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CandySez/Beatleness

@candysez.bsky.social

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Sociologist, 1960s/boomers historian, author of Beatleness: How the Beatles and Their Fans Remade the World, defender of Democracy, Swiftie over Sixty, and embodiment of the New Old Age. CandyLeonard.com

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CandySez/Beatleness @candysez.bsky.social · 45m

Another legend gone. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/m...

Diane Keaton, a Star of ‘Annie Hall’ and ‘First Wives Club,’ Dies at 79

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

Imagine being mad you didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize while you’re busy stirring up Civil War in your own country.

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CandySez/Beatleness @candysez.bsky.social · 1d

Why squander brain cells dignifying this with serious analysis?

CandySez/Beatleness @candysez.bsky.social · 1d

Disgusting sellouts.

CandySez/Beatleness @candysez.bsky.social · 2d

@brittlestar.com stumbled upon this book today. It was just what I needed.

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 8d

AABB is proud to join this coalition of groups fighting for the freedom to read. Nothing gives us more hope than the understanding that while the fight may be daunting, we are not in it alone. 1/3

Standing together for the freedom to read.

All students, all people, deserve and require access to information.

Access to books is essential for the free exchange of ideas and for the protection of a healthy democracy.

Books hold a pivotal role in our culture—a role that must be projected.

During Banned Books Week, we recommit ourselves to fighting censorship and authoritarianism all year round.

Today, a well-coordinated network of politically motivated public officials, groups are attacking our fundamental freedoms—including our freedom to read.

Thousands of books that predominantly depict people of color and LBGTQ+ people and that discuss sex, gender, sexuality, race, and racism are banned in public schools and libraries across the country.

These attacks on school districts and public libraries, educators and librarians, authors and illustrators, and the publishers and booksellers that support them are stripping students, families, and all library patrons of their freedom to read and learn.

These efforts upend the lives of students, families, authors, illustrators, educators, and librarians. It leads to erasure from the shelves, harassment from would be censors, denial of access to books, job loss, and financial and emotional distress.

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CandySez/Beatleness @candysez.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of John’s 85th. An unsung part of his legacy.

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John Lennon: A Voice for Feminism? — Candy Leonard

Conventional wisdom about the Beatles is that they got people to think differently about gender in the 60s. Yes, they had a more androgynous appearance, and their lyrics were generally more posit...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Trump wants to invoke the Insurrection Act to punish anyone who opposes him, and he’s following a four point plan to do it.

Here’s what you need to know about it — and some thoughts on how to respond. www.youtube.com/shorts/31X8v...

The Real Reason Trump Wants To Invade Chicago and Portland

YouTube video by Robert Reich

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CandySez/Beatleness @candysez.bsky.social · 3d

Delusional, evil fuckwad.

CandySez/Beatleness @candysez.bsky.social · 3d

Normalizing depravity.

CandySez/Beatleness @candysez.bsky.social · 3d

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How ICE Markets to Young Men

Economic and social incentives are central to their strategy

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CandySez/Beatleness @candysez.bsky.social · 4d

Mean girl at DOJ. She will regret all this someday.

CandySez/Beatleness @candysez.bsky.social · 4d

Time for Susan Collins to make way for @grahamformaine.bsky.social - the future of the Democratic Party.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 4d

VA healthcare saved my life. It allowed me to build my business.

In the richest country on Earth, we can guarantee decent healthcare for all.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 5d

Every day I’ve been getting angrier when I think about how maga, the so called alpha male bros, always punch down at people who are less fortunate or struggling.

This isn’t manliness. It’s cowardly, it’s shameful, and it makes you look like a tiny little douche face

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CandySez/Beatleness @candysez.bsky.social · 4d

Sadists all.

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 6d

People are being robbed. The answer to that is not shame or anger.

The answer is empathy and compassion.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 7d

You might've missed a line that was tucked away in Donald Trump's recent speech.

He called on the admirals and generals to be ready to fight “the enemy from within” in American cities.

It’s another dangerous escalation into American authoritarianism says @davidcorn.bsky.social.

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CandySez/Beatleness @candysez.bsky.social · 8d

www.democracynow.org/2025/10/3/ja...

Jane Fonda Relaunches Father’s Free Speech Group, Committee for the First Amendment

The Oscar-winning actress and activist Jane Fonda is relaunching her father Henry Fonda’s free speech organization, the Committee for the First Amendment. First established in 1947 to combat the rise ...

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CandySez/Beatleness @candysez.bsky.social · 8d

Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow turning in their graves.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 10d

Jane Goodall was a hero who used her life to make the world a better place. If the world uplifted and amplified people like her over fascists and billionaires, the world would be a very different place. #3E

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CandySez/Beatleness @candysez.bsky.social · 10d

What an amazing life. Truly inspiring.

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 10d

AOC: "It is our obligation to put our foot down and say 'enough is enough'. People need to be defended... And if Republicans want to say no to that, they’ll have to learn that that's not how this works. This is not a dictatorship, as much as Donald Trump wants it to be. It's a democracy."

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CandySez/Beatleness @candysez.bsky.social · 11d

USA TODAY Opinion @usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 11d

Opinion: Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth held an expensive military meeting-that-could-have-been-an-email hours before the government is likely to shutdown.

Trump, Hegseth show they're small men acting big in front of military leaders | Opinion

Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth held an expensive military meeting-that-could-have-been-an-email hours before the government is likely to shutdown.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 11d

The self labeled “alpha males” are really just loudly covering up the fact that they feel small and insignificant.

Trump’s ‘Alpha Male’ Routine Is a Scam
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Trump’s ‘Alpha Male’ Routine Is a Scam

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CandySez/Beatleness @candysez.bsky.social · 11d

Inspiring. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

Rosie O'Donnell Did Not Become an Artist to be Liked

Podcast Episode · The Best People with Nicolle Wallace · 09/29/2025 · 47m

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