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Lauri @laurilynn.bsky.social · 19h

The idea that Trump should be eligible for the Nobel Peace Prize for brokering peace between Isreal and Palestine is obscene. He let it go on and on and on until there was nothing left to bomb.

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Lauri @laurilynn.bsky.social · 1d

Make the Evil Empire fiction again.

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JustJohn @jaydeezzz.bsky.social · 12d

Let me sing you a song! 🎶🎙️😻

*Source: Pinterest

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Lauri @laurilynn.bsky.social · 20d

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Lauri @laurilynn.bsky.social · 24d

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Israel, Charlie Kirk, and the Weaponization of Murder (w/ Max Blumenthal) | The Chris Hedges Report

Podcast Episode · The Chris Hedges Report · 09/15/2025 · 46m

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Lauri @laurilynn.bsky.social · Sep 7

My little black bean.

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Lauri @laurilynn.bsky.social · Sep 4

In ye olden days of civilization & due process, a rogue boat would be seized and criminals captured and brought to justice.

Bombing that boat in the Caribbean is just another decoy to divert attention from the Epstein Files.

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Lauri @laurilynn.bsky.social · Jul 16

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Jack Whitten. 9.11.01. 2006 | MoMA

Audio from Jack Whitten: The Messenger. Who was Jack Whitten? Learn about the life and work of this boundary-breaking artist.

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Lauri @laurilynn.bsky.social · Apr 26

12, no.

Lauri @laurilynn.bsky.social · Apr 6

Canadians are pissed.

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A Short Lesson in Small-Minded Nationalism #tariffs #cdnpoli #buycanadian

YouTube video by Tod Maffin

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Lauri @laurilynn.bsky.social · Apr 2

Thank you Senator Booker!
🙏

Lauri @laurilynn.bsky.social · Mar 28

Seeing a PhD student, here legally on a student visa, being disappeared Stasi-style by ICE secret police for exercising free speech(?), with no due process, is one of the most disturbing things I have witnessed in this country.

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Juli Indica @juliindica.bsky.social · Mar 20

Make this viral.

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Lauri @laurilynn.bsky.social · Mar 18

Snowdrops

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Lauri @laurilynn.bsky.social · Mar 2

A thoughtful conversation with Fareed Zakaria about who we are, our roll in the world, the importance of our Western alliances, and what’s at stake right now.

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The Dark Heart of Trump's Foreign Policy

Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 03/01/2025 · 1h 21m

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Lauri @laurilynn.bsky.social · Mar 2

Lauri @laurilynn.bsky.social · Feb 27

“You tumble around for years trying to understand yourself, starting fights, seething on four hours’ sleep… get into debt… hit some wild jackpots. You get the big house and all the stuff to fill it with, and in the end you try to get rid of it all.”
-Gene Hackman
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Gene Hackman Has a Pie

by John Saward A recent photo of Gene Hackman was going around last month. He’s exiting a Speedway in New Mexico, in an outfit you might describe as, “your dad coming to jump your car in the middle o...

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Lauri @laurilynn.bsky.social · Feb 23

Alfie being a Good Boy at Warby Parker.

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Lauri @laurilynn.bsky.social · Feb 21

The Consumer Protection Agency pays for itself. It protects consumers. Who could be against that other than banks and large corporations that want to screw us.

Lauri @laurilynn.bsky.social · Feb 16

Briefly swallowed by a whale is a real thing.

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Man Is Briefly ‘Swallowed’ by Whale in Chile

Paddling in the Strait of Magellan, Adrián Simancas was caught in a humpback’s lunge. “I realized that I was in something’s mouth and I had been eaten,” he said.

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Lauri @laurilynn.bsky.social · Feb 10

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Lauri @laurilynn.bsky.social · Feb 10

She’s still dancing in the night
Unafraid of what a dude’ll do
In a town full of heroes & villains

#musicsky

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The Beach Boys - Heroes and Villains (Definitive Mono Version)

YouTube video by Omne

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Lauri @laurilynn.bsky.social · Feb 8

This Ezra Klein piece is hopeful & empowering. The orange guy is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern as a president. Don’t believe him. Don’t give him that power.

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Don't Believe Him | The Ezra Klein Show

YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show

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Lauri @laurilynn.bsky.social · Feb 4

Jacob Lawrence, The Photographer, 1942, watercolor, gouache & graphite on paper, 22-1/8”x30-1/2”

#blackhistory

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