Tim Gamgee
@gamgeegardens.bsky.social
Artbots, birds, politics, Tolkien etc. Treehugger. Retired bookseller. 🏳️🌈 I only follow back if we share interests.
“Only connect!…Only connect the prose & the passion & both will be exalted…. Live in fragments no longer.”
“Only connect!…Only connect the prose & the passion & both will be exalted…. Live in fragments no longer.”
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Almost three weeks ago, I wrote this: www.lawdork.com/p/the-kavana...
It’s not just the Trump administration. The Republican appointees on the Supreme Court — especially Justice Kavanaugh, who put their permission into words — should answer for it.
It’s not just the Trump administration. The Republican appointees on the Supreme Court — especially Justice Kavanaugh, who put their permission into words — should answer for it.
For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’
The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Almost three weeks ago, I wrote this: www.lawdork.com/p/the-kavana...
It’s not just the Trump administration. The Republican appointees on the Supreme Court — especially Justice Kavanaugh, who put their permission into words — should answer for it.
It’s not just the Trump administration. The Republican appointees on the Supreme Court — especially Justice Kavanaugh, who put their permission into words — should answer for it.
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The stadium Trump is in is named after Arthur Ashe, the tennis legend.
What many people today probably don't know is that Ashe was literally arrested in front of the White House in 1992 for protesting the George H.W. Bush administration's treatment of Haitian refugees. www.upi.com/Archives/199...
What many people today probably don't know is that Ashe was literally arrested in front of the White House in 1992 for protesting the George H.W. Bush administration's treatment of Haitian refugees. www.upi.com/Archives/199...
BREAKING: Trump makes his first appearance at the US Open. There were audible boos and a few light claps.
Important to stress the stadium is at most 10% full and the start time has been pushed to 2:30pm ET.
Important to stress the stadium is at most 10% full and the start time has been pushed to 2:30pm ET.
September 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The stadium Trump is in is named after Arthur Ashe, the tennis legend.
What many people today probably don't know is that Ashe was literally arrested in front of the White House in 1992 for protesting the George H.W. Bush administration's treatment of Haitian refugees. www.upi.com/Archives/199...
What many people today probably don't know is that Ashe was literally arrested in front of the White House in 1992 for protesting the George H.W. Bush administration's treatment of Haitian refugees. www.upi.com/Archives/199...
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BREAKING:
Trump's DOJ is demanding hospitals turn over sensitive information related to medical care for young transgender patients, including billing documents, communication with drug manufacturers and data such as patient dates of birth, Social Security numbers and addresses.
Trump's DOJ is demanding hospitals turn over sensitive information related to medical care for young transgender patients, including billing documents, communication with drug manufacturers and data such as patient dates of birth, Social Security numbers and addresses.
Government’s demand for trans care info sought addresses, doctors’ notes, texts
Legal experts said the Justice Department subpoenas related to medical care for transgender minors appear to be unprecedented.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:25 AM
BREAKING:
Trump's DOJ is demanding hospitals turn over sensitive information related to medical care for young transgender patients, including billing documents, communication with drug manufacturers and data such as patient dates of birth, Social Security numbers and addresses.
Trump's DOJ is demanding hospitals turn over sensitive information related to medical care for young transgender patients, including billing documents, communication with drug manufacturers and data such as patient dates of birth, Social Security numbers and addresses.
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Real talk (reel talk?):
BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.
BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.
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August 17, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Real talk (reel talk?):
BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.
BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.
This is a fantastic selection of photos, with a remarkable range of subjects and styles. Well worth returning to.
Diane Arbus
Woman in Her Négligée, NYC, 1966
#WorldPhotographyDay
I used to study her pictures & try to figure out how she got just the right amount of curtain in a frame. Just a little piece of it, but just the right amount for the room she was working in.
- Annie Leibovitz
Woman in Her Négligée, NYC, 1966
#WorldPhotographyDay
I used to study her pictures & try to figure out how she got just the right amount of curtain in a frame. Just a little piece of it, but just the right amount for the room she was working in.
- Annie Leibovitz
August 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This is a fantastic selection of photos, with a remarkable range of subjects and styles. Well worth returning to.
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To help out public radio & television
This will help you find a public radio or television station that stands to lose 50 percent or more of its revenue:
Adopt A Station
adoptastation.org
July 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
To help out public radio & television
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Can you hit repost? Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat.
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?
July 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Can you hit repost? Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat.
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?
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This is the page in the history book where future generations may ask, “Why didn’t more people speak up?" Don’t let this slide.
June 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This is the page in the history book where future generations may ask, “Why didn’t more people speak up?" Don’t let this slide.
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Monday marks 10 years since Trump's escalator descent, and the start of my dataset of his anti-press social posts. Nearly 3,500 entries and growing, it provides not just a historical archive but also an urgent warning: The rhetoric our leaders use matters.
My latest for @pressfreedomtracker.us:
My latest for @pressfreedomtracker.us:
On social media, Trump targets the press on average once a day — for 10 years and counting
Behind a decade of attacks on the media lies Trump’s strategy of control.
pressfreedomtracker.us
June 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Monday marks 10 years since Trump's escalator descent, and the start of my dataset of his anti-press social posts. Nearly 3,500 entries and growing, it provides not just a historical archive but also an urgent warning: The rhetoric our leaders use matters.
My latest for @pressfreedomtracker.us:
My latest for @pressfreedomtracker.us:
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Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
June 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
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Anyone who tells you that there are no Medicaid cuts in the Republican budget plan is a liar.
With the $880 billion in cuts they voted for, the math just doesn’t add up.
With the $880 billion in cuts they voted for, the math just doesn’t add up.
May 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Anyone who tells you that there are no Medicaid cuts in the Republican budget plan is a liar.
With the $880 billion in cuts they voted for, the math just doesn’t add up.
With the $880 billion in cuts they voted for, the math just doesn’t add up.
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No national parks, no museums, no public schools, no affordable healthcare, no public television/radio, no suicide hotlines, no protections for water, food, or air, no early education or nutrition help for needy small children, no science research, no public health, no history or secular literature.
May 6, 2025 at 2:31 AM
No national parks, no museums, no public schools, no affordable healthcare, no public television/radio, no suicide hotlines, no protections for water, food, or air, no early education or nutrition help for needy small children, no science research, no public health, no history or secular literature.
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LibraryPAC has issued its first endorsements. We need pro-library electeds as much as we ever have. NYC is lucky to have three mayoral candidates who fit that bill: @bradlander.bsky.social , @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social , and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
librarypac.nyc/endorsements
librarypac.nyc/endorsements
LibraryPAC Endorsements
librarypac.nyc
May 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
LibraryPAC has issued its first endorsements. We need pro-library electeds as much as we ever have. NYC is lucky to have three mayoral candidates who fit that bill: @bradlander.bsky.social , @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social , and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
librarypac.nyc/endorsements
librarypac.nyc/endorsements
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2 dolls, 5 pencils, a job placing screws into AirPods, and the measles: every little girl's american dream, so worth the sacrifice
Bessent says that little girls who are sad about having fewer dolls should just have it explained to them that they will have a better life for it
May 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
2 dolls, 5 pencils, a job placing screws into AirPods, and the measles: every little girl's american dream, so worth the sacrifice
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I couldn’t recommend that people come here now. Safety first and this place is becoming the stuff of nightmares with people swept off the street….
This is a piece that I wished @shashikalb.bsky.social , Nhial Deng, and I did not have to write
The Global North is increasingly unsafe for global health meetings
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... via @thelancet.bsky.social
The Global North is increasingly unsafe for global health meetings
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... via @thelancet.bsky.social
The Global North is increasingly unsafe for global health meetings
American civil rights activist Maya Angelou once wrote, “prejudice is a burden that
confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible”.1 At
a time of unprecedented national...
www.thelancet.com
May 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I couldn’t recommend that people come here now. Safety first and this place is becoming the stuff of nightmares with people swept off the street….
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In Reagan's 1980s, America had just 35 undocumented immigrants behind bars. Today, nearly 48,000 sit in squalid detention, many thrown there by a mask-wearing U.S. secret police that smashes homes, cars and violates human rights
It's time to abolish ICE. My column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
It's time to abolish ICE. My column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
Human rights nightmares show ‘the crazies’ who wanted to abolish ICE were right | Will Bunch
The nightly parade of horror stories about an American secret police proves the current system is broken beyond repair.
www.inquirer.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
In Reagan's 1980s, America had just 35 undocumented immigrants behind bars. Today, nearly 48,000 sit in squalid detention, many thrown there by a mask-wearing U.S. secret police that smashes homes, cars and violates human rights
It's time to abolish ICE. My column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
It's time to abolish ICE. My column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
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[NEW VIDEO] Archaeology is under siege from popular anti-intellectual influencers. I document threats and harassment and provide actionable strategies for promoting public educational content
Watch, like, comment, and share to boost visibility 🧪🏺 #AncientBlueSky
youtu.be/F5PvwzgfKKw
Watch, like, comment, and share to boost visibility 🧪🏺 #AncientBlueSky
youtu.be/F5PvwzgfKKw
The Archaeology Wars: Call-To-Action to Support Public Education & Science Communication
YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble
youtu.be
May 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
[NEW VIDEO] Archaeology is under siege from popular anti-intellectual influencers. I document threats and harassment and provide actionable strategies for promoting public educational content
Watch, like, comment, and share to boost visibility 🧪🏺 #AncientBlueSky
youtu.be/F5PvwzgfKKw
Watch, like, comment, and share to boost visibility 🧪🏺 #AncientBlueSky
youtu.be/F5PvwzgfKKw
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Have a great Free Comic Book Day, friends! Pick up some free comics - and buy some books, too! Find your local shop here: comicshoplocator.com
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May 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Have a great Free Comic Book Day, friends! Pick up some free comics - and buy some books, too! Find your local shop here: comicshoplocator.com
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Every right workers have is won by uniting in solidarity—the 8-hour workday, overtime, fair wages and benefits, workplace safety. Working people organized, marched, and fought. On May Day, we honor that fight by continuing it.
May 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Every right workers have is won by uniting in solidarity—the 8-hour workday, overtime, fair wages and benefits, workplace safety. Working people organized, marched, and fought. On May Day, we honor that fight by continuing it.
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Stream Online "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" Free on Its 50th Anniversary
www.openculture.com/2025/05/stre...
www.openculture.com/2025/05/stre...
Stream Online Monty Python and the Holy Grail Free on Its 50th Anniversary
This year, YouTube celebrated its twentieth anniversary, prompting younger users to wonder what life could have been like before it. The fiftieth anniversary of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which ...
www.openculture.com
May 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Stream Online "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" Free on Its 50th Anniversary
www.openculture.com/2025/05/stre...
www.openculture.com/2025/05/stre...
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Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
kfor.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
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According to Kash Patel’s own financial disclosure statement, he pocketed $25,000 from a production company operated by a filmmaker associated with a Kremlin-subsidized propaganda project, a pro-Putin oligarch, and a pro-Kremlin disinformation agent.
@davidcorn.bsky.social's NEW video explains:
@davidcorn.bsky.social's NEW video explains:
The Curious Case of Kash Patel's $25,000
YouTube video by Mother Jones
youtu.be
April 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
According to Kash Patel’s own financial disclosure statement, he pocketed $25,000 from a production company operated by a filmmaker associated with a Kremlin-subsidized propaganda project, a pro-Putin oligarch, and a pro-Kremlin disinformation agent.
@davidcorn.bsky.social's NEW video explains:
@davidcorn.bsky.social's NEW video explains:
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Today is Workers Memorial Day, honoring those who have been injured or killed on the job.
I wrote this for @proteanmag.com after my granddad died from mesothelioma. He spent 40 years working at a steel mill, breathing in the asbestos that eventually took him from me proteanmag.com/2021/03/23/s...
I wrote this for @proteanmag.com after my granddad died from mesothelioma. He spent 40 years working at a steel mill, breathing in the asbestos that eventually took him from me proteanmag.com/2021/03/23/s...
Stolen Air • Protean Magazine
Kim Kelly marks the one-year anniversary of her grandfather's passing with a reflection on his life, and a condemnation of the workplace conditions that led to his death. This piece appears in our thi...
proteanmag.com
April 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Today is Workers Memorial Day, honoring those who have been injured or killed on the job.
I wrote this for @proteanmag.com after my granddad died from mesothelioma. He spent 40 years working at a steel mill, breathing in the asbestos that eventually took him from me proteanmag.com/2021/03/23/s...
I wrote this for @proteanmag.com after my granddad died from mesothelioma. He spent 40 years working at a steel mill, breathing in the asbestos that eventually took him from me proteanmag.com/2021/03/23/s...
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THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT IS THE LAW OF THE LAND AND A SUPERSTATUTE AND THE PRESIDENT CANNOT UNDO IT.
sincerely,
a constitutional law professor who also teaches employment discrimination
sincerely,
a constitutional law professor who also teaches employment discrimination
April 24, 2025 at 1:39 AM
THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT IS THE LAW OF THE LAND AND A SUPERSTATUTE AND THE PRESIDENT CANNOT UNDO IT.
sincerely,
a constitutional law professor who also teaches employment discrimination
sincerely,
a constitutional law professor who also teaches employment discrimination