Cynthia Gayton
@squizzi3.bsky.social
Attorney, educator, public historian, documentary filmmaker
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The American Revolution was global.
🇫🇷 In Ep 432: We explore how France and Spain tipped the balance
🇫🇷 Next Week: The Marquis de Lafayette returns in a special Revisited episode
🇭🇹 In 2 weeks: The Chasseurs-Volontaires of Saint-Domingue
Start the series now: benfranklinsworld.com/432
🇫🇷 In Ep 432: We explore how France and Spain tipped the balance
🇫🇷 Next Week: The Marquis de Lafayette returns in a special Revisited episode
🇭🇹 In 2 weeks: The Chasseurs-Volontaires of Saint-Domingue
Start the series now: benfranklinsworld.com/432
February 3, 2026 at 8:34 PM
The American Revolution was global.
🇫🇷 In Ep 432: We explore how France and Spain tipped the balance
🇫🇷 Next Week: The Marquis de Lafayette returns in a special Revisited episode
🇭🇹 In 2 weeks: The Chasseurs-Volontaires of Saint-Domingue
Start the series now: benfranklinsworld.com/432
🇫🇷 In Ep 432: We explore how France and Spain tipped the balance
🇫🇷 Next Week: The Marquis de Lafayette returns in a special Revisited episode
🇭🇹 In 2 weeks: The Chasseurs-Volontaires of Saint-Domingue
Start the series now: benfranklinsworld.com/432
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Important to note that bearing witness is something people have done since long before video existed. We bear witness by listening, but sharing the stories, by refusing to let them be distorted or ignored. We do not have to watch execution videos to do that.
Bearing witness to atrocities is important. But nobody should have to see that unprepared. And depending on your situation, it might be better to never see it.
January 24, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Important to note that bearing witness is something people have done since long before video existed. We bear witness by listening, but sharing the stories, by refusing to let them be distorted or ignored. We do not have to watch execution videos to do that.
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Donald Trump is erasing American history. And as @kwistent.bsky.social explains in our new issue, we’ve only just begun to reckon with what the U.S. government did to Native children.
Serious Reservations | Kristen Martin
The Trump administration’s erasure of Indigenous history serves a larger project—yet another plunder of land.
thebaffler.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Donald Trump is erasing American history. And as @kwistent.bsky.social explains in our new issue, we’ve only just begun to reckon with what the U.S. government did to Native children.
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The photo of the camera flying through the air is such a powerful symbol of the efforts to document the atrocities.
I usually am dim on sofa activism.
But when you share people's efforts to document the Minneapolis situation, you are helping. Share. Widely.
I usually am dim on sofa activism.
But when you share people's efforts to document the Minneapolis situation, you are helping. Share. Widely.
January 21, 2026 at 2:07 AM
The photo of the camera flying through the air is such a powerful symbol of the efforts to document the atrocities.
I usually am dim on sofa activism.
But when you share people's efforts to document the Minneapolis situation, you are helping. Share. Widely.
I usually am dim on sofa activism.
But when you share people's efforts to document the Minneapolis situation, you are helping. Share. Widely.
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Tell me we should trust AI to give us the facts. Tell me it's a future we can put our faith in. Come at me. I'm right here, waiting.
January 4, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Tell me we should trust AI to give us the facts. Tell me it's a future we can put our faith in. Come at me. I'm right here, waiting.
It was in the rider.
December 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
It was in the rider.
Color coordinated fungi #fungifriends
December 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Color coordinated fungi #fungifriends
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This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Sues Six More States in Sweeping Push to Obtain Unredacted Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Shoutout to small venues & promoters, small studios & pressing plants, small labels/publishers, small booking/ management firms, small publicists, small record shops, small instrument/gear shops & manufacturers, LPFM stations, and small music publications. Small is beautiful! #SmallBusinessSaturday
November 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Shoutout to small venues & promoters, small studios & pressing plants, small labels/publishers, small booking/ management firms, small publicists, small record shops, small instrument/gear shops & manufacturers, LPFM stations, and small music publications. Small is beautiful! #SmallBusinessSaturday
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MorningShow
Bill McClintock:
🎵 Peter Gabriel and Sly & the Family Stone - "Thank You (Falettinme Be Your Sledgehammer)"
#BillMcClintock
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
November 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MorningShow
Bill McClintock:
🎵 Peter Gabriel and Sly & the Family Stone - "Thank You (Falettinme Be Your Sledgehammer)"
#BillMcClintock
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MorningShow
Zeds Dead:
🎵 Channel Flipping 2 (Only You)
#ZedsDead
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MorningShow
Zeds Dead:
🎵 Channel Flipping 2 (Only You)
#ZedsDead
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
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Authors accusing Meta Platforms Inc. of copyright infringement over its downloading of their works to train its generative AI models can obtain more discovery from the tech giant, a judge ordered days after expressing skepticism over the request.
Meta Ordered to Produce More Documents in Authors’ AI Lawsuit
Authors accusing Meta Platforms Inc. of copyright infringement over its downloading of their works to train its generative AI models can obtain more discovery from the tech giant, a judge ordered days after expressing skepticism over the request.
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Authors accusing Meta Platforms Inc. of copyright infringement over its downloading of their works to train its generative AI models can obtain more discovery from the tech giant, a judge ordered days after expressing skepticism over the request.
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Etats-Unis : l’aide alimentaire sera réduite en novembre en raison de la paralysie budgétaire
Etats-Unis : l’aide alimentaire sera réduite en novembre en raison de la paralysie budgétaire
Le gouvernement va utiliser 4,65 milliards de dollars d’un fonds d’urgence pour financer les versements liés au programme SNAP, principal programme public d’aide alimentaire du pays, qui bénéficie à 42 millions d’Américains. Cette enveloppe couvrira environ « 50 % des aides des foyers éligibles », selon le ministère de l’agriculture.
www.lemonde.fr
November 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Etats-Unis : l’aide alimentaire sera réduite en novembre en raison de la paralysie budgétaire
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Let me be very clear. It is not enough that RFK Jr. was forced to admit today that no causal relationship between Tylenol and autism has been shown.
We know that while disinformation spreads like wildfire on social media, corrections most often die on the vine.
We know that while disinformation spreads like wildfire on social media, corrections most often die on the vine.
October 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Let me be very clear. It is not enough that RFK Jr. was forced to admit today that no causal relationship between Tylenol and autism has been shown.
We know that while disinformation spreads like wildfire on social media, corrections most often die on the vine.
We know that while disinformation spreads like wildfire on social media, corrections most often die on the vine.
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Two federal judges admitted that their offices used artificial intelligence to draft factually inaccurate court documents that included fake quotes and fictional litigants, prompting a call for new regulations on AI use in federal courts.
Federal judges using AI filed court orders with false quotes, fake names
The head of the Senate Judiciary Committee blasted the two federal judges for the erroneous filings and called for new regulations on AI use in federal courts.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Two federal judges admitted that their offices used artificial intelligence to draft factually inaccurate court documents that included fake quotes and fictional litigants, prompting a call for new regulations on AI use in federal courts.
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This morning’s hype anthem
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This morning’s hype anthem
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The USDA has funding set aside to keep food assistance programs running during emergencies.
Trump just won’t release it.
440,000 Minnesotans - and millions more Americans - will pay the price.
Trump just won’t release it.
440,000 Minnesotans - and millions more Americans - will pay the price.
October 28, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The USDA has funding set aside to keep food assistance programs running during emergencies.
Trump just won’t release it.
440,000 Minnesotans - and millions more Americans - will pay the price.
Trump just won’t release it.
440,000 Minnesotans - and millions more Americans - will pay the price.
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This is a U.S. citizen being brutally abducted by ICE while his mom pleads for them to stop and the videographer cries for help. The Chicago police do nothing to stop it.
They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started.
They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started.
October 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is a U.S. citizen being brutally abducted by ICE while his mom pleads for them to stop and the videographer cries for help. The Chicago police do nothing to stop it.
They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started.
They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started.
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The normalizing of the word "funnel" in an article about public expenditures is remarkable, as if the Pentagon is working with a fence to come up with cash.
It calls to mind when Rudy Giuliani explained to Sean Hannity how Trump "funneled" money to Stormy Daniels.
www.politico.com/story/2018/0...
It calls to mind when Rudy Giuliani explained to Sean Hannity how Trump "funneled" money to Stormy Daniels.
www.politico.com/story/2018/0...
October 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The normalizing of the word "funnel" in an article about public expenditures is remarkable, as if the Pentagon is working with a fence to come up with cash.
It calls to mind when Rudy Giuliani explained to Sean Hannity how Trump "funneled" money to Stormy Daniels.
www.politico.com/story/2018/0...
It calls to mind when Rudy Giuliani explained to Sean Hannity how Trump "funneled" money to Stormy Daniels.
www.politico.com/story/2018/0...
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The AWS outage is affecting the automation that posts our articles on social media.
But you can go old school and just visit our homepage for the latest local news: www.arlnow.com
But you can go old school and just visit our homepage for the latest local news: www.arlnow.com
ARLnow | Arlington, Va. local news
ARLnow is the up-to-the-minute source for breaking news, local government news, weather, events and community happenings in Arlington and Falls Church, Virginia.
www.arlnow.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The AWS outage is affecting the automation that posts our articles on social media.
But you can go old school and just visit our homepage for the latest local news: www.arlnow.com
But you can go old school and just visit our homepage for the latest local news: www.arlnow.com
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🚨WOW. A unanimous per curiam (meaning no named author) panel of the 7th Circuit, made up of a Bush appointee, an Obama appointee, and a Trump appointee, decline to step in and block a lower court order barring the deployment of the National Guard in Chicago!
#BREAKING The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refuses to undo an order blocking deployment of National Guard troops within Illinois.
"We conclude that the district court's factual findings … were not clearly erroneous, and that the facts do not justify the President's actions in Illinois."
"We conclude that the district court's factual findings … were not clearly erroneous, and that the facts do not justify the President's actions in Illinois."
October 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
🚨WOW. A unanimous per curiam (meaning no named author) panel of the 7th Circuit, made up of a Bush appointee, an Obama appointee, and a Trump appointee, decline to step in and block a lower court order barring the deployment of the National Guard in Chicago!
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The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
October 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
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UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show
Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...