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citizensandy.bsky.social
@citizensandy.bsky.social
I’m not American but I care deeply about how everything happening there affects the whole world. Peace and love
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Ahead of the G20 summit in South Africa, women staged a lie-down protest in Johannesburg to protest gender-based violence.
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the Maga evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
Bill McKibben
Sun 23 Nov 2025 09.00 EST

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Pigeon.
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 AM
South African government declares gender-based violence a national disaster. Protesting works. Well done to the women who made this happen. www.bbc.com/news/article...
South Africa declares gender violence a national disaster after protests - BBC News
Fifteen women are killed every day in a country with one of the highest rates of gender violence in the world.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Today, the same day as the G20, South African women are boycotting shopping, staying home from work and wearing purple to protest gender based violence. www.okayafrica.com/fed-up-with-...
Fed Up With Femicide & Gender-Based Violence? Here’s How You Can Help
On November 21, South African women will withdraw their labor to demonstrate against gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF). Here's how you can join the collective fight for change.
www.okayafrica.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Listening to some really old guys next to me trying to explain AI. 🤭
November 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
No no no no no! Not Annie Hall!
October 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
#20TBRbookchallenge
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Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no expectations, just covers.

#Booksky #bookchallenge
#readingchallenge #readersky
September 23, 2025 at 5:54 AM
While your fall is falling, our spring is springing.
September 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I love Joanne Harris’ daily descriptions of her shed. But today my timeline got weird…
September 8, 2025 at 9:57 AM
When the sun turned black and red the moon…
September 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Can we maybe just skip to the part where the good guys win and everyone lives happily ever after?
August 26, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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OPINION by @jaredb-econ.bsky.social:

“Who is actually getting punished for the sin of trading with the U.S.?”

READ MORE:
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Trump’s trade war has only just begun to hit Americans’ wallets
We are at the mercy of a president who deeply misunderstands the impacts of his actions.
www.msnbc.com
August 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
My Mountain
May 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
When we toured the Vatican in 2023 our lively young tour guide had such reverence, respect and true admiration for Pope Francis. Thinking of her today.
April 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
My Mountain.
April 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
My Mountain.
April 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The South African ambassador to the US has been kicked out after accusing Trump of “mobilising a supremacism against the incumbency”. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Marco Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador to US is ‘no longer welcome’
US secretary of state accuses Ebrahim Rasool of being a ‘race-baiting politician who hates America’ and Donald Trump
www.theguardian.com
March 15, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Just finished the HBO Mary Tyler Moore documentary. Die-hard feminists may disagree but I think she did a huge amount to normalise single, working women in society. All over the world. She’d be so disappointed to see everything going backwards.
March 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Trump allies are trying to takeover the DC Bar
Trump’s Allies Are Quietly Trying to Take Over the D.C. Bar. Don't Let Them
Everyone who follows me knows that I analyze the tactics behind systemic authoritarian takeovers.
open.substack.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Repost & like, if you stand with President Zelensky!
February 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Here I am again, unscrupulously pushing my baby. Please repost and order (only if you can afford too and are interested). Many thanks for the support, love you all so much. I would be eternally grateful for some of my BIG account friends could post to their friends too. Linda💞🧑‍🦼💞
My book will be available on publishers site (link below) Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Indigo and all other online book sellers to start with on the 13th April. Book stores will be dependent on sales. Please help me reach the first target of 5000 sold. Repost🥳 olympiapublishers.com/book/screami...
February 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Do you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men. It is the music of the people who will not be slaves again.
February 17, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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February 9, 2025 at 7:25 AM