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I live on a blue planet and sing to ward off evil! @missdemocracy2024.bsky.social · 2h

Dear friend, please help me to understand your point:

Is knowledge dangerous enough to require containment?

Or is it sacred enough to deserve protection and responsible stewardship?

SparkyLanders @sparkyl.bsky.social · 3h

I just thought of something. Has anybody checked with Pandora lately to see if she's gotten all that stuff back into the box yet?

Are there still people around in the present who know how to put a genie back in a bottle with a curse to stay in there for thousands of years with the cork jammed in?

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I live on a blue planet and sing to ward off evil! @missdemocracy2024.bsky.social · 4h

Technological dictators want students to be as ignorant as possible so they don't ever ask questions.

We are teaching students to be quiet (don't ask questions), preparing them to become slaves of big corporations and dictatorial regimes

Scootrbum @scootrbum.bsky.social · 4h

AI technological dictators don’t want knowledge.
They want money!
As much as AI can give them.

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I live on a blue planet and sing to ward off evil! @missdemocracy2024.bsky.social · 4h

Exactly 💯

AI can help us use time more efficiently and boost productivity.
If schools see AI as risky, they should teach ethical use instead.
Right now, big companies benefit while education falls behind.

Just George Oh🍂 @timmytwoshirts.bsky.social · 4h

AI should be doing our work so that we can make art, not the other way around

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I live on a blue planet and sing to ward off evil! @missdemocracy2024.bsky.social · 4h

Don't lfear AI, fear Ignorance & technological dictators manipulating AI and monopolising knowledge

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Don't Fear AI, Fear Ignorance & Technological Oligarchies Monopolising Knowledge

Artificial intelligence should be in the hands of students, teachers, and professors—not in the hands of opportunistic dictators and criminals.

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I live on a blue planet and sing to ward off evil! @missdemocracy2024.bsky.social · 14h

Make sure you impress your musicologist before calling it a hit.

"Your new single slaps, but we’ll need an ethics approval form before anyone dances to it."

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The funny thing about music is that the people who decide what it is aren’t necessarily artists — they’re musicologists.

When the people defining music prefer footnotes to foot-tapping

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I live on a blue planet and sing to ward off evil! @missdemocracy2024.bsky.social · 15h

Dear artist, it's a pleasure to answer your question;

“Well, after thirty pages of theoretical analysis, a citation to Bourdieu, and a brief crisis about Eurocentrism… yes, it’s music — but only if you footnote it properly.”

globalinterest @globalinteresr.bsky.social · 16h

What does the musicologist have to say about the blues connection to African drums and whether it’s music?

I live on a blue planet and sing to ward off evil! @missdemocracy2024.bsky.social · 17h

Unfortunately, even music isn’t spared from the undemocratic world we live in.

When the musicologist decides what music is, every sound suddenly needs a citation, a theoretical framework, and Bourdieu’s approval before it counts as art...

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When the musicologist decides what music is, every sound suddenly needs a citation, a theory.

YouTube video by ElianaSantos & Croí Ó Fiaich

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I live on a blue planet and sing to ward off evil! @missdemocracy2024.bsky.social · 20h

Freedom of the press drives authoritarians crazy because it’s like giving a megaphone to their worst critics—and nobody likes to hear the truth when they’re busy pretending everything’s perfect.

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Freedom of the press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose.

YouTube video by ElianaSantos & Croí Ó Fiaich

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I live on a blue planet and sing to ward off evil! @missdemocracy2024.bsky.social · 1d

💯 That is precisely why democratic leaders must show neither mercy nor negotiate with dictators. We must protect humanity from tyranny.

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1d

"Listen to the nonsense Putin spouts, observing his language and maintaining a skeptical and critical mindset, and see that this man is simply insane."

Russian officials and propaganda are constantly trying to convince their citizens that Moscow is at war with the entire NATO.

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I live on a blue planet and sing to ward off evil! @missdemocracy2024.bsky.social · 1d

What's Wrong with AI?

I finally figured out why schools and dictators hate AI — it gives students the answers… and teaches citizens to ask the *dangerous* questions.

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AI is no longer Art.l Intelligence.It’s Dictators Ignorance banned from schools to keep kids quiet

YouTube video by ElianaSantos & Croí Ó Fiaich

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I live on a blue planet and sing to ward off evil! @missdemocracy2024.bsky.social · 1d

While Education Restrict AI, Oligarchs Monopolize it For their own enrichment and unethical use, while Spreaing Hate Towards AI to influence society, bringing us all towards the Dark Ages.

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I live on a blue planet and sing to ward off evil! @missdemocracy2024.bsky.social · 1d

Carpediem my Bluesky friends!

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ALT: a greeting card that says good morning with a hand making a heart shape

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I live on a blue planet and sing to ward off evil! @missdemocracy2024.bsky.social · 1d

I completely agree with Durbin 💯 The Trump administration is dragging us backward in time—not to make America great, but, on the contrary, to make it worse.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Durbin: "What has taken place since January 20, 2025, would make even President Nixon recoil. This is your legacy, AG Bondi."

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I live on a blue planet and sing to ward off evil! @missdemocracy2024.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly. The rich and powerful are seizing control of AI while children /young adults are left unable to access it.

History repeats itself — restricting AI for the poorest just as, in the European Dark Ages, when Catholic Spain burned people, books, and entire libraries to keep knowledge monopoly.

♣️TotsAndPears🍌 @herrari.bsky.social · 1d

It’s monopoly on AI. THAT is the danger. “ we can use it, you cannot.””

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I live on a blue planet and sing to ward off evil! @missdemocracy2024.bsky.social · 1d

As an educator and student, I am deeply concerned: Why restrict AI in education while allowing dictatorial oligarchs and powerful corporations to monopolise innovation, control access, and manipulate its use?
The real danger isn’t AI — it’s ignorance.

vandecraats2025law.substack.com/p/the-danger...

The Dangerous Misunderstandings About AI. If Artificial Intelligence is Knowledge & Fosters Innovation, Why Are Oligarchs Controlling It and Schools Rejecting It?

Empowering Humanity through Knowledge: How AI Enhances Education, Promotes Innovation, and Unlocks Equal Opportunities.

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I live on a blue planet and sing to ward off evil! @missdemocracy2024.bsky.social · 1d

We need that now.

Every one of us plays a role in society, and the military’s role is to defend the nation and uphold the Constitution against any threat.

Trump’s name rhymes with treason, trash, and threats — and he must resign or face impeachment.

SaltyShawn @saltyshawn.bsky.social · 1d

You give me hope. Our last hope is the military standing up to illegal orders and refusing to obey.

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I live on a blue planet and sing to ward off evil! @missdemocracy2024.bsky.social · 1d

It is time for the military to stand by their oath and the dignity their uniform represents.

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Will the Military STAND UP to Trump?! | PoliticsGirl

YouTube video by MeidasTouch

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I live on a blue planet and sing to ward off evil! @missdemocracy2024.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. We need more @gavinnewsom.bsky.social 😇🥰😀

@RuadhMairi.blusky.social 📎🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇵🇷FuckICE @ruadhmairi.bsky.social · 1d

Sweet, Fearless Leader! More, please!

We know you are not wasting your time ending non-existent Wars! 🤣

I live on a blue planet and sing to ward off evil! @missdemocracy2024.bsky.social · 1d

Great! I'm really proud of @governor.ca.gov Newson.

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 2d

California just signed a new trade partnership with Belgium.

We're committed to expanding economic and clean energy innovation — because California will always be a stable, reliable partner on the world stage.

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I live on a blue planet and sing to ward off evil! @missdemocracy2024.bsky.social · 2d

A Reflection t my Christian friends (repost it if you agree):

Has Patel resigned yet? And if the entire FBI along with concerned parents across the USA and all Catholic nations rose in protest, would Trump and Patel still stand firm against such unified resistance?

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Lawrence: The Epstein survivors have questions that Donald Trump and Kash Patel refuse to answer

YouTube video by MSNBC

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I live on a blue planet and sing to ward off evil! @missdemocracy2024.bsky.social · 2d

Dear @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu en.ec.europa.eu, @unhcr.org #UNHumanRights,democratic nations,

We cannot stand idly by while the MAGA regime systematically destroys our collective hopes for humanity. The gross injustices inflicted upon any individual or group are injustices against all of humanity!

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 2d

The Trump administration is waging deadly boat attacks—blowing suspected “drug runner” vessels out of the water without trials or proof. Human rights groups warn these strikes bypass any due process and amount to state-sanctioned extrajudicial killings.

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It certainly appears the United States murdered an innocent fisherman who was a husband and father to four children, claimed he was a "narco-terrorist," posted a video of the execution, and then made jokes about it

Michael Paarlberg
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I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

In an interview, one woman who identified herself as the wife of one of the dead men said that her husband was a fisherman with four children who left one day for work and never came back.
September 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM

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I live on a blue planet and sing to ward off evil! @missdemocracy2024.bsky.social · 2d

Urging the UN and the EU to condemn these acts of State terrorism.

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A federal judge blocked Trump from sending the National Guard to Oregon — again. Here’s what we know | CNN

For the second time in two days, a Trump-appointed federal judge in Oregon delivered a second blow to the president’s Trump administration’s effort to send National Guard troops into Portland late Sun...

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I live on a blue planet and sing to ward off evil! @missdemocracy2024.bsky.social · 2d

I agree. But does it require courage to bully people?

darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 2d

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I live on a blue planet and sing to ward off evil! @missdemocracy2024.bsky.social · 2d

This constitutes state terrorism. The UN, the EU & all democratic nations must respond decisively by boycotting and severing all diplomatic and economic ties with the Trump regime. Such authoritarian and rights-violating practices fundamentally undermine Human Rightsl norms.

Cardinal Cyn @jacquelinecable.bsky.social · 2d

It's seeing the children in all these school shootings and ice leaving them by the side of the road -like rubbish- after kidnapping their parents I find so distressing

I don't know how you handle it.

Stay strong 💪

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I live on a blue planet and sing to ward off evil! @missdemocracy2024.bsky.social · 2d

Should Blue States advocate for 'Self-determination ' or wait till Trump's final destruction?

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State Terrorism and Secession in the United States

Constitutional Constraints and Political Legitimacy Amid Federal Crisis

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