Meg Biddle
@megplaywithclay.bsky.social
Pottery nerd, artist, & teacher who loves movies, food, books, leftist political action, and cute pets. Y'know, basic.
Whatcha up to on Saturday?
#march #protest #chicagoprotest #chicagoactivism #resist
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#march #protest #chicagoprotest #chicagoactivism #resist
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Chicago Activism Hub
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June 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Whatcha up to on Saturday?
#march #protest #chicagoprotest #chicagoactivism #resist
www.chicagoactivismhub.org/detail/759/
#march #protest #chicagoprotest #chicagoactivism #resist
www.chicagoactivismhub.org/detail/759/
Need a fact check? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | The false things Trump said about tariffs during his announcement
The president relied on claims that have been debunked many times before.
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April 4, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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April 2, 2025 (Wednesday)
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April 2, 2025 (Wednesday)
Just five months ago, on October 19, 2024, The Economist ran a special report on America’s economy.
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April 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
April 2, 2025 (Wednesday)
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Ooo! New Contrapoints vid! Don't mind if I do!
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CONSPIRACY | contrapoints
YouTube video by ContraPoints
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March 31, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Ooo! New Contrapoints vid! Don't mind if I do!
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=teqk...
March 27, 2025
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March 27, 2025
Today, Wired reported that it had found four more Venmo accounts associated with the Trump administration officials who participated in the now-infamous Signal chat about a planned military attack on ...
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March 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
March 27, 2025
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Vivian Wilson is much more than the estranged daughter of Elon Musk. “I don't give a f**k about him. I don't. It's annoying that people associate me with him. I just don't have any room to care anymore.”
Read our full interview here ⤵️
Read our full interview here ⤵️
Vivian Wilson, Elon Musk's Estranged Daughter, Is Not Afraid of Her Dad
“He's a pathetic man-child.”
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March 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Vivian Wilson is much more than the estranged daughter of Elon Musk. “I don't give a f**k about him. I don't. It's annoying that people associate me with him. I just don't have any room to care anymore.”
Read our full interview here ⤵️
Read our full interview here ⤵️
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Make Conservatives Cool Again? | Khadija Mbowe - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9OA...
Make Conservatives Cool Again? | Khadija Mbowe
YouTube video by Khadija Mbowe
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March 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Make Conservatives Cool Again? | Khadija Mbowe - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9OA...
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Sharing information is more critical than ever and helping to defend our immigrant communities and neighbors is one clear action that we can all take right now.
How to Defend Immigrants Against the Most Common ICE Tactics
These “know your rights” videos have crucial, easy-to-understand information.
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March 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Sharing information is more critical than ever and helping to defend our immigrant communities and neighbors is one clear action that we can all take right now.
In case you were wanting more context on why the Democratic senators caved on the budget vote. My rep @duckworth.senate.gov has a spine. Too bad about @durbin.senate.gov
#resist #standuptobullies #politics
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#resist #standuptobullies #politics
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March 14, 2025
Today the Senate passed a stopgap measure from the House of Representatives to fund the government for six months through September 30.
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March 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
In case you were wanting more context on why the Democratic senators caved on the budget vote. My rep @duckworth.senate.gov has a spine. Too bad about @durbin.senate.gov
#resist #standuptobullies #politics
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#resist #standuptobullies #politics
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A professor of environmental sciences gives a quick punchy take on the "eye-popping" numbers re. how clean air promotes economic growth.
An EPA analysis of 20 years of the Clean Air Act (1970-90) found the economic benefits of the regulations were about 42X greater than the costs.
No pay wall.
An EPA analysis of 20 years of the Clean Air Act (1970-90) found the economic benefits of the regulations were about 42X greater than the costs.
No pay wall.
America’s clean air rules boost health and the economy − here’s what EPA’s new deregulation plans ignore
Clean air has become one of America’s best investments, returning $10 for every $1 spent on regulations, by one estimate.
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March 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
A professor of environmental sciences gives a quick punchy take on the "eye-popping" numbers re. how clean air promotes economic growth.
An EPA analysis of 20 years of the Clean Air Act (1970-90) found the economic benefits of the regulations were about 42X greater than the costs.
No pay wall.
An EPA analysis of 20 years of the Clean Air Act (1970-90) found the economic benefits of the regulations were about 42X greater than the costs.
No pay wall.
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Emilie, a previous volunteer who now has her own studio, writes as well as she does pottery. Check her out.
#pottersofbluesky #pottery #clay #art #sculpture #mindful #ceramics
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#pottersofbluesky #pottery #clay #art #sculpture #mindful #ceramics
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Woven Melodies, Scattered Thought, Art Seeps Through
My thoughts of late are disjointed. Creating pieces which are fractured parts of a whole seems a fitting description ... I have painted this year. Taught classes. I have created singular pinched and c...
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March 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Emilie, a previous volunteer who now has her own studio, writes as well as she does pottery. Check her out.
#pottersofbluesky #pottery #clay #art #sculpture #mindful #ceramics
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#pottersofbluesky #pottery #clay #art #sculpture #mindful #ceramics
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Hey, did you know about this? Because you should.
👀🚨Sarah Chung, Jing Liu and I have a new NBER WP! We use daily wind direction as an instrument for air pollution, paired with daily data from a large school district in CA to estimate the effects of daily air pollution on students and teachers. 1/ www.nber.org/papers/w33549
The Effects of Daily Air Pollution on Students and Teachers
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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March 13, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Hey, did you know about this? Because you should.
Hey! You look like you could use some good news.
#resistance #activism #goodnews
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#resistance #activism #goodnews
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Extra! Extra! March 2
Too much good to fit in one email!
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March 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Hey! You look like you could use some good news.
#resistance #activism #goodnews
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#resistance #activism #goodnews
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Oh great, pronatalism. So we're leaning into the Atwood of it all then? Cool cool cool...
#dystopian #handmaidstale #creepy #ugh #wishitwasfiction
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#dystopian #handmaidstale #creepy #ugh #wishitwasfiction
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The rise of pronatalism: why Musk, Vance and the right want women to have more babies
The movement unites ‘family values’ conservatives and tech bro rightwingers. Will this incoherent coalition hold?
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March 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Oh great, pronatalism. So we're leaning into the Atwood of it all then? Cool cool cool...
#dystopian #handmaidstale #creepy #ugh #wishitwasfiction
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#dystopian #handmaidstale #creepy #ugh #wishitwasfiction
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None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.
February 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.
Punching fascists is not only fun, it's morally correct
Pottery Of Protest 8, 3.1.25, 6-9PM 4150 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago
#pottery #art #clayart #sculpture #activist #activistart #tankgirl
Pottery Of Protest 8, 3.1.25, 6-9PM 4150 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago
#pottery #art #clayart #sculpture #activist #activistart #tankgirl
February 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Punching fascists is not only fun, it's morally correct
Pottery Of Protest 8, 3.1.25, 6-9PM 4150 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago
#pottery #art #clayart #sculpture #activist #activistart #tankgirl
Pottery Of Protest 8, 3.1.25, 6-9PM 4150 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago
#pottery #art #clayart #sculpture #activist #activistart #tankgirl
Communities where the time and money to do all the things to get all the paperwork all together are also the ones most likely to already be disenfranchised- like POC, the disabled, queer, poor, etc. Gosh, it's ALMOST like that's on purpose, isn't it?
#voting #civilrights
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#voting #civilrights
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Fact check: Would SAVE Act disqualify voters who have changed their names?
Congressional Republicans are pushing to pass a bill that would require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote. The move worries voting rights advocates who say it would hinder registrat...
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February 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Communities where the time and money to do all the things to get all the paperwork all together are also the ones most likely to already be disenfranchised- like POC, the disabled, queer, poor, etc. Gosh, it's ALMOST like that's on purpose, isn't it?
#voting #civilrights
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#voting #civilrights
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Happy #BlackHistoryMonth!
History is important is we want to know how to move forward in the future.
#activism #community
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History is important is we want to know how to move forward in the future.
#activism #community
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‘Fixing a problem we didn’t cause’: the Black Appalachian activists cultivating community power
Robust group of organizers – including midwives, environmental justice advocates and urban gardeners – rewrite what it means to be from the US mountain region
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February 25, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Happy #BlackHistoryMonth!
History is important is we want to know how to move forward in the future.
#activism #community
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History is important is we want to know how to move forward in the future.
#activism #community
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Happy #Blackhistorymonth
Remember that history isn't just made by the people on the big stage, it's made by all of us. Maybe you can't fix everything, but if you try like Mr. Bryant, maybe you can make more of a difference than you'd think.
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Remember that history isn't just made by the people on the big stage, it's made by all of us. Maybe you can't fix everything, but if you try like Mr. Bryant, maybe you can make more of a difference than you'd think.
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How A South Side Dad's Tennis Program Changed The Lives Of Black Chicago Players
Love To Serve was a second act for retired high school basketball coach L. Lamont Bryant — but tennis, and helping young people, was always his first love.
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February 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Happy #Blackhistorymonth
Remember that history isn't just made by the people on the big stage, it's made by all of us. Maybe you can't fix everything, but if you try like Mr. Bryant, maybe you can make more of a difference than you'd think.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/02/20/h...
Remember that history isn't just made by the people on the big stage, it's made by all of us. Maybe you can't fix everything, but if you try like Mr. Bryant, maybe you can make more of a difference than you'd think.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/02/20/h...
Happy Black History Month! Let's talk about the ways in which history has been erased and what we can do to talk about it.
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‘History was attempted to be buried’: the true story behind Oscar-nominated Nickel Boys
Director RaMell Ross details horrors behind Florida School for Boys that backdropped the moving film adaptation
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February 20, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Happy Black History Month! Let's talk about the ways in which history has been erased and what we can do to talk about it.
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Hey! You! You look like you could use some good news. Check it out. #chicagowildlife #beavers #environment
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A 'Remarkably Rotund' Beaver Is Making A Splash On The South Side — And She Needs A Name
As beaver sightings become more common along the Chicago River, one particularly spherical and possibly pregnant beaver has captivated Chicagoans online.
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February 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Hey! You! You look like you could use some good news. Check it out. #chicagowildlife #beavers #environment
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Jesus FUCKING Christ.....
Look, I'm mostly pro-immigrant, but these guys? Fuck no.
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Look, I'm mostly pro-immigrant, but these guys? Fuck no.
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‘White supremacists in suits and ties’: the rightwing Afrikaner group in Trump’s ear
Trump’s asylum offer to South Africa’s white minority follows years of AfriForum lobbying on Elon Musk’s behalf
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February 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Jesus FUCKING Christ.....
Look, I'm mostly pro-immigrant, but these guys? Fuck no.
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Look, I'm mostly pro-immigrant, but these guys? Fuck no.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...