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Gabriel David Hu @gabrieldavidhu.bsky.social · 20h

This is what I think America needs more of: leaders who address problems and conflict with compromise and creativity. Instead of fighting every point, look for areas that can be given, even to the bullies. #Unity

The Democratic Mayor Who Thinks Cities Are Handling Trump Wrong

Mayor John Whitmire of Houston believes the best way to govern a diverse, immigrant-heavy city in the current political climate is by keeping your head down and your ambitions modest.

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Gabriel David Hu @gabrieldavidhu.bsky.social · 1d

A restaurant lowering prices in Denver? Crazy in this economy, I hope it works. However, from the description of the product, sounds like food you only eat when you're drunk. And I'm never drunk, so...
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Replacing Cops With Drones, Cheap yet Controversial Calzones, and the Mayor’s Affordable Housing Fail

Podcast Episode · City Cast Denver · 10/17/2025 · 1h 6m

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Gabriel David Hu @gabrieldavidhu.bsky.social · 1d

I hear that the economy is strong and people are spending, which makes me feel like a slacker for struggling. This article explains how I’m not alone. I’m fortunate not to be unemployed, but it’s challenging to keep out of increasing debt. #GoodForWho

Wealthy Americans Are Spending. People With Less Are Struggling.

Data show a resilient economy. But that largely reflects spending by the rich, while others pull back amid high prices and a weakening labor market.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 2d

A cartoon by Asher Perlman. #NewYorkerCartoons

See more cartoons from this week’s issue: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/pEDcks

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SOLS1176 @sols1176.bsky.social · 3d

My four C’s of resistance: Community, Cooperation, Coordination, and Communication.

Tyranny would separate us and have us not talking to each other, but we hold the power.

Power to the people 💪

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Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · 3d

The Childe asked what inflation meant the other day

I did my best to lay it out a simple version of supply/demand, global supply chains, taxes, economic pressures, international trade, the pandemic.

They thought about it for awhile & said “IDK sounds to me like companies just want more money.”

a woman taking a picture of herself with the words that 's my baby above her

ALT: a woman taking a picture of herself with the words that 's my baby above her

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Gabriel David Hu @gabrieldavidhu.bsky.social · 3d

I wonder if America will acquiesce, or resist.

If we resist, I wonder if it'll be peaceful, or violent.

When soldiers are being sent to American cities, it feels like violence is coming. #unity

Gabriel David Hu @gabrieldavidhu.bsky.social · 3d

“Even the most brutal tyrant does not have enough soldiers and police officers to compel everyone to obey at gunpoint. Authoritarian regimes need civil society … to acquiesce to their rule.”

Opinion | What Civil Society Can Do to Beat Trumpism

People and institutions of civil society must coordinate against him.

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Gabriel David Hu @gabrieldavidhu.bsky.social · 4d

Now, I do like Fall Festival activities. I love #Fall--the colors, the weather, wearing sweaters, coming together for Thanksgiving--to me it's all very social and inviting.

My #duality: I prefer a Hallmark movie life while gravitating toward the horrors of action for my entertainment.

Gabriel David Hu @gabrieldavidhu.bsky.social · 4d

I don’t like Halloween. It’s a celebration of death, but I want to celebrate #life! I think in some cultures it may be a celebration of life by remembering the dead, but that’s not what I see going on. Skeletons, beheadings, zombies... yeah no.

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Gabriel David Hu @gabrieldavidhu.bsky.social · 4d

“Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!” Luke 12:24 NIV

Consider the thirsty land, always wanting more! (Prov 30:15-16)

People are more like thirsty land, never satisfied.

Gabriel David Hu @gabrieldavidhu.bsky.social · 5d

I’m happy because the students are leaving the bus with a smile, but I’m certain all the adults anywhere nearby are quite annoyed because I allow them to do this every day. Sorry, fellas.
#joy

Gabriel David Hu @gabrieldavidhu.bsky.social · 5d

I’m a school bus driver and one of my students asked to beep the horn one day. I told him he’d have to wait until he gets to his stop, but his stop has 25 to 35 students getting off. So now I have a couple dozen students beeping the horn on their way out.

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Gabriel David Hu @gabrieldavidhu.bsky.social · 5d

“Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela”

Well, I guess it’s not actually covert anymore, right?

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

The development comes as the U.S. military is drawing up options for President Trump to consider, including possible strikes inside the country.

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Gabriel David Hu @gabrieldavidhu.bsky.social · 6d

People know that government contracts get awarded because of bribery, but Homan was literally caught with his hand in the cookie jar. There needs to be a call to #ReleaseTheTape.

The Border Czar and a Bag of $50,000

Podcast Episode · The Daily · 10/15/2025 · 24m

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Gabriel David Hu @gabrieldavidhu.bsky.social · 7d

My six-year-old keeps wanting to chase our aunt’s chickens and hold them, like that giant snowman cartoon who hugged people too tight. “I love you! Love me back!”

I don’t think we ever outgrow that. #Love

Gabriel David Hu @gabrieldavidhu.bsky.social · 8d

“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson may no longer be shocking, but it still hits close to home. Too close.

Shirley Jackson’s famous (some would say infamous) short story “The Lottery” was first published, in The New Yorker, 75 years ago this month. The story was launched into a world still recovering from… | The New Yorker | 13 comments

Shirley Jackson’s famous (some would say infamous) short story “The Lottery” was first published, in The New Yorker, 75 years ago this month. The story was launched into a world still recovering...

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Gabriel David Hu @gabrieldavidhu.bsky.social · 10d

I had to take a flight this weekend to a family event. It made me feel guilty because so many people involved in my travels aren’t getting paid.

Both the Left and Right blame the other for the shutdown, but *all* need to compromise. #unity #RadicalCenter

Gabriel David Hu @gabrieldavidhu.bsky.social · 11d

Love is more than a feeling. I believe it’s character, which can be developed. I choose what I want to be like and work to become that. If the love collapses like an illusion, then it was just a passing feeling and self-deceptive, but it doesn’t have to always be that way.

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Joe Heller @joeheller.bsky.social · 12d

Today's Cartoon- Peace Prize

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 11d

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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NPR @npr.org · 11d

On Capitol Hill, there has been almost no sign of progress toward ending the shutdown. Senators say they aren't even formally negotiating, which begs the question: what are they actually doing?

'Make it stop.' For lawmakers, the shutdown feels like purgatory (but with Thai food)

On Capitol Hill, there has been almost no sign of progress toward ending the shutdown. Senators say they aren't even formally negotiating, which begs the question: what are they actually doing?

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Gabriel David Hu @gabrieldavidhu.bsky.social · 11d

Ouch! I don’t know baseball, but I think I see what you’re saying.

Gabriel David Hu @gabrieldavidhu.bsky.social · 12d

We can’t fight Trump’s authoritarian propaganda by arguing for the Left’s ideas; that leads to more escalating conflict.
We need to raise a flag of unity, and we must expose Trump's military action in American cities for what it is—an end to democracy. There has to be a middle ground. #RadicalCenter

Gabriel David Hu @gabrieldavidhu.bsky.social · 12d

Raoul Peck believes most of our military are not in agreement with sending the military into American cities. Sadly, I think he’s wrong. I think many of our federal officers and military members have fallen for the “2 + 2 = 5” #propaganda. This is scary.

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