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JessicaMCurrall @jessicamcurrall.bsky.social · 15h

@johnsickels.bsky.social I hear you, and I would say that @radiofreetom.bsky.social did not write the article to be a comfort.

I believe it is intended as a clarion call.

And yes, fwiw, I believe that firing on civilians is possible which is why our collective action is profoundly urgent.

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JessicaMCurrall @jessicamcurrall.bsky.social · 15h

@shamrock42.bsky.social

Not for everyone, certainly, but if the question is comparing the armed forces + military leaders to politicians: yes, I absolutely believe they are more reliable &, historically, have been held to higher standards w/i military tribunals & civilian opinion.

JessicaMCurrall @jessicamcurrall.bsky.social · 15h

Here's hoping this one works for you: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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JessicaMCurrall @jessicamcurrall.bsky.social · 15h

I agree with @radiofreetom.bsky.social & communicated with my elected officials that I stand with anyone, military, political leader of any party, who refuses to obey an illegal order.

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The U.S. armed forces do not belong to the P&CIC as personal assassins.

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 18h

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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JessicaMCurrall @jessicamcurrall.bsky.social · 17h

@moosep.bsky.social You could probably find additional information through your patient portal.

I will hold space on your behalf that you are ok, & this turns out to be an inconvenience but not a problem.

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JessicaMCurrall @jessicamcurrall.bsky.social · 17h

@moosep.bsky.social They are often nurses but not necessarily.

As a kidney transplant recipient, I get routine bloodwork a minimum of every 6 weeks, & it is not uncommon for me to be notified to repeat them for reasons that do not mean anything bad about my health. That may be the case here, too

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JessicaMCurrall @jessicamcurrall.bsky.social · 17h

@moosep.bsky.social I can’t tell from your post or bio if you are a person already familiar with these kinds of processes. My apologies if you are & this is redundant or reads condescendingly.

A phlebotomist is the medical technician at a hospital or an outpatient lab who does blood draws.

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JessicaMCurrall @jessicamcurrall.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity: At least know that you are not alone.

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JessicaMCurrall @jessicamcurrall.bsky.social · 4d

@geologytime.bsky.social I am hoping this is not a dumb question:

I know human intervention w/waterways to direct or dam rivers impacts entire ecosystems + can result in later flooding.

Does changing rock formations (eg, for highways or quarries), have a comparable impact?

Thank you

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JessicaMCurrall @jessicamcurrall.bsky.social · 4d

@kellybarnhill.bsky.social

She is wearing a cross front & center.

I wonder what she thinks it means.

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Newfie912 @newfie912.bsky.social · 5d

We are the champions! 😞

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JessicaMCurrall @jessicamcurrall.bsky.social · 5d

“Bust”

I see what you did there

JessicaMCurrall @jessicamcurrall.bsky.social · 5d

@jesscraven101.bsky.social How are these mass firings substantively different than the ones under the guise of DOGE?

This was always part of the Project 2025 plan, one way or another.

Using the shutdown as governance is convenient. bsky.app/profile/roos...

Roosevelt Forward @rooseveltforward.org · 7d

Shutdowns used to be rare. Now, they frequently block progress—hitting public services & industrial renewal policy projects hard.

In #FiresideStacks🔥, @reyfuentes.bsky.social discusses shutdowns as a tool for dismantling the government itself and public trust.
www.firesidestacks.com/p/shutdown-b...

Quote “For the people waiting—a disabled worker, a small business owner, a family navigating Social Security—these aren’t abstractions. They are weeks of anxiety, bills delayed, or opportunities foregone.” highlighted in an orange box, attributed to Reynaldo Fuentes from Roosevelt Forward.

JessicaMCurrall @jessicamcurrall.bsky.social · 5d

@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

It’s part, shutdown as governance (bsky.app/profile/roos...) + part the scorched Earth goals of Project 2025.

Roosevelt Forward @rooseveltforward.org · 7d

Shutdowns used to be rare. Now, they frequently block progress—hitting public services & industrial renewal policy projects hard.

In #FiresideStacks🔥, @reyfuentes.bsky.social discusses shutdowns as a tool for dismantling the government itself and public trust.
www.firesidestacks.com/p/shutdown-b...

JessicaMCurrall @jessicamcurrall.bsky.social · 5d

All part of the Admin’s shutdown as governance policy: bsky.app/profile/roos...

Also advances Project 2025 goals.

Roosevelt Forward @rooseveltforward.org · 7d

Shutdowns used to be rare. Now, they frequently block progress—hitting public services & industrial renewal policy projects hard.

In #FiresideStacks🔥, @reyfuentes.bsky.social discusses shutdowns as a tool for dismantling the government itself and public trust.
www.firesidestacks.com/p/shutdown-b...

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JessicaMCurrall @jessicamcurrall.bsky.social · 5d

@pbsnews.org

Here is a helpful discussion: bsky.app/profile/roos...

Roosevelt Forward @rooseveltforward.org · 7d

Shutdowns used to be rare. Now, they frequently block progress—hitting public services & industrial renewal policy projects hard.

In #FiresideStacks🔥, @reyfuentes.bsky.social discusses shutdowns as a tool for dismantling the government itself and public trust.
www.firesidestacks.com/p/shutdown-b...

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JessicaMCurrall @jessicamcurrall.bsky.social · 5d

@pbsnews.org Can you please track which agencies were identified in Project 2025 to be destroyed & how DOGE + P&CIC Trump’s “shutdown as governance” policy are advancing those aims?

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JessicaMCurrall @jessicamcurrall.bsky.social · 5d

@chatterton.bsky.social Anyone looking to compare the two men as men in America missed the point entirely, & continues to exploit the circumstances of their public slaughters to the detriment of the public good.

It’s gross, @theatlantic.com.

We need to do much better than this.

Quote from Cole Arthur Riley’s Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, & Meditations for Staying Human:

“May you live responsibly and tenderly, that your power would never come at the expense of someone else’s.”

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JessicaMCurrall @jessicamcurrall.bsky.social · 5d

@chatterton.bsky.social George Floyd was publicly lynched by a uniformed, paid-for-their-time-that-day police officers for being black + wanting to breathe.

Did some people invoke his name while doing some possibly performative gesticulating? Yes.

Did it approximate repair or revenge? No.

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JessicaMCurrall @jessicamcurrall.bsky.social · 5d

@chatterton.bsky.social It is heartbreakingly offensively obtuse to consider George Floyd, as a person, complicated even remotely in the same vicinity as Charlie Kirk.

He was not personally lynched by suffocation on the street because of who he was, what he did or said, or what he was accused of.

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JessicaMCurrall @jessicamcurrall.bsky.social · 5d

@chatterton.bsky.social Having read the article, a lot of work was done to equivocate the men (Floyd & Kirk), as though that is part of the relevance to how they died or the actions others took in their names.

I’m guessing you are the friend David Brooks referenced on PBS Newshour? Too clever.

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JessicaMCurrall @jessicamcurrall.bsky.social · 6d

@rosemarymosco.com A large peapod which, instead of peas, has eyeballs = Eyepod.

JessicaMCurrall @jessicamcurrall.bsky.social · 6d

@grammajoanie.bsky.social I absolutely love the vibrant colors!!

JessicaMCurrall @jessicamcurrall.bsky.social · 6d

@osxgeekgirl.bsky.social I am in love with your water droplets!! Such a sweet mouse, too.