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juavanzyl.bsky.social
🌍 South African born | Living in USA 🛰️ 20 years in GIS & Remote Sensing 💬 Writer | 📸 Photographer 🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender woman | 💕 Married | 🗣️ Advocate for justice 📚 Blogging about identity, resilience, and society ✍️ Words are my protest. Stories are my power.
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juavanzyl.vivaldi.net/2025/06/27/f... #PDI #DemocracyIndex #HumanRights #USPolitics #SCOTUS #CivilRights #TransRights #ReproductiveJustice #RuleOfLaw #ElectoralAutocracy #SocialJustice #VoterSuppression #LGBTQRights #DemocracyWatch #USA2025 #PeoplePower

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🧵1/ Let’s talk about democracy and why just having elections doesn’t mean a country is truly democratic. We built our own tool to measure it: 🔹 The People’s Democracy Index (PDI) Not just ballots. We measure rights, dignity, and access.

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Murika!

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Meet the rest of the family. @flowergirl78.bsky.social @ltteoal.bsky.social

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Good Morning, world!

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The francolin struts with purpose. The wildebeest stands like an ancient sentinel. And the rhinos? Unbothered. Unmatched. Unmoved. đź“· Taken in South Africa, wild, raw, and breathtakingly real. #WildlifePhotography #SouthAfrica #Francolin #Wildebeest #Rhino #NatureIsHome #PhotographyForTheSoul

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Love you @flowergirl78.bsky.social Feel free to follow her here as well. @ltteoal.bsky.social

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Good night world!

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Democracy my ass.... Pretend democracy, yes!

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The knee braces I have for preorder are better quality than some medical grade ones!! I've bought some from my physiotherapist that were 3 times more expensive and they weren't as good as these ones. And they were solid Black. So check them out! They should arrive to me in July!

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Moved to America so my soul could erode one civil liberty at a time. Living the dystopian dream.

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Please don't DM if I don't know you!

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Every time someone says the U.S. is the greatest democracy in the world, I remember what Trump once called South Africa. …and yet here’s a country where democracy’s crumbling, civil liberties are under siege, and half the population still can’t vote with ease. So, who’s living in a real dump again?

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I literally wrote to you and Senator Warren about this. Thank you for speaking up—this bill would devastate people like me and my wife. We need leaders who protect people, not profit. Please keep fighting. 💙

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A tender moment between elephants. A bird surveying its kingdom from a wooden throne. Wild South Africa doesn’t whisper peace, it shows it, boldly and beautifully. #WildlifeWonder #QueerInTheWild #TransTravels #SouthAfrica #NatureLover #ElephantsOfAfrica #Francolin #BirdJoy #PhotographyForTheSoul

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BIG THANK YOU!

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This is the test we keep failing. Civilization isn’t about tech or towers, it’s about how we treat each other. Rights. Dignity. Humanity. Until everyone’s humanity is honored, we’re just pretending. #HumanRights #JusticeForAll #EqualityMatters #CivilRights #InclusiveDemocracy #SocialJustice

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Everyone's excited for the series finale of having rights!

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Friday 27th June | Dublin Dyke March - this year it’s about spaces. Spaces to engage, spaces to include trans+ & non-binary ppl & invasion of spaces, such as in Gaza. #DublinDykeMarch

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Every time I hear “land of the free” or “greatest democracy,” I want to ask: Free for who? Democracy for who? When rights are stripped, votes are rigged, and power protects itself, it’s not freedom. It’s an electoral autocracy. #ForWho #DemocracyInDecline #TruthTelling

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Eat the billionaires too. 🍽️💸🔥

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Let’s be real: the U.S. isn’t just in trouble, it’s deeply, systemically, soul-crushingly broken. When rights are rolled back, truth is optional, and power protects itself, we’re not heading for a cliff. We’ve already jumped. #DemocracyInCrisis #SystemFailure #TruthMatters

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2: ⚖️ Independent institutions are weakened, captured, or turned into political tools. 🚫 Systemic inequities block millions from accessing healthcare, housing, and education. 🗳️ Minority rule is entrenched through gerrymandering, voter suppression, and the Electoral College.

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