Bridges-Not-Walls
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There has never been a more clear and present danger to the future of America than that posed by the current occupant of the White House and his band of enabling kleptocrats. Among other efforts, I blog: https://bridges-not-walls.blog Managed by AmyUno 👋
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The "Bell of Liberty" in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan 🔔
#nihonwednesday
"In the northwest corner of Tokyo’s Hibiya Park ... an exact replica of the Liberty Bell." Read more here: http://bit.ly/3KHiDZA
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BookshopOrg is having an Anti-Prime Day sale--for the next 2 days, you get FREE SHIPPING on ALL orders! A great time to order manga, comics, & books from indie bookstores. Bonus: if you're feeling generous, you can use my portal link to shop to support me, too! bookshop.org/shop/AnimeNo...
A promo image for Bookshop.org's "Anti-Prime Sale", which reads "FREE Shipping Oct 7 & 8. Support bookstores, not billionaires."
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"The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo."
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(1/6) Happy #MovieMonday 🎬

#ComingOfAge stories never go out of style 🍿 They’re funny, awkward, heartfelt, and everything in between. Whatever your mood, there’s one for you.
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View from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building. July 2025. #nihonwednesday
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(6/6) Where you can find them:
Soul(2020) #disneyplus
Marriage Story(2019) #netflix
Leave No Trace(2018) #fandangoathome #appletv
Annihilation(2018) #paramountplus #fandangoathome
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(5/6) In “Annihilation”, a biologist joins an all-women team venturing into ‘The Shimmer,’ a zone of #eerie mutations that unravels into a haunting study of grief, identity, and self-destruction 🫧
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(4/6) “Leave No Trace” is a #war movie without warfare 🌲 The emerald forest shelters the isolated father–daughter pair, but the wilderness cannot offer a compromise for what is hurting both of them 🏕️
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(3/6) The “Marriage Story” meme may never fade, and the film deserves the same lasting acclaim 💔 Expertly crafted, it reveals the complexities of a failed #marriage and leaves viewers forever changed by the characters’ arcs 🌴
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(2/6) In 2020, Pixar’s "Soul" offered audiences a welcome escape from #pandemic worries 🎷 Last year, the Oscar-winner finally received a well-deserved theatrical release 🎶 "Soul" highlights that life is messy but that’s just part of what makes it beautiful 🌃
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(1/6) Starting in 2018, #Obama began sharing an annual list of movies in addition to his much-anticipated playlist and reading list 🎬 Here are just a few of my favorites for #moviemonday 🍿
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four factors that successful movements share: mass participation that draws from “all walks of life”; shifts in “the loyalties of the regime’s supporters”; tactics other than demonstrations; and discipline/resilience in “the face of repression.”
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turning out 3.5%—or 11.9 million Americans—would be a tremendous achievement in the effort to overcome MAGA authoritarian rule, but over 60% of movements that turned out 1% to 3.5% succeeded. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Even if protests don’t hit 3.5%, the resistance can topple Trump
An all-hands-on-deck moment
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Looking forward to this upcoming show 🍂

#tbt