Bryan M. Sims
@simsbry.bsky.social
Director at Humanity United. Philanthropy and Non-Profit Leader I Human Rights Defender I Systems Navigator
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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We’re not mad at families on SNAP. Everyone deserves food and dignity.
We’re mad at the CEOs getting rich off our labor while paying us so little that we have to rely on SNAP to survive.
The problem isn’t programs — it’s poverty wages.
We’re mad at the CEOs getting rich off our labor while paying us so little that we have to rely on SNAP to survive.
The problem isn’t programs — it’s poverty wages.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
We’re not mad at families on SNAP. Everyone deserves food and dignity.
We’re mad at the CEOs getting rich off our labor while paying us so little that we have to rely on SNAP to survive.
The problem isn’t programs — it’s poverty wages.
We’re mad at the CEOs getting rich off our labor while paying us so little that we have to rely on SNAP to survive.
The problem isn’t programs — it’s poverty wages.
Thank you @annabower.bsky.social.
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You can also follow me on Substack: annabower.substack.com/about
October 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Thank you @annabower.bsky.social.
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Autocrats always try to dismantle universities and other sites of free thought. But the current effort to destroy American institutions is also a reactionary backlash against real progress on racial justice in this country. Backlash only happens when movements are winning the argument.
April 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Autocrats always try to dismantle universities and other sites of free thought. But the current effort to destroy American institutions is also a reactionary backlash against real progress on racial justice in this country. Backlash only happens when movements are winning the argument.
Trump Univerisity is back in business. Formerly known as @columbiauniversity.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...
Columbia Agrees to Trump’s Demands After Federal Funds Are Stripped (Gift Article)
The administration has moved to cut $400 million in federal funding to the university without changes to its policies and rules.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Trump Univerisity is back in business. Formerly known as @columbiauniversity.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...
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February 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Note to All Nazis, Fascists and Klansmen
Langston Hughes
You delight,
So it would seem,
At making mince-meat of my dream.
If you keep on,
Before you’re through,
I’ll make mince-meat
Out of you.
Langston Hughes
You delight,
So it would seem,
At making mince-meat of my dream.
If you keep on,
Before you’re through,
I’ll make mince-meat
Out of you.
February 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Note to All Nazis, Fascists and Klansmen
Langston Hughes
You delight,
So it would seem,
At making mince-meat of my dream.
If you keep on,
Before you’re through,
I’ll make mince-meat
Out of you.
Langston Hughes
You delight,
So it would seem,
At making mince-meat of my dream.
If you keep on,
Before you’re through,
I’ll make mince-meat
Out of you.
It's called the Gulf of Mexico. This is not up for debate.
January 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It's called the Gulf of Mexico. This is not up for debate.
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Democracy depends in part on people who refuse to comply with unlawful (and/or unethical) orders.
The Inspectors General refuse to leave until the action is taken legally, which they do not believe it was, and neither do senators like Chuck Grassley. This is what not backing down looks like.
static.politico.com/b3/3e/5baf92...
static.politico.com/b3/3e/5baf92...
January 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Democracy depends in part on people who refuse to comply with unlawful (and/or unethical) orders.
Some solid lessons for any American that cares about living in a democracy: forgeorganizing.org/article/im-a...
I’m a Veteran Organizer From Hungary. Here Are My Lessons for the Trump Era. - The Forge
Facing autocracy demands more than resistance—it requires us to understand the failures that brought it to power and to organize for a democracy that delivers for everyone. I know your post-election t...
forgeorganizing.org
January 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Some solid lessons for any American that cares about living in a democracy: forgeorganizing.org/article/im-a...
Please have a look at this PPT from Nichols Liu: pubkgroup.com/wp-content/u.... @npr.org
January 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Please have a look at this PPT from Nichols Liu: pubkgroup.com/wp-content/u.... @npr.org
A convicted felon is now president of the United States.
January 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A convicted felon is now president of the United States.
Read this!
As political violence escalates in the U.S., PRA sits down with @hardymerriman.bsky.social and @22ci.bsky.social’s Scot Nakagawa to discuss the impact of political violence and how we can make it backfire against its perpetrators. Learn more at politicalresearch.org/2024/11/21/q....
December 12, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Read this!
This is not sustainable. 😱
BREAKING: The wealth of the four richest Americans hit $1 TRILLION yesterday.
It's the first time in history the net worth of just four men—Musk, Bezos, Ellison, Zuckerberg—has hit the trillions.
These four men were worth $74 billion twelve short years ago.
Tax billionaires.
It's the first time in history the net worth of just four men—Musk, Bezos, Ellison, Zuckerberg—has hit the trillions.
These four men were worth $74 billion twelve short years ago.
Tax billionaires.
December 6, 2024 at 6:39 PM
This is not sustainable. 😱
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First Bluesky post: sharing insights about a multifaceted, inside-outside strategy for confronting authoritarianism and taking care of each other (solidarity in action) based on lessons from the US and globally. wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/how-...
How we can meet the challenges of authoritarianism
This is not our first rodeo with authoritarianism. Americans have collectively risen to seemingly impossible challenges in the past, and we can again.
wagingnonviolence.org
December 2, 2024 at 12:11 AM
First Bluesky post: sharing insights about a multifaceted, inside-outside strategy for confronting authoritarianism and taking care of each other (solidarity in action) based on lessons from the US and globally. wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/how-...
Thank you Verne Harris and the Nelson Mandela Foundation for taking the time to host an important discussion to help propel social justice initiatives in South Africa and America forward. Amandla!
December 1, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Thank you Verne Harris and the Nelson Mandela Foundation for taking the time to host an important discussion to help propel social justice initiatives in South Africa and America forward. Amandla!
Excited to launch an activist led and advised fund to support social movements at the National Endowment for Democracy’s World Movement for Democracy in Johannesburg. Special thank you to the Packard Foundation, Ford Foundation, DT Institute, and PartnersGlobal for being with us on this journey.
November 24, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Excited to launch an activist led and advised fund to support social movements at the National Endowment for Democracy’s World Movement for Democracy in Johannesburg. Special thank you to the Packard Foundation, Ford Foundation, DT Institute, and PartnersGlobal for being with us on this journey.