Aquakel
@aquakel.bsky.social
Blue Wave surfin’ in the Midwest. 🤙🏻
Therapist to many, mom of two, partner of the man affectionately known as Tree.
#bluedotiowa
Therapist to many, mom of two, partner of the man affectionately known as Tree.
#bluedotiowa
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Democracy does not collapse overnight. It erodes gradually––and then suddenly––with the normalization of undemocratic practices that are cloaked in legality yet corrosive to constitutional governance.
#USDemocracy
#USDemocracy
How Democracies Defend Themselves against Authoritarianism
Democracies facing authoritarian threats from within have found ways to push back by strengthening institutions, reinforcing democratic norms, and building popular resistance against encroaching autoc...
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April 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Democracy does not collapse overnight. It erodes gradually––and then suddenly––with the normalization of undemocratic practices that are cloaked in legality yet corrosive to constitutional governance.
#USDemocracy
#USDemocracy
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“We have a system of checks and balances. A tyrant can always be stopped as long as congress has a spine.”
Congress:
Congress:
April 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“We have a system of checks and balances. A tyrant can always be stopped as long as congress has a spine.”
Congress:
Congress:
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And hung for treason
April 17, 2025 at 3:09 AM
And hung for treason
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I won’t share RFK Jr.’s lies about autism.
It’s disgusting and dangerous.
If he had a shred of decency, he would apologize and resign.
Autistic people contribute every day to our nation’s greatness.
To every kid with autism, I’m in this fight all the way for you.
It’s disgusting and dangerous.
If he had a shred of decency, he would apologize and resign.
Autistic people contribute every day to our nation’s greatness.
To every kid with autism, I’m in this fight all the way for you.
April 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I won’t share RFK Jr.’s lies about autism.
It’s disgusting and dangerous.
If he had a shred of decency, he would apologize and resign.
Autistic people contribute every day to our nation’s greatness.
To every kid with autism, I’m in this fight all the way for you.
It’s disgusting and dangerous.
If he had a shred of decency, he would apologize and resign.
Autistic people contribute every day to our nation’s greatness.
To every kid with autism, I’m in this fight all the way for you.
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The good news is that the constitution provides ways for Congress and the Judiciary to reign in a power-hungry president. The bad news is those people are all scared of him.
April 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The good news is that the constitution provides ways for Congress and the Judiciary to reign in a power-hungry president. The bad news is those people are all scared of him.
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This is the beginning and the end of it. #FascismGrowsInAmerica
April 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
This is the beginning and the end of it. #FascismGrowsInAmerica
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April 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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ICE agents have been offered pardons to be violent and meet quotas.
April 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
ICE agents have been offered pardons to be violent and meet quotas.
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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Authoritarianism
He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him.
He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons.
He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him.
He’s defying the Supreme Court.
Don’t you see what’s happening here?
He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons.
He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him.
He’s defying the Supreme Court.
Don’t you see what’s happening here?
April 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Authoritarianism
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Hey US Military,
Now is a good time for a coup. You swore an oath to the Constitution, not a person. Keep your oath. This is the domestic enemy part of that oath.
Now is a good time for a coup. You swore an oath to the Constitution, not a person. Keep your oath. This is the domestic enemy part of that oath.
April 15, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Hey US Military,
Now is a good time for a coup. You swore an oath to the Constitution, not a person. Keep your oath. This is the domestic enemy part of that oath.
Now is a good time for a coup. You swore an oath to the Constitution, not a person. Keep your oath. This is the domestic enemy part of that oath.
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Simple neuroscience-based hack for anxiety:
🌿go & be in a place with plants & trees for 15 mins
🌳You'll inhale plant oils(phytoncides) from foliage
📉your stress hormone(cortisol) will drop significantly
Many of our brain pathways evolved to motivate us to forage for plants-they're still very active
🌿go & be in a place with plants & trees for 15 mins
🌳You'll inhale plant oils(phytoncides) from foliage
📉your stress hormone(cortisol) will drop significantly
Many of our brain pathways evolved to motivate us to forage for plants-they're still very active
April 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Simple neuroscience-based hack for anxiety:
🌿go & be in a place with plants & trees for 15 mins
🌳You'll inhale plant oils(phytoncides) from foliage
📉your stress hormone(cortisol) will drop significantly
Many of our brain pathways evolved to motivate us to forage for plants-they're still very active
🌿go & be in a place with plants & trees for 15 mins
🌳You'll inhale plant oils(phytoncides) from foliage
📉your stress hormone(cortisol) will drop significantly
Many of our brain pathways evolved to motivate us to forage for plants-they're still very active
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“I was just following orders” was not a defense at Nuremberg. And it won’t be a defense in the future here.
April 15, 2025 at 9:47 AM
“I was just following orders” was not a defense at Nuremberg. And it won’t be a defense in the future here.
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📌"He's betrayed our national security. He will do so again. He's compromised our elections. He will do so again. You will not change him. You can't constrain him. He is who he is. Truth matters little to him. What's right matters even less. Decency matters not at all."
-Adam Schiff to GOP in 2020
-Adam Schiff to GOP in 2020
April 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
📌"He's betrayed our national security. He will do so again. He's compromised our elections. He will do so again. You will not change him. You can't constrain him. He is who he is. Truth matters little to him. What's right matters even less. Decency matters not at all."
-Adam Schiff to GOP in 2020
-Adam Schiff to GOP in 2020
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If you love your library, listen up…
April 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
If you love your library, listen up…
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Fascism is when a leader uses the power of the state to control or coerce private institutions—like Trump has tried to do with universities and private companies such as Apple. His attempts to dictate what schools can teach or how businesses should operate are textbook authoritarianism. Harvard
April 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Fascism is when a leader uses the power of the state to control or coerce private institutions—like Trump has tried to do with universities and private companies such as Apple. His attempts to dictate what schools can teach or how businesses should operate are textbook authoritarianism. Harvard
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We’re not sure what separates the Trump admin from the “terrorists” it claims to be fighting. You watch whats happening and can’t even process it—what the hell is going on is all we can think. Our Constitution grants everyone within this country the same legal protections, regardless of citizenship.
April 15, 2025 at 10:22 PM
We’re not sure what separates the Trump admin from the “terrorists” it claims to be fighting. You watch whats happening and can’t even process it—what the hell is going on is all we can think. Our Constitution grants everyone within this country the same legal protections, regardless of citizenship.
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April 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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All the Democratic leaders say the right thing, but we will judge you guys by your actions.
March 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
All the Democratic leaders say the right thing, but we will judge you guys by your actions.