Crystal Powers
@crystal53.bsky.social
-Water connections & science communicator, water & agriculture
- Nebraska the Good Life
-loves prairies and rivers, music, a good book, silly pet videos
- Nebraska the Good Life
-loves prairies and rivers, music, a good book, silly pet videos
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Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Separa...
December 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Separa...
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The Immigration Act of 1924 helped keep out Italian immigrants, who were considered non-white. Dino Paul Crocetti changed his name to Dean Martin for his career. Frank Sinatra refused to change his name. Here he is reminding kids what it means to be accepting of differences…and not act like Nazis.
December 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The Immigration Act of 1924 helped keep out Italian immigrants, who were considered non-white. Dino Paul Crocetti changed his name to Dean Martin for his career. Frank Sinatra refused to change his name. Here he is reminding kids what it means to be accepting of differences…and not act like Nazis.
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“When’s the next nationwide protest?” You might be asking yourself.
Here’s a big one that’s happening in less than a month!
Jan 20th. Free America Walkout. Women’s March, 50501, & More. Be There.
Here’s a big one that’s happening in less than a month!
Jan 20th. Free America Walkout. Women’s March, 50501, & More. Be There.
December 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
“When’s the next nationwide protest?” You might be asking yourself.
Here’s a big one that’s happening in less than a month!
Jan 20th. Free America Walkout. Women’s March, 50501, & More. Be There.
Here’s a big one that’s happening in less than a month!
Jan 20th. Free America Walkout. Women’s March, 50501, & More. Be There.
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Trump's net worth increased by $4 billion. All of the wealth was gained by manipulating his power as president. Nothing like this has ever happened before.
December 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Trump's net worth increased by $4 billion. All of the wealth was gained by manipulating his power as president. Nothing like this has ever happened before.
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“That has been staved off, and it has been staved off not, frankly, due to the efforts of pretty much anyone in elite institutions or political leadership but due to the efforts of regular people declining to go along with fascism.”
[email protected], founder of @indivisible.org
[email protected], founder of @indivisible.org
Opinion | Trump Is Getting Weaker, and the Resistance Is Getting Stronger
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
“That has been staved off, and it has been staved off not, frankly, due to the efforts of pretty much anyone in elite institutions or political leadership but due to the efforts of regular people declining to go along with fascism.”
[email protected], founder of @indivisible.org
[email protected], founder of @indivisible.org
"The mascot movement" 😂 Brilliant!
it’s @poptartsbowl.com game day which once again begs the question
What happens after we eat the mascot?
You cheer the Pop-Tart Bowl pastry. We cheer the mascot movement.
neorsd.medium.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"The mascot movement" 😂 Brilliant!
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Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
December 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
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ah yes a true holiday classic
December 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
ah yes a true holiday classic
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Pope Leo: “Creation is crying. But many powerful people do not hear this cry: the wealth of the earth is in the hands of a few, very few, increasingly concentrated – unjustly – in the hands of those who often do not want to hear the groaning of the earth and the poor.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
December 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Pope Leo: “Creation is crying. But many powerful people do not hear this cry: the wealth of the earth is in the hands of a few, very few, increasingly concentrated – unjustly – in the hands of those who often do not want to hear the groaning of the earth and the poor.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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This. A thousand times this.
"His law is love and His gospel is peace."
From my friends @interfaithalliance.org. #LovenotICE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eALK...
"His law is love and His gospel is peace."
From my friends @interfaithalliance.org. #LovenotICE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eALK...
Choose Love Not ICE
YouTube video by Interfaith Alliance
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This. A thousand times this.
"His law is love and His gospel is peace."
From my friends @interfaithalliance.org. #LovenotICE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eALK...
"His law is love and His gospel is peace."
From my friends @interfaithalliance.org. #LovenotICE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eALK...
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the epstein files as rick owens fall/winter 2024
December 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
the epstein files as rick owens fall/winter 2024
Ready for sleeps at the end of caturday
December 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Ready for sleeps at the end of caturday
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It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
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This is getting bonkers. There is no policy or best practices. It is the Wild West. Survival of the fittest…whatever that means in this Context www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This is getting bonkers. There is no policy or best practices. It is the Wild West. Survival of the fittest…whatever that means in this Context www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
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I am offended by Trump.
But I’m even more offended by the Christians who support him.
He just called an entire group of people garbage. And that is an insult to God.
Every person from Somalia is a precious child of God, made in the image of God.
Rebuke it - in the name of Jesus.
But I’m even more offended by the Christians who support him.
He just called an entire group of people garbage. And that is an insult to God.
Every person from Somalia is a precious child of God, made in the image of God.
Rebuke it - in the name of Jesus.
December 4, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I am offended by Trump.
But I’m even more offended by the Christians who support him.
He just called an entire group of people garbage. And that is an insult to God.
Every person from Somalia is a precious child of God, made in the image of God.
Rebuke it - in the name of Jesus.
But I’m even more offended by the Christians who support him.
He just called an entire group of people garbage. And that is an insult to God.
Every person from Somalia is a precious child of God, made in the image of God.
Rebuke it - in the name of Jesus.
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Scientific information does not flow into policy the way most scientists think. Twenty years after her jarring first day as a fisheries-biologist-turned-Senate-staffer, @sheril.bsky.social lays out what every scientist hoping to influence policy on the Hill needs to know: issues.org/information-...
May 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Scientific information does not flow into policy the way most scientists think. Twenty years after her jarring first day as a fisheries-biologist-turned-Senate-staffer, @sheril.bsky.social lays out what every scientist hoping to influence policy on the Hill needs to know: issues.org/information-...
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Religious groups have played a role in pushback to Operation Midway Blitz since it began. According to faith leaders, the number of immigrant families being helped through such efforts numbered at least 100.
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religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
How one conservative Christian family is pushing back against ICE
A coalition of activists, everyday citizens and people of faith — including theologically conservative Christians — who have pooled resources and learned new technologies to mount an effort they say…
religionnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Religious groups have played a role in pushback to Operation Midway Blitz since it began. According to faith leaders, the number of immigrant families being helped through such efforts numbered at least 100.
religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
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Pacific Institute Analysis Finds Surge in Reported Water-Related Violence
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Pacific Institute Analysis Finds Surge in Reported Water-Related Violence
Oakland, California, USA, Nov. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Violence over water resources reached record levels, continuing a trajectory of steep growth in such incidents over the past quarter century...
apnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Pacific Institute Analysis Finds Surge in Reported Water-Related Violence
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
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Well done elder white women in Nebraska using their social status for good: “We love the immigrants“ www.klkntv.com/we-love-the-...
#PissedOffGrandmas
#NoICEDetentionCenters
#PissedOffGrandmas
#NoICEDetentionCenters
'We love the immigrants': Nebraska grandparents protest McCook ICE facility
A group called "Pissed Off Grandmas" gathered outside of the governor's mansion to sing in protest on Monday.
www.klkntv.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Well done elder white women in Nebraska using their social status for good: “We love the immigrants“ www.klkntv.com/we-love-the-...
#PissedOffGrandmas
#NoICEDetentionCenters
#PissedOffGrandmas
#NoICEDetentionCenters
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This is bullshit! What are the charges?
📌 Border Patrol arrested two women for allegedly honking their car horn to alert others of the agents’ presence
📌 Border Patrol arrested two women for allegedly honking their car horn to alert others of the agents’ presence
November 18, 2025 at 7:43 AM
This is bullshit! What are the charges?
📌 Border Patrol arrested two women for allegedly honking their car horn to alert others of the agents’ presence
📌 Border Patrol arrested two women for allegedly honking their car horn to alert others of the agents’ presence
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Trump’s response to the Pope and the Catholic Church - targeting churches during the holidays.
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Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Trump’s response to the Pope and the Catholic Church - targeting churches during the holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com/exclusive-tr...
thisweekinworcester.com/exclusive-tr...
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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
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Absolutely sickening. And unsurprising.
Stand up. Speak out. Get in the way.
Let us love and protect and show up for our immigrant neighbors.
Stand up. Speak out. Get in the way.
Let us love and protect and show up for our immigrant neighbors.
November 16, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Absolutely sickening. And unsurprising.
Stand up. Speak out. Get in the way.
Let us love and protect and show up for our immigrant neighbors.
Stand up. Speak out. Get in the way.
Let us love and protect and show up for our immigrant neighbors.
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."