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Some inspiration! At SF Bay PSR we are working to safeguard and strengthen democracy: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Some inspiration! At SF Bay PSR we are working to safeguard and strengthen democracy: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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“Here was a guy who was a dad and a business owner and an employer and an elder in his church. This is the kind of guy that you want your children to grow up to be. So when we lose those people it does nothing but make our society worse.” #PrayForAmerica www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A vineyard manager’s deportation shattered an Oregon town. Now his daughter is carrying on his legacy
Alondra Sotelo Garcia took over her father’s business when he was deported to Mexico after three decades in the US
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
“Here was a guy who was a dad and a business owner and an employer and an elder in his church. This is the kind of guy that you want your children to grow up to be. So when we lose those people it does nothing but make our society worse.” #PrayForAmerica www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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This message hits hard.
December 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This message hits hard.
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Jimmy Kimmel, absolutely unloaded:
“My president wants me silenced because I don’t worship him. Tough. We won. He lost. And every night I’m back on air handing the most powerful man on Earth the public accountability he’s earned.”
“My president wants me silenced because I don’t worship him. Tough. We won. He lost. And every night I’m back on air handing the most powerful man on Earth the public accountability he’s earned.”
December 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Jimmy Kimmel, absolutely unloaded:
“My president wants me silenced because I don’t worship him. Tough. We won. He lost. And every night I’m back on air handing the most powerful man on Earth the public accountability he’s earned.”
“My president wants me silenced because I don’t worship him. Tough. We won. He lost. And every night I’m back on air handing the most powerful man on Earth the public accountability he’s earned.”
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For about 10 years, when our kids were young, I would do a quick sketch of our house on Christmas Eve after everything would quiet down. This is from 2016...gouache over acrylic, I think. Merry and Happy!
#art #landscape #pleinair #sketch #happyholidays
#art #landscape #pleinair #sketch #happyholidays
December 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
For about 10 years, when our kids were young, I would do a quick sketch of our house on Christmas Eve after everything would quiet down. This is from 2016...gouache over acrylic, I think. Merry and Happy!
#art #landscape #pleinair #sketch #happyholidays
#art #landscape #pleinair #sketch #happyholidays
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"It’s not time to grow weary in working for good." #PrayForAmerica #ResistTyranny www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We’re pastors. The fight against Maga Christianity starts locally | Doug Pagitt and Lori Walke
Trump’s movement has used the Christian faith to fuel oppression. Here’s how we are standing against it
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"It’s not time to grow weary in working for good." #PrayForAmerica #ResistTyranny www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Merry Christmas! Michelle and I hope you have a wonderful holiday filled with light and joy.
December 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Merry Christmas! Michelle and I hope you have a wonderful holiday filled with light and joy.
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"While humanity seeks to become 'god' in order to dominate others, God chooses to become human in order to free us from every form of slavery." #PopeLeoXIV #MerryChristmas www.ncronline.org/vatican/turn...
To turn away others is to turn away God, pope says on Christmas Eve
If people refuse to make room for others -- like the poor, children and the stranger -- then they also refuse to make room for God, Pope Leo XIV said as he celebrated the birth of Jesus.
www.ncronline.org
December 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"While humanity seeks to become 'god' in order to dominate others, God chooses to become human in order to free us from every form of slavery." #PopeLeoXIV #MerryChristmas www.ncronline.org/vatican/turn...
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Remember: There's always strength in a union. Solidarity.
December 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Remember: There's always strength in a union. Solidarity.
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December 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Merry Christmas to all that celebrate 🎄! I hope Santa was good to you 😉
TY to everyone who commented in my last post. I promise I’ll respond, but I’ve been busy prepping food and wrapping last minute gifts 😅.
“Serene birches”; mixed media on canvas; 2024. Sold
#art #landscape #nature #painting
TY to everyone who commented in my last post. I promise I’ll respond, but I’ve been busy prepping food and wrapping last minute gifts 😅.
“Serene birches”; mixed media on canvas; 2024. Sold
#art #landscape #nature #painting
December 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Merry Christmas to all that celebrate 🎄! I hope Santa was good to you 😉
TY to everyone who commented in my last post. I promise I’ll respond, but I’ve been busy prepping food and wrapping last minute gifts 😅.
“Serene birches”; mixed media on canvas; 2024. Sold
#art #landscape #nature #painting
TY to everyone who commented in my last post. I promise I’ll respond, but I’ve been busy prepping food and wrapping last minute gifts 😅.
“Serene birches”; mixed media on canvas; 2024. Sold
#art #landscape #nature #painting
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Contrast with the alternative #FaceOff. I think this Snowy Owl sitting on a field boundary during spring migration covers both themes.
#EastCoastKin #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #photography
#EastCoastKin #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #photography
December 24, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Contrast with the alternative #FaceOff. I think this Snowy Owl sitting on a field boundary during spring migration covers both themes.
#EastCoastKin #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #photography
#EastCoastKin #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #photography
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I don’t have anything festive for the holiday, so here’s another birch painting I did in 2024.
Fog Through The Trees
9”x12” Acrylic on Gesso Board
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#art #landscape #acrylic #painting #trees #nature #blueskyart
Fog Through The Trees
9”x12” Acrylic on Gesso Board
Sold
#art #landscape #acrylic #painting #trees #nature #blueskyart
December 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I don’t have anything festive for the holiday, so here’s another birch painting I did in 2024.
Fog Through The Trees
9”x12” Acrylic on Gesso Board
Sold
#art #landscape #acrylic #painting #trees #nature #blueskyart
Fog Through The Trees
9”x12” Acrylic on Gesso Board
Sold
#art #landscape #acrylic #painting #trees #nature #blueskyart
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"It truly is the sign that reveals God’s face, a face of compassion and mercy, whose might is shown always and only in love. He makes himself close, tender, and compassionate. This is God’s way: closeness, compassion, tenderness (2023)." #PopeFrancis #Christmas
December 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
"It truly is the sign that reveals God’s face, a face of compassion and mercy, whose might is shown always and only in love. He makes himself close, tender, and compassionate. This is God’s way: closeness, compassion, tenderness (2023)." #PopeFrancis #Christmas
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The Kansas City Chiefs are relocating from Missouri to Kansas and getting a new $3 billion stadium.
60 percent of it will be publicly funded — despite the owners boasting a nearly $25 billion net worth.
This isn't the first stadium scam we've seen recently...
60 percent of it will be publicly funded — despite the owners boasting a nearly $25 billion net worth.
This isn't the first stadium scam we've seen recently...
The Sports Stadium Scam | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The Kansas City Chiefs are relocating from Missouri to Kansas and getting a new $3 billion stadium.
60 percent of it will be publicly funded — despite the owners boasting a nearly $25 billion net worth.
This isn't the first stadium scam we've seen recently...
60 percent of it will be publicly funded — despite the owners boasting a nearly $25 billion net worth.
This isn't the first stadium scam we've seen recently...
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"Even Putin doesn't name classes of ships after himself. Kim Jong-un doesn't name — I mean this is crazy," @radiofreetom.bsky.social tells @timmiller.bsky.social. "We're gonna run around in circles because this unhinged old man, you know, wants to have a ship with his name on it."
December 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
"Even Putin doesn't name classes of ships after himself. Kim Jong-un doesn't name — I mean this is crazy," @radiofreetom.bsky.social tells @timmiller.bsky.social. "We're gonna run around in circles because this unhinged old man, you know, wants to have a ship with his name on it."
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REMINDER: It is literally IMPOSSIBLE for Social Security to go bankrupt and we can expand benefits if wealthy elites pay their fair share.
December 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
REMINDER: It is literally IMPOSSIBLE for Social Security to go bankrupt and we can expand benefits if wealthy elites pay their fair share.
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