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Wise words from sociologist Jennifer Walter about what is happening in this country right now and what to do about it: "As a sociologist, I need to tell you: Your overwhelm is the goal."

submitted 23 days ago • 3 comments

I'm going to start asking people this. And I'll add the "A" for Accessibility as well. I'm going make people explain exactly what they oppose and why, just like I started asking men who tell sexist jokes to explain to me why they're funny.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Marching orders from Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny.

submitted 31 days ago • 45 comments

I'm not an atheist nor a Christian, but I still know which side is the right one here.

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

Why the fuck is a single Senate Democrat playing “everything is normal” by voting to confirm the Cabinet picks of a fucking dictator? Do. Not. Comply. You have ALL spent the last how many years calling him Hitler and now you’re like, ‘I’m a yes on Goebbels and here’s why…” Fuck that. Stop it. Now.

submitted 34 days ago • 1145 comments

Dude. I'm Pissed. youtube.com/shorts/zBYoY...

submitted 34 days ago • 1889 comments

Currently on the needles: a quick seed stitch scarf. #knitting

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Morning, glories!!! Keep making art! Every word, every mark, every note makes the world a better place.

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

Just so ya know… there isn’t a “n*zi saluting” subtype of Autism

submitted 37 days ago • 15 comments

What she said. What he said. For those who wish to send a Postcard of support to the Bishop of Washington for her sermon of love. #PC2A ADDRESS: The Rt Revd Mariann Edgar Budde Episcopal Church House Mount St. Alban Washington, DC, 20016-5094, USA

submitted 38 days ago • 242 comments

You can’t just sign an executive order decreeing people you don’t like no longer exist… youtube.com/shorts/AZpcN...

submitted 37 days ago • 193 comments

I feel like I've been having this exact "conversation" since the 1980s.

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Indiana has become a testing ground for Christian Nationalist legislation straight out of the Project 2025 playbook. Extremist legislators of the supermajority want to control and criminalize anything they don't agree with. Learn more and take action on our bill tracker at MADVoters.org.

submitted 38 days ago • 4 comments

I'm not even Christian, but I just tried to order this book. It's on backorder everywhere I've looked. This is the first time I've ever been HAPPY a book I want is out of stock. #booksky

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

BBC not buying the gaslighting

submitted 39 days ago • 321 comments

Imagine if the headline was, "Trump puts hundreds of violent criminals back on the streets"?

submitted 39 days ago • 196 comments

Let's be clear about what's happening. Trump is freeing the violent paramilitary wing of his movement from prison in order to: 1) demonstrate that violence committed in service of his objectives will go unpunished, and 2) facilitate future acts of violence in service of his regime.

submitted 39 days ago • 54 comments

So now we are all legally female

submitted 39 days ago • 54 comments

Today I’m thinking of Miep Gies, an ordinary person who risked her own life to protect the Frank family during WWII. Her quote reminds me that we all have the power to help others. To stand up against evil. To do the right thing even when it’s hard. We can all turn on a light.

submitted 39 days ago • 7 comments

Donald Trump, who stole classified documents and accepts in millions from foreign investments, eliminating the U.S. Council on Transnational Organized Crime should be getting more attention. Generally, the people committing crimes aren’t be allowed to fire the police.

submitted 39 days ago • 7 comments

All these women who turned in January 6 terrorists are in danger tonight

submitted 39 days ago • 397 comments

Please be extra kind to the void today, there’s a lot of people out there screaming and the lines aren’t the void’s fault

submitted 40 days ago • 12 comments

I pray this helps some of you today. We have a duty to Dr. King whose life was taken because he dared demand that this country face itself, to demonstrate that his work & sacrifice was not in vain. Let’s do it together. Please share. And subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

submitted 40 days ago • 161 comments

Okay let’s see how videos do on Bluesky. I’m curious, and also this is one of my favorite bookish videos to share. 😊 #booksky

submitted 42 days ago • 146 comments

Any Black person who performs at Trump’s inauguration dishonors: • The Black families he refused to rent to, • The Black kids he targeted in the Central Park case, • The Black president he lied about, • The Black election workers he targeted, and • The Black Haitian immigrants he lied about.

submitted 42 days ago • 69 comments

Ol' doggo in the sunshine ❤️

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submitted 43 days ago • 32 comments

This is correct.

submitted 44 days ago • 403 comments

So the worst genre is definitely dystopian nonfiction

submitted 45 days ago • 323 comments

"'Patriot' sometimes reads like a thriller in which the narrative opens with 'If you’re reading this, I’m already dead.'" And so he is, but he speaks from beyond the grave, and we should listen. @cathyyoung63.bsky.social on Navalny's posthumous memoir:

submitted 47 days ago • 184 comments

Canadians are really good 💦🔥

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submitted 54 days ago • 174 comments

If you really want to encounter a lot of views different from your own, go read some books. You don’t need right wing assholes screaming at you on social media for that. This can just be a place where you chill.

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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 5: Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

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 4: The Magic Faraway Tree (series) #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

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 3: So You Want to Talk About Race #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

submitted 105 days ago • 0 comments

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: The Five Invitations #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

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 1: Harvest Home #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

submitted 107 days ago • 1 comment

most of y'all

submitted 109 days ago • 6 comments