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L. M. Davis

@lmdaviswrites.bsky.social

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Author: werepanthers, aliens, immortals, witches.... Award-winning Director. Dry wit. Raging optimist. She/her. #BLM IG: @lmdaviswrites

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L. M. Davis @lmdaviswrites.bsky.social · Nov 12

Posting my film, Fevered Dreams, everywhere today, because it's about the power of telling and hearing inconvenient truths.

It's 15 minutes, give it a watch, leave a comment, share with your friends.

🙏🏾 and Thank You.

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L. M. Davis @lmdaviswrites.bsky.social · 5h

This one seems most relevant.

YouGov America @today.yougov.com · 7h

NEW Economist/YouGov
Net favorability of Donald Trump [at the start of his second term | now] among...
White Americans +13 | +2
Hispanic Americans -12 | -39
Black Americans -31 | -76
today.yougov.com/politics/art...

A multiple line chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "Views of Donald Trump among U.S. adult citizens, and among white, Black, and Hispanic Americans."

The chart has the sub-headline: "Do you have a favorable or an unfavorable opinion of the following people? [Donald Trump] (% with a very or somewhat favorable opinion minus the % with a very or somewhat unfavorable opinion)."

The chart has the note: "Note: Responses of "don't know" are not shown."

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L. M. Davis @lmdaviswrites.bsky.social · 5h

Isn't Vance Catholic? Can't they excommunicate him or something?

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 10h

NEW: Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, has issued a new statement declaring that Chicago "communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants."

Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, on Standing with Immigrants
Oct. 21, 2025
My dear brothers and sisters, today I speak to you as your shepherd, but also as a fellow pilgrim who shares the pain of many of our immigrant communities. Families are being torn apart. Children are left in fear, and communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants.
We stand with a mother who crosses borders to feed her children. We stand with the father who labors in silence to build a better future. We stand with the young person who dreams of safety and a better future. Our parishes and schools will not turn away those who seek comfort, and we will not be silent when dignity is denied in the enforcement of the law, it is essential that we respect the dignity of every human being.
Now I want to say something directly to those immigrants without documents. Most of you have been here for years. You have worked hard. You have raised families. You have contributed to this nation. You have earned our respect. As the Archbishop of Chicago, I will insist that you be treated with dignity. Americans should not forget that we all come from immigrant families.
You are our brothers and sisters. We stand with you.
God bless you all.

L. M. Davis @lmdaviswrites.bsky.social · 8h

Every action in life is not about the money you make on the other end.

When you accept the notion that your every choice should have a financial motivation or that the measure of your life is how much you earn, you participate in your own dehumanization.

Emancipate yourself from mental slavery.

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jacky. @jacky.wtf · 13h

Tiktok is probably selling its refinement data somewhere and now that the US is going to be able to peek at the outputs, that can be sold for the state.

I really do not believe in publicly readable social media son, it's counter-intuitive now

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14h

what will remain of the U.S. public sector is prison guards, ICE violence workers, soldiers and cops.

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L. M. Davis @lmdaviswrites.bsky.social · 14h

Everyone: *Frankenstein spoiler* *Frankenstein spoiler* *Frankenstein spoiler*

Me:

a man in a cape is flying through the air

Alt: a man in a cape contorting to dodge bullets

media.tenor.com

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 1d

Our Fall Sale begins today! Save 50% on books & journal issues now through November 9 with coupon code FALL25. buff.ly/Bk390cu

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Vulture @vulture.com · 1d

Ryan Coogler says he’s rebooting ‘The X-Files’ for his mom, a major fan of the show, and she’s already read some pages: ‘She’s fired up.’

Ryan Coogler Is Rebooting The X-Files for His Mom

Ryan Coogler says he’s rebooting ‘The X-Files’ for his mom, a major fan of the show, and she’s already read some pages: ‘She’s fired up.’

www.vulture.com

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d

If you're a writer/other creator in the United States, consider creating an LLC for your business and then signing up for a local area Chamber of Commerce. Many of them have health insurance plans that pool their members and members of other CoCs to create insurance efficiencies relative to ACA.

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L. M. Davis @lmdaviswrites.bsky.social · 2d

🙋🏾‍♀️

I was so bummed that I have to wait until next weekend. I've been excited for this one since you were posting location scouting photos on that other app two years ago or something.

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L. M. Davis @lmdaviswrites.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, and that other guy too.

This was never anything more than pr and optics.

L. M. Davis @lmdaviswrites.bsky.social · 2d

JHC, we're doomed. 🤦🏾‍♀️

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 2d

the massive scale of the No Kings protests, from the organizers’ perspectives, was ALWAYS about making it easy for people to people to go and meet organizers and organizations and mutual aid:

“Let this be a springboard, not the end of your journey.”

if you went, how are you doing so?

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Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · 3d

In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.

Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 3d

Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 3d

I'm attending No Kings's event, “Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings?” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings? · No Kings

No Kings will be massive, powerful, and meaningful - but it won’t be the end of our work. Join movement leaders and fellow local activists after the big day to come together, celebrate what we accompl...

www.mobilize.us

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 3d

Today’s No Kings protest could be the largest single-day protest in U.S. history.

People have power.

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 3d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Faculty at Texas university fear entire liberal arts departments will be slashed

University of Texas at Austin faculty fear changes from new taskforce that could restructure humanities programs

www.theguardian.com

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 3d

frog and chewbacca dance to brass solidarity band, the band formed by community members around george floyd square, at no kings minneapolis

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 3d

[Exit pursued by a bear.]

Only you can resist fascist liars. It’s Smokey the Bear.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 3d

March on, my fellows!

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 3d

Minneapolis is showing up and showing out. #NoKings

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Rachael P @plussone.bsky.social · 3d

This is the crowd that’s still streaming into Grant Park for Chicago #NoKings. Photo: @aaroncynic.bsky.social

Big crowd in the street with signs and banners

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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago - no kings

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L. M. Davis @lmdaviswrites.bsky.social · 3d

Wow!

Save this one for the archives..

midterm payback @anti-fascist3.bsky.social · 3d

Another great sign at NO KINGS Chattanooga.

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L. M. Davis @lmdaviswrites.bsky.social · 3d

Love it!

Thank you, South Koreans. 😄

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 3d

South Koreans held their government accountable earlier this year. And now they’re protesting for American’s rights and democracy on No Kings too!

Thank you South Korea! #NoKings ❌👑