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Books—mostly sci-fi. Coffee. Cardigans. Hobbies-travel, genealogy, gardening, thrifting. Blue dot in TX StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/jpbar
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🗣️ @aoc.bsky.social out fighting for the people & federal workers: “Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.” 🇺🇸

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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

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20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 8/20 The Watcher in The Woods by Florence Engel Randall #Books #BookSky 💙📚

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The bootlicking cowards at @washingtonpost.com refused to run this ad

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20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you-one book per day. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 7/20 Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge #20books

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Man that sweet spot between properly caffeinated and literally vibrating with impending catastrophe seems like it gets a little smaller every day

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It's hard to decide who is more evil, Felon 47 or Musky

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phew! Wordle 1,337 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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On Feb. 14th I try always to give honor to one of the greatest contributors to American democracy in our nation’s history, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, Douglass never knew his actual birthdate, and adopted Feb. 14th as the day. His penetrating insights about our country inspire me daily.

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The Usher halftime show came and went... Rih announced a pregnancy during hers and it lasted one business day... We on Day 5 of heated discussion abt Kendrick's halftime show. 5. Whole. Days. And. Counting. ...but I'm supposed to believe it was trash.

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20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you-one book per day. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 6/20 Vanishing Act by Thomas Perry #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge #20books

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what's your favorite flavor? 😆

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Day 5/20 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you-one book per day. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. The Cat Who Walks Through Walls by Robert Heinlein #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge #20books

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20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 4/20 Watchers by Dean Koontz #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge #20books

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Wordle 1,334 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟨🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Don’t be trash.

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20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 3/20 The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge #20books

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Brain is fried. I can’t look at another spreadsheet. Stick a fork in me, I’m done. 😵‍💫

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A brilliant black rapper is standing in the middle of the US flag, formed by black men, with Uncle Sam(uel Motherf*cking Jackson) close by, chastising him for not conforming, but no, there is no symbolism here whatsoever, why do you ask?

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 2/20 Mind-Call by Wilanne Schneider Belden #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge #20books

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This is the only American flag I want to see from now on. #KendrickLamar

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Christian nationalism isn’t a Black problem. It isn’t a Muslin problem. It’s not an Atheist problem, Jewish problem, or immigrant problem. White Christian nationalism is a white-Christians-living-in-America-who-care-about-the-teachings-of-Jesus, problem. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/white-jesu...

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Today's three #BlackHistoryPosts, culminating with this one, are tied together. Meet Dr. Mae Jemison, an astronaut who was the first Black woman in space. Oh and she also appeared on Star Trek The Next Generation. Read more: open.substack.com/pub/sonsofli... www.facebook.com/Liberty1765O...

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