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aordover.bsky.social
Educator, Substacker, Novelist, Walker of Dog. Husband of Heather (producer of the CraftLit podcast). Father of two amazing young artists.
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"This is not a 'both-sides' threat to this f*cking country. Don’t do that...sorry about the F-bomb." @WalshFreedom #PrinciplesFirst

"Donald Trump puts PR over policy. He wants to sell - not govern." Mark Cuban at @principlesfirst.bsky.social #PrinciplesFirst

@normeisen.bsky.social and @walshfreedom.bsky.social working side by side gives me all the good feels. #principlesfirst

@walshfreedom.bsky.social on fire at #principlesfirst: "There's a tyrant in the White House!"

@timmiller.bsky.social that Lara Trump jam you played on the pod was scarily "a little bit Alexis."

This is in fact a real picture and it will work nicely in the ads next year about the military families devastated by Elon's illegal firings.

"The time to guard against corruption and tyranny, is before they shall have gotten hold on us. It is better to keep the wolf out of the fold, than to trust to drawing his teeth and talons after he shall have entered." TJ, shouting into the void. press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/doc...

open.substack.com/pub/brentgia...

A much-needed ray of sunshine! I'll be watching reruns of Sanctuary Moon until it comes out.

If you're afraid of speaking the truth lest you lose advertisers or the favor of an oligarch, you're not a news organization worth paying attention to.

www.kirschnered.nl/2025/02/20/t... #edusky #educationalresearch

Say what's true. Say it clearly. Don't equivocate or use weasel words. This is why I support The Bulwark.

"It's got to be done...but don't ask me or my friends to chip in a little. That's off the table."

Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” He goes on to ask if we suffered childhood trauma and concludes by suggesting we are suffering from “generational trauma.” This is my response. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...

A friend in need is a friend indeed.. 🐢

On slowing our roll in the face of AI and tech bros and DOGE vandals. open.substack.com/pub/brokenha...

I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.

When you've lived your whole life as a hammer, it's hard to have respect or compassion for a bunch of nails. And, as the old saying goes, if all you have is a hammer, the whole world is nothing but nails.

Holding people accountable for their dangerous language is important.

The strongest strongman who ever stronged is afraid of so many nouns.

no nazis, no kings, no emperors

Essential reading to understand the historically remarkable system we created for ourselves, which we are rapidly allowing to be destroyed. tinyurl.com/mnby6nvf

There are no words. #SNL50

This: youtu.be/fq0o_QetQXU?... and this www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OXR... BOTH in my feed this morning. Knitting IS resistance. It's also mental health. (Along with doodling, sewing, gardening, crocheting, yada yada yada) All the data is here: cognitiveanchoring.com

Went to the gym, did laundry, made scrambled eggs with refried beans and cheese quesadillas for @hordover.bsky.social. Started doomscrolling and then said No. Walking away to watch the rain and listen to Billie Holliday and this amazing lady. Do what you can to stay sane. youtu.be/SHsztGvI7R0?...

Of all the disqualifying things he has said and done, this is one of the disqualifyingest. But the rubes will cheer him on.

Woke > Volk.