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Douglas Michael Massing

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Academic editor—impatient advocate eX: @T2DRemission—ADCES parapro cert—🌎's thinnest bimodal (science/humanities) pub📋. Queer hemidemi, political, old, tired. Undiagnosed ADH...? 2nd/3rd linktr.ee/D.Michael.Massing L.O.V.E. Chorus, 8 June 2025

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Douglas Michael Massing @michaelmassing.com · Jul 14

“And I ask you Jews, everywhere, all over the world, to spend some time alone and think, Is this acceptable and sustainable? How could it be done to you and your ancestors and you turn around and you do it to someone else?”

Jewish-American actor Mandy Patinkin suggests Israel doing in Gaza what was done to previous generations of Jews

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Colleen @gracie87.bsky.social · 3d

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🇪🇺 @veertjephilips.bsky.social · 2d

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Vincenzo @vincenzodon.bsky.social · 3d

I feel like this is a microcosm for our current situation.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

As food assistance runs out and he refuses to use the contingency fund— he posts about his new marble bathroom

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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 3d

Whatever happens with the shutdown and Trump’s slo-mo response to court orders, remember this:
The GOP’s Big Ugly Bill cut $186 Billion from SNAP, a TRILLION from Medicaid, and drastically cut other human needs $$ to fund a massive tax break for billionaires.
#SaveSNAP

Line outside a food pantry this week in Syracuse NY. Photo: Central Current.

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maga-crime-watch.bsky.social @maga-crime-watch.bsky.social · 3d

If you want to hold Mamdani responsible for what happened other Muslims did on 9/11 simply because he’s Muslim, then we can hold these white people responsible for what other white people did during slavery and Jim Crow.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

People on SNAP will need all our support.

Donate to food pantries and mutual aid groups.

Volunteer at soup kitchens, food banks, and school programs.

Map drop sites and rideshares for distribution days.

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Douglas Michael Massing @michaelmassing.com · 2d

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and I know it’s not my best.

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 5d

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look upon my works by reading the syllabus.

cameron @famousceleb.co · 6d

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 3d

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Neil @judgemenot69.bsky.social · 5d

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Benefits of a four-day week are ever clearer, despite Steve Reed’s stance

Housing secretary’s criticism of trial in South Cambridgeshire council ignores its many positives

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Norma Graham, part owner of Canada @normagraham.bsky.social · 2d

From Octavia Butler, “Parable of the Talents”:

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Douglas Michael Massing @michaelmassing.com · 3d

Concludes with a deft analysis of what makes for good screenwriting.

Why is Casablanca considered such a classic? (Please provide reasons rather than just “great acting, great story, etc.”)

Ian Lang's answer: It wasn’t actually meant to be. They filled it with star names, but nobody expected more than a usual performance from Casablanca. However, in adapting it from the play Everybody C...

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Mac @thatmacguy.bsky.social · 6d

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Fearless Freddy @mymystery.bsky.social · 7d

𝐀𝐋𝐋 the perverts need to face justice.

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Mangendering.

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 10d

Context for non-Chicagoans: The median list price for homes in Lincoln Park is $758,133 according to Zillow. It's also 80% white.

When they go after places with that much privilege, know that no one is safe. And the vulnerable are even more so.

Federal immigration agents tear-gas Lakeview, raid Lincoln Park as feds focus on city’s affluent North Side

Lincoln Park Ald. Timmy Knudsen, 43rd, said masked immigration agents hit “every corner of the ward” he represents, one of the city’s wealthiest communities.

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TDS Prez for all 🌎🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇬🇱🇺🇦🇵🇦🌎 @thedailyrobin.bsky.social · 11d

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Every state needs this

Unite and take back America real Americans

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New York unveils portal for public to share ICE footage after four US citizens arrested

Attorney general Letitia James urges residents to share video and photos amid outcry over Chinatown raid

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City Lights Booksellers & Publishers @citylightsbooks.bsky.social · 12d

SF institution hangs protest banners as federal agents are sent to Bay Area

"Pity the nation whose leaders are liars."

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 17d

Happening now: Here’s a view of the “No Kings” protest in Washington, DC

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Douglas Michael Massing @michaelmassing.com · 19d

My hopes for Harris crashed when I saw her staged photo with Netanyahu. Granting the wide latitude that she saw it as unavoidable—as a representative of the Biden administration as well as a candidate—there really was no excuse for her choosing an expression best described as beaming.

Douglas Michael Massing @michaelmassing.com · 24d

The road to hell is paved with plausibility.

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A Chronic Voice @achronicvoice.com · 26d

“Many who live w severe & painful conditions can only manage 1 ‘big’ activity a day, especially if it involves leaving the house. If that day has a #medical visit..everything pivots on that single activity”: buff.ly/Wj8Q1MI

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#ChronicPain #ChronicIllness #disability

But You Look Good: Living with Disbelief of Invisible Illness and Pain

Each time we are told that we 'look good' or 'look well' by people who have little concept of even the lengths we have gone to just to connect with them at all, it carries with it

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Douglas Michael Massing @michaelmassing.com · 29d

[perfunctory morning greetings]

me: By the way, I’m sorry if I was…

them (breaking in): You weren’t. Don’t worry about it.

[We exchange looks.]

me: Thank you.