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AJ Cole
@ajtcole.bsky.social
Managing Editor of the Garland Gazette.
It is total crap that if you unblock someone by accident that Facebook makes you wait a “couple days” to re-block them.

Thanks fat thumbs. 🙄
July 30, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Surely I’m not the only one who is thinking about local elections in the middle of the summer on a Sunday night wondering where all the other comments are on an article relating to the subject??
June 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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George Floyd was murdered by police five years ago today.

The Say Their Names cemetery in Minneapolis features memorials for Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Amadou Diallo, Oscar Grant, Korryn Gaines, Freddie Gray and far too many more Black people who died at the hands of police.
May 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Getting fancy tonight!
April 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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April 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Asian grocery stores are a lifeline to the communities they serve. But store owners say the prospect of sweeping tariffs are threatening their ability to stock up on goods and keep prices affordable.
Asian grocery stores, a lifeline for immigrants, brace for steep new tariffs
Asian grocery stores are a lifeline to the communities they serve. But store owners say the prospect of sweeping tariffs are threatening their ability to stock up on goods and keep prices affordable.
www.npr.org
April 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Solicitors, just know I’m sitting 10 feet from the door just watching my tv with the lights on and actively pretending you’re not there. 🤣
April 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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BOOM!! Bluesky now has more than 34 MILLION users! Share the good news!! 💙 🦋
bsky-users.theo.io
April 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
If you haven’t heard of the Dead Pioneers, then highly recommend. They’re epically punk.

Song of choice: Bad Indian.

You’ve gotta check them out.

#music #punk
March 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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BREAKING: Johns Hopkins just axed 2,000 medical researchers—2,000 minds now out of the fight for life-saving cures. All because Musk slashed $800 million from medical research. Cancer research in jeopardy. This is where cures come from. Let that sink in.

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
March 16, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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#Measles are here to stay with antivaxx SecHHS. It'll cause pain like before.

Five years ago seems like a lifetime, but today is the anny #RollingStone published my piece on #Coronavirus thanks to @therickwilson.bsky.social + @7im.bsky.social.

#PublicHealth

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Coronavirus Is Bringing a National Catastrophe to U.S. Hospitals. Here's What We Can Do to Prepare
Remember the horrors of Hurricane Katrina? That's what we face nationally without massive and swift action to revamp our medical system
www.rollingstone.com
March 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Tuesday, March 4th marks the President’s Address to Congress.

Instead of tuning in, We the People will reflect in solidarity. We encourage you to hold a light up for democracy and change your profile pictures!

Learn more: mobilize.us/lightfordemocracy/

#lightfordemocracy
March 2, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I cannot wait until the Southern Charm reunion when the tapes are rewound and Craig has to eat crow. Love Craig, but my goodness that is so bad 🤣

#southerncharm
February 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I remember the first time that I ever registered to vote, I had just turned 18 and it was at the local county fair in Indiana.

Where did you register to vote? #vote
February 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
In trying to explain to my kids why I need to go down to Austin this week and leave them home with dad, I boiled it down to what they could understand: Mommy needs to fight some bad guys.

#texas #texaslege
February 23, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I am obsessed with the “fam jam” that Monica’s family apparently does from Love is Blind. I think we need that in this house 🤣

#loveisblind

Yes, I’m a reality tv junkie.
February 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Anyone else find it amusing that the first ingredient in lemon pepper is actually just salt?
February 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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⚡️ The historic moment of Estonia leaving the Russian-fed power grid.

On February 8, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia left Russia and Belarus energy system. By the end of the day today, they will have joined the European grid.
February 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania successfully synchronised their electricity systems with the European energy network today. This is a key milestone for the Baltic States and for Europe strengthening energy resilience and independence across the region. ⚡️
In one heartbeat with Europe - the Baltic states have successfully joined the European energy network
view.news.eu.nasdaq.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Violent Femmes was way beyond their time.
February 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
We would be better off with issue parties, legislating the end of the duopoly on politics. It would really hamper the ability of rich people and corporations from influencing politics. We’d have more of an obligation to work together and more people would feel they have a voice.

#duopolyonpolitics
February 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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For anyone doing democracy-relevant work in any domain, the SNF Agora Institute is accepting applications for our Visiting Fellows program for next academic year: snfagora.jhu.edu/visiting-fel...
Visiting Fellows Program : Stavros Niarchos Foundation SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins
Strengthening global democracy through powerful civic engagement and informed, inclusive dialogue
snfagora.jhu.edu
February 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
These families oversees are scrambling to find housing and schools for their kids, horrible way for their service to end 💔

apple.news/AwhgE5M-fSva...
Recall of USAID’s global workforce causes havoc and distress — The Washington Post
USAID employees stationed overseas are struggling to navigate the sudden upheaval, having received little clear information from the Trump administration.
apple.news
February 7, 2025 at 5:55 AM