TheGreatMum
@thegreatmum.bsky.social
The house does not rest upon the ground, but upon a woman.
We will overcome, we will succeed and we will survive.
We will overcome, we will succeed and we will survive.
We cannot look away. We must not look away. This is on all of us.
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‘If these words reach you … Israel has succeeded in killing me’: the last words of a journalist killed in Gaza
Anas al-Sharif, an Al Jazeera reporter, was killed by an Israeli airstrike on Sunday night. This is the message he had prepared for his family, and his call for the world not to forget Gaza
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August 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
We cannot look away. We must not look away. This is on all of us.
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"America does not let its needy citizens fend for themselves."
Watch this 1996 DNC speech from Superman actor Christopher Reeve about the need to support public medical research.
Watch this 1996 DNC speech from Superman actor Christopher Reeve about the need to support public medical research.
The Wise Words of Superman
I watched the greatest Superman, Christopher Reeve, deliver this speech about what "family values" really means at the 1
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July 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"America does not let its needy citizens fend for themselves."
Watch this 1996 DNC speech from Superman actor Christopher Reeve about the need to support public medical research.
Watch this 1996 DNC speech from Superman actor Christopher Reeve about the need to support public medical research.
You can make CBS aware of your disgust at the firing of Stephen Colbert and the payment of the 60 Minutes bribe.
July 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
You can make CBS aware of your disgust at the firing of Stephen Colbert and the payment of the 60 Minutes bribe.
AMAZON has the capacity to do this on a massive scale but it just doesn’t have the HEART.
Boycott AMAZON
And send your email and letters of support to H-E-B
Texas' FEMA': H-E-B rolls out 3 flood recovery sites in Central Texas www.mysanantonio.com/business/art...
Boycott AMAZON
And send your email and letters of support to H-E-B
Texas' FEMA': H-E-B rolls out 3 flood recovery sites in Central Texas www.mysanantonio.com/business/art...
'Texas' FEMA' comes to the rescue with H-E-B flood recovery sites
No store does more.
www.mysanantonio.com
July 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
AMAZON has the capacity to do this on a massive scale but it just doesn’t have the HEART.
Boycott AMAZON
And send your email and letters of support to H-E-B
Texas' FEMA': H-E-B rolls out 3 flood recovery sites in Central Texas www.mysanantonio.com/business/art...
Boycott AMAZON
And send your email and letters of support to H-E-B
Texas' FEMA': H-E-B rolls out 3 flood recovery sites in Central Texas www.mysanantonio.com/business/art...
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
Congress: Stop Trump's Attack on Birthright Citizenship!
Trump's attack on birthright citizenship is unconstitutional, and it's just one part of MAGA's far-right playbook to scapegoat our immigrant neighbors, all while Trump makes life easier for his wealth...
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June 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
Opuntia humifusa
Eastern prickly pear
Alexandria Va
Eastern prickly pear
Alexandria Va
June 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Opuntia humifusa
Eastern prickly pear
Alexandria Va
Eastern prickly pear
Alexandria Va
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This is what Navalny wrote in prison. “We need to fight not so much because Russia is not free as because overall it is unhappy in every respect. We have everything we need, but still, for some reason, we are not a happy country.” AMERICA today is not a happy country.
April 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
This is what Navalny wrote in prison. “We need to fight not so much because Russia is not free as because overall it is unhappy in every respect. We have everything we need, but still, for some reason, we are not a happy country.” AMERICA today is not a happy country.
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Rousseau would have been a great blogger I think.
February 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Rousseau would have been a great blogger I think.
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Watching powerless from Europe how democracy is crumbling in the US, reminds me of those movies where someone is mind-controlled by an alien or ghost. I want to yell: "America, we know you are still in there. If you can hear us, you must fight. YOU CAN DO IT. FIGHT THIS!"
February 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Watching powerless from Europe how democracy is crumbling in the US, reminds me of those movies where someone is mind-controlled by an alien or ghost. I want to yell: "America, we know you are still in there. If you can hear us, you must fight. YOU CAN DO IT. FIGHT THIS!"
I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely,and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of my citizenship.
So help me God.
So help me God.
February 7, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely,and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of my citizenship.
So help me God.
So help me God.
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I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
Readings - Civil Resistance How It Works Fall 2022.pdf
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January 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
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"I love America. You love it too" really hit me.
January 16, 2025 at 1:24 AM
"I love America. You love it too" really hit me.
