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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · Mar 31

Today’s meditation, and everyday hereafter.

Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow

Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 5h

Scratch the surface of a fascist movement and you’re highly likely to find rightwing Christian ideologues hard at work. It should never come as a surprise.

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.

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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 5h

In 1494, in what is now the USA, there were 300 to 600 distinct indigenous nations or tribes each with its own language culture, governance, and territory. Many groups had highly evolved governance, trade networks, and sacred geographies. I celebrate the indigenous people today.

Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 5h

A picture from 2007, Fisherman’s Point, NAVSTA Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Columbus reportedly landed there on his second voyage, 30 April 1494. Legend has it that Columbus and his crew spent a few days scouting the area and finding no sources of fresh water they moved on.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

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Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 7h

Are you paying attention?

Thom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 8h

Every raid, every body slammed to the pavement, is a public ritual meant to teach us obedience. The goal isn’t enforcement — it’s submission...

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The Brutality Is the Message: Why America’s Violence Against Immigrants Isn’t About Immigration

Every raid, every body slammed to the pavement, is a public ritual meant to teach us obedience. The goal isn’t enforcement — it’s submission...

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 20h

Don Winslow

I think Democrats should implement this nationwide at all protests.

A competent attorney with a bullhorn directly communicating to law enforcement and the surrounding cameras.

This is a VERY smart idea.

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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 20h

Thinking about David Graeber’s insights on debt and moral narrative. In plain terms: inequality doesn’t just cause resentment—it provokes moral rebellion.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22h

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 1d

“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.”
— Henry David Thoreau

Sometimes all you have to do is look down the ridge and breathe it in.
#Thoreau #ShenandoahNationalPark #AutumnLight #Wilderness #Landscapephotography

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Craig E. Pemberton @craigepemberton.bsky.social · 10d

Portland is reminding us that humor can be a powerful tool against fascists. laughing at them takes away their power.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

@sanders.senate.gov: "No, Speaker Johnson, the #NoKings Rally on October 18th is not a 'hate America' rally. ... It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country."

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 2d

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 2d

“Release the Epstein Files Rally.” Let’s see those flyers.

Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 3d

House Speaker Mike Johnson is calling the October 18 protest the Hate America Rally because he's afraid to call it by its real name, the Release the Epstein Files Rally.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 5d

If you are a federal worker, there are several credit unions and other financial institutions that are offering zero interest loans during the government shutdown.

Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...

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Tracy @tracydeepbluesea44.bsky.social · 3d

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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 3d

We can’t rebuild a broken world if we never pause to rebuild ourselves. Step away. Breathe. Make something. Know when to hit pause in order to practice re-creation.
#craft #reflection #slowwork #makerlife #handmade #creativepause

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 4d

Yup. Now.

Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 4d

We are witnessing the most lawless behavior by a leader in American history, just daily, extraordinary abuses of power. National Democrats must speak out in a loud and clear voice against Trump's escalating authoritarianism. It is time now.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4d

The Guardian reports that Letitia James has been indicted

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

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Angie @angiesuniverse.bsky.social · 4d

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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 4d

That’s a striking visualization.

Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 4d

Temu Tonya Harding

Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 5d

Christian Nationalists love this. They identify with the storm-trooper more than the priest.

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 5d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 5d

Here’s video of the incident

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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 5d

It’s morally reprehensible- but he wouldn’t understand.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 9d

Please amplify this demand. We need y'all. I was there. We were not in the road. ICE simply let loose on us to film themselves brutalizing and arresting protesters—and state police assisted them. They brought charges against scattered people to create a pretext for this inexcusable violence.

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