BekBrooks.bsky.social
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Interests: Reading, writing, organization of knowledge systems, people, the natural world, walking, joy. / Educator and person.
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Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
December 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
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This Xmas, 2 police officers would like someone to finally hang the legally-mandated Jan 6th police honorary plaque at Capitol
GOP Congressional leadership has defied March 2023 deadline to do so
So officers Dan Hodges & Harry Dunn filed this yesterday
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
GOP Congressional leadership has defied March 2023 deadline to do so
So officers Dan Hodges & Harry Dunn filed this yesterday
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Memorandum in opposition to motion – #29 in DUNN v. AUSTIN (D.D.C., 1:25-cv-01844) – CourtListener.com
Memorandum in opposition to re 27 MOTION to Dismiss or, alternatively MOTION for Summary Judgment Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss filed by HARRY DUNN, DANIEL HODGES. (Attachmen...
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December 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This Xmas, 2 police officers would like someone to finally hang the legally-mandated Jan 6th police honorary plaque at Capitol
GOP Congressional leadership has defied March 2023 deadline to do so
So officers Dan Hodges & Harry Dunn filed this yesterday
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
GOP Congressional leadership has defied March 2023 deadline to do so
So officers Dan Hodges & Harry Dunn filed this yesterday
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Q: Have beavers been here?
A: The evidence is damming.
A: The evidence is damming.
December 19, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Q: Have beavers been here?
A: The evidence is damming.
A: The evidence is damming.
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A hill on which I will die: Calvin and Hobbes is one of the great pieces of 20th-century American literature in no small part because it was never turned into anything aside from a comic strip. Leave it be.
December 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
A hill on which I will die: Calvin and Hobbes is one of the great pieces of 20th-century American literature in no small part because it was never turned into anything aside from a comic strip. Leave it be.
Charitable organization: “Thank you for donating one penny.”
Philanthropist: “It was the least I could do.”
Philanthropist: “It was the least I could do.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Charitable organization: “Thank you for donating one penny.”
Philanthropist: “It was the least I could do.”
Philanthropist: “It was the least I could do.”
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Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
A few more fall photos from our recent trip to Maine.
December 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
A few more fall photos from our recent trip to Maine.
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A few fall photos
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
A few fall photos
The work of beavers
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The work of beavers
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I really can't stress how important it is for progressive and leftists to contend for school, library, water, etc etc boards. Hyper local involvement in our communities where we can actually influence lives.
Following the recent election, leadership will be changing in many districts where conservative values previously dominated school board meetings and community actions.
epgn.com/2025/11/18/v...
epgn.com/2025/11/18/v...
Voters shift school boards toward LGBTQ+ inclusion across PA and N.J. - Philadelphia Gay News
School boards in PA and NJ are shifting fast—LGBTQ+ leaders are winning, conservatives are losing, and policy battles are heating up.
epgn.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I really can't stress how important it is for progressive and leftists to contend for school, library, water, etc etc boards. Hyper local involvement in our communities where we can actually influence lives.
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this is so fucking frustrating.
OF COURSE SERVICEMEMBERS MUST REFUSE ILLEGAL ORDERS. THE PROBLEM IS THAT OGC IS TELLING SERVICEMEMBERS THAT ILLEGAL ORDERS (wrt bombing boats in the Caribbean, anyway) ARE, IN FACT, LEGAL. PERHAPS THE CONGRESS WOULD LIKE TO EXERCISE OVERSIGHT ON THIS ISSUE
OF COURSE SERVICEMEMBERS MUST REFUSE ILLEGAL ORDERS. THE PROBLEM IS THAT OGC IS TELLING SERVICEMEMBERS THAT ILLEGAL ORDERS (wrt bombing boats in the Caribbean, anyway) ARE, IN FACT, LEGAL. PERHAPS THE CONGRESS WOULD LIKE TO EXERCISE OVERSIGHT ON THIS ISSUE
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
this is so fucking frustrating.
OF COURSE SERVICEMEMBERS MUST REFUSE ILLEGAL ORDERS. THE PROBLEM IS THAT OGC IS TELLING SERVICEMEMBERS THAT ILLEGAL ORDERS (wrt bombing boats in the Caribbean, anyway) ARE, IN FACT, LEGAL. PERHAPS THE CONGRESS WOULD LIKE TO EXERCISE OVERSIGHT ON THIS ISSUE
OF COURSE SERVICEMEMBERS MUST REFUSE ILLEGAL ORDERS. THE PROBLEM IS THAT OGC IS TELLING SERVICEMEMBERS THAT ILLEGAL ORDERS (wrt bombing boats in the Caribbean, anyway) ARE, IN FACT, LEGAL. PERHAPS THE CONGRESS WOULD LIKE TO EXERCISE OVERSIGHT ON THIS ISSUE
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Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
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“When so many people are tempted to despair, Pope Leo said, religious leaders must ‘reawaken in all men and women their sense of humanity and of the sacred’ and work ‘to keep hope alive, to keep dialogue alive and to keep love alive in the heart of the world.’”
Really beautiful contrast here by Pope Leo of Nostra Aetete’s call for openness & dialogue w/ the rising of walls again in recent years. Pretty clear implication by the Pope that the Trump-Vance approach is counter to the Catholic Church’s teachings.
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October 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
“When so many people are tempted to despair, Pope Leo said, religious leaders must ‘reawaken in all men and women their sense of humanity and of the sacred’ and work ‘to keep hope alive, to keep dialogue alive and to keep love alive in the heart of the world.’”
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Sadly the full bill of indictments wouldn’t fit
October 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Sadly the full bill of indictments wouldn’t fit
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i wouldn't tell anyone if i inherited a billboard company but there would be signs
August 21, 2024 at 6:18 PM
i wouldn't tell anyone if i inherited a billboard company but there would be signs
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If you have a library you can run for the board of, do it!
Otherwise you end up with a list of corporate interests being represented like we have in Philly.
(Ours are either voted in by the board or appointed by the mayor so they're all representatives of local power)
Otherwise you end up with a list of corporate interests being represented like we have in Philly.
(Ours are either voted in by the board or appointed by the mayor so they're all representatives of local power)
LIBRARY BOARDS
Pursue a seat on your local public library board. Your board may be elected, or it may be appointed. Need help finding details about your local board? For the People: A Leftist Library Project has you covered: data.librariesforthepeople.org
Pursue a seat on your local public library board. Your board may be elected, or it may be appointed. Need help finding details about your local board? For the People: A Leftist Library Project has you covered: data.librariesforthepeople.org
For The People
data.librariesforthepeople.org
October 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
If you have a library you can run for the board of, do it!
Otherwise you end up with a list of corporate interests being represented like we have in Philly.
(Ours are either voted in by the board or appointed by the mayor so they're all representatives of local power)
Otherwise you end up with a list of corporate interests being represented like we have in Philly.
(Ours are either voted in by the board or appointed by the mayor so they're all representatives of local power)
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I knew they’d come for the archivists and librarians but honestly I assumed it would be for a reason better than “Our Special Boy wants to give his friend a sword! Give him a sword!”
“They asked for a sword, and we said, ‘Well, we do have swords, but we can’t give them away because they’re museum artifacts,’” said Todd Arrington, forced to resign as head of Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library.”
October 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I knew they’d come for the archivists and librarians but honestly I assumed it would be for a reason better than “Our Special Boy wants to give his friend a sword! Give him a sword!”
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🎶 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
🥹 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
September 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🎶 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
🥹 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
Wow. Really disturbing. And this Miami Herald article calls out Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, and Alan Dershowitz.
Jeffrey Epstein had doctors prescribe birth control and sedatives to his victims. They also screened his victims for STDs.
He had dentists work on their teeth.
I’d like to know who these people are and why they have been protected.
He had dentists work on their teeth.
I’d like to know who these people are and why they have been protected.
‘When you are in, you can’t get out.’ Women describe how Jeffrey Epstein controlled them
For two decades, Jeffrey Epstein built a sex trafficking enterprise that reached across state borders and spanned the globe. Using an almost bottomless quarry of wealth and connections, he not only em...
www.miamiherald.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Wow. Really disturbing. And this Miami Herald article calls out Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, and Alan Dershowitz.
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The CDC doesn't understand disease control.
The EPA doesn't understand environmental protection.
Now it's clear the Dept of Energy doesn't understand energy.
This administration is populated by imbeciles.
The EPA doesn't understand environmental protection.
Now it's clear the Dept of Energy doesn't understand energy.
This administration is populated by imbeciles.
September 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The CDC doesn't understand disease control.
The EPA doesn't understand environmental protection.
Now it's clear the Dept of Energy doesn't understand energy.
This administration is populated by imbeciles.
The EPA doesn't understand environmental protection.
Now it's clear the Dept of Energy doesn't understand energy.
This administration is populated by imbeciles.
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Jerome Adams, who served as US surgeon general during President Donald Trump’s first administration, is calling for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be fired as controversy continues to swirl over his handling of vaccine approvals. https://cnn.it/47s9lKt
September 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Jerome Adams, who served as US surgeon general during President Donald Trump’s first administration, is calling for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be fired as controversy continues to swirl over his handling of vaccine approvals. https://cnn.it/47s9lKt
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The Trump administration is selling out American workers.
This gives companies the green light to trap you in a bad job or prevent you from starting a competing business.
Trump continues to be the most anti-labor president we've ever had.
This gives companies the green light to trap you in a bad job or prevent you from starting a competing business.
Trump continues to be the most anti-labor president we've ever had.
September 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The Trump administration is selling out American workers.
This gives companies the green light to trap you in a bad job or prevent you from starting a competing business.
Trump continues to be the most anti-labor president we've ever had.
This gives companies the green light to trap you in a bad job or prevent you from starting a competing business.
Trump continues to be the most anti-labor president we've ever had.
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