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Skip Z🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙 @skipz.bsky.social · 11h

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Skip Z🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙 @skipz.bsky.social · 11h

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A Poem by Ursula K. Le Guin About Cats

“Entanglements” March 28 Black cat, amiable visitor, let’s give each other all the pleasure we can, quick, yes, sitting on each other in the sunlight and stroking each other with our hands and face…

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Skip Z🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙 @skipz.bsky.social · 13h

Illinois Woman Denied Treatment for Ectopic Pregnancy
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Illinois Woman Denied Treatment for Ectopic Pregnancy

10.14.25

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Skip Z🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙 @skipz.bsky.social · 13h

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No Kings, No Pants, No Problem

How Portland answered authoritarianism with bare asses and better ideas.

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Skip Z🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙 @skipz.bsky.social · 13h

Jack Smith Speaks
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Jack Smith Speaks

You have choices about where you get your news and analysis.

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Skip Z🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙 @skipz.bsky.social · 13h

Happiness, Peace, and Liberation
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Happiness, Peace, and Liberation

A lesson on Unlearning and unconditioning from a great saint Ashtavakra.

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Skip Z🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙 @skipz.bsky.social · 13h

Jack Smith Speaks
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Jack Smith Speaks

And Mary and I dissect this week's news on the Main Justice podcast

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Skip Z🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙 @skipz.bsky.social · 13h

China Has Overtaken America
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China Has Overtaken America

And Trump’s policies guarantee that we will never catch up

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Skip Z🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙 @skipz.bsky.social · 13h

October 14, 2025
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October 14, 2025

The government shutdown, which started on October 1, is entering its third week.

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Skip Z🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙 @skipz.bsky.social · 14h

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Media Literacy Week Is October 27th – 31st – Here Are Related Teaching & Learning Resources

Media Literacy Week is From October 27th to the 31st. You might be interested in: The Best Tools & Lessons For Teaching Information Literacy – Help Me Find More The Best Tools To Help De…

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Skip Z🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙 @skipz.bsky.social · 14h

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5 Quantum Computing Teaching Resources

Quantum computers may be the next big thing in the tech world. Here are some ways to learn more about these devices.

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Skip Z🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙 @skipz.bsky.social · 14h

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Google Messages has hidden full-screen animations — here's how to trigger them

Who knew texting could be this entertaining?

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Skip Z🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙 @skipz.bsky.social · 14h

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15 Mental Health Tips For Teachers

One mental health tip for teachers? As much as possible, set clear boundaries between school and home life.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 6d

What do you call a political system where those in power refuse to seat a duly elected member of the opposition party? Not a democracy that’s for certain.

Screenshot of a tweet from Rep. Greg Stanton (@RepGregStanton) on X. The tweet says House Republicans are shutting down the House to avoid swearing in Adelita Grijalva, calling it undemocratic and unacceptable. The image shows a mostly empty House chamber with several representatives, including Stanton, standing near the podium.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

So First Amendment rights can now be snatched away if you [checks notes] celebrate?

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 1d

When Cosplay Kristi “more plastic than brains” Noem tried to turn America’s airports into propaganda screens, public servants refused to bow. From JFK to Portland, they chose law over lies & democracy over fear.
Read how resistance took flight in our latest piece:

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They Ordered Propaganda. Airports Said No.

American airports are holding the line for Democracy against the Trump propaganda machine. 🔥 Let's help by sharing these awesome videos! 🔥

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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 1d

Some major US airports are refusing to play a video of Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem in which she blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown.

Multiple airports refuse to play Kristi Noem video that blames Democrats for government shutdown | CNN

Several major US airports - including Las Vegas’ Harry Reid International, Portland International, Seattle-Tacoma International, and three in New York - are refusing to play a video of Secretary of Ho...

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23h

"The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else"

DoD sources tell Zeteo that staff there have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

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GRAMMY @giemma321.bsky.social · 18h

Read "ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look Like” Her Last Name" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-6ohyOWHu/3...
NOT ALL AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE WHITE CHRISTIAN CRIMINALS.

I'M A NON-CRIMINAL LATINA WITHOUT A LATIN LAST NAME, TOO.

ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look Like” Her Last Name (The New Republic)

ICE agents kidnapped a U.S. citizen in Chicago who had just finished working a double shift because she didn’t “look” American to them. Maria Greeley, 44, wa...

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Skip Z🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙 @skipz.bsky.social · 18h

Hello, Blooees! It's 49F (9C) and cloudy on West Brattleboro VT USA on 10/15 at 4:02AM. Cloudy at first, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high of 57F (14C). North wind 5 to 7 mph (8 to 11 kph), with gusts as high as 20 mph (32 kph).

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Skip Z🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙 @skipz.bsky.social · 1d

Peace Doesn’t Belong to Tyrants
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Peace Doesn’t Belong to Tyrants

It belongs to the survivors, not the men who funded the bombs.

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 1d

here's today's post: "Pete Kegstand shits a brick when Meal Team Six shows up in Chicago" — how fucking petty can one man be?
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Pete Kegstand shits a brick when Meal Team Six shows up in Chicago

how fucking petty can one man be

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Skip Z🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙 @skipz.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland Chicken Has a Degree in Game Theory
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The Portland Chicken Has a Degree in Game Theory

Humor, Prep for No Kings, and Resistance Actions as “Coordination Games”

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Skip Z🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙 @skipz.bsky.social · 1d

Why Are Airport Managers Risking Their Jobs to Air GOP Propaganda?
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Why Are Airport Managers Risking Their Jobs to Air GOP Propaganda?

Kristi Noem’s shutdown blame-game video could cost them fines and their livelihood...

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