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Nanci

@nanciweinberger.bsky.social

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Retired developmental psychologist/academic type. Not retired from caring about our world.

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Nanci @nanciweinberger.bsky.social · Aug 14

On a high horse
even a small man
sits grand as a bishop

his riding crop a crozier
in his fist, his squat bowler
stiff as a mitre at his brow.

See how the downtrodden
bow before “his grace.”
They make him feel so tall.

(Thomas O’Grady)

Nanci @nanciweinberger.bsky.social · 13h

I’ve been having a private temper tantrum over her dedication

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Nanci @nanciweinberger.bsky.social · 23h

Congratulations to María Corina Machado who is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

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Mr. Newberger @jeremynewberger.bsky.social · 2d

🎶FROM PORTLAND TO CHICAGO🎶
Trump is invading his own cities, harassing and punishing his own citizens, all under false pretenses. This is the protest song for the moment.
WATCH: youtu.be/4kMxYm-1jN4
Created with @hailuoai.bsky.social

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Nanci @nanciweinberger.bsky.social · 2d

“You got to stand, even when people say sit down.” Bryan Stevenson on the need to share the uncomfortable truths of our American history and the current American experience
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.

This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

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Nazi Slayer @trumpisnazi.bsky.social · 4d

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Nanci @nanciweinberger.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations to these scientists and their colleagues. The citation is a reminder of the complexity and significance of scientific discovery.

We must stand up for science!

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5d

BREAKING: Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi win the Nobel Prize in medicine for work on peripheral immune tolerance.

The Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for work on peripheral immune tolerance

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi have won the Nobel Prize in medicine for their discoveries about peripheral immune tolerance.

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Nanci @nanciweinberger.bsky.social · 7d

The adjacent escalator worked but all the people behind him preferred following him up the stopped escalator instead of the functional one. This is and isn’t a metaphor for this administration

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8d

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.

The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”

It’s about control.

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Nanci @nanciweinberger.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you Dr. Jane Goodall! You asked us to have hope and act accordingly

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 9d

Jane Goodall: “You must vote for the person, the candidate who you feel has a better chance of promoting protection for our planet.”

Nanci @nanciweinberger.bsky.social · 9d

This was a great episode that has left me thinking about my cozy political bubble; a bubble that may have its downsides.
I don’t post to persuade or bully. I aspire to have an “information diet” that has me poised for positive action instead.

Nanci @nanciweinberger.bsky.social · 9d

That lying liar’s smirk 😖

Nanci @nanciweinberger.bsky.social · 9d

Grateful for those who continue to stand up for us and our democracy.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10d

AOC: When everyone says makes an exception here or makes an exception there, and then before you know it, you have masked agents roaming the streets of this country that do not feel entitled to identify themselves

Nanci @nanciweinberger.bsky.social · 10d

Who couldn’t use a listen? I know I could.

Stress, Aging, and Relationships Lab @starlabteam.bsky.social · 10d

🧩 New episode of the Stress Puzzle with @jayvanbavel.bsky.social & host @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social on the impact of partisan animosity, risks of rising political polarization, and how social media incentives can contribute to polarization.

Listen now: tinyurl.com/polarizationandhealth #psychscisky

Political Polarization and Health: Navigating the social media divide with Dr. Jay Van Bavel

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 11d

out of curiosity who made this

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Nanci @nanciweinberger.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you @reed.senate.gov for this and more

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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 20d

When comedy is outlawed only outlaws will do comedy.

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 19d

KANSAS CITY, MI!

Join me Mon, Oct 13th at 6 pm ET for Grandparents For Gun Safety's 'Faith and Firearms' Forum.
We'll talk about how people of faith, morality, and conscience should respond to the epidemic of gun violence.

REGISTER: grandparentsforgunsafety.org

Gun Safety Group in Kansas City | Grandparents for Gun Safety

Our Grandparents for Gun Safety group is a local non-profit that stands with like-minded organizations & people of all ages to make the community we share safe.

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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 20d

When “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ended, we made clear: no one willing to sacrifice for this country should ever be told to hide who they are.

Trump and Hegseth’s attacks on LGBTQ+ servicemembers take us back to a dark chapter in history—undermining morale, readiness and security.

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Nanci @nanciweinberger.bsky.social · 21d

Spot on, as usual

Benjamin Slyngstad @slyngstad.bsky.social · 23d

In honor of #ConstitutionDay here is a cartoon about what is being done to it in cities across the country.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 23d

•ABC: fires Kimmel for mocking Trump
•CBS: fires Colbert for mocking Trump
•ABC: fires Moran for slamming Stephen Miller
•MSNBC: fires Matt Dowd for saying “hateful thoughts lead to hateful actions”

•FOX: Champions Brian Kilmeade as he calls for Nazi state murder of America’s 600K homeless people

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 29d

I mean the irony of the instigator of January 6, 2021, saying this about "political violence"....

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ACLU @aclu.org · Sep 9

Yesterday's Supreme Court decision endangers our communities and subjects people to immigration stops simply because of the color of their skin, occupation, or the language they speak.

This fight isn't over. Our right to live free from racial profiling is fundamental.

Black graphic with a quote in white text: "We should not have to live in a country where the government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent." In red text, the quote is attributed to Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Dissenting in Noem v. Perdomo

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Rob Bluebird @bobbradysd1.bsky.social · Sep 9

Racism is America's Choice with this Supreme Court Ruling ..

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Nanci @nanciweinberger.bsky.social · Sep 6

President Bonespurs said we haven’t fought a war to win since World War II (Bullshit) Changing the Defense Department name with gold signs and new stationery will change that (Bullshit) @reed.senate.gov and others know better
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...

Trump Says U.S. Military Has ‘Never Fought to Win’ Since World War II

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