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Joseph S

Nobody is coming to save us. We have to save us. Every one of us plays an essential part in defending our freedoms. Those hard conversations you’ve avoided, it’s time to have them. It’s time to support each other as we have them. #resist #community #empathy. The power is yours.

January 23, 2025 at 3:03 AM

Crystal M

@crysmann.bsky.social

Rosalie rarely lets me get good pictures of her face, at least without her looking annoyed. 😋

January 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM

Crystal M

@crysmann.bsky.social

Monroe looking quite dapper this evening. 🥰

January 9, 2025 at 2:51 AM

Crystal M

@crysmann.bsky.social

My fellow knowledge seekers, I am on a quest. This quest has 2 goals:

1) Rebuild my physical library
2) Protect knowledge

In this quest, I am seeking this forum’s collective input. If you had your choice of books to protect from those seeking to alter facts, what would you choose?

December 17, 2024 at 2:48 AM

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦

@olgalautman.bsky.social

My latest on Trump's fight to control the information space and the disgraceful capitulation by some in media and tech moguls before he has even taken office

Manipulating the Narrative: Trump, Tech Giants, and the Battle for the Information Space

Donald Trump’s return to power is shaping up to be a cautionary tale of how authoritarian ambitions intertwine with control over the information space.

olgalautman.substack.com

December 16, 2024 at 6:42 PM

Crystal M

@crysmann.bsky.social

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
20 / 20

#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge

December 13, 2024 at 6:13 AM

Crystal M

@crysmann.bsky.social

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
19 / 20

#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge

December 8, 2024 at 9:59 PM

Crystal M

@crysmann.bsky.social

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
18 / 20

#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge

December 7, 2024 at 3:53 AM

Crystal M

@crysmann.bsky.social

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
17 / 20

#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge

December 6, 2024 at 2:07 AM

Crystal M

@crysmann.bsky.social

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
16 / 20

#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge

December 4, 2024 at 7:49 PM

Crystal M

@crysmann.bsky.social

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
15 / 20

#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge

December 3, 2024 at 4:15 PM

Crystal M

@crysmann.bsky.social

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
14 / 20

#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge

December 2, 2024 at 3:56 AM

Crystal M

@crysmann.bsky.social

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
13 / 20

#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge

November 29, 2024 at 9:20 PM

Crystal M

@crysmann.bsky.social

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
12 / 20

#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge

November 28, 2024 at 3:20 AM

Crystal M

@crysmann.bsky.social

Frank Lloyd Wright adapted and inscribed the 4th stanza Walt Whitman’s Song of the Universal, from Leaves of Grass at Taliesin West, his desert laboratory.

I found this rather poignant, considering the direction we’re headed.

November 27, 2024 at 7:12 PM

Crystal M

@crysmann.bsky.social

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
11 / 20

#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge

November 26, 2024 at 6:36 PM

Crystal M

@crysmann.bsky.social

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
10 / 20

#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge

November 25, 2024 at 8:27 PM

Crystal M

@crysmann.bsky.social

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
9 / 20

#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge

November 24, 2024 at 8:51 PM

Crystal M

@crysmann.bsky.social

Cyber Tip heading into the holiday week and Black Friday for my US friends - turn on multi-factor authentication for all of your financial accounts as well as spending alerts. Protect yourself.

a cartoon woman with red hair is sitting at a desk with a computer monitor

ALT: a cartoon woman with red hair is sitting at a desk with a computer monitor

media.tenor.com

November 23, 2024 at 9:17 PM

Crystal M

@crysmann.bsky.social

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
8 / 20

#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge

November 23, 2024 at 7:34 PM

Crystal M

@crysmann.bsky.social

Finally, it’s the weekend! And the weekend heading into vacation mode!

November 23, 2024 at 4:20 PM

Crystal M

@crysmann.bsky.social

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
7 / 20

#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge

November 22, 2024 at 7:08 PM

Crystal M

@crysmann.bsky.social

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
6 / 20

#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge