Alex Thompson
@lilytomlinhndlr.bsky.social
Historian ● Dog and Human Mama ● Texan
Slowly working on my Blue Sky presence... any tips?
September 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Slowly working on my Blue Sky presence... any tips?
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"Once free speech is gone, then we lose freedom to press... we lose due process... this is what is at stake," Alter said.
We’re calling on Greg Abbott to end these attacks on the First Amendment. Add your name to take action ➡️ bit.ly/txfreespeech
We’re calling on Greg Abbott to end these attacks on the First Amendment. Add your name to take action ➡️ bit.ly/txfreespeech
September 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"Once free speech is gone, then we lose freedom to press... we lose due process... this is what is at stake," Alter said.
We’re calling on Greg Abbott to end these attacks on the First Amendment. Add your name to take action ➡️ bit.ly/txfreespeech
We’re calling on Greg Abbott to end these attacks on the First Amendment. Add your name to take action ➡️ bit.ly/txfreespeech
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📢📢Rally for Dr. Tom Alter and #FreeSpeech TODAY 11am! Details below! 👇
⭐️Rally for fired Texas State history professor Dr. Tom Alter and for #FreeSpeech this Thursday, September 25th, 11am at the Hays County Courthouse, San Marcos. ✊
September 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
📢📢Rally for Dr. Tom Alter and #FreeSpeech TODAY 11am! Details below! 👇
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Regina Santos-Avila, a congressional staffer to Rep. Tony Gonzales, died Sunday after authorities found her on fire at her Uvalde home.
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September 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Regina Santos-Avila, a congressional staffer to Rep. Tony Gonzales, died Sunday after authorities found her on fire at her Uvalde home.
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Putting this out on Bluesky so that this media sphere knows what is going on, but we have multiple fascist actions being taken against faculty and students here in Texas. One of them is against my colleague, Dr. Tom Alter. Sign the petition below!
Reinstate Dr. Tom Alter share.google/H1ddZZoo8uhr...
Reinstate Dr. Tom Alter share.google/H1ddZZoo8uhr...
Reinstate Dr. Tom Alter | Defend Free Speech – TEXAS STATE EMPLOYEES UNION CWA Local 6186
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September 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Putting this out on Bluesky so that this media sphere knows what is going on, but we have multiple fascist actions being taken against faculty and students here in Texas. One of them is against my colleague, Dr. Tom Alter. Sign the petition below!
Reinstate Dr. Tom Alter share.google/H1ddZZoo8uhr...
Reinstate Dr. Tom Alter share.google/H1ddZZoo8uhr...
Tom Alter is one of the best professors in the history department and a stellar human being. This unjust firing is just a part of a pattern in higher education where tenure means NOTHING
Thomas Alter is the second professor in the state to be terminated this week for allegedly violating university policy after a video was posted on social media.
Texas State fires professor accused of trying to incite political violence in video
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September 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Tom Alter is one of the best professors in the history department and a stellar human being. This unjust firing is just a part of a pattern in higher education where tenure means NOTHING
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Winner was working at the NSA in 2017 when she leaked a classified document to the press. Soon after, the FBI showed up at her door. Winner's new memoir is I Am Not Your Enemy.
NSA leaker Reality Winner is rebuilding her life -- and looking back at her past
Winner was working at the NSA in 2017 when she leaked a classified document to the press. Soon after, the FBI showed up at her door. Winner's new memoir is I Am Not Your Enemy.
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September 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Winner was working at the NSA in 2017 when she leaked a classified document to the press. Soon after, the FBI showed up at her door. Winner's new memoir is I Am Not Your Enemy.
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Submissions of Texas songs or albums that are at least a decade old can be made to Castro's office until Sept. 21.
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September 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Submissions of Texas songs or albums that are at least a decade old can be made to Castro's office until Sept. 21.
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Hi! I am a local historian based out of Seguin and I am creating a new exhibit for our local museum. I want to include you in it and wanted to know a little more about your life as a kid growing up in Guadalupe County. Pm me? Thank you!
Hi! I am a local historian based out of Seguin and I am creating a new exhibit for our local museum. I want to include you in it and wanted to know a little more about your life as a kid growing up in Guadalupe County. Pm me? Thank you!
September 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
@samsanders.bsky.social
Hi! I am a local historian based out of Seguin and I am creating a new exhibit for our local museum. I want to include you in it and wanted to know a little more about your life as a kid growing up in Guadalupe County. Pm me? Thank you!
Hi! I am a local historian based out of Seguin and I am creating a new exhibit for our local museum. I want to include you in it and wanted to know a little more about your life as a kid growing up in Guadalupe County. Pm me? Thank you!
Book that made me cry today: "Salvage the Bones" by @jesmimi.bsky.social. Heartbreaking book but definitely love the representation for pitbulls in the book. China's duality as a true lover and fighter alongside Esch fighting her way through life's curveballs... it was a good cry.
February 10, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Book that made me cry today: "Salvage the Bones" by @jesmimi.bsky.social. Heartbreaking book but definitely love the representation for pitbulls in the book. China's duality as a true lover and fighter alongside Esch fighting her way through life's curveballs... it was a good cry.
Another light gone from this world- a fierce yet kind soul who was iconic just as her mother was. I hope she is in peace and pain-free.
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Former head of Planned Parenthood Cecile Richards has died
Cecile Richards, the longtime activist for women's rights and former head of Planned Parenthood, died Monday after battling brain cancer.
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January 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Another light gone from this world- a fierce yet kind soul who was iconic just as her mother was. I hope she is in peace and pain-free.
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