@debokozi.bsky.social
Retired librarian and avid reader. Value truth seekers, curiosity, empathy and kindness.
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" I also believe that those of us who are older, whiter, safer from the threats of state violence do not have the moral ground to lecture the younger, browner and blacker, more directly impacted demographic on what they should and should not do." www.meditationsinanemergency.com/some-notes-o...
Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence
I think maybe it's begun, the bigger fiercer backlash against the Trump Administration which is itself a violent backlash against every good thing that's happened over the past several decades – the a...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
" I also believe that those of us who are older, whiter, safer from the threats of state violence do not have the moral ground to lecture the younger, browner and blacker, more directly impacted demographic on what they should and should not do." www.meditationsinanemergency.com/some-notes-o...
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We traded Europe for a guy that builds concentration camps for profit.
April 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
We traded Europe for a guy that builds concentration camps for profit.
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My talk yesterday, interspersed with images of those more than 1200 protests nationwide. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/millions-sto...
Millions Stood Up: April 5 Hands Off Day of Action
I was the closing speaker at the ebullient San Francisco Hands Off rally, and when I got home later I scoured the news for reports on the more than one thousand other rallies. Of course people would ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
April 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
My talk yesterday, interspersed with images of those more than 1200 protests nationwide. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/millions-sto...
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Musk knew his days were numbered with DOGE- so he told Trump advisers this week he would donate another $100 million to Trump's political operation. Hence why he is still around, and got the 30 min White House Tesla infomercial.
March 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Musk knew his days were numbered with DOGE- so he told Trump advisers this week he would donate another $100 million to Trump's political operation. Hence why he is still around, and got the 30 min White House Tesla infomercial.
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“Thank you again. Thank you again. Won’t forget it,” Trump says while shaking the hand of Supreme Court Justice John Roberts after the State of the Union.
March 5, 2025 at 5:18 AM
“Thank you again. Thank you again. Won’t forget it,” Trump says while shaking the hand of Supreme Court Justice John Roberts after the State of the Union.
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Predictably, Trump's approval numbers are falling. His mini-me is even worse. I gifted this so you can read it.
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Many of Trump’s early actions are unpopular, Post-Ipsos poll finds
Reviews from Americans on President Donald Trump’s second term are mixed to negative, and 57 percent say he has exceeded his authority since taking office.
wapo.st
February 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Predictably, Trump's approval numbers are falling. His mini-me is even worse. I gifted this so you can read it.
wapo.st/3Qrqyd9
wapo.st/3Qrqyd9
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Watch this trailer of the documentary "Democracy Under Siege". A warning for the next four years.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/democracy-...
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/democracy-...
Democracy Under Siege- trailer
Laura Nix, an Academy Award nominated filmmaker, created this fantastic documentary with producer Hanne Phlypo about the U.S.
anntelnaes.substack.com
December 19, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Watch this trailer of the documentary "Democracy Under Siege". A warning for the next four years.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/democracy-...
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/democracy-...
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This is my question…
January 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This is my question…
January 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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The greedy psychopaths!
Goldman Sachs: cures could be bad for business in the long run.
“Is curing patients a sustainable business model?” GS analysts ask in an April 10 report entitled “The Genome Revolution.”
www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/g...
Goldman Sachs asks in biotech research report: 'Is curing patients a sustainable business model?'
Goldman Sachs warns sales from the most successful disease treatments are difficult to maintain.
www.cnbc.com
January 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The greedy psychopaths!
Goldman Sachs: cures could be bad for business in the long run.
“Is curing patients a sustainable business model?” GS analysts ask in an April 10 report entitled “The Genome Revolution.”
www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/g...
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3) GET AN INAUGURATION TICKET AND DO NOT SHOW.
4) NATIONAL IMPERIAL MARCH BY KAZOO DAY. If SEVERAL thousand Kazooers mass the parade route and play the Imperial March … badly, Trump will be so upset he will outlaw Kazoos.
THESE ARE TIPS THAT ONLY WORK IF WE DO THEM EN MASS AND SIMULTANEOUSLY.
4) NATIONAL IMPERIAL MARCH BY KAZOO DAY. If SEVERAL thousand Kazooers mass the parade route and play the Imperial March … badly, Trump will be so upset he will outlaw Kazoos.
THESE ARE TIPS THAT ONLY WORK IF WE DO THEM EN MASS AND SIMULTANEOUSLY.
December 20, 2024 at 3:23 PM
3) GET AN INAUGURATION TICKET AND DO NOT SHOW.
4) NATIONAL IMPERIAL MARCH BY KAZOO DAY. If SEVERAL thousand Kazooers mass the parade route and play the Imperial March … badly, Trump will be so upset he will outlaw Kazoos.
THESE ARE TIPS THAT ONLY WORK IF WE DO THEM EN MASS AND SIMULTANEOUSLY.
4) NATIONAL IMPERIAL MARCH BY KAZOO DAY. If SEVERAL thousand Kazooers mass the parade route and play the Imperial March … badly, Trump will be so upset he will outlaw Kazoos.
THESE ARE TIPS THAT ONLY WORK IF WE DO THEM EN MASS AND SIMULTANEOUSLY.
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2) MASS DELETE TWITTER AT EXACTLY 12 noon on 20 Jan as Elonia holds VP Trump’s Bible. Send Pres Elon a message. If 10-20 million subscribers blink out simultaneously. He will have a sad.
Power resisters: keep accounts so they’re not hijacked but do not engage the anger algorithm. Just stop using.
Power resisters: keep accounts so they’re not hijacked but do not engage the anger algorithm. Just stop using.
December 20, 2024 at 3:19 PM
2) MASS DELETE TWITTER AT EXACTLY 12 noon on 20 Jan as Elonia holds VP Trump’s Bible. Send Pres Elon a message. If 10-20 million subscribers blink out simultaneously. He will have a sad.
Power resisters: keep accounts so they’re not hijacked but do not engage the anger algorithm. Just stop using.
Power resisters: keep accounts so they’re not hijacked but do not engage the anger algorithm. Just stop using.
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INAUGURATION COUNTER-PROGRAMMING!
Here are 3 Resistance Acts we all can do on Jan 20. Use what I call FAFO, “Focused Action with Focused Objectives.”
1) BLACK OUT THE INAUGERATION FOR 100 HOURS.
-Do not watch, read or engage w/TV, Radio, Social Media or Cable fm 8am 20 Jan until weekend.
Here are 3 Resistance Acts we all can do on Jan 20. Use what I call FAFO, “Focused Action with Focused Objectives.”
1) BLACK OUT THE INAUGERATION FOR 100 HOURS.
-Do not watch, read or engage w/TV, Radio, Social Media or Cable fm 8am 20 Jan until weekend.
December 20, 2024 at 3:15 PM
INAUGURATION COUNTER-PROGRAMMING!
Here are 3 Resistance Acts we all can do on Jan 20. Use what I call FAFO, “Focused Action with Focused Objectives.”
1) BLACK OUT THE INAUGERATION FOR 100 HOURS.
-Do not watch, read or engage w/TV, Radio, Social Media or Cable fm 8am 20 Jan until weekend.
Here are 3 Resistance Acts we all can do on Jan 20. Use what I call FAFO, “Focused Action with Focused Objectives.”
1) BLACK OUT THE INAUGERATION FOR 100 HOURS.
-Do not watch, read or engage w/TV, Radio, Social Media or Cable fm 8am 20 Jan until weekend.
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As for the Kazoo. Do it anywhere you are in the country. Make a video and post it to blue sky.
December 20, 2024 at 4:49 PM
As for the Kazoo. Do it anywhere you are in the country. Make a video and post it to blue sky.
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LIST OF SHAME: media outlets/personalities that/who have already capitulated to Trump, obeying in advance:
*Washington Post
* Los Angeles Times
* Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski
* Time Magazine
* ABC News
*Washington Post
* Los Angeles Times
* Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski
* Time Magazine
* ABC News
December 14, 2024 at 11:35 PM
LIST OF SHAME: media outlets/personalities that/who have already capitulated to Trump, obeying in advance:
*Washington Post
* Los Angeles Times
* Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski
* Time Magazine
* ABC News
*Washington Post
* Los Angeles Times
* Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski
* Time Magazine
* ABC News
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So TIME Magazine is putting convicted felons and adjudicated rapists on their cover now?
How disgraceful.
How disgraceful.
December 12, 2024 at 4:06 PM
So TIME Magazine is putting convicted felons and adjudicated rapists on their cover now?
How disgraceful.
How disgraceful.
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What the hell are we even doing? Normalizing & green-lighting another psychotic
madman. That’s what we’re doing. It’s f’ing insane.
madman. That’s what we’re doing. It’s f’ing insane.
December 12, 2024 at 12:39 PM
What the hell are we even doing? Normalizing & green-lighting another psychotic
madman. That’s what we’re doing. It’s f’ing insane.
madman. That’s what we’re doing. It’s f’ing insane.
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Joy as a force of resistance, with a Nick Cave song and a Lisel Mueller poem (read by Nick Cave)
The Paradox of Joy, with a Nick Cave Song and a Lisel Mueller Poem
In this world heavy with robust reasons for despair, joy is a stubborn courage we must not surrender, a fulcrum of personal power we must not yield to cynicism, blame, or any other costume of helpl…
www.themarginalian.org
November 21, 2024 at 5:47 AM
Joy as a force of resistance, with a Nick Cave song and a Lisel Mueller poem (read by Nick Cave)
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President Biden tried to raise the overtime threshold, which is the point where salaried workers are entitled to earn overtime pay. It would have helped millions. A Trump appointed judge in Texas just blocked it.
Please tell me you see which party is actually fighting for the average worker.
Please tell me you see which party is actually fighting for the average worker.
November 16, 2024 at 1:14 PM
President Biden tried to raise the overtime threshold, which is the point where salaried workers are entitled to earn overtime pay. It would have helped millions. A Trump appointed judge in Texas just blocked it.
Please tell me you see which party is actually fighting for the average worker.
Please tell me you see which party is actually fighting for the average worker.