Barb Crary
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Barb Crary
@barbcra.bsky.social
Still aspiring.
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I think about this a lot. I’m 60 years old, part of the last Cold War generation. I grew up with the baseline assumption that the US was a force for Good in the world, vs the Soviets and their allies, who were Evil. It was reflected in pop culture, political rhetoric, even consumer marketing.
Americans clearly don’t understand that this line of argument is entirely lost for at least a generation. Talk about the US as representing “democracy” or “the free world” will be met with scorn everywhere. The world has converged to Latin America in that regard.
September 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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July 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Opinion | My entire career is based on pretending to be from Appalachia. Here’s why we must end DEI.
March 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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“Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.” The Late Great Rep. John Lewis

More here:
Good News For Us, Horrible News For Trump
Onward.
www.dworkinsubstack.com
March 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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You GUYYYYSSSSSSS

The military choir sang Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Mis at the governor's dinner at the white house. Thanks to @beebrookshire.bsky.social for helping me fact check tihs one. As far as I can it's only "officially" been posted on Dan Scavino's FB
2025 Governors Ball US Army - "Do You Hear the People Sing" BRILLIANT TRUMP TROLLING!
YouTube video by Anti Trump
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February 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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I’m not doomscrolling I’m just in my calamity era
February 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Persistence is resistance.
February 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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If she can do it, we can all do it.
January 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Remembering the first day of my college seminar on the reign of King Charles I

The eminent professor asked us who has sovereignty in the USA

We all said “the President”

He cackled and said, “No! It’s the people, you authoritarians! It’s in the goddamn Constitution!!”

I never forgot that
November 18, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Saving for personal reference and for my poet friends here.
Poetry is a subconscious conversarion, it is as much the work of those who understand it as those who make it.

- Sonia Sanchez
January 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Trying again to post an image with commentary. How about some singing holiday cows from Hershey’s Chocolate World?
January 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
January 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Experimenting with my feed here. I want to start with baby steps. This one spoke to me today.
January 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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December 1, 2024 at 3:49 AM