Sage Blackwood
@sageblackwood.bsky.social
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Sage Blackwood
@sageblackwood.bsky.social
· Apr 18
"Concord Hymn" - New England Revolutionary Poem [+Lyrics]
YouTube video by Actovania
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The party for the Bicentennial lasted over a year.
The party we're not having for the Semiquincentennial starts today.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUTC...
The party we're not having for the Semiquincentennial starts today.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUTC...
Innocent until proven guilty is still a thing.
September 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Innocent until proven guilty is still a thing.
Just between you and me and the gatepost, I don't think a Democrat did it.
September 11, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Just between you and me and the gatepost, I don't think a Democrat did it.
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nothing in his life
became him like the leaving it
became him like the leaving it
August 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
nothing in his life
became him like the leaving it
became him like the leaving it
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Conoce tus derechos, Illinois.
Mantente seguro e informado.
Mantente seguro e informado.
September 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Conoce tus derechos, Illinois.
Mantente seguro e informado.
Mantente seguro e informado.
Re the Anthropic settlement: We're not getting 3k per stolen book.
A lot of that will go to the law firm that handled the case; possibly half.
Then it depends how many actual titles were stolen. Maybe it's 500k. Maybe it's more.
A lot of that will go to the law firm that handled the case; possibly half.
Then it depends how many actual titles were stolen. Maybe it's 500k. Maybe it's more.
September 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Re the Anthropic settlement: We're not getting 3k per stolen book.
A lot of that will go to the law firm that handled the case; possibly half.
Then it depends how many actual titles were stolen. Maybe it's 500k. Maybe it's more.
A lot of that will go to the law firm that handled the case; possibly half.
Then it depends how many actual titles were stolen. Maybe it's 500k. Maybe it's more.
I always check my email first thing in the morning. If he's dead, someone will have told me.
September 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I always check my email first thing in the morning. If he's dead, someone will have told me.
I see Trash & Co are considering a ban on transgender people having firearms.
Doesn't it make more sense to ban men from having firearms?
Statistically speaking.
Doesn't it make more sense to ban men from having firearms?
Statistically speaking.
September 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I see Trash & Co are considering a ban on transgender people having firearms.
Doesn't it make more sense to ban men from having firearms?
Statistically speaking.
Doesn't it make more sense to ban men from having firearms?
Statistically speaking.
Chicago, make us all proud.
August 24, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Chicago, make us all proud.
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Why are people conceding the point that the military can be deployed on US citizens if there IS crime? While it’s true that crime is actually down in DC and Chicago, it’s not the point. The military isn’t used against its own people in functional democracies.
August 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Why are people conceding the point that the military can be deployed on US citizens if there IS crime? While it’s true that crime is actually down in DC and Chicago, it’s not the point. The military isn’t used against its own people in functional democracies.
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![Comic. [long message with unreadable text that includes lots of punctuation marks like semi colons and em dashes as well as citations.] Highlighted line at the bottom zoomed in reads: Not ChatGPT output—I’m just like this. [caption] I’ve had to start adding this disclaimer to my messages.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifbqjlfnleuu4jrpvc7q6e43ckn2lqvuv7vdgtuf7e67dw5acy4di@jpeg)
August 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Trump has called the National Guard to D.C. “Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged out maniacs and homeless people.”
The DC crime rate is at a 30-year low.
#ProudBlue #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
The DC crime rate is at a 30-year low.
#ProudBlue #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
August 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Trump has called the National Guard to D.C. “Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged out maniacs and homeless people.”
The DC crime rate is at a 30-year low.
#ProudBlue #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
The DC crime rate is at a 30-year low.
#ProudBlue #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
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It's not political to think people shouldn't be starved to death.
July 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
It's not political to think people shouldn't be starved to death.
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A poem I wrote several years ago, and which I've been thinking about a lot lately.
July 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
A poem I wrote several years ago, and which I've been thinking about a lot lately.
Three weeks ago I mailed 25 boxes.
One arrived in six days.
The other 24 are out there in limbo somewhere.
One arrived in six days.
The other 24 are out there in limbo somewhere.
July 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Three weeks ago I mailed 25 boxes.
One arrived in six days.
The other 24 are out there in limbo somewhere.
One arrived in six days.
The other 24 are out there in limbo somewhere.
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The Turnblads cordially invites you and yours to join us for opening night of Hairspray at Fridley Community Theater. (That's tonight, for those keeping score.) We run through August 2nd. Ticket information can be found in my bio
July 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The Turnblads cordially invites you and yours to join us for opening night of Hairspray at Fridley Community Theater. (That's tonight, for those keeping score.) We run through August 2nd. Ticket information can be found in my bio
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We open on Friday. Hairspray at Fridley Community Theater. Ticket info in Bio.
July 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
We open on Friday. Hairspray at Fridley Community Theater. Ticket info in Bio.
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July 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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What do “The New Jim Crow” and the AP Psych textbook have in common? They’re two of the 596 books that Secretary Hegseth pulled from DoD schools. American servicemembers signed up to defend our freedom—their families shouldn’t be made victims of right-wing political correctness and censorship.
Here Are the 596 Books Being Banned by Defense Department Schools
The list was released by the order of a federal judge as part of the ACLU's lawsuit against the Department of Defense Education Activity's implementation of President Donald Trump's anti-diversity and...
www.military.com
July 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
What do “The New Jim Crow” and the AP Psych textbook have in common? They’re two of the 596 books that Secretary Hegseth pulled from DoD schools. American servicemembers signed up to defend our freedom—their families shouldn’t be made victims of right-wing political correctness and censorship.
I've been expecting this. High on any autocracy's To Do list is making it harder to leave.
July 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I've been expecting this. High on any autocracy's To Do list is making it harder to leave.
Me on Monday: Oh look, I can still carry a 60 lb box. Whee!
My knees on Wednesday: We will never forgive you.
My knees on Wednesday: We will never forgive you.
July 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Me on Monday: Oh look, I can still carry a 60 lb box. Whee!
My knees on Wednesday: We will never forgive you.
My knees on Wednesday: We will never forgive you.
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"Get your hands off of him. You don't even have a warrant," says one staff member, shielding the man from an immigration agent. "Let him go. You need to get out."
California surgical center staff demand to see warrant as ICE agents detain landscaper
Video has spread on social media of staff at a Southern California surgical center standing up to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents trying to detain a Honduran landscaper.
www.ksbw.com
July 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"Get your hands off of him. You don't even have a warrant," says one staff member, shielding the man from an immigration agent. "Let him go. You need to get out."
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The most disconcerting thing about this article is that I can't tell if the incident really happened.
(No paywall.)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
(No paywall.)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ten charged with attempted murder after allegedly ambushing Texas Ice agents
Federal prosecutors described ‘planned ambush with intent to kill Ice correction officers’ on 4 July in Alvarado
www.theguardian.com
July 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The most disconcerting thing about this article is that I can't tell if the incident really happened.
(No paywall.)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
(No paywall.)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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This is the moment when Kerr County Texas Republicans became culpable in a dead tragedy.
The minutes of the Kerr County Texas Republicans deciding to not install weather warning sirens because the money came from the Biden administration, and to spite blue states, also voted to sit on the money and not send it back to stop Democrats from using it.
legacy.co.kerr.tx.us/commcrt/minu...
legacy.co.kerr.tx.us/commcrt/minu...
legacy.co.kerr.tx.us
July 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is the moment when Kerr County Texas Republicans became culpable in a dead tragedy.