Dana
@mystikyte.bsky.social
I can't believe it's been a year since Madonna The Celebration Tour. Being able to have my beautiful Aunt Jill honored by Madonna and @theaidsmemorial.bsky.social during Live To Tell was overwhelming. I miss you and I love you Jill.
April 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I can't believe it's been a year since Madonna The Celebration Tour. Being able to have my beautiful Aunt Jill honored by Madonna and @theaidsmemorial.bsky.social during Live To Tell was overwhelming. I miss you and I love you Jill.
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Inalienable Rights vs. Conditional Privileges. “Listen, if a Bad President can come in and take away our rights and we’re dependent on a Good President replacing them in four years to give us back our rights, then we do not have any rights.” [kottke.org]
Inalienable Rights vs. Conditional Privileges
From @existennialmemes on Tumblr:
Listen, if a Bad President can come in and take away our rights and we’re dependent on a Good President replacing them in four years to give us back our rights, then we do not have any
kottke.org
February 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Inalienable Rights vs. Conditional Privileges. “Listen, if a Bad President can come in and take away our rights and we’re dependent on a Good President replacing them in four years to give us back our rights, then we do not have any rights.” [kottke.org]
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House GOP has reintroduced the SAVE Act, which would require voters to show a passport or birth cert. when voting as proof of citizenship. But 140M Americans don’t have a passport and 69M women don’t have a birth cert. matching their current last name. [americanprogress.org]
The SAVE Act Would Disenfranchise Millions of Citizens
The SAVE Act would require all Americans to prove their citizenship with documentation unavailable to millions and upend the way every American citizen registers to vote.
www.americanprogress.org
February 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
House GOP has reintroduced the SAVE Act, which would require voters to show a passport or birth cert. when voting as proof of citizenship. But 140M Americans don’t have a passport and 69M women don’t have a birth cert. matching their current last name. [americanprogress.org]
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Do Not Obey In Advance. “Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked.” [kottke.org]
Do Not Obey In Advance
Speaking of Timothy Snyder, Literary Hub published the first chapter (the one on not obeying in advance) of his 2017 book On Tyranny. It begins:
Do not obey in advance.
Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely g
kottke.org
February 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Do Not Obey In Advance. “Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked.” [kottke.org]
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You’re Allowed to Feel like Garbage. “If you are a remotely informed left-leaning person in America right now, why wouldn’t you be experiencing depression and anxiety?” (via @djacobs.bsky.social) [lindseyadler.substack.com]
You’re Allowed to Feel like Garbage
Even people who experience depression and anxiety can personally subject themselves to the stigma toward depression and anxiety.
lindseyadler.substack.com
February 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
You’re Allowed to Feel like Garbage. “If you are a remotely informed left-leaning person in America right now, why wouldn’t you be experiencing depression and anxiety?” (via @djacobs.bsky.social) [lindseyadler.substack.com]