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Merilyn Jackson

@merilynjj.bsky.social

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Xiter. #Writer, #poet, #dance critic, #non-theist 25 yrs @PhiladelphiaInquirer, Fjordreview.com, tanz Berlin. I'm channeling the Nike of Samothrace, years ago. NO Crypto, bodybuilders, Anime, sellers & beggars, or GOD STUFF #PrimeGlib.com

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Merilyn Jackson @merilynjj.bsky.social · Jan 20

Moving on from this dark day forward to #Valentine's Day. Let's all make #love while the rest of the country eats it's own insides. Autocannibalism. #Booksky #Writing #Poetry #PolishPoetry 📖🇵🇱📚🖋️

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

All to cover up the Epstein files.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 3h

Guy who is zip-tying American children and shooting pastors on the head with pepper balls wants Peace Prize.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

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Merilyn Jackson @merilynjj.bsky.social · 18h

Putz? Gonif. Vonz. Schlemeil. Bupkis. Schmutz. not enough Yiddish pejoratives to describe that goat turd.

The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 1d

1. Today, I have a few things to say about that putz Stephen Miller. First, he’s been on TV a lot lately, because that’s how he pours more poison into the president’s already-poisoned brain.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1d

Robert Badinter, the lawyer and former Socialist Justice Minister who pulled off the abolition of the death penalty in France in 1981, died last year. Today, his body is being moved to the Pantheon — one of the highest honors France can bestow.

www.reuters.com/world/who-is...

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Merilyn Jackson @merilynjj.bsky.social · 20h

www.eventbrite.com/e/teslas-ope... I'll be on hand too. If you're in NYC Oct 28th join us at the Bowery Poetry Club. We're taking Tesla's good name back and we need you to hear who he was and get the word out. @andreicodrescu.bsky.social will read his stinging poem written for the book.

Tesla's Opera Book Event in NYC

Celebrating the new book that reclaims the real Nikola Tesla through the internationally performed opera about him.

www.eventbrite.com

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Gemini180 @gemini180.bsky.social · 20h

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Bob @psychobob4q2.bsky.social · 1d

"Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

"You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one"

-- John Lennon

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Bob @psychobob4q2.bsky.social · 1d

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Miriam Seidel @miriamseidel.bsky.social · Aug 7

So grateful to Marc Seifer, author of the major Tesla biography Wizard: The Life & Times of Nikola Tesla, for this generous advance praise for TESLA'S OPERA! It's coming out on September 2, but you can preorder it now from your favorite bookstore or online bookseller.

Advance praise from author Marc Seifer for Tesla's Opera: "In Tesla’s Opera, Mir Seidel has crafted an inspired and visually stunning tribute to one of history’s greatest minds. Through music, choreography, and imaginative staging, this colorful book celebrates Nikola Tesla’s life in a way that is both joyful and moving. To quote one of the book’s contributors, “Tesla could make you proud to be human”—and this creative homage does just that. Insightful, festive, and richly layered, Tesla’s Opera brings Tesla’s multifaceted brilliance to life with style, wit, and heart."

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

This is exactly why ICE needs to be unmasked and ID’d — like cops.

📌 Cases of ICE impersonators this year alone outnumber the last four presidential terms combined.

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Merilyn Jackson @merilynjj.bsky.social · 1d

disgusting dick

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump has cut heath and human services in the US to give this lunatic, Argentine President Javier Milei $20 billion dollars while he pretends to he a rock star.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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Merilyn Jackson @merilynjj.bsky.social · 1d

Let us pray. The sooner it comes the sooner we can stand in line to spit on it.

Melissa Brownstein RN, Certified Wound Nurse, Psychic @melissabrownstein.bsky.social · 1d

This will soon be tRump, as he will not be able to emotionally handle the push back from the American people. His heart so superficial, his arteries about to explode....Yes my friends his time draws short!

Merilyn Jackson @merilynjj.bsky.social · 1d

Is that his head on a platter?

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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ray 鄺羡華 @raykwong.bsky.social · 3d

Good morning and happy Tuesday to everyone. No jokes. No shade. No schadenfreude. The reason you never see ICE arresting Proud Boys and Oath Keepers is the same reason you never see Keanu Reeves hanging out with John Wick and Neo.

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Jake @my2bits4u.bsky.social · 2d

We are paying Bondis salary . We will also be paying for her incarceration.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3d

Cartoon by @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

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Merilyn Jackson @merilynjj.bsky.social · 2d

1st Nerve block for GPN at #JeffersonHealth 9:30 am no cessation of pain yet. The block not as much of an ordeal as I've heard. My otolaryngologist goes in outside on the neck not under the tongue. Worse was the nasal tube I almost bit off. my ent sprays lidocaine up there before going in #medical

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

What's happening in Chicago is not normal.

The arrest of Alderperson Fuentes is just the latest example of how far Noem and Bovino are willing to go to ignore the rule of law. We must all speak up.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.

This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 3d

apnews.com/article/clim...
Thermal energy storage, also known as ice batteries, is being added to buildings in the U.S. for its ability to provide cool air without releasing planet-warming emissions. These systems cut electricity usage and lower the strain on the grid.

Buildings are turning to 'ice batteries' for sustainable air conditioning

Buildings in the U.S. are turning to ice batteries for air conditioning — a technology that freezes water into ice at night when electricity is cheap and lets it thaw during the day to cool indoor spa...

apnews.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

Turning the military on citizens.

Attempting to rig elections.

Toying with the idea of declaring martial law.

Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out.

If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

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