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Bay State Wiz

@paulrb51.bsky.social

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Retired prof, husband, father to 2 wonderful girls. Music enthusiast. Not ready to give up on America just yet. 🇺🇸🇺🇸✊🏻✊🏽✊❤️❤️ North Shore Boston.

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Bay State Wiz @paulrb51.bsky.social · 55m

Most Obamacare enrollees live in Red States. Gift article from today’s NYT.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Obamacare Enrollment by State: Most Enrollees Live in Republican Areas (Gift Article)

Millions of Americans depend on Obamacare. Here's where they live.

www.nytimes.com

Bay State Wiz @paulrb51.bsky.social · 17h

This should be interesting!🍿🥤

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Indivisible Vashon ❌ 👑 @indivisible-vashon.bsky.social · 1d

Nobel Committee:
“Democracy depends on people who refuse to stay silent, who dare to step forward despite grave risk, and who remind us that freedom must never be taken for granted, but must always be defended – with words, with courage and with determination.”
Let’s show OUR courage!! No Kings!!

Bay State Wiz @paulrb51.bsky.social · 22h

The minute Trump stops his clearly authoritarian actions, I will be glad to give him some credit where it’s deserved.

Bay State Wiz @paulrb51.bsky.social · 1d

👍🏻

Bay State Wiz @paulrb51.bsky.social · 1d

Brisk it was. 🥶

Bay State Wiz @paulrb51.bsky.social · 1d

Visited Duluth last spring. Lived it. Cold but beautiful.

Bay State Wiz @paulrb51.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. Unbelievably sad.

Bay State Wiz @paulrb51.bsky.social · 1d

I would definitely be thinking of that too but we have a disabled daughter here which makes things trickier. So glad you were able to relocate and your wife was able to retain her funding.

Bay State Wiz @paulrb51.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, current Californians (from a Massachusetts transplant):

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 1d

Brett Kavanaugh: “The Govt sometimes makes brief investigative stops …”

Kavanaugh concurrence

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

Bay State Wiz @paulrb51.bsky.social · 2d

RT is one of my all-time favs!

Bay State Wiz @paulrb51.bsky.social · 2d

The news of a Rutgers U. professor fleeing the US due to threats concerning his research is terrifying, but not surprising. This must be resisted!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Flees to Spain After Receiving Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

Bay State Wiz @paulrb51.bsky.social · 3d

Please watch this video by #thomassynder , sign the petition opposing Trump’s coercive “Campus Compact,” & share the video with your family, friends, & followers. Thanks!
snyder.substack.com/p/save-ameri...

Save American Higher Education (video)

A petition that you can sign, which I read aloud

snyder.substack.com

Bay State Wiz @paulrb51.bsky.social · 3d

Long but timely & informative essay by Thomas B. Edsall on Trump & Miller’s moves to instigate a violent partisan civil war in the US. Also extremely scary.
Gift article from today’s NYT.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Opinion | Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller.

www.nytimes.com

Bay State Wiz @paulrb51.bsky.social · 3d

Yet she voted for the Big Bad Bill. A bit late to have second thoughts.

Bay State Wiz @paulrb51.bsky.social · 4d

Posting fact-based stuff, along with some mild trolling, on X is useful because MAGA needs to know there are others out there who haven’t drunk the Kool Aid. Here you are preaching to the converted.

Bay State Wiz @paulrb51.bsky.social · 4d

Let’s protest even more and pray that the courts protect us and the Constitution.

Bay State Wiz @paulrb51.bsky.social · 4d

Actually I have been spending more time on X, trolling, than on Blue sky. Here you are largely peaching to the converted.

Bay State Wiz @paulrb51.bsky.social · 5d

Trump is deeply unwell, both physically and mentally. Everyone can see it.

Bay State Wiz @paulrb51.bsky.social · 5d

Tom, what is wrong with you? Really.

Bay State Wiz @paulrb51.bsky.social · 5d

“You have the power to make a difference. Don’t give up.” Thank you, Dr. Goodall.

Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 5d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview in March 2025 with the understanding it would only be released after her death. This is her final message from it.⚜️💙⚜️

Bay State Wiz @paulrb51.bsky.social · 5d

So glad I canceled!

Bay State Wiz @paulrb51.bsky.social · 5d

Agreed.