Valerie Ann
vbrooksie.bsky.social
Valerie Ann
@vbrooksie.bsky.social
Educator. Writer. Lover of animals. Enjoys making good trouble. Gen X and mother-effing proud of it. Trans Lives Matter. #BLM and #freepalestine (Do we do hashtags here?)
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A Black professor accidentally started an HBCU on TikTok called HillmanTok. Now other professors have joined in and are teaching actual courses with some offering certs that can be added to your resume

Some courses being offered ⬇️
January 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Love to see it in my crappy Trump-supporting city.
January 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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What Mark said.👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m.

Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app?

If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.
January 7, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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To mark the passing of President Jimmy Carter, we republished an essay on Carter's early connection between unchecked energy consumption and environmental degradation...
columbiainsight.org/the-night-we...
#jimmycarter #presidentjimmycarter #climateaction #climatechange #renewableenergy
Jimmy Carter and the night we lost the war on climate change - Columbia Insight
In 1977, the nation turned its back on Carter's call for environmental responsibility. It’s never looked back Sweater speak: Carter tried to cajole the nation into energy conservation. Screen shot: M...
columbiainsight.org
December 30, 2024 at 3:20 PM
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We MUST keep vaccines.
have you written your Senator to let them know?
December 14, 2024 at 8:03 PM
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Last full moon of 2024
December 15, 2024 at 3:10 PM
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Zuckerberg owns Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp.

Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post.

Elon Musk owns Twitter/X.

When multi-billionaires take control of our most vital platforms for communication, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy
November 19, 2024 at 5:01 PM
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November 18, 2024 at 6:05 AM
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Guess who was in tears as his whole empire was auctioned off today? newrepublic.com/post/188430/...
Alex Jones Is Having a Total Meltdown Over The Onion Buying Infowars
This is the absolute best way this could have ended.
newrepublic.com
November 15, 2024 at 2:09 AM
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Banksy strikes again. . .
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. . . and doesn’t miss.
November 15, 2024 at 4:08 AM
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How to stop Trump | The Coffee Klatch, November 16, 2024
With Heather Lofthouse and Yours Truly
robertreich.substack.com
November 16, 2024 at 9:03 AM
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Jasmine Crockett is challenging Debbie Dingell for chairmanship of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee.

I’m sorry but this is a no-brainer. If we are going to defeat Trumpism we need to turn the page on our defunct comms strategies.

Let’s go, Jasmine!
Hakeem Jeffries' leadership circle faces surprise 11th hour battle
Rep. Jasmine Crockett is challenging Rep. Debbie Dingell for the chairmanship of the DPCC.
www.axios.com
November 16, 2024 at 4:05 AM
November 15, 2024 at 9:54 PM
@muffybolding.bsky.social hi! Nice to see a familiar face over here.
a white cat is laying on its back on the floor and looking at the camera .
ALT: a white cat is laying on its back on the floor and looking at the camera .
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2024 at 9:50 PM