Jackie Dotson
@jackiedotson.bsky.social
LCSW, psychotherapist, Historian, Comedian, Figure Skater
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Can't be in the Park? No problem. We're streaming all six stages on HSB TV. Link on our website, or download the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass TV app!
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October 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Can't be in the Park? No problem. We're streaming all six stages on HSB TV. Link on our website, or download the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass TV app!
#hsb25
#hardlystrictlybluegrass
#hsbtv
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Yes. I am right. I am seeing how Chat GPT is ruining students critical thinking and writing skills in real time. It is not the future. It is a tool designed to render the populace helpless, to make people doubt their innate intelligence, and to foster overreliance on technology.
@roxanegay.bsky.social maybe you’re right.
A new study from MIT’s Media Lab (not yet peer-reviewed & small sample size): ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills. [time.com]
June 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Yes. I am right. I am seeing how Chat GPT is ruining students critical thinking and writing skills in real time. It is not the future. It is a tool designed to render the populace helpless, to make people doubt their innate intelligence, and to foster overreliance on technology.
@desireeadaway.bsky.social I found my notes from the day I met you in Port Costa. They’re truer than ever. Thank you for all you do.
May 20, 2025 at 4:30 AM
@desireeadaway.bsky.social I found my notes from the day I met you in Port Costa. They’re truer than ever. Thank you for all you do.
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April 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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April 15, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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I spoke with the Washington Post about why the Trump administration is so focused on US history: because authoritarian regimes rewrite history to legitimize their projects and normalize their chaotic, violent governance. Gift link: wapo.st/4cdjRFQ
Their jobs vanished. These historians want to ensure their stories don’t.
An oral history project aims to document the stories of the federal workforce cuts. The project is open to all feds and contractors — even DOGE and Musk.
wapo.st
March 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I spoke with the Washington Post about why the Trump administration is so focused on US history: because authoritarian regimes rewrite history to legitimize their projects and normalize their chaotic, violent governance. Gift link: wapo.st/4cdjRFQ
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Congratulations
March 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Congratulations
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The older I get, the more I understand Fred Rogers' need to get out of the work clothes immediately.
#ItsSuchAGoodFeeling
#ItsSuchAGoodFeeling
March 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The older I get, the more I understand Fred Rogers' need to get out of the work clothes immediately.
#ItsSuchAGoodFeeling
#ItsSuchAGoodFeeling
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Here’s a great article featuring insight from an anonymous FBI agent. Disturbing AF
bsky.app/profile/fpwe...
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They're terrorizing our federal employees in real ways and the impact is devastating for all of us. I spoke to a VA employee and FBI Agent about what they're experiencing and it will shock you. This is the most important thing I've written. Please read and share. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
Terrorizing our fellow Americans
Russ Vought promised to traumatize Federal workers, and it's happening
open.substack.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Here’s a great article featuring insight from an anonymous FBI agent. Disturbing AF
bsky.app/profile/fpwe...
bsky.app/profile/fpwe...
What the fuck, Chuck? @schumer.senate.gov #democrats
March 14, 2025 at 1:43 AM
What the fuck, Chuck? @schumer.senate.gov #democrats
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Hey @kenmartin.bsky.social, @housedemocrats.bsky.social and @democrats.org I'll give you this one for free, and then I'm available to consult, since it seems like you really need to hear from working class Americans instead of ratcheting to the right and continuing to play to billionaires.
This is how we unite the working class and save democracy
YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture
youtu.be
March 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Hey @kenmartin.bsky.social, @housedemocrats.bsky.social and @democrats.org I'll give you this one for free, and then I'm available to consult, since it seems like you really need to hear from working class Americans instead of ratcheting to the right and continuing to play to billionaires.
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Hundreds at Department of Labor prevented an in-person meeting with Musk surrogates today—Federal workers are mobilizing to protect government operations.
#FederalWorkers
#StopTheCoup
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#FederalWorkers
#StopTheCoup
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February 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Hundreds at Department of Labor prevented an in-person meeting with Musk surrogates today—Federal workers are mobilizing to protect government operations.
#FederalWorkers
#StopTheCoup
dcmediagroup.us/2025/02/04/c...
#FederalWorkers
#StopTheCoup
dcmediagroup.us/2025/02/04/c...
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LIVE: Protest in Sacramento against Trump administration
YouTube video by Associated Press
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February 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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The upshot of this article, is that Musk is operating with no check on his power and impulses, Trump officials, GOP congresspeople, and even Trump himself are worried.
And no wonder, Musk is playing Trump to his own ends. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
And no wonder, Musk is playing Trump to his own ends. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government (Gift Article)
The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been an extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The upshot of this article, is that Musk is operating with no check on his power and impulses, Trump officials, GOP congresspeople, and even Trump himself are worried.
And no wonder, Musk is playing Trump to his own ends. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
And no wonder, Musk is playing Trump to his own ends. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
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What I didn’t expect, and don’t think I could have foreseen, is how incredibly cringe it would all be. I have been prepared for evil, for greed, for cruelty, for injustice – but I did not anticipate that the people in power would also be such huge losers
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers | Rebecca Shaw
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s desperation to be cool as they suck up to Donald Trump is so cringe it makes my skin crawl
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
What I didn’t expect, and don’t think I could have foreseen, is how incredibly cringe it would all be. I have been prepared for evil, for greed, for cruelty, for injustice – but I did not anticipate that the people in power would also be such huge losers
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The time has come now for many, many people to forge post-capitalist lives, careers, professions, and futures.
www.theissue.io/what-late-ca...
www.theissue.io/what-late-ca...
What "Late Capitalism is Eating Itself” Means For Your Life and Career
I’m Umair Haque, and this is The Issue: an independent, nonpartisan, subscriber-supported publication. Our job is to give you the freshest, deepest, no-holds-barred insight about the issues that matte...
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January 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The time has come now for many, many people to forge post-capitalist lives, careers, professions, and futures.
www.theissue.io/what-late-ca...
www.theissue.io/what-late-ca...
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Everything is dumb and terrible, and it's gonna be dumb and terrible for a while. It’s important to do what you can to make it less dumb and terrible, and it's important to find a way make some contentment for yourself in spite of everything being dumb and terrible.
January 16, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Everything is dumb and terrible, and it's gonna be dumb and terrible for a while. It’s important to do what you can to make it less dumb and terrible, and it's important to find a way make some contentment for yourself in spite of everything being dumb and terrible.
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December 10, 2024 at 4:49 AM
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As police hunted for the missing gunman in a fatal “targeted attack” on the CEO of UnitedHealthcare in Manhattan on Wednesday morning, social media erupted with contempt for the health insurance industry he represented—and his company in particular:
Americans Have Little Sympathy for Murdered Health Insurance Exec
Americans expressed virtually no sympathy for the apparently targeted killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO by mystery gunman in New York.
www.rollingstone.com
December 4, 2024 at 11:04 PM
As police hunted for the missing gunman in a fatal “targeted attack” on the CEO of UnitedHealthcare in Manhattan on Wednesday morning, social media erupted with contempt for the health insurance industry he represented—and his company in particular:
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The Handmaid's Tale is a good book. But did you know that there's a book written by a Black woman about a post-apocalyptic Earth heavily affected by climate change and societal decline. The book was published in 1993, but is set in 2024 following a presidential election 👀 #BookSky #BlackBookSky
November 16, 2024 at 6:30 PM
The Handmaid's Tale is a good book. But did you know that there's a book written by a Black woman about a post-apocalyptic Earth heavily affected by climate change and societal decline. The book was published in 1993, but is set in 2024 following a presidential election 👀 #BookSky #BlackBookSky
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Let me say something that is controversial because our brains are broken:
Vaccines are a miracle and amazing
Vaccines are a miracle and amazing
November 15, 2024 at 2:12 AM
Let me say something that is controversial because our brains are broken:
Vaccines are a miracle and amazing
Vaccines are a miracle and amazing
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Audre Lorde wrote this in 1980…
November 13, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Audre Lorde wrote this in 1980…