Linda Lane Sheridan
@lindalane.bsky.social
Trying to step lightly upon the earth, and let every footstep mean something.
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James Baldwin’s message was simple: we’re afraid of love, because we’re afraid of exposing our true selves. To manage that fear, we “other” the groups we don’t belong to in order to avoid a reckoning with ourselves.
The Lives and Loves of James Baldwin
An older generation dismissed him as passé; a newer one has recast him as a secular saint. But Baldwin’s true message remains more unsettling than either camp recognizes.
www.newyorker.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
James Baldwin’s message was simple: we’re afraid of love, because we’re afraid of exposing our true selves. To manage that fear, we “other” the groups we don’t belong to in order to avoid a reckoning with ourselves.
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Reposted by Linda Lane Sheridan
In the end, Dr. Cassidy had to choose between being a senator and being a doctor who had taken an oath to do no harm. He had to choose between his career and the lives of Americans.
He chose himself.
And now he has to live with the consequences of that choice.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
He chose himself.
And now he has to live with the consequences of that choice.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
The (un)Conscience of Bill Cassidy
He knew that RFK Jr. was dangerous. He voted for him anyway.
open.substack.com
August 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
In the end, Dr. Cassidy had to choose between being a senator and being a doctor who had taken an oath to do no harm. He had to choose between his career and the lives of Americans.
He chose himself.
And now he has to live with the consequences of that choice.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
He chose himself.
And now he has to live with the consequences of that choice.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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We’ve been overtaken by greedy, narcissistic, cruel thugs, devoid of any empathy. Get out all your monster hunting equipment—- it’s time to suit up.
February 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
We’ve been overtaken by greedy, narcissistic, cruel thugs, devoid of any empathy. Get out all your monster hunting equipment—- it’s time to suit up.
July 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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How do they manage to ruin EVERY day? Every single day I find out about something new that pisses me off
July 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
How do they manage to ruin EVERY day? Every single day I find out about something new that pisses me off
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I am a liberal.
June 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I am a liberal.
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🚨BREAKING: 300+ NIH employees call out the harm of censorship & politicized science in scathing email to Bhattacharya, demanding an end to political interference, a lift on funding freezes, & rehiring of fired staff whose work saves lives.
This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle.
🧵(1/5)
This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle.
🧵(1/5)
June 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🚨BREAKING: 300+ NIH employees call out the harm of censorship & politicized science in scathing email to Bhattacharya, demanding an end to political interference, a lift on funding freezes, & rehiring of fired staff whose work saves lives.
This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle.
🧵(1/5)
This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle.
🧵(1/5)
Reposted by Linda Lane Sheridan
Reposted by Linda Lane Sheridan
Put this on a billboard.
More Americans voted for Senator Alex Padilla than for 48 of the 53 red state GOP U.S. Senators combined.
June 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Put this on a billboard.
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Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.
- Mahatma Gandhi -
- Mahatma Gandhi -
April 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.
- Mahatma Gandhi -
- Mahatma Gandhi -