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Educator. Psychotherapist. Humanist. "Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem he has to solve." – Erich Fromm

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Erich Seligmann Fromm was a German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist. He was a German Jew who fled the Nazi regime and settled in the United States. He was one of the founders of The William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology in New York City and was associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory. .. more

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enlightenededu.bsky.social @enlightenededu.bsky.social · Nov 13

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 1d

This is good news. It would be even better if Trump wasn't torpedoing the U.S. solar and wind industry and ceding the energy future to China. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Guardian: Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 1d

"Bondi is a patent lightweight & essentially a programmed attack dog for Trump. She is destined to be remembered as a consummate traitor to the DOJ mission,her portrait gathering dust in the basement. But her service to Trump captures the admin's great contempt..."

open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...

A Ridiculous Attorney General

Bondi’s smug evasions revealed volumes about the Administration

open.substack.com

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1d

this was really hard to read. my son is almost exactly the same age as the kid in here that Trump and Musk deliberately starved to death apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

We must all stand up and speak out.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 2d

The atmospheric scientist at the center of Trump’s “Sharpiegate” incident has been confirmed by the Senate as the new chief of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Trump Brings Back ‘Sharpiegate’ Scientist to Top NOAA Job

Neil Jacobs played a role in the bizarre episode, in which Trump wrongly claimed where a hurricane would hit.

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Oswego Willy @oswegowilly.bsky.social · 2d

It’s important to keep in mind that every time the Trump regime talks about the prosecutions against the enemies of the regime or the dictator…

… that is our republic failing and falling, forcing upon this country 1930s German regime actions, to an end game to end our democracy

It’s not hyperbole

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 2d

No university that signs the compact will be a university, in the accepted sense, anymore. They will be mere Trump Institutes, teaching only what subjects Trump doesn't bar them from teaching -- and only until he does. Signing is an abdication of responsibility and an act of great moral cowardice.

Benjamin Nathans | Autonomy or obedience

Guest Columnist Benjamin Nathans urges Penn’s leadership to resist the White House’s demands in its “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”

www.thedp.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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🌬CasuallyLucid🌀🌊 @casuallylucid.bsky.social · 2d

They love the poorly educated.

"...Linda McMahon has been clear about her desire to shut down the agency... She’s laid off half the staff and joked about padlocking the door.

She calls it “the final mission.”

But the department is not behaving like an agency that is simply winding down."

#Pinks

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 2d

Joy Reid asks “Why are conservatives so angry?” 🤔

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 2d

Thus far, ICE and CBP in the Chicago region killed an immigrant

Shot a woman 5 times-after allegedly taunting her, saying “Do something, b****”

And shot a priest-who wasn’t remotely a threat-in the head

So when does Governor Pritzker deploy the National Guard to protect citizens from these thugs

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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tforcw.bsky.social @tforcw.bsky.social · 2d

I know you are but what am I ? I am so tired of these snarky, emotionally underdeveloped people.

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 3d

"Instead of focusing on what actually improves force readiness, he continues to waste time and taxpayer dollars on He-Man culture-war theatrics."

— Janessa Goldbeck, USMC veteran and CEO of the Vet Voice Foundation, on Secretary Pete Hegseth

Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

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Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner.bsky.social · 3d

Trump-appointed Judge PROHIBITS Trump From Sending Troops into Portland!
youtu.be/pFbXVGu5Vd8?...

Trump-appointed Judge PROHIBITS Trump From Sending Troops into Portland!

YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner

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NPR @npr.org · 3d

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

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Mundus sine caesaribus 🇬🇱 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 @eltoninatlanta.bsky.social · 3d

Before TV, he was a legitimate doctor. Amazing how the quest for fame and easy money corrupts highly educated, highly skilled people.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4d

Pretty clear Stephen Miller, Noem, Hegseth and Trump are trying to provoke a Civil War at this point. What's interesting is they want to do it now, because even though they're unpopular, they seem to believe this is the most popular they'll be ever again. We can't let them win.

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 4d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 4d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 5d

I see it with my kids too. they're rarely taught whole books in school, the books are often boring, and they're taught in deeply boring ways.

so how do we meet students where they're at and help them unbreak their brains?

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 5d

I think we’re really going to have to do a lot more of this. A massive deprogramming so that people can read more than ten words at a time without anxiety.

www.thetimes.com/uk/education...?

Universities teaching literature students how to cope with long novels

Critics blame GCSE English for deterring teenagers from the subject, describing the literature syllabus as boring and repetitive

www.thetimes.com

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 6d

Chemerinsky: The Trump extortion demands are unconstitutional as well as odious (gift link). Me: Any school that signs must be shunned, faculty affected must walk. No room for this.

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

www.nytimes.com

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 6d

🧵How to counter science skepticism in the manosphere, from an astrophysicist-explain scientific virtues as purpose driven:

"Good scientists are intimate with the limits of what they know and stand ready to learn in domains outside their expertise. ...

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o...

Opinion | Why Young Men Are Losing Faith in Science

www.nytimes.com

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enlightenededu.bsky.social @enlightenededu.bsky.social · 6d

I approve of this message.

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 7d

The Department of Homeland Security using clips from Twin Peaks in their cringe and racist anti immigration edits….

Life after all criminal aliens are deported

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 7d

"I think we have to get to, 'You all keep saying something that is literally not true. Do you expect the American people to just believe what you say?'" Call out lies, and call them lies.

@symonedsanders.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social in the latest Bulwark Podcast:

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