LisaG
@lisagiesa.bsky.social
Trying to know better so I can do better.
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Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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March 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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D is for Democracy. The Contrarian's own Meghan Houser explores the subtle resistance of Dictionary.com
The Subtle Resistance of Dictionary.com
Can you use "context" in a sentence?
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March 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
D is for Democracy. The Contrarian's own Meghan Houser explores the subtle resistance of Dictionary.com
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me waiting for the “but her emails” crowd to find their tongues
March 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
me waiting for the “but her emails” crowd to find their tongues
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Though national monuments remain universally popular with Americans, the Trump administration has signaled it will dismantle two created earlier this year by former President Joe Biden.
As Americans Protest Attacks on Public Lands, Trump Signals National Monuments May be Shrunk or Eliminated - Inside Climate News
Years of advocacy led to the creation of Chuckwalla and Sáttítla Highlands national monuments in California early this year, but they may soon be dismantled.
insideclimatenews.org
March 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Though national monuments remain universally popular with Americans, the Trump administration has signaled it will dismantle two created earlier this year by former President Joe Biden.
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March 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Agencies within the Trump administration have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid, according to a compilation of government documents. These terms appeared in government memos, in official and unofficial agency guidance and in other documents. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
March 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Agencies within the Trump administration have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid, according to a compilation of government documents. These terms appeared in government memos, in official and unofficial agency guidance and in other documents. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.
'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.
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March 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.
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The Trump administration’s funding freeze is extending beyond federal agencies and into the nonprofit sector, leaving contracted conservation work to stall and jobs to hang in the balance.
How The Trump Administration’s Federal Funding Freeze is Stalling Conservation Work in Arizona
The freeze of $1.2 million in federal grants has paused the work of a group that maintains a wildlife preserve, provides seeds for wildfire recovery and restores watersheds—and is the second-largest e...
insideclimatenews.org
March 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The Trump administration’s funding freeze is extending beyond federal agencies and into the nonprofit sector, leaving contracted conservation work to stall and jobs to hang in the balance.
@kkdumez.bsky.social supplied a great list of follows to stay informed in this upside-down world. open.substack.com/pub/kristind...
The End Game
Making sense of things
open.substack.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
@kkdumez.bsky.social supplied a great list of follows to stay informed in this upside-down world. open.substack.com/pub/kristind...
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NPR Exclusive: The Episcopal bishop of Washington spoke with NPR to discuss her sermon addressing President Trump and why she asked him to have mercy.
Bishop Mariann Budde tells NPR 'I won't apologize' for sermon addressing Trump
The Episcopal bishop of Washington spoke with NPR to discuss her sermon addressing President Trump and why she asked him to have mercy.
www.npr.org
January 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
NPR Exclusive: The Episcopal bishop of Washington spoke with NPR to discuss her sermon addressing President Trump and why she asked him to have mercy.
I never got the hang of sites like this. We'll see how it goes.
January 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I never got the hang of sites like this. We'll see how it goes.