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fritzswanson.bsky.social
Co-Founder The Index, and The Printing Stewards. Writer, printer, teacher. Dad. fritzswanson.com President of printingstewards.org Publisher and Printer of theindexpress.com Publisher of themanchestermirror.com @manchestermirror.bsky.social
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They get more human by the day.

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And the large masses of Americans that are racist/xenophobic also has zero clue how broken our immigration system is. There is no “right” way.

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Salvadoran restaurant workers rendering aid to an LA sheriff's officer who got pepper-sprayed. 🤔

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Yeah my job is pretty cool. My uniform is a tactical vest that’s two sizes too small and a gaiter I bought in a gas station. They send me to sneak into schools to kidnap little kids because people got mad about having to press 1 for English. The president had to warn everyone to stop spitting on me.

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anyway CNN is reporting that Pentagon lawyers are defining the RULES OF ENGAGEMENT for the U.S. Marines against civilians in L.A. and at the same time you have Serious Journalists™ defending the suspension of a reporter for calling Stephen Miller a hateful person

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Our ports of entry should be marble palaces. Every migrant should be received by a concierge. We can have an orderly and legal border while also admitting everyone who wants in. And we should. I want a legal open border.

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It was a pure party line vote.

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Where my Crispus Attucks Stan’s? www.nps.gov/people/crisp...

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I want to report some good news from LA: ICE picked a hotel in Pasadena to be their headquarters for this side of the city. The residents of Pasadena (myself included) would not stand for this and protested all yesterday in front of the hotel until, eventually, the hotel kicked out ICE!!

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A reminder.

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Shoutouts to @fritzswanson.bsky.social and Kelly Wisecup for amazing work at the historical printing demo last weekend at SEA 2025 & for putting up with some guy with no chill whatsoever - what a wonder to print on birch bark and learn about Simon Pokagon's books!

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in so many videos out of LA i am seeing officers aiming rubber bullets right into crowds, this is filling me with a deep and anxious rage knowing what happens when they do that www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

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Almost all Nobel Prizes are awarded for work that is exploratory, or absolutely basic science with no obvious commercial or medical benefit. You cannot predict where advancements come from, so you have to invest in science and scientists. Targeted (corporate) science investment will never do this.

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Most autistic communication issues aren’t about expression. They’re about fear. Fear of being misread. Of being too much. Of not being safe enough to tell the truth. We don’t need communication training. We need spaces where we’re allowed to be honest.

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Man. I want a full magazine feature on this moment.

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Pope Leo: “God created the world so that we could be together. Synodality is the ecclesial name for this awareness. It is the path that asks each person to recognize their own debt & their own treasure, feeling part of a whole, outside of which everything withers even the most original of charisms.”

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cats don't obey in advance and no one else should, either

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I’m seeing all these debates here about whether violence can be justified in some circumstances. That’s not helpful. It is beside the point. This is a battle over legitimacy and the field of that battle is public opinion. This is a flagrant abuse of power. It is a crisis entirely of the Presidents..

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Ah, summertime oh summertime. Pattern of life indelible. The fade proof lake. The woods, unshatterable. Summertime without end.

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Breaking the other oligarchs is a key feature of a “sultanate” oligarchy like we see in Russia.

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“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” — Greek proverb

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That’s not a contradiction.

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Good progress out in Ohio this weekend. I've been summoned...

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Peace through victory!

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My non-profit, @printingstewards.bsky.social , had another work session on Saturday. Join our Patreon and learn how we are saving historic typographic machines. www.patreon.com/posts/forwar...

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So Joni Ernst is an asshole too

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if it takes years, has to be consequences for all these people, and even more for those who gave the orders.

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Pope Leo to 11 new priests: “Consecrate yourselves to the people, without separating, isolating, or turning the gift you’ve received into a privilege. Pope Francis often warned us about this, because self-centeredness extinguishes the fire of the missionary spirit.”

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To further vouch for @jdscholten.bsky.social , I just wanted to pull up the proof that he is an OG Taco Bell Drawing Club Member. Let’s make this happen, America. Scholten for Senate!

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If you want to stick it to Ernst, support @jdscholten.bsky.social her best and most likely challenger in Iowa. He's currently an Iowa House member, and is exploring a run against Ernst. And to my artist friends, he's a Taco Bell Drawing Club member. secure.actblue.com/donate/stand...

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