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Barb in Athens
@me2ga.bsky.social
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Educator, instigator, agitator, IndivisibleGA10 member. Keywords for next four years: RESIST, REFUSE, REMEMBER. Novelist, activist, musician, sailor, Mainer-turned-Georgian-via-Minnesota. Latest book: DISSONANCE: A Novel of Music & Murder.
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Crewel work design of hearts in progress—photo sent to the “Knit In” peaceful protest of ICE in Portland OR. @swindivisiblepdx.bsky.social
Crewel work design of hearts in progress to send to the “Knit-In” peaceful protest of ICE in Portland OR.
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Mike, you can make it to Cuba but not a Town Hall at home? Collins flew to the Guantanamo detention base on Monday.

“We need to give Trump every dollar he asks for to get these people out and save our nation,” Collins wrote. “The next time I’m in GITMO, I want to see it full.”
#IndivisibleGA10
Humorous poster showing a photo of Mike Collins and calling him Mike the Missing, in the style of a missing persons alert.
March 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Trump’s planning a BIG 250th year celebration on July 4. That’s the perfect day for a giant peaceful protest march on Washington, tent encampment on the Mall, millions of us from all over America—fire up the buses, here we come. Let’s take our country back.
Photo of a huge mass protest.
March 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Inviting the rest of the world to join the February 28 Big Business Boycott.
Picture of the word BOYCOTT in red, stencil-like lettering.
February 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Protest at City Hall in Athens, GA. 300-400 people.
#IndivisibleGA10
February 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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WTF! If you rely on Social Security, check your account! I just tried to log into my Social Security account. The screenshot below is what I got. I happen to be in France, but even so, the “service times” listed make no sense.
This is a screen shot of a response I got when trying to log into my Social Security account. It says the hours of service are 4:15am - 1:00am M-F, 5:00-11:00pm on S and 8:00am-11:30pm on Su. It also lists two phone numbers: 1-800-772-1213 and 1-800-325-0778 (TTY)
February 5, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Snow day in Athens, GA!
January 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Morning sunshine today
Photo of a corner on our living room with sun coming in the window, streaming through stained glass artwork made by our daughter and reflecting on the wall. Houseplants are grouped below the window.
January 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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How many Republic state lawmakers have endorsed the National Popular Vote state compact?
The National Popular. Ore Interstate Compact has been enacted into law in 19 jurisdictions with a total of 209 electoral votes. These include: DC, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Rhode Island, Vermont, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington, California, Illinois, New York
December 10, 2024 at 2:28 AM
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Day 12
Book cover, Dwelling Place: A Plantation Epic by Erskine Clarke. Artwork depicts a folk art illustration of the plantation.
December 6, 2024 at 9:14 PM
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Day 11
Cover of FOSTER, a book by Claire Keegan (author of SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE). The cover is a stylized blue, black, and white graphic drawing depicting a farmhouse in an Irish field. The cover also co two s the words, “As good as Chekhov.”—David Mitchell
December 5, 2024 at 9:35 PM
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Day 10
Book cover, THE NORTH WOODS by Daniel Mason. It’s an illustration of an oversized mountain lion reclining in a field.
December 3, 2024 at 1:11 PM
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Day 9
Book cover. OLIVE KITTERIDGE by Elizabeth Strout
December 2, 2024 at 2:57 AM
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Day 8
Book cover of SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL by Patricia MacLachlan
November 30, 2024 at 8:56 PM
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Day 7
Cover of book called Following Seas: Sailing the Globe, Sounding a Life by Beth Leonard
November 29, 2024 at 5:18 PM
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Day 6
Book cover. Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
November 28, 2024 at 11:03 PM
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Day 5
Cover of book by Dee Brown, BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE: An Indian History of the American West
November 27, 2024 at 6:01 PM
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Day 4
Cover of novel by Barbara Trapido, The Travelling Hornplayr
November 26, 2024 at 12:48 PM
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Day 3
Cover of a book by Niall Williams, THIS IS HAPPINESS
November 26, 2024 at 3:27 AM
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Because he was freaking guilty as hell!
New York Times Nov. 25, 2024, 2:25 p.m. Chris Cameron In a statement, Vice President-elect JD Vance highlighted the significant legal peril that Donald Trump had been in as he sought re-election. “If Donald J. Trump had lost an election, he may very well have spent the rest of his life in prison,” Vance said on social media, adding, “It’s time to ensure what happened to President Trump never happens in this country again.”
November 25, 2024 at 9:48 PM
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Day 2
Photo of cover of Bel Canto, a book by Ann Patchett
November 24, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Shows a photo of five novels comprising the Cazalet Chronicles by Elizabeth Jane Howard.
November 23, 2024 at 2:23 PM
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Demonstrating his love of the uneducated:
NYT Headline: Trump Chooses Longtime Ally Linda McMahon to Run Education Dept.
November 20, 2024 at 1:23 PM
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For you this Sunday morning.
Praise Song Barbara Crooker Praise the light of late November, the thin sunlight that goes deep in the bones. Praise the crows chattering in the oak trees; though they are clothed in night, they do not despair. Praise what little there’s left: the small boats of milkweed pods, husks, hulls, shells, the architecture of trees. Praise the meadow of dried weeds: yarrow, goldenrod, chicory, the remains of summer. Praise the blue sky that hasn’t cracked yet. Praise the sun slipping down behind the beechnuts, praise the quilt of leaves that covers the grass: Scarlet Oak, Sweet Gum, Sugar Maple. Though darkness gathers, praise our crazy fallen world; it’s all we have, and it’s never enough.
November 17, 2024 at 1:50 PM
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A poem to end a difficult week…
Poem by Stuart Kestenbaum it all comes down to this: In our imperfect world we are meant to repair and stitch together what beauty there is, stitch it with compassion and wire. See how everything we have made gathers the light inside itself and overflows? A blessing.
November 15, 2024 at 11:55 PM