Athan Manuel
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Athan Manuel
@athanmanueldc.bsky.social
Liberal Greek-American enviro Nats fan, living in the greatest city in the world, Washington, DC.
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We honor the life and legacy of Betty Reid Soskin, who passed away this week at age 104 — a truth teller, historian, and the nation’s oldest active national park ranger when she retired at age 100.

Read more about her life in a Sierra Magazine interview in 2015 www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2015-...
December 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Athan Manuel (@athandc)
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December 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Americans need a real steward for our public lands. Steve Pearce, Trump’s pick to lead the BLM, isn’t one.

He opposed environmental protections and pushed to sell public lands when he was in Congress.

Our public lands are NEVER for sale. I'm a NO on his nomination.
December 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The Hard Truth About the D.C. Attack
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The Hard Truth About the D.C. Attack
The danger didn’t come from abroad. It came out of what we did here.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Saudification of America is under way | Karen Attiah
November 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Unilever/Magnum has been silencing Ben & Jerry’s when the brand has tried to speak out about social injustices & progressive values. It’s wrong.

Join me & sign Ben from Ben & Jerry's petition & be entered in a raffle to win a free pint of his pro-ceasefire sorbet! sign.moveon.org/petitions/un...
Unilever: Stop silencing Ben & Jerry’s ice cream NOW!
Unilever/Magnum has been silencing Ben & Jerry’s when the brand has tried to speak out about social injustices & progressive values. It’s wrong. Join me & sign Ben from Ben & Jerry's...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The Verdict of History
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The Verdict of History
Trump and his fascist glorification
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November 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The lessons Democrats need to learn to win again
November 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The Indispensable Erdogan www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
Opinion | The Indispensable Erdogan
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November 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The Big Smirk
The cruelty is the point, party edition
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November 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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SHOT: EV sales are on track to face-plant to slightly less than 6 percent of new car sales in October.
CHASER: China’s exports of electric vehicles doubled in September from a year earlier as its automakers expanded their reach into overseas markets.
apnews.com/article/chin...
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October 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Jacob Young is a finalist for the Gold Glove Award among NL center fielders, along with the Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong and the Cardinals' Victor Scott II. Winner will be announced Nov. 2.
October 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Sometimes you are given stars and don't even notice. By the time you realise, the fleeting moment has already gone...

📷 Fishermen on the Peloponnese, Greece

#Humansofbluesky #ImageandVerse #thoughts #photography #landscape #scape #nature #thelittlethings #photohour #roadtrip #EastCoastKin
October 23, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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This Halloween, please consider offering food in addition to sweet treats to your trick or treaters. There's a house in my neighborhood that gives out canned food and every kid talks about it. It is THE house to hit.

#halloween #snap #foodinsecurity
October 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Why the demolition of the East Wing is so shocking
October 24, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Greece’s mounting climate costs, and what we’re doing about it
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Greece’s mounting climate costs, and what we’re doing about it
Greece is an above average EU performer in the green transition; it is also an above average loser to climate change
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October 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Is it America’s fate to decline and fall? Here’s what history says.
October 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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It’s happening again ‼️ The Trump administration is trying to open up 88 million acres of public lands to development—threatening America’s oldest forests, risking wildlife habitats, and endangering drinking water for millions of people.
October 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Close National Parks if Government Shuts Down, Former Superintendents Plead www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
Close National Parks if Government Shuts Down, Former Superintendents Plead
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October 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Analysis: For only the second time since Donald Trump took office in January, Democrats who are out of power in Washington find themselves in a situation where they have actual leverage to block him and his party.
Analysis | Why Democrats are holding firm on conditions ahead of shutdown
Democrats are using their limited leverage ahead of a potential government shutdown, hoping to convince Americans that GOP spending priorities are the real danger.
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September 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Charlie Kirk and America’s political collapse
September 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM