Essie DS
@essieds.bsky.social
Feminist, mental health advocate, mama 💕
My views are my own.
My views are my own.
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Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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Letter: Fiscal responsibility shouldn’t come at the expense of the most vulnerable
Letter: Fiscal responsibility shouldn’t harm our most vulnerable
Carole Argo, president and CEO of NCIA, says underserved and vulnerable Marylanders should not bear the costs of fiscal responsibility.
buff.ly
March 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Letter: Fiscal responsibility shouldn’t come at the expense of the most vulnerable
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Indigenous people, who make up about 5% of Canada's population, now account for over a third (34%) of Canadians under long-term supervision orders, according to previously unreported Correctional Service of Canada data
March 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Indigenous people, who make up about 5% of Canada's population, now account for over a third (34%) of Canadians under long-term supervision orders, according to previously unreported Correctional Service of Canada data
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Donald Trump’s interest in acquiring Greenland has shaken the status quo and, combined with growing Inuit pride, has led some locals to view an upcoming election as a historic chance to free the territory from Danish influence reut.rs/3Fco1Bj
Inuit pride stirs independence mood in Greenland election
Indigenous identity is seeing a revival in Greenland ahead of a March 11 general election called after U.S. President Donald Trump said he wanted to acquire the strategically located Arctic island.
reut.rs
March 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Donald Trump’s interest in acquiring Greenland has shaken the status quo and, combined with growing Inuit pride, has led some locals to view an upcoming election as a historic chance to free the territory from Danish influence reut.rs/3Fco1Bj
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Because of historic investments in foundational research, we have effective treatments for lethal conditions today. A retrenchment of American science could mean that people will suffer from the many illnesses for which we currently have little to offer.
Trump’s Agenda Is Undermining American Science
Research funded by the federal government has found useful expression in many of the defining technologies of our time. This Administration threatens that progress.
www.newyorker.com
March 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Because of historic investments in foundational research, we have effective treatments for lethal conditions today. A retrenchment of American science could mean that people will suffer from the many illnesses for which we currently have little to offer.
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Many big corporate law firms are declining to help with public criticism and legal opposition to the second Trump administration, in the wake of executive orders punishing law firms with Democratic ties
Fear of Trump Has Elite Law Firms in Retreat
Many big corporate law firms are declining to help with public criticism and legal opposition to the second Trump administration, in the wake of executive orders punishing law firms with Democratic…
www.wsj.com
March 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Many big corporate law firms are declining to help with public criticism and legal opposition to the second Trump administration, in the wake of executive orders punishing law firms with Democratic ties
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A refresh on an old #Canadian #RallyCry!
#ElbowsUp - we’re just getting started 🇨🇦
#iamcanadian #wearecanadian
#ElbowsUp - we’re just getting started 🇨🇦
#iamcanadian #wearecanadian
We Are Canadian
YouTube video by Jeff Douglas
youtu.be
March 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A refresh on an old #Canadian #RallyCry!
#ElbowsUp - we’re just getting started 🇨🇦
#iamcanadian #wearecanadian
#ElbowsUp - we’re just getting started 🇨🇦
#iamcanadian #wearecanadian
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As somebody who's worked at outlets that game Google in this way (it's very SEO 101 stuff), I'm so fucking embarrassed.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations
Thousands of press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s inauguration
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
As somebody who's worked at outlets that game Google in this way (it's very SEO 101 stuff), I'm so fucking embarrassed.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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This is a small gesture, but means a lot today. Thanks, GoTriangle.
February 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This is a small gesture, but means a lot today. Thanks, GoTriangle.
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Betar U.S. said it has shared with the Trump administration a list of the “names of hundreds of terror supporters.”
The Far-Right Group Building a List of Pro-Palestine Activists to Deport
Betar U.S. said it has shared with the Trump administration a list of the “names of hundreds of terror supporters.”
interc.pt
February 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Betar U.S. said it has shared with the Trump administration a list of the “names of hundreds of terror supporters.”
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BREAKING
Court blocks Elon Musk team from government computer systems: report
The U.S. District Court of Washington, D.C., ruled Thursday morning that Elon Musk and his team of coders have been blocked from further accessing government databases. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ap...
www.rawstory.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
BREAKING
February 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Observing from Australia. I've followed US politics for decades. Studied WWII history for my PhD.
I read the #Project2025 book. I've read every EO released in the last few weeks. I read the well researched and well sourced journalism.
This sure as fuck is Fascism.
#USpolitics
#Fascism
I read the #Project2025 book. I've read every EO released in the last few weeks. I read the well researched and well sourced journalism.
This sure as fuck is Fascism.
#USpolitics
#Fascism
What the US is experiencing right now is fascism. There's no other word for it and pretending that it's verboten to say so diminishes the truth as much as they are diminishing the truth. It's fascism. It's arrived.
February 3, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Observing from Australia. I've followed US politics for decades. Studied WWII history for my PhD.
I read the #Project2025 book. I've read every EO released in the last few weeks. I read the well researched and well sourced journalism.
This sure as fuck is Fascism.
#USpolitics
#Fascism
I read the #Project2025 book. I've read every EO released in the last few weeks. I read the well researched and well sourced journalism.
This sure as fuck is Fascism.
#USpolitics
#Fascism
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I stopped by the liquor store to say farewell to the massive selection of Kentucky bourbon on the shelves.
We are the number one export market for Kentucky spirits. On Tuesday, all American booze is being pulled off the shelves.
We will drink Canadian whiskey.
True. North. Strong. Free of bourbon.
We are the number one export market for Kentucky spirits. On Tuesday, all American booze is being pulled off the shelves.
We will drink Canadian whiskey.
True. North. Strong. Free of bourbon.
February 3, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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#banksy #banksyart #banksyartwork #banksymuseum #WeWillNotBeSilenced #resist #ResistanceUnited #Feminist#Friday
January 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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February 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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There you go
February 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
There you go
Canadians can’t wait till Super Bowl Sunday ;)
Here’s the North American power grid and its interconnections—highlighting the potential impact of tariffs on the electricity supply from Canada,or if they were to cut us off.
Nothing to worry about, though, because Trump has us covered.
Nothing to worry about, though, because Trump has us covered.
February 3, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Canadians can’t wait till Super Bowl Sunday ;)
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do you have any idea just how badly you have to fuck up to get Canada mad at you
February 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
do you have any idea just how badly you have to fuck up to get Canada mad at you
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Hi all, We’re still here at OPM.
We have a situation where we MIGHT, and I do mean, MIGHT have four of Elon’s people blocked from the building.
Can we get press or a member of Congress down here? We’ve blocked them for two hours and they keep coming back and trying to go in.
We have a situation where we MIGHT, and I do mean, MIGHT have four of Elon’s people blocked from the building.
Can we get press or a member of Congress down here? We’ve blocked them for two hours and they keep coming back and trying to go in.
February 2, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Hi all, We’re still here at OPM.
We have a situation where we MIGHT, and I do mean, MIGHT have four of Elon’s people blocked from the building.
Can we get press or a member of Congress down here? We’ve blocked them for two hours and they keep coming back and trying to go in.
We have a situation where we MIGHT, and I do mean, MIGHT have four of Elon’s people blocked from the building.
Can we get press or a member of Congress down here? We’ve blocked them for two hours and they keep coming back and trying to go in.
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Pentagon removes major media outlets, including NBC News, from dedicated workstations in new ‘rotation program.’
Pentagon removes major media outlets, including NBC News, from dedicated workstations as part of a new 'rotation program'
NBC News, The New York Times, NPR and Politico must vacate their office spaces in two weeks for other news organizations — including at least one that did not request to be added.
www.nbcnews.com
February 1, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Pentagon removes major media outlets, including NBC News, from dedicated workstations in new ‘rotation program.’
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
January 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin