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Mr. Bear @mrbearstumpy.bsky.social · 4d

“Because to confront Israel isn’t the sort of strength the liberal class lauds. To put your body on the line against a genocide backed by the west isn’t the sort of courage they applaud.” @natebear1.bsky.social www.donotpanic.news/p/the-libera...

The Liberal Abandonment Of Greta Thunberg

The Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has been detained by Israel and reportedly maltreated by her Israeli captors after she was kidnapped, along with hundreds of other activists, from Gaza’s territoria...

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 5d

I’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 24d

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.

As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.

End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

257. The Commission recommends that all Member States:
(a) Employ all means reasonably available to them to prevent the commission of genocide in the Gaza Strip;
(b) Cease the transfer of arms and other equipment or items, including jet fuel, to the State of Israel or third States where there is reason to suspect their use in military operations that have involved or could involve the commission of genocide;
(c) Ensure individuals and corporations in their territories and within their jurisdiction are not involved in the commission of genocide, aiding and assisting the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide and investigate and prosecute those who may be implicated in these crimes under international law;
(d) Facilitate the investigations and domestic proceedings and take action (including imposing sanctions) against the State of Israel and against individuals or corporations that are involved in or facilitating the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide;
(e) Cooperate with the investigation of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
258. The Commission recommends that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court:
(a) Examine, within its continuing investigation in the Situation in the State of Palestine, the crime of genocide for amendment to existing arrest warrants and addition to future application for arrest warrants;
(b) Examine the involvement of officials mentioned in this report for inclusion as those most responsible for international crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory.

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Mr. Bear @mrbearstumpy.bsky.social · Aug 17

“Our future depends on finding each other, on building something better together, overcoming the lure of passivity and consumption.” @jphillll.bsky.social

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On social media we now trade time for numbness

The casino, slop, and touching grass

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Mr. Bear @mrbearstumpy.bsky.social · Aug 12

Happy birthday! 🎉

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Aud Auder @cbauder.bsky.social · Aug 3

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📺~CRT~📺 @crtvheadvt.bsky.social · Apr 29

I love adding this one data point to economic charts. It works every time.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · Jun 22

If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:

1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long

All lies.

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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · May 29

During the pandemic, the US implemented the most effective social welfare policies in our history -- programs that worked because they were big enough, simple, and universal. And then we withdrew them. This remains imo the central economic-policy story of our times. davisvanguard.org/2025/05/3hou...

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Mr. Bear @mrbearstumpy.bsky.social · May 22

“If I keep lilacs close, might the faeries see through this mask? Might they recognize the wild, untamed part in me, loosen my bindings, and set me free?” Kristi Marciano @orionmagazine.bsky.social

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Orion Magazine (@orionmagazine.bsky.social)

Inviting readers into a community of caring for the planet—justly, sustainably, and joyously. orionmagazine.org

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Ben Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · Apr 1

Can someone please explain why journalists have stopped pointing out that the executive branch has no constitutional authority to end these programs?

NPR @npr.org · Mar 31

JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.

Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave

The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · Mar 31

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#TransDayOfVisibility

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晴晴 @sachinteng.bsky.social · Mar 31

A world without Trans people has never existed, and it never will. More than visibility, we need safety 🏳️‍⚧️

Portait of a woman covered in sludge. Only her arms are uncovered. But within the sludge, her face and body are partially visible, revealing a floral pattern on her face and body, pink and white flowers on blue background. This is a repaint of an illustration I did a decade ago. In the original there in equal sign superimposed at the bottom of the canvas. The equal sign is still there, but it is empty now.

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Mr. Bear @mrbearstumpy.bsky.social · Mar 31

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Martha Lincoln @heavyredaction.bsky.social · Mar 26

Ozturk is apparently being detained because she wrote an opinion essay. Fulbright is a program of the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. They have a duty to speak up for the rights and safety of international students participating in Fulbright exchanges in the US.

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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · Mar 26

friends, please help the quoted post circulate, we need to flood Governor Healey’s office with calls today

Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · Mar 26

MA residents, please join me in calling Governor Healey's office to demand action and a response to these brazen kidnappings carried out by ICE on the streets of our cities.

If you'd like a script, we've provided one - full copy in the alt text.

Her office's number is 617 725 4005.

Flood it!

“Hello,

My name is <your name> and I’m calling from <your number.> I'm one of Governor Healey's constituents and I am calling to demand concrete action to protect our students and our neighbors from the brazen and unamerican attacks ICE is currently launching, including the kidnapping of Fulbright scholar Rumeysa Ozturk When will the Governor denounce these terror attacks, denounce the kidnapping of surgeons and scholars, snatched off our streets by masked thugs in plain clothes?

I demand to know what Governor Healey is going to do to protect our students and protect our schools, because these deportations are not just attempts to end our first amendment right to protest perpetuated by a genocidal regime, but they are also clearly attempts to scare away international students, damage our Universities, and punish our state for voting against him. I demand to know when I'm going to stop having to hear the Governor shamefully remind the country that we are not a sanctuary state and push for rolling back our right-to-shelter law, and when I'm going to start hearing her use her executive power to prevent state police and city governments from collaborating with ICE. I demand to know which concrete steps the Massachusetts administration will take to protect our citizens from these horrifying raids.”

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · Mar 26

Her crime was writing an op/ed. Her visa was valid, but she wrote an op/ed

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Amy Stuber @amystuber.com · Mar 26

Another student kidnapped and disappeared by masked ICE agents for voicing an opinion.

The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · Mar 26

Federal immigration authorities late Tuesday detained a Tufts PhD student who is a Turkish national, her attorney and community activists said.

Federal immigration authorities detain Tufts graduate student - The Boston Globe

In an email Tuesday night, Tufts University President Sunil Kumar said the school received reports that the student was taken into custody outside an off-campus apartment building in Somerville.

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Mr. Bear @mrbearstumpy.bsky.social · Mar 25

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Mr. Bear @mrbearstumpy.bsky.social · Mar 24

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Mr. Bear @mrbearstumpy.bsky.social · Mar 23

“Because when you love something, you plan. Then, from the one in the denim vest and jean jacket: ‘I just thought he would live forever.’” @mossyair.bsky.social @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social

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Only Count In One | matchbook

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Mr. Bear @mrbearstumpy.bsky.social · Mar 23

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Mr. Bear @mrbearstumpy.bsky.social · Mar 23

Thank you so much, Dan ❤️

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Mr. Bear @mrbearstumpy.bsky.social · Mar 23

“One thing we all share: we begin and, inevitably, we cease.”
Lovely artwork by Angela Mihm @astrolabe.ooo

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Choices & Connections - the Game of Life • artwork from Angela Mihm

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