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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · Mar 29

When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · Mar 26

I do think that the people still in denial about democratic freedoms being stripped are waiting for people LIKE THEM to be impacted for it to "really" count.

And therein lies what bred this era in the first place.

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · Mar 11

IT'S OFFICIAL. I WROTE MY FIRST BOOK! 🤯

#TheDoubleTax unpacks the cost of being a woman, why the bill runs higher for women of color, and how closing the gaps moves us ALL forward. #blacksky #booksky #econsky

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Portfolio/Penguin

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NPR @npr.org · Mar 22

The Trump administration's efforts to end DEI programs is hitting some unexpected targets, including a nationwide effort planting shade trees in neighborhoods to reduce extreme heat.

Is planting trees 'DEI'? Trump administration cuts nationwide tree-planting effort

The Trump administration's efforts to end DEI programs is hitting some unexpected targets, including a nationwide effort planting shade trees in neighborhoods to reduce extreme heat.

www.npr.org

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Jill Sargent Russell, PhD @jsargentr.bsky.social · Mar 23

Everything is.

And a lot of "allies" who could be making a difference are taking low-key advantage. But be on notice: every achievement going forward is going to have an asterisk, for the lesser competition. They'll always have to question whether they really earned it.

Enjoy.

Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · Mar 22

Space is for white men now.

You don't have to pretend any more.

Nasa drops plan to land first woman and first person of color on the moon

Promise was central plank to space agency’s Artemis program, which is scheduled to return humans to the lunar surface in 2027

www.theguardian.com

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monicaisabel.bsky.social @monicaisabel.bsky.social · Mar 9

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ACLU @aclu.org · Mar 7

Using AI to scan the social media posts of students at U.S. universities and then punish them for their views is discriminatory and a direct attack on our freedom of speech.

Scoop: State Dept. to use AI to revoke visas of foreign students who appear "pro-Hamas"

The effort includes AI-assisted reviews of tens of thousands of student visa holders' social media accounts and marks a dramatic escalation in the U.S. government's policing of foreign nationals' cond...

www.axios.com

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Tony Negron @tnite02.bsky.social · Mar 4

Sums it up all in one cartoon. Makes me sick.

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E. Lee van Cleef @workerbee3.bsky.social · Mar 4

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · Feb 23

Sign of the day…

How many Tesla’s should we throw in the Boston Harbor?

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monicaisabel.bsky.social @monicaisabel.bsky.social · Feb 21

Dismissive and deplorable joke of a man. Wild he compared them to J6ers

monicaisabel.bsky.social @monicaisabel.bsky.social · Feb 21

✨💪🏽💕✨ Be well

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · Feb 17

Protestors marching through New York. (📷 @democracynow.org )

"Today is president's day, not dictators day"
"keep families together"

#3E #USProtests #fiftyfiftyone #NoKings #Feb17

A group of protesters holding signs advocating for family unity and opposing dictatorship, set against a bright blue sky and urban backdrop.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · Feb 16

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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · Feb 13

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monicaisabel.bsky.social @monicaisabel.bsky.social · Feb 17

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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · Feb 11

Kendrick Lamar showed more courage in the face of rising American tyranny than we’ve seen from ANY former American leader. If you swore an oath to protect this nation, where are you now?

youtube.com/shorts/keNw6...

Where Are Our Leaders

YouTube video by PoliticsGirl

youtube.com

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Politics In The Wild @politicsinthewild.bsky.social · Feb 5

Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.

Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.

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Akallabêth 🇺🇦 @akallabeth24.bsky.social · Feb 8

Oops 😬

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · Feb 6

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monicaisabel.bsky.social @monicaisabel.bsky.social · Feb 8

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DawnieFish @dawniefish.bsky.social · Feb 7

CALL TO ACTION: Congress members are not allowed access to the ED building. GO HELP THEM PUSH THROUGH FORCEFULLY!!!! *************The headquarters of the United States Department of Education (ED) is located at 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20202.

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DawnieFish @dawniefish.bsky.social · Feb 7

***REPOST - CALL TO ACTION: Congress members are not allowed access to the ED building. GO HELP THEM PUSH THROUGH FORCEFULLY!!!! *************The headquarters of the United States Department of Education (ED) is located at 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20202.

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monicaisabel.bsky.social @monicaisabel.bsky.social · Feb 7

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monicaisabel.bsky.social @monicaisabel.bsky.social · Feb 5

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