Daniel Tolan 🌻 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
@titustolan.bsky.social
I know words are cheap, but a dram of grace is worth all the world. ~Bunyan
Hope in bits and knocks is still hope.
No Fear
#booksky #wordsmatter #UniteAgainstBookBans #bothsidesdont #trustwomen #blacklivesmatter #journaling #historysky #neverforgetjan6th
Hope in bits and knocks is still hope.
No Fear
#booksky #wordsmatter #UniteAgainstBookBans #bothsidesdont #trustwomen #blacklivesmatter #journaling #historysky #neverforgetjan6th
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Remember: Trump or Russian propagandists might say otherwise, but Putin is not winning, and the Ukrainians are not losing.
I am told that internal Ukrainian army information shows that more than 26,000 Russian soldiers were killed or critically wounded in the month of November. Confirmed by videos. No wonder Putin wants to get Trump to give him territory for free
one.no
December 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Remember: Trump or Russian propagandists might say otherwise, but Putin is not winning, and the Ukrainians are not losing.
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"The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm."
~ Aldous Huxley
The Tow Path at Argenteuil
🎨 Claude Monet (1875)
~ Aldous Huxley
The Tow Path at Argenteuil
🎨 Claude Monet (1875)
December 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
"The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm."
~ Aldous Huxley
The Tow Path at Argenteuil
🎨 Claude Monet (1875)
~ Aldous Huxley
The Tow Path at Argenteuil
🎨 Claude Monet (1875)
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
"'By Elbereth and Lúthien the Fair,' said [FRODO] with a last effort, lifting up his sword, 'you shall have neither the Ring nor me!'"~J.R.R.Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
December 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"'By Elbereth and Lúthien the Fair,' said [FRODO] with a last effort, lifting up his sword, 'you shall have neither the Ring nor me!'"~J.R.R.Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
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In a world awash with negative science/health news this is unashamedly great news. connectsci.au/news/news-pa...
Seventh patient in HIV remission after stem cell transplant | News | ConnectSci
connectsci.au
December 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
In a world awash with negative science/health news this is unashamedly great news. connectsci.au/news/news-pa...
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Blue tsunami in 2026. Guillotines rolling up to the polls.
If anywhere near this level of differential turnout and crossover voting happens in 2026... GGs GOP
December 3, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Blue tsunami in 2026. Guillotines rolling up to the polls.
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Megyn Kelly is sharing her torture fantasies the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
December 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Megyn Kelly is sharing her torture fantasies the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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"You know the difference between a real science and a pseudoscience? A real science recognizes and accepts its own history without feeling attacked." - Foucault
December 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"You know the difference between a real science and a pseudoscience? A real science recognizes and accepts its own history without feeling attacked." - Foucault
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How 200 New Yorkers Foiled an ICE Raid Before It Even Began
time.com/7337578/ice-...
time.com/7337578/ice-...
How 200 New Yorkers Foiled an ICE Raid Before It Even Began
New Yorkers thwarted an ICE raid before it could begin. The incident highlights the challenges ICE will face in the city
time.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
How 200 New Yorkers Foiled an ICE Raid Before It Even Began
time.com/7337578/ice-...
time.com/7337578/ice-...
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Watching the news this morning I realize that the country to my south is:
-cowardly, hiding behind guns
-morally bankrupt but wearing a cross
-cruel and sadistic, offering handshakes and smiling
-criminal, pretending to have a constitution
Some are fighting back but not enough 🍁🙁
-cowardly, hiding behind guns
-morally bankrupt but wearing a cross
-cruel and sadistic, offering handshakes and smiling
-criminal, pretending to have a constitution
Some are fighting back but not enough 🍁🙁
November 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Watching the news this morning I realize that the country to my south is:
-cowardly, hiding behind guns
-morally bankrupt but wearing a cross
-cruel and sadistic, offering handshakes and smiling
-criminal, pretending to have a constitution
Some are fighting back but not enough 🍁🙁
-cowardly, hiding behind guns
-morally bankrupt but wearing a cross
-cruel and sadistic, offering handshakes and smiling
-criminal, pretending to have a constitution
Some are fighting back but not enough 🍁🙁
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The Ukrainian front is not about to collapse. But the Russians want you to think that
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 28, 2025
The frontline in Ukraine is not facing imminent collapse despite recent Russian gains and Kremlin assertions.
understandingwar.org
November 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The Ukrainian front is not about to collapse. But the Russians want you to think that
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
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The week Europe realised it stands alone against Russian expansionism www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The week Europe realised it stands alone against Russian expansionism
Washington’s Putin-appeasing plan for peace in Ukraine has failed, but many heard death knell sounded for European reliance on US protection
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The week Europe realised it stands alone against Russian expansionism www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
November 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
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20-year-old West Virginia National Guard member, Sarah Beckstrom, died a day after volunteering to serve in DC so that others could enjoy Thanksgiving with their families. She deserves our gratitude, not political exploitation by a shameless president who scapegoats immigrants to swell his power.
November 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
20-year-old West Virginia National Guard member, Sarah Beckstrom, died a day after volunteering to serve in DC so that others could enjoy Thanksgiving with their families. She deserves our gratitude, not political exploitation by a shameless president who scapegoats immigrants to swell his power.
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Textile artist Nancy Nicholson, cat & bird embroidery #WomensArt
November 27, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Textile artist Nancy Nicholson, cat & bird embroidery #WomensArt
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"Left on the economy, right on the culture," is just fascism in the end. Also it will never take you left on the economy in the long run, because a machine built for eating people will keep eating people.
"Left on the economy, right on culture" is also, as needs repeating a hundred thousand time, the central lie of fascism.
OF COURSE it appeals to the in-group who thinks their well-being AND their prejudices will be pandered to.
OF COURSE it appeals to the in-group who thinks their well-being AND their prejudices will be pandered to.
The thing about "left on the economy, right on culture" is it's based on analysis of swing voters. Those voters are often low attention and their politics are often not especially coherent. Which is fine for them, it's not their job to run the country, but, you know, the government is
November 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"Left on the economy, right on the culture," is just fascism in the end. Also it will never take you left on the economy in the long run, because a machine built for eating people will keep eating people.
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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🪚 NEW EP: Welcome to the Sh*t Show
The GOP just whipsawed millions of Americans on ACA subsidies—the WH announced an extension, then killed it 48 hours later. Also: DOGE fears prosecution & MAGA bots exposed as foreign grifters.
www.buzzsprout.com/229/episodes...
The GOP just whipsawed millions of Americans on ACA subsidies—the WH announced an extension, then killed it 48 hours later. Also: DOGE fears prosecution & MAGA bots exposed as foreign grifters.
www.buzzsprout.com/229/episodes...
Ep 950: Welcome To The Sh*t Show - The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal
In this week's episode, we experience the whipsaw—that aggressive, back-and-forth sawing motion that's now a perfect metaphor for what Republicans are doing to millions of American families over the A...
www.buzzsprout.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
🪚 NEW EP: Welcome to the Sh*t Show
The GOP just whipsawed millions of Americans on ACA subsidies—the WH announced an extension, then killed it 48 hours later. Also: DOGE fears prosecution & MAGA bots exposed as foreign grifters.
www.buzzsprout.com/229/episodes...
The GOP just whipsawed millions of Americans on ACA subsidies—the WH announced an extension, then killed it 48 hours later. Also: DOGE fears prosecution & MAGA bots exposed as foreign grifters.
www.buzzsprout.com/229/episodes...
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Thousands of people across the U.S. recently found a blue grocery bag tied to their door handle. Residents filled the bags with canned food and items, then placed the full bags back outside their door. (via @stlpublicradio.bsky.social)
A 40-year-old Scouting America tradition of food donation got its start in St. Louis
Scouting for Food became a national Scouting America program in 1988, expanding across the country as thousands of scouts collectively gathered hundreds of thousands of pounds of shelf-stable goods for food insecure residents in their local communities.
n.pr
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Thousands of people across the U.S. recently found a blue grocery bag tied to their door handle. Residents filled the bags with canned food and items, then placed the full bags back outside their door. (via @stlpublicradio.bsky.social)
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people on threads are mad that bad people are stealing books from little free libraries (a situation that has never once occurred because it is impossible to steal free things)
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
people on threads are mad that bad people are stealing books from little free libraries (a situation that has never once occurred because it is impossible to steal free things)
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when trying on pants, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this."
IG mr.funkys0ul
IG mr.funkys0ul
November 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
when trying on pants, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this."
IG mr.funkys0ul
IG mr.funkys0ul
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We are in a bizarre moment of diplomatic history. The purported "peace plan" that appeared a few days ago beings in Russian unreality and American weakness. Demanding everything of Ukraine and nothing of Russia, its purpose is imperialism and profiteering.
snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
Russian Unreality and American Weakness
Notes from a bizarre moment of diplomatic history
snyder.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
We are in a bizarre moment of diplomatic history. The purported "peace plan" that appeared a few days ago beings in Russian unreality and American weakness. Demanding everything of Ukraine and nothing of Russia, its purpose is imperialism and profiteering.
snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
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For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...