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kathygump.bsky.social
~What you accept you teach~
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Tuesday

Keep protesting. Keep going, everyone.

They think a couple of assassinations and a military parade are going to stop you from marching. Those that fuck around shall surely find out.

The East Coast has shown up, 2.4 million and counting, with massive turnouts in small towns across the country. Shoutout to the Carolinas, Georgia, and Ohio for showing up strong!

Hello from Berlin where a few hundred Americans are outside the embassy, currently reading aloud from the Declaration of Independence. #nokings

Shortly after the Atlanta #nokings event kicked off at 10, organizers said Liberty Plaza near the state Capitol had already reached maximum capacity of 5,000.

at some point it is going to be America getting blown the fuck out by sophisticated, multi-year intel-driven strikes, because we put the dumbest and most venal people in the world in charge of counterintelligence

Stopping a nuclear armed Iran is a shared priority of both Israel and the United States. Diplomacy is the best path to achieving that goal and avoiding a larger conflict in the region. We need to de-escalate and get back to the negotiating table.

These are the people that make America great 🇲🇽🇺🇸

The L.A. protesters have really gone too far this time… 🌼

Mark this for the history books: “We’re talking about the president exercising his authority, and the president is of course limited to his authority. That’s the difference between a constitutional government and King George,” said Judge Charles Breyer.

SENATOR CHRIS MURPHY on Senator Padilla's take down!

🇨🇦 Morning Laugh 🇨🇦

Wednesday Walk

Summer’s Last Light @9:09pm

Re: do law enforcement officers need to identify themselves? Unfortunately, it is very jurisdiction dependent, and there is no federal law requiring identification. Here is a CA-centric post about it from a law firm. thenieveslawfirm.com/do-police-ha....

Nostalgia can become a seasonal allergy. What's in bloom, you ask.

Hell of a photo

It's hitting the 90's here today. Last of the Magnolia's budding out.

Something else in common…the descendants are still told they don’t belong. We should be united ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼

My Mother's hometown until the Russians came & took it in 1944. Her family fled to Helsinki.

Robbie Ray struck out nine in seven innings and became the National League’s first eight-game winner as the San Francisco Giants beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 on Thursday.

If I created an investment fund and promised 300% returns but instead spent your money buying yachts, I'd go to jail. Yet there are so many dudebros telling me that when ChatGPT spouts total bullshit the problem isn't OpenAI marketing it as a knowledge engine, it's the users who believe it.

'Jack Did as He Was Told' “I was halfway across America, at the dividing line between the East of my youth and the West of my future.” ~Jamie Heiden

Good News: The law firms that caved to Trump are losing major clients. Who wants a team of lawyers who are afraid to fight? ”A coward dies a thousand deaths...” Gift link: The Law Firms that Appeased Trump — and Angered Their Clients. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Wild Trumpet Vine starting to peek out.

Haven’t let it grow out since the 80’s.

Wednesday Forwarding

📬Waking up & looking out my bedroom window the past 2 mornings there's been a rabbit sitting on the walking path looking back at me. Clear blue sky. Country morning cool. I like this moment. Now coffee.

Free. Watch for school boards ruling that public school teachers can't use as curriculum resource. Betcha. pll.harvard.edu/course/ameri...

Things I said to people; things I didn’t say.

Weaving magnetic-core memory - IBM New York photograph by Ansel Adams 1956

Front porch roommate

Federal judge dresses down Alina Habba: "Your role is not to secure convictions at all costs, nor to satisfy public clamor, nor to advance political agendas. Your allegiance is to the impartial application of the law, to the pursuit of truth and to the upholding of due process for all."

This summer, don't fly deportation airlines open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Thought I'd left this behind me but no-o-o-o.

"The Constitution permits Congress to suspend habeas corpus; not the president." ~HC Richardson