today’s language, carefully stripped of democracy, prepares us to accept state violence again. #uspolitics #authoritarianism #civilliberties
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
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I am not exaggerating when I say ICE functions as a terrorist organization in the Twin Cities. The goal seems to be to harass and frighten people (the ones who are lucky enough to not be abducted, at least) and it's deeply unsettling when you learn they're in your neighborhood.
January 20, 2026 at 5:07 AM
I am not exaggerating when I say ICE functions as a terrorist organization in the Twin Cities. The goal seems to be to harass and frighten people (the ones who are lucky enough to not be abducted, at least) and it's deeply unsettling when you learn they're in your neighborhood.
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Stephen Miller is basically High School Debate Guy who has been handed all the powers of the U.S. presidency
Please feel free to explain High School Debate Guy for those who may not know
Please feel free to explain High School Debate Guy for those who may not know
January 20, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Stephen Miller is basically High School Debate Guy who has been handed all the powers of the U.S. presidency
Please feel free to explain High School Debate Guy for those who may not know
Please feel free to explain High School Debate Guy for those who may not know
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If the report that Ukraine provided fake military coordinates to the U.S. that was then messaged to Russia, why isn’t this the latest top story of Russia-FOTUS collusion? Blatant and disgraceful…
January 18, 2026 at 11:41 PM
If the report that Ukraine provided fake military coordinates to the U.S. that was then messaged to Russia, why isn’t this the latest top story of Russia-FOTUS collusion? Blatant and disgraceful…
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Ellison: This is the essence of dictatorship. It’s the essence of it. And we’ve got to get over the idea that this couldn’t happen here. Not only could it happen here—it’s happening here.
January 19, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Ellison: This is the essence of dictatorship. It’s the essence of it. And we’ve got to get over the idea that this couldn’t happen here. Not only could it happen here—it’s happening here.
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This chart by @nathanielbullard.com is one reason data centers are driving up our electricity prices. Tech companies usually build data centers close to cities, where accommodating their GW-scale power demand entails costly reinforcement of wires or transformers. Utilities pass those costs on to us.
January 19, 2026 at 4:41 PM
This chart by @nathanielbullard.com is one reason data centers are driving up our electricity prices. Tech companies usually build data centers close to cities, where accommodating their GW-scale power demand entails costly reinforcement of wires or transformers. Utilities pass those costs on to us.
Current U.S. Foreign Policy in a Nutshell
Danish parliamentarian Rasmus Jarlov speaking to MS NOW on Stephen Miller comments regarding Greenland: "I hope he’s kept away from young women, because that’s the mentality of a rapist. You can’t defend yourself, so I’m going to take you. That’s basically what he’s saying."
January 19, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Current U.S. Foreign Policy in a Nutshell
I feel like the first part demands some critique, but the conclusion remains.
January 19, 2026 at 9:08 PM
I feel like the first part demands some critique, but the conclusion remains.
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January 19, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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Minnesota is the center of our nation's heartbreak — but they are also the center of our nation's courage. Every one of us needs to dig deeper and match their energy.
January 16, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Minnesota is the center of our nation's heartbreak — but they are also the center of our nation's courage. Every one of us needs to dig deeper and match their energy.
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There are people who could stop this if they wanted to stop this craziness. There are constitutional ways to address a president who is running amuck. Those who could get him out of office don't seem to choose that. This is what keeps me awake nights.
There is no calvary expected.
There is no calvary expected.
January 19, 2026 at 11:53 AM
There are people who could stop this if they wanted to stop this craziness. There are constitutional ways to address a president who is running amuck. Those who could get him out of office don't seem to choose that. This is what keeps me awake nights.
There is no calvary expected.
There is no calvary expected.
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That’s grotesque @elliottpayne.org
There’s an opportunity to use our 🇺🇸 as a protective cloak.
Suggest advising (and providing) witnesses and protestors to bring American flags with them.
Would also be a challenge MAGA ICE CBP to assault our flag.
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There’s an opportunity to use our 🇺🇸 as a protective cloak.
Suggest advising (and providing) witnesses and protestors to bring American flags with them.
Would also be a challenge MAGA ICE CBP to assault our flag.
bsky.app/profile/star...
January 19, 2026 at 4:09 PM
That’s grotesque @elliottpayne.org
There’s an opportunity to use our 🇺🇸 as a protective cloak.
Suggest advising (and providing) witnesses and protestors to bring American flags with them.
Would also be a challenge MAGA ICE CBP to assault our flag.
bsky.app/profile/star...
There’s an opportunity to use our 🇺🇸 as a protective cloak.
Suggest advising (and providing) witnesses and protestors to bring American flags with them.
Would also be a challenge MAGA ICE CBP to assault our flag.
bsky.app/profile/star...
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Trump managed to fast-forward between the imperial peak in the 2nd century and the 5th century collapse within less than a decade.
And with zero reasons to do it.
Truly legendary level of hegemonic suicide.
And with zero reasons to do it.
Truly legendary level of hegemonic suicide.
January 19, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Trump managed to fast-forward between the imperial peak in the 2nd century and the 5th century collapse within less than a decade.
And with zero reasons to do it.
Truly legendary level of hegemonic suicide.
And with zero reasons to do it.
Truly legendary level of hegemonic suicide.
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Global empire of total dominance through soft power. Economic systems, culture, international affairs, resource extraction, all of it. Fumbled and thrown away by people because they were too bored and racist
January 19, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Global empire of total dominance through soft power. Economic systems, culture, international affairs, resource extraction, all of it. Fumbled and thrown away by people because they were too bored and racist
“Hegemonic suicide” —@chrononaut.bsky.social
every single goddam crisis happening right now is self imposed
January 19, 2026 at 6:33 PM
“Hegemonic suicide” —@chrononaut.bsky.social
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3K billionaires control $18.3 trillion, and this concentration of wealth is reshaping democracy itself. Billionaire money changes who gets heard, who decides, and who gets left behind.
Read the evidence: www.oxfam.org/en/resisting... #RuleOfTheRich #FightInequality #TaxTheSuperRich
Read the evidence: www.oxfam.org/en/resisting... #RuleOfTheRich #FightInequality #TaxTheSuperRich
January 19, 2026 at 12:02 AM
3K billionaires control $18.3 trillion, and this concentration of wealth is reshaping democracy itself. Billionaire money changes who gets heard, who decides, and who gets left behind.
Read the evidence: www.oxfam.org/en/resisting... #RuleOfTheRich #FightInequality #TaxTheSuperRich
Read the evidence: www.oxfam.org/en/resisting... #RuleOfTheRich #FightInequality #TaxTheSuperRich
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MLK Jr: "The moral arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice." “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”
January 19, 2026 at 6:20 PM
MLK Jr: "The moral arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice." “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”
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Every goddamn word of this ⬇️
"Economic inequality is at the heart of all humanity’s major problems, but the wealthiest refuse to confront a system that benefits them."
www.theguardian.com/global/2026/...
"Economic inequality is at the heart of all humanity’s major problems, but the wealthiest refuse to confront a system that benefits them."
www.theguardian.com/global/2026/...
In Davos, the rich talk about ‘global threats’. Here’s why they’re silent about the biggest of them all | Ingrid Robeyns
Economic inequality is at the heart of all humanity’s major problems, but the wealthiest refuse to confront a system that benefits them, says economist and historian Ingrid Robeyns
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Every goddamn word of this ⬇️
"Economic inequality is at the heart of all humanity’s major problems, but the wealthiest refuse to confront a system that benefits them."
www.theguardian.com/global/2026/...
"Economic inequality is at the heart of all humanity’s major problems, but the wealthiest refuse to confront a system that benefits them."
www.theguardian.com/global/2026/...
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All of the WTFs. Godspeed, Minnesota.
Senior White House official says local and state police in Minneapolis “have been ordered to stand down and surrender.”
What?
What?
January 19, 2026 at 6:15 PM
All of the WTFs. Godspeed, Minnesota.
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Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
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Bryan Cranston's statement is a basic, factual truth that the entire world can now see.
The problem now is those who want this—the amoral wealthy and the power-hungry phony Christian groups, like the Heritage Foundation—AND those that do nothing to help stop this, including the entire GOP Congress
The problem now is those who want this—the amoral wealthy and the power-hungry phony Christian groups, like the Heritage Foundation—AND those that do nothing to help stop this, including the entire GOP Congress
January 18, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Bryan Cranston's statement is a basic, factual truth that the entire world can now see.
The problem now is those who want this—the amoral wealthy and the power-hungry phony Christian groups, like the Heritage Foundation—AND those that do nothing to help stop this, including the entire GOP Congress
The problem now is those who want this—the amoral wealthy and the power-hungry phony Christian groups, like the Heritage Foundation—AND those that do nothing to help stop this, including the entire GOP Congress
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The worst politicians in America are about to quote Martin Luther King Jr.
You can’t quote “I have a dream” on MLK Day then legislate against that dream every other day of the year.
You can’t quote “I have a dream” on MLK Day then legislate against that dream every other day of the year.
January 19, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The worst politicians in America are about to quote Martin Luther King Jr.
You can’t quote “I have a dream” on MLK Day then legislate against that dream every other day of the year.
You can’t quote “I have a dream” on MLK Day then legislate against that dream every other day of the year.