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@phoenix--rising.bsky.social
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Time to RISE UP – TOGETHER!

Determined Old Lady - "Burning & Raving"
Love Nature, Growing things, Cooking, Laughter
Human Rights & Truth Advocate

No Expert on Anything; Plenty of Practice on a LOT.

#250YearsIsNotEnough #RevolutionNOW!

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I had to slow it down and look at it several times before I caught this, but THIS is just too damn much:
screengrab of an image from the video, showing that the side of the airplane he was dumping sh*t from says "King Trump"
October 19, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Apparently, in his fantasies...

#alttext
Photo of a donald trump post which is an AI image of trump seated in a gold chair, wearing the clothing and headdress of a pope, with a large gold cross around his neck, with his hand and index finger raised - perhaps to make him look wise and/or holy?
May 3, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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U.S. Hitler strikes again. 🤬

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No Aloha for two German girls when they wanted to start a three-week dream vacation in Hawaii. They were arrested for the first time in their life at Honolulu International Airport after being intimidated by U.S. Immigration.
Two happy young women smiling and enjoying riding in a wooden boat on a lake with a sensational backdrop of mountains and trees.
April 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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And....

#AltText
Post by Oscar Marinez, saying "I covefred MS-13 for over a decade: its history, crimes, symbolism, cruelty, pac ts with Salvadoran governments. I wrote a book about it. Never, ever, did any of the hundreds of sources I spoke to say anything that would allow us to believe Trump's strange interpretation of tattoos. Beneath that text is a photo of trump on the White House twitter account, holding a photo of Kilmar's hand, with tattoos on his fingers, and above them photoshopped-in the identifiers of "M S 1 3", and a bold title beneath saying "Kilmar's MS-13 Tattoos. There is also text on the White House post that says "If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck
April 20, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Sign that says "Congress: Stop the Insanity"
April 18, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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My sign at the last protest:
Protest sign in white on black, with the message "Congress:" and then a red stop sigh with a hand up, saying 'STOP', and then "the Insanity!".
April 18, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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#AltText
A woman who appears to be very old and hunched over, dressed warmly for the protest on a grey, rainy day, carrying a Cane and an umbrella in one hand, and a sign in the other, which says in very bold black letters "No Tariffs 4 Penguins!"
April 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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#AltText
Black meme with white text and a white silhouette of a girl lifting her hand up toward white butterlies, which are blending into a line drawing of a tree whose branches are blowing fiercely sideways in a strong wind. The text says: When I interviewed Maya Angelou, she told me to write this sentence on my notepad and to never forget it. - "Every storm runs out of rain." - I still think of that line to this day. - Alex Banayan The meme is identified as being from 'tinybuddha.com' .
April 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Photo of four people, from left, Gavin Newsom, trump, Melania trump, and an officer. The photo has been straightened so that the horizon is level, unlike the photo circulated which shows trump leaning. He IS definitely still leaning in this photo, but it's not nearly to the extent in the photo without the tilt corrected. Not a defence of the #FirstFelon , but a defence of TRUTH.
March 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Here is another photo of the same moment. Note that the color of his skin and the greenery is MUCH more natural on this photo, and the Washington monument is much straighter. Again, yes, he has an awkward stance. But it is a disservice to TRUTH to exaggerate his flaws. #AltText #Alt-Text
Natural color photo of trump at the same time as the original post with the manipulated photo. The Washington monument in the background is much straighter, and the skin tones, grass and trees are much more natural. trump's very large torso contributes to the look of his awkward stance. This was a photo taken during his first administration, but the one originally posted was circulated widely. It was obviously a manipulated photo. I am not posting this to defend the indefensible, but only to defend TRUTH.
March 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Same time, but with the Washington monument straighter.

#AltText with larger explanation about photo manipulation and not defending trump, but defending TRUTH.
Photo of trump with the Washington monument straight in the background, show trump standing relatively straight instead of leaning as dramatically as in the largely circulated photo. His large belly contributes to his awkward stance, which is not disputed, but has been grossly exaggerated. This is one of several manipulated photos which have circulated. The color on this photo is also MUCH more realistic than the disputed photo, as his skin tone and the grass look much more natural. The purpose of posting the photo is not to defend trump in any way, but only to defend TRUTH.
March 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Thoughts On Empathy...
Political Cartoon divided into four panels. First panel is drawing of Einstein with his quote: "Empathy is Patiently and sincerely seeing the world through the other person's eyes". 2nd Panel, drawing of Hannah Arendt with her quote: "The death of Human Empathy is one of the early and most telling signs that a culture is aobut to fall into Barbarism". 3rd Panel, drawing of 'Capt. Gilbert', a psychologist assigned to study nazi defendants at Nuremberg with his quote "It is the one characteristic that connects all the defendants - A genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow men. Evil, I think, is the lack of empathy." 4th Panel is a drawing of Elon Musk giving the Nazi salute with his quote: "The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is Empathy." The cartoon appears to be signed "Bagley '25', and also says "Cagle cartoons.com THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE"
March 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Inspiring! See Alt text for full comment
Screen-shot of a substack comment by Melissa Smith: "I'm one of those vulnerable ones. I lost my ability to see a year and a half ago. I am working hard to get back into the work place but it's taking time to learn what I need to compete in society. It's been hard enough. But I campaigned for Kamala, called, canvassed the neighborhood and put out signs. So when my blood red state declared the Tangerine Tyrant in THREE MINUTES after the polls closed, I cried. He hasn't ever been honest and he's a convicted felon running from his sentencing! So of course he was always going to fit the agencies that showed his crimes for all to see. I have been using the 5 calls app, I call EVERY DAY. I stocked up on my medications as I'm an insulin dependent diabetic. I've joined a group fighting for the rights of the disabled and I won't stop fighting!"
March 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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What do we do to inspire people in the U.S. to come out like this?!
Photo of thousands of people filling a large street between rows of buildings, with the (twitter) text by Igor Sushko: Hungary: Mass protests against dictator Orban in Budapest. Orban shut down public transportation to prevent people from across the nation from gathering in the capital. "The spring is here. The spring of the Hungarians. Wnd we, together will end Orban's winter!"
March 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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March 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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March 8, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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This ties it all together really well!

"Elon Musk, JD Vance, and Peter Thiel are executing a long-planned agenda to take over the government. Donald Trump is just a dementia-addled old man along for the ride..."
March 8, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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March 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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February 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Really wishing he would post this here on Bluesky, but at least he's tending to things that need to be done!

This is an excellent read.
February 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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If I had only known it was this easy! Almost 70, and NOW I learn how easy it is?!! This could have changed my life.

(I never DID read this darn thing....)
Photo of the famous red and white book "How to win friends & influence people" by Dale Carnegie.
February 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Especially for White People - what you can do to help if ICE shows up:
January 31, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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No matter WHOSE 'fault' it is, or why it happened, this is a ridiculous thing for him to post with what he's been doing to dismantle flight safety. This post was just this morning:
January 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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January 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM