ᴬ John Guerra 🕳️
@ajohnguerra.bsky.social
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Should we, as a society, value 'local' in all we do?
This isn't about valuing it more—just recognizing where we currently undervalue local and exploring where, why, and how to increase it across all things local: business, retail, jobs, civics, community, journalism, media, experiences...
This isn't about valuing it more—just recognizing where we currently undervalue local and exploring where, why, and how to increase it across all things local: business, retail, jobs, civics, community, journalism, media, experiences...
In this coalition you may find yourself standing side-by-side with someone with whom you disagree on everything but the one thing that brought you together.
May 1, 2025 at 2:48 AM
In this coalition you may find yourself standing side-by-side with someone with whom you disagree on everything but the one thing that brought you together.
The emperor still has no clothes on.
April 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The emperor still has no clothes on.
As our peaceful bodies fill the streets in the coming days, we will have to accept that some of our flesh will be pierced and blood will be spilled.
We must, under all circumstances/instances, respond with non-violence.
We will have to practice instant and forever forgiveness.
We must, under all circumstances/instances, respond with non-violence.
We will have to practice instant and forever forgiveness.
April 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
As our peaceful bodies fill the streets in the coming days, we will have to accept that some of our flesh will be pierced and blood will be spilled.
We must, under all circumstances/instances, respond with non-violence.
We will have to practice instant and forever forgiveness.
We must, under all circumstances/instances, respond with non-violence.
We will have to practice instant and forever forgiveness.
The politics of inevitability
got us here.
The politics of eternity
is trying to keep us here.
The politics of _______
guides us out & onward?
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
got us here.
The politics of eternity
is trying to keep us here.
The politics of _______
guides us out & onward?
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The politics of inevitability
got us here.
The politics of eternity
is trying to keep us here.
The politics of _______
guides us out & onward?
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
got us here.
The politics of eternity
is trying to keep us here.
The politics of _______
guides us out & onward?
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
25 million peacefully out in the streets, all at one time, across the country.
I know it historically is supposed to take 3.5% (11 million people), but I think we need to double it... plus some more.
A broad coalition of citizens in the pursuit of a more perfect union.
We have the power.
I know it historically is supposed to take 3.5% (11 million people), but I think we need to double it... plus some more.
A broad coalition of citizens in the pursuit of a more perfect union.
We have the power.
April 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
25 million peacefully out in the streets, all at one time, across the country.
I know it historically is supposed to take 3.5% (11 million people), but I think we need to double it... plus some more.
A broad coalition of citizens in the pursuit of a more perfect union.
We have the power.
I know it historically is supposed to take 3.5% (11 million people), but I think we need to double it... plus some more.
A broad coalition of citizens in the pursuit of a more perfect union.
We have the power.
Whoa. This is some heavy shit. Not sure of this Mark Zuckerberg/Meta whistleblower's credibility, but I have no reason to doubt her at the moment.
A lot here.
For one: dude lied to Congress back in the day — "Chief Editor"
Checkout the snippet of the testimony for yourself.
A lot here.
For one: dude lied to Congress back in the day — "Chief Editor"
Checkout the snippet of the testimony for yourself.
Facebook Whistleblower Makes Shock Claim About Mark Zuckerberg During Senate Testimony
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
youtu.be
April 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Whoa. This is some heavy shit. Not sure of this Mark Zuckerberg/Meta whistleblower's credibility, but I have no reason to doubt her at the moment.
A lot here.
For one: dude lied to Congress back in the day — "Chief Editor"
Checkout the snippet of the testimony for yourself.
A lot here.
For one: dude lied to Congress back in the day — "Chief Editor"
Checkout the snippet of the testimony for yourself.
I haven't been posting much, but been thinking a lot, I'm trying to make sense of what I'm seeing. And in turn, what action's appropriate.
Sen. Chris Murphy (@chrismurphyct.bsky.social) is one of the people I am listening to. I'm sure you are too, but if not:
Sen. Chris Murphy (@chrismurphyct.bsky.social) is one of the people I am listening to. I'm sure you are too, but if not:
Murphy: Trump Is Dismantling Our Democracy. We Must Come Together And Act Before It’s Too Late.
YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy
youtube.com
April 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I haven't been posting much, but been thinking a lot, I'm trying to make sense of what I'm seeing. And in turn, what action's appropriate.
Sen. Chris Murphy (@chrismurphyct.bsky.social) is one of the people I am listening to. I'm sure you are too, but if not:
Sen. Chris Murphy (@chrismurphyct.bsky.social) is one of the people I am listening to. I'm sure you are too, but if not:
Ezra Klein conversation with Ben Buchanan (AI Advisor to Biden Administration).
He asked the questions that I have been struggling to articulate and pushed back on statements where I have been struggling to understand.
It may help understand some of the accelerationism, too.
He asked the questions that I have been struggling to articulate and pushed back on statements where I have been struggling to understand.
It may help understand some of the accelerationism, too.
The Government Knows AGI is Coming | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
youtu.be
March 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Ezra Klein conversation with Ben Buchanan (AI Advisor to Biden Administration).
He asked the questions that I have been struggling to articulate and pushed back on statements where I have been struggling to understand.
It may help understand some of the accelerationism, too.
He asked the questions that I have been struggling to articulate and pushed back on statements where I have been struggling to understand.
It may help understand some of the accelerationism, too.
CivicsLex (civiclex.org) & Richard Young (rbryoung.bsky.social) can teach us about community engagement, local civics & democracy.
#valuelocal
#valuelocal
🤝🫶🏽 What Lexington, KY, can teach us about community engagement
Make it fun, focus on the whole person, and other lessons from CivicLex's Richard Young
open.substack.com
February 25, 2025 at 3:02 AM
CivicsLex (civiclex.org) & Richard Young (rbryoung.bsky.social) can teach us about community engagement, local civics & democracy.
#valuelocal
#valuelocal
The only way back towards the great experiment of a more perfect union is through solidarity.
People's alarm bells are going off.
The bell is ringing through society, and it is reaching the majority.
Let's unite now.
Let's not whisper memories of missed opportunities.
People's alarm bells are going off.
The bell is ringing through society, and it is reaching the majority.
Let's unite now.
Let's not whisper memories of missed opportunities.
February 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The only way back towards the great experiment of a more perfect union is through solidarity.
People's alarm bells are going off.
The bell is ringing through society, and it is reaching the majority.
Let's unite now.
Let's not whisper memories of missed opportunities.
People's alarm bells are going off.
The bell is ringing through society, and it is reaching the majority.
Let's unite now.
Let's not whisper memories of missed opportunities.
"Years ago, I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth... While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free..."
— Eugene Debs
— Eugene Debs
Hall of Honor Inductee: Eugene V. Debs
Eugene V. Debs (1855 — 1926)"Years ago, I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth... While there is a lower class, I...
www.dol.gov
February 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"Years ago, I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth... While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free..."
— Eugene Debs
— Eugene Debs
@marcelias.bsky.social
@briantylercohen.bsky.social
Can we as citizens sue (class action or otherwise) the Trump administration/Federal Government for things like Schedule F, and other unconstitutional maneuvers?
Are we not harmed, right now?
Do we not have standing?
#lawyers #constitution
@briantylercohen.bsky.social
Can we as citizens sue (class action or otherwise) the Trump administration/Federal Government for things like Schedule F, and other unconstitutional maneuvers?
Are we not harmed, right now?
Do we not have standing?
#lawyers #constitution
BREAKING: Trump barrels ahead with NIGHTMARE plan
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
youtu.be
January 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
@marcelias.bsky.social
@briantylercohen.bsky.social
Can we as citizens sue (class action or otherwise) the Trump administration/Federal Government for things like Schedule F, and other unconstitutional maneuvers?
Are we not harmed, right now?
Do we not have standing?
#lawyers #constitution
@briantylercohen.bsky.social
Can we as citizens sue (class action or otherwise) the Trump administration/Federal Government for things like Schedule F, and other unconstitutional maneuvers?
Are we not harmed, right now?
Do we not have standing?
#lawyers #constitution
I will not give into the lies.
I will not give into the fear.
@jimacosta.bsky.social
Not video as requested. I have a face (and voice) for text-based social posts only 😆
Start a Youtube & help build the independent media that pro-democracy needs 📺
Talk to @briantylercohen.bsky.social
I will not give into the fear.
@jimacosta.bsky.social
Not video as requested. I have a face (and voice) for text-based social posts only 😆
Start a Youtube & help build the independent media that pro-democracy needs 📺
Talk to @briantylercohen.bsky.social
Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
January 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I will not give into the lies.
I will not give into the fear.
@jimacosta.bsky.social
Not video as requested. I have a face (and voice) for text-based social posts only 😆
Start a Youtube & help build the independent media that pro-democracy needs 📺
Talk to @briantylercohen.bsky.social
I will not give into the fear.
@jimacosta.bsky.social
Not video as requested. I have a face (and voice) for text-based social posts only 😆
Start a Youtube & help build the independent media that pro-democracy needs 📺
Talk to @briantylercohen.bsky.social
Chief Royal Ramey, a formerly incarcerated firefighter and CEO of the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program, joins #JonStewart to share how his program helps others build fire careers, the training he received in prison, and the impact of the “prison-to-public servant pipeline.”
Royal Ramey - Former Incarcerated Firefighter on Prison-to-Public Service Pipeline | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
youtu.be
January 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Chief Royal Ramey, a formerly incarcerated firefighter and CEO of the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program, joins #JonStewart to share how his program helps others build fire careers, the training he received in prison, and the impact of the “prison-to-public servant pipeline.”
This might be the best dudes (and dude's wife) on the internet.
They just build shit for their neighborhoods and give away build plans to the world. See their website: www.unclejhonn.com
They just build shit for their neighborhoods and give away build plans to the world. See their website: www.unclejhonn.com
UncleJhonn
Free Build Plans at UncleJhonn.com
youtube.com
January 17, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This might be the best dudes (and dude's wife) on the internet.
They just build shit for their neighborhoods and give away build plans to the world. See their website: www.unclejhonn.com
They just build shit for their neighborhoods and give away build plans to the world. See their website: www.unclejhonn.com
@jordanklepper.bsky.social and Brick Suit Man (micro celebrity at Trump Rallies) have a 3 hour plus chat at an airport, after confrontation at a rally in Green Bay, ending with Jordan asking the guy if it freaks him out he is in an emergency exist row on a plane they were both boarding 😆
Jordan Klepper's Heart-to-Heart with Trump Supporter - After the Cut | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
youtu.be
January 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
@jordanklepper.bsky.social and Brick Suit Man (micro celebrity at Trump Rallies) have a 3 hour plus chat at an airport, after confrontation at a rally in Green Bay, ending with Jordan asking the guy if it freaks him out he is in an emergency exist row on a plane they were both boarding 😆
Nobody's free until everybody's free ~
Fannie Lou Hamer
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
Until we are all free, we are none of us free ~ Emma Lazarus
There may be a point, as freedom is denied to groups that are not yours, where no one is free.
Fannie Lou Hamer
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
Until we are all free, we are none of us free ~ Emma Lazarus
There may be a point, as freedom is denied to groups that are not yours, where no one is free.
January 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Nobody's free until everybody's free ~
Fannie Lou Hamer
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
Until we are all free, we are none of us free ~ Emma Lazarus
There may be a point, as freedom is denied to groups that are not yours, where no one is free.
Fannie Lou Hamer
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
Until we are all free, we are none of us free ~ Emma Lazarus
There may be a point, as freedom is denied to groups that are not yours, where no one is free.
Army Talk Orientation Fact Sheet #64 - Fascism! | 03/24/1945
Many parallels and warnings—shit, lines crossed—that would have these WW2 soldiers worried fascism has come home to America 🦅🇺🇸🪖
@thekenharbaughshow.bsky.social put me on to this pamphlet in this episode: youtu.be/O3y_8UHk3uM?...
Many parallels and warnings—shit, lines crossed—that would have these WW2 soldiers worried fascism has come home to America 🦅🇺🇸🪖
@thekenharbaughshow.bsky.social put me on to this pamphlet in this episode: youtu.be/O3y_8UHk3uM?...
Army Talk Orientation Fact Sheet #64 - Fascism! : Army Orientation Branch: Information and Education Division : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
March 24, 1945. Army Talk Orientation Fact Sheet #64 Fascism! A sheet printed and distributed by the United States War Department as an educational tool for...
archive.org
January 16, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Army Talk Orientation Fact Sheet #64 - Fascism! | 03/24/1945
Many parallels and warnings—shit, lines crossed—that would have these WW2 soldiers worried fascism has come home to America 🦅🇺🇸🪖
@thekenharbaughshow.bsky.social put me on to this pamphlet in this episode: youtu.be/O3y_8UHk3uM?...
Many parallels and warnings—shit, lines crossed—that would have these WW2 soldiers worried fascism has come home to America 🦅🇺🇸🪖
@thekenharbaughshow.bsky.social put me on to this pamphlet in this episode: youtu.be/O3y_8UHk3uM?...
Writer-builder: someone who both writes and builds in a given domain (or perhaps whichever domain they’re in for now). The writer-builder hyphenate is perhaps a sub-archetype of the aspiring renaissance man.
Writer-Builders
Theory #39 | The archetype of new kind of renaissance man
open.substack.com
January 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Writer-builder: someone who both writes and builds in a given domain (or perhaps whichever domain they’re in for now). The writer-builder hyphenate is perhaps a sub-archetype of the aspiring renaissance man.
Josephine Guilbeau says this on veteran/active duty suicide in military:
"they sacrificed their humanity and consciousness in order to carry out these horrific actions. And now that it's gone up to them..."
"they sacrificed their humanity and consciousness in order to carry out these horrific actions. And now that it's gone up to them..."
Meet the Military Vets Arrested for Disrupting Pete Hegseth's Senate Confirmation Hearing
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
youtu.be
January 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Josephine Guilbeau says this on veteran/active duty suicide in military:
"they sacrificed their humanity and consciousness in order to carry out these horrific actions. And now that it's gone up to them..."
"they sacrificed their humanity and consciousness in order to carry out these horrific actions. And now that it's gone up to them..."
Puerto Rico asks Trump for help after Venezuela’s Maduro threatens invasion.
@groundnews.bsky.social
Yes. We are in full swing of insane-news-to-wake-up-to, and he's had not even been sworn in yet.
I'm guessing Tony Hinchcliffe will lead the resistance.
@groundnews.bsky.social
Yes. We are in full swing of insane-news-to-wake-up-to, and he's had not even been sworn in yet.
I'm guessing Tony Hinchcliffe will lead the resistance.
Ground News - Puerto Rico asks Trump for help after Venezuela’s Maduro threatens invasion
Puerto Rico’s new Republican governor is drawing attention to Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro’s military threats against the U.S. island in the wake of Pres
ground.news
January 15, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Puerto Rico asks Trump for help after Venezuela’s Maduro threatens invasion.
@groundnews.bsky.social
Yes. We are in full swing of insane-news-to-wake-up-to, and he's had not even been sworn in yet.
I'm guessing Tony Hinchcliffe will lead the resistance.
@groundnews.bsky.social
Yes. We are in full swing of insane-news-to-wake-up-to, and he's had not even been sworn in yet.
I'm guessing Tony Hinchcliffe will lead the resistance.
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and Maya MacGuineas (Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget) discuss:
» Elon Musk’s $2 trillion budget cut walk back
» complexities of federal budgeting
» feasibility of significant cuts and trade-offs required to address the national deficit
» Elon Musk’s $2 trillion budget cut walk back
» complexities of federal budgeting
» feasibility of significant cuts and trade-offs required to address the national deficit
Elon's SHOCKING Reversal on Budget Cuts!
YouTube video by The Bulwark
youtu.be
January 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and Maya MacGuineas (Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget) discuss:
» Elon Musk’s $2 trillion budget cut walk back
» complexities of federal budgeting
» feasibility of significant cuts and trade-offs required to address the national deficit
» Elon Musk’s $2 trillion budget cut walk back
» complexities of federal budgeting
» feasibility of significant cuts and trade-offs required to address the national deficit
Reposted by ᴬ John Guerra 🕳️
x
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.
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 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Josh Johnson has a funny (and true) take on OG MAGA vs TECH MAGA (Elon, Vivek & Bros)
It's too much to sum it up so watch it 👇🏼
It's too much to sum it up so watch it 👇🏼
Why They’re Turning On Elon
YouTube video by Josh Johnson
youtu.be
January 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Josh Johnson has a funny (and true) take on OG MAGA vs TECH MAGA (Elon, Vivek & Bros)
It's too much to sum it up so watch it 👇🏼
It's too much to sum it up so watch it 👇🏼
The coup from January 6th, 2020 took 4 years to work + Democrats are good losers.
Harris Certifies Trump’s Presidential Win on Jan. 6 Insurrection Anniversary
YouTube video by Pod Save America
music.youtube.com
January 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The coup from January 6th, 2020 took 4 years to work + Democrats are good losers.