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mjcarson.bsky.social
Emerita US History professor; writer; expat; LGBTQ+ person and advocate; tearing-my-hair-out social democrat.
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This. Please, please know that they are dead serious about disenfranchising millions of American women.

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

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FFS! 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 are firing National Park Service EMTs There will be no one to attend to you if you get attacked by wildlife, fall while climbing/hiking, have a skiing incident, are drowning, break a leg/arm/your neck, etc Alex Wilds is one such federal employee. Read what he's saying

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I know I’m not the first to ask WHAT THE HELL is wrong with the New York Times? ‘Warming trend’ in US-Russian relations? Ukraine left in a ‘tough spot’? And the article continues in this bland tone as the world collapses.

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XiL... @jeremy-souphead.bsky.social

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I can't even.....

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Yes and no. The courts will continue to deliver rulings declaring Shit Show II Administration actions illegal. But they won’t be able to enforce the orders. It will be up to us to point to the courts’ decisions and stand up for those decisions in public discussion …. and protest.

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OMB's Russell Vought wants to slash funding for NIH, which helped develop a "miracle drug" for cystic fibrosis that his daughter received. “We’re extremely grateful to live in a nation that leads the way on medical innovation,” Vought's wife wrote in a 2021 post. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Nailed it

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Um JD, your power comes from the same document you’re trying to undermine. So…. youtube.com/shorts/msOja...

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White noise is just regular noise that felt threatened by the superbowl halftime show.

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This is so wonderful. This is exactly the kind of thing that keeps historians up at night. 'Oh my god, which book was that in? How did I not see that? The damn forest, always getting in the way of the trees.' 😂

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DAY 11 💫 #BlackHistoryMonth On this day in 1990, Nelson Mandela was freed after fighting South Africa's racist apartheid system. His unbreakable will inspired people around the globe to mobilize for human rights and contributed to a worldwide crusade demanding racial equality.

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Good morning friends 🦋 Who's ready to go on a mission with me? 🤚🏼 The only way to preserve what needs to be preserved, is to not let it get killed, faded out or pushed into oblivion! I love The Gulf of Mexico 🇲🇽 If you do too, let's, keep spreading this on our TLs 🙌🏻

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Ripped from the headlines: Cowards. Fools. Traitors to kids. Need I go on? "America's most influential child protection org. complies with Donald Trump's order to erase trans youth" - LGBTQ Nation www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/02/amer...

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Thank you, Senator. Hang in there, and we will too.

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Yes! This! This! And this is why they hang towels over the plaques and photos that recognize the achievements of *cough cough* women and *cough cough* non white people of ANY gender identity. These arrogant fuckers are scared. They forgot to study for the midterm. They forgot there WAS a midterm.

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