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I believe Tolkien said it best
“Frodo: I can’t do this, Sam. Sam: I know. It’s all wrong. By rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something. Frodo: What are we holding onto, Sam? Sam: That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo… and it’s worth fighting for.” Tolkien
February 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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nikitagill.bsky.social
On the days I am about to give up, this Gwendolyn Brooks poem gives me an anchor.
TO THE YOUNG WHO WANT TO DIE Sit down. Inhale. Exhale. The gun will wait. The lake will wait. The tall gall in the small seductive vial will wait will wait: will wait a week: will wait through April. You do not have to die this certain day. Death will abide, will pamper your postponement. I assure you death will wait. Death has a lot of time. Death can attend to you tomorrow. Or next week. Death is just down the street; is most obliging neighbor; can meet you any moment. You need not die today. Stay here - through pout or pain or peskyness. Stay here. See what the news is going to be tomorrow. Graves grow no green that you can use. Remember, green's your color. You are Spring.
February 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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krassenstein.bsky.social
PLEASE SHARE.
February 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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trishdukes.bsky.social
TikTok took it down, so let’s share the shit out of this reading list. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #NeverAgainIsNow #BookSky
#StateMediaCensorship
January 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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January 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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lindsayburoker.bsky.social
Indeed.
January 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
melsshield.bsky.social
I don’t post much on the socials, but today of all days I want say that we can get thru this with our strength of spirit, helping people wherever we can, even in small ways, and most of all love for each other. I know it sounds trite but right now it’s all I’ve got. Hang in there 💜
January 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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readerofbannedbook.bsky.social
Republican plans
A cartoon about Authoritarianism.
January 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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readerofbannedbook.bsky.social
Spread this far and wide, PLEASE!
December 28, 2024 at 11:54 PM
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thejenniwren.teamlh.social
If you are in Oklahoma or know others that are with school age children, please pass this along to them. Defense of Democracy created opt-out forms for Ryan Walter’s forced bible instruction. Let’s keep getting in good trouble!
#EduSky #Resist
kfor.com/news/oklahom...
Non-profit creates opt out forms against State Superintendent Ryan Walters
A non-profit called Defense of Democracy has created opt-out forms for parents who want their child to have no interaction with Ryan Walters in any capacity, which includes the recent prayer video.
kfor.com
November 24, 2024 at 7:48 PM