Sylvianna Rayne
sylviannarayne.bsky.social
Sylvianna Rayne
@sylviannarayne.bsky.social
Educator, historian, planter of trees whose shade I may never sit under.
I’m pretty sure I just watched the moment the American empire collapsed.
March 1, 2025 at 3:04 AM
If we want to see meaningful change we have to make space for people to experience growth. We can’t judge people too much for the path it took when they finally arrive at the right place.
Replying to @Caitlin the steps moving forward might not feel great but they are deeply important if we are gonna save this ship #cannon #cannonsfodder #thebadplace #trump #history #edutok
TikTok video by Cannon’s Fodder
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January 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Reposted by Sylvianna Rayne
We’re at full bore mad king on day one. Fuck it, I’m calling out of work drunk tomorrow.
Sword in hand, President Trump dances to “YMCA” after cutting the cake at an inaugural ball.
January 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Reposted by Sylvianna Rayne
I’m just going to say that AOC is the acting leader of the Democratic Party until someone proves otherwise. At least insofar as she is responding to the moment with leadership.
January 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
“I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we,as a people, will get to the promised land!”

- Dr. MLK, Jr., “I’ve been to the Mountaintop.” 1968
Martin Luther King’s final speech: 'I've been to the mountaintop'
YouTube video by Guardian News
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January 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“If peace means being complacently adjusted to a deadening status quo, I don’t want peace. If peace means keeping my mouth shut in the midst of injustice and evil, I don’t want it.”

- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “When Peace Becomes Obnoxious,” 1956 sermon
"When Peace Becomes Obnoxious"
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January 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
“A riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to hear?...It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met...”

- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “The Other America,” 1967
MLK: The Other America
YouTube video by The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
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January 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“God never intended for one group of people to live in superfluous inordinate wealth, while others live in abject deadening poverty.”

- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Paul's Letter to American Christians”, 1956 Sermon.
"Paul's Letter to American Christians," Sermon Delivered at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
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January 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
“When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism and militarism are incapable of being conquered.”

- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Beyond Vietnam: a Time to Break Silence” (1967)
MLK: Beyond Vietnam - A Time to Break Silence
YouTube video by The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
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January 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
“…there are some things in our society and in the world to which I'm proud to be maladjusted, and which I call upon all men of good will to remain maladjusted until the good society is realized…”

- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
MLK: Proud To Be Maladjusted
YouTube video by The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
youtu.be
January 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
There she goes. Me and the last loaded bit of my FYP on the computer.
a close up of a woman with the words i 'll never let go i promise
ALT: a close up of a woman with the words i 'll never let go i promise
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January 19, 2025 at 3:57 AM