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Samantha D @oregongrown78.bsky.social · 2d

We were down in Roseburg. Douglas County is solid red but there were about 2000 people. Maybe 10 CK counter-protestors. Only a handful of middle fingers, only one coal roller. 2 cops drive by. It was pretty amazing.

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Samantha D @oregongrown78.bsky.social · 2d

I wish.

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Samantha D @oregongrown78.bsky.social · 2d

Awesome turnout in Roseburg (very red Douglas County OR)!

Protest sign saying no tyrants and no kings from sea to shining sea with a printing press and an American flag

People on the sidewalk in Roseburg with signs and flags. There were over 1000 today

More protestors on the sidewalk with costumes and signs.

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NPR @npr.org · 4d

Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died. n.pr/4qjVMDS

NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died

Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 5d

Un-presidented brass band at city hall in Portland tonight celebrating the release of their clarinet player from federal custody

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Samantha D @oregongrown78.bsky.social · 5d

What a dork.

Samantha D @oregongrown78.bsky.social · 5d

This library in Washington has a bricks and brews night, I'm thinking about starting one for our little public library
www.asotincountylibrary.org/event/bricks...

Bricks & Brews

LEGO Time for Adults! Enjoy an opportunity to gather with adult LEGO fans to create, share ideas and enjoy beer together! We’ll provide basic LEGOs for use during this time, but feel free to bring you...

www.asotincountylibrary.org

Samantha D @oregongrown78.bsky.social · 5d

apnews.com/article/mike...

House Speaker Mike Johnson was once the dean of a Christian law school. It never opened its doors

Before House Speaker Mike Johnson was elected to public office, he was the dean of a small Baptist law school that didn’t exist.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 6d

What D’Angelo said Black Messiah means. It came out at the end of 2014 and it was so needed.

Article (Nolan Feeney; TIME) excerpt reads: “Black Messiah is a hell of a name for an album. It can be misunderstood. Many will think it's about religion. Some will jump to the conclusion that I'm calling myself a Black Messiah. For me, the title is about all of us. It's about the world. It's about an idea we can all aspire to. We should all aspire to be a Black Messiah.

It's about people rising up in Ferguson and in Egypt and in Occupy Wall Street and in every place where a community has had enough and decides to make change happen, D'Angelo writes in a statement about the album It's not about praising one charismatic leader but celebrating thousands of them. Not every song on this album is politically charged (though many are), but calling this album Black Messiah creates a landscape there these songs can live to the fullest. Black Messiah is not one man. It's a feeling that, collectively, we are all that leader.”

“D’Angelo’s First Album in 14 Years Is Finally Here, and It’s Surprisingly Timely” via TIME.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 6d

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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Samantha D @oregongrown78.bsky.social · 6d

Nooooo
www.bbc.com/news/article...

R&B singer D’Angelo dead at 51

The singer, who was also an acclaimed songwriter, was known for helping create the genre of neo-soul.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 7d

Auspicious start for the new CBS News, laundering unattributed cop shit-talking through the incoming editor-in-chief’s blog and failing to correct a misspelling of the story subject’s name in the web headline for three days.

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Samantha D @oregongrown78.bsky.social · 7d

Words for life. Thank you.

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Samantha D @oregongrown78.bsky.social · 8d

Oh this is the best!

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8d

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 8d

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 9d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Samantha D @oregongrown78.bsky.social · 13d

He is ridiculous

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 13d

This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.

Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 14d

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 14d

tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where users could feel safer, but inconsistent moderation quickly eroded trust.

When systemically marginalized users pushed back, Bluesky’s leadership minimized concerns and began to target them for bans.

Bluesky’s CEO meltdown: How leadership continues to fail its most marginalized users

tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where systemically marginalized users could feel safer, but…

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 17d

"In a first coordinated African-led effort at the United Nations, leaders have declared the Transatlantic Slave Trade as 'the greatest crime against humanity.'"

"We demand reparations for the enslavement of our people and the colonization of our land."
#Ghana #USA #UK #Incarceration

Ghana’s President Calls Slave Trade ‘Greatest Crime,’ Pushes U.N. for Reparations

For Black Americans, the motion — backed by a coalition of world leaders — intensifies calls to confront slavery’s enduring costs.

capitalbnews.org

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Samantha D @oregongrown78.bsky.social · 16d

I wish it was toadstool shaped

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 21d

🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶

🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈

#FollowTheRainbow

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 22d

But it is rapidly becoming our job to teach students how not to use AI, or how to not use it.

Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 22d

I realize many people don’t quite get that not every single professor in every single university teaches computer science and might actually be trained in and invested in teaching other things, like let’s say, history? Or poetry.
Or sociology.
It is not our job to teach students how to use AI.

matt94250.bsky.social @matt94250.bsky.social · 23d

If you don’t teach your students how to use AI, you’re doing them a huge disservice because they won’t have jobs in the future.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 21d

#SayTheirNames

Wounded: Jose Andres Bordones-Molina

On life support: Miguel Ángel García-Hernandez

Dead: Norlan Guzman-Fuentes

What the Trump regime desperately wanted to keep secret about the Dallas ICE shooting, and why

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/dall...

What the Trump regime doesn’t want you to know about Dallas ICE shooting

The Trump regime's refusal to say the names of the Dallas ICE victims exposes the inhumanity of American fascism.

www.inquirer.com

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Samantha D @oregongrown78.bsky.social · 22d

Yessss. There's so much money left on the table in energy credits bc people DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM.

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Samantha D @oregongrown78.bsky.social · 22d

Heat pumps are expensive but relatively easy to install and if there were more incentive to do so it would make so much sense.

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