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Father, Photographer, Army vet (MP), CISSP, MBA, Retired Fed (forced), Born-Again activist, renal cancer survivor, Friend of Bill, godless but not faithless, Mixer of Music | https://ottoimagery.art | https://buymeacoffee.com/noacttoosmall

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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · Mar 31

Today’s meditation, and everyday hereafter.

Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow

Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

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Angie @angiesuniverse.bsky.social · 9h

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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 8h

That’s a striking visualization.

Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 11h

Temu Tonya Harding

Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 1d

Christian Nationalists love this. They identify with the storm-trooper more than the priest.

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 1d

It’s morally reprehensible- but he wouldn’t understand.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

Please amplify this demand. We need y'all. I was there. We were not in the road. ICE simply let loose on us to film themselves brutalizing and arresting protesters—and state police assisted them. They brought charges against scattered people to create a pretext for this inexcusable violence.

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 1d

The attack on Mark is another stunt by right-wing grifters to victimize a random person in an effort to use MAGA fear mongering to justify their existence. It should go without saying we should do anything possible to support his family.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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✌️Bob ☮ (Old Man Hippy)💙 @oldmanhippy.com · 1d

This, my friends, is what we are heading back to if the Orange Buffoon and his cult have their way.

October 7, 1955: Ella Fitzgerald in a Houston jail cell for singing to an integrated audience.

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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 1d

It’s assault and excessive use of force. Id like to see her get a private attorney and pursue charges. We need to put some law and order around their wilding party.

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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 1d

MAGA want you to know that this is how they felt when Obama confiscated their guns and forced them into a drum circle to sing Kumbaya. — Neighbors Warn Neighbors as Fear of ICE Ripples Across Chicago www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

Neighbors Warn Neighbors as Fear of ICE Ripples Across Chicago

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RC deWinter @rcdewinter.bsky.social · 1d

this is just the kind of thing we need during these times, to remember not only history but that there is still beauty in the world.

Liz Ahern 🌈🧜🏼‍♀️🇲🇽🍉 @austinmermaid.bsky.social · 2d

A talented protester played the theme to the “Schindler's List” with his violin at Portland’s ICE detention center last night.

I hope the world gets the message.

#AbolishICE #Invoke25th #Portland

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 3d

Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement?

The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.

At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 3d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Rebecca E ❌👑 @spoutiblegirl.bsky.social · 5d

I waited to post this until I had permission from the writer. This is real and it's frightening. The blood running through the veins/arteries of the monsters in the R' party/Project 2025/Russell Vought has been replaced with cruelty and evil. 😡🤬😭

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 4d

Two people very much worth listening to, in an important conversation.
newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Transcript: Chris Murphy’s Dark and Unnerving New Warning about Trump

The Democratic senator has taken the lead in drawing attention to Trump’s authoritarianism. In an interview, he offers a stark new warning that should galvanize his fellow Democrats before it’s too la...

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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 4d

Former ISSM for the DoD. About 1/3 of my time was spent doing porn investigations - including cp - being downloaded. Another 1/3 of my time was spent on spillage, classified info being transmitted on UNCLASS systems. Then the phishing email malware. Training helped to reduce the incidence of all.

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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 4d

Shot this 12 years ago today. There's nothing new under the sun.

Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 5d

What if Lutnik has someone in the admin looking to shiv him? Metaphorically of course - for now. The riff about the blackmail is a powder keg and Lutnik is suggesting that he is holding a match.
If true:

a man with a mustache says actually i 'm not even mad that 's amazing ..

ALT: a man with a mustache says actually i 'm not even mad that 's amazing ..

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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 5d

I admire the moral courage involved in refusing that grotesque order. Massive respect.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 5d

Breaking on MSNBC:

An FBI agent in the Washington field office has been fired for refusing to arrest and perp walk James Comey.

This news was first reported by Reuters.

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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 5d

“The power of the powerless lies not in clever political tactics but in the simple decision to live within the truth.”
— Václav Havel, “The Power of the Powerless,” 1978

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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 5d

The @flareusa.bsky.social camp at Columbus Circle was raided early this morning and all of the property and equipment seized. To understand the real reason look closely at the pictures. The people; the passion; the energy; the truth. The regime is fragile.

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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 5d

100% tariffs on Lutefisk.

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Michelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 5d

"Retired Army Major General Randy Manner spoke bluntly about Trump and Hegseth gathering generals from around the world this week and telling them they will take on 'the enemy within.'"

"Our president is slipping into the depths of self-serving dictatorship."

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Retired Major General: "Our president is slipping intothe depths of self-serving dictatorship."

Retired Army Major General Randy Manner spoke bluntly about Trump and Hegseth gathering generals from around the world this week and telling them they will take on "the enemy within."

www.signorile.com

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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 5d

The FLARE camp was raided and equipment confiscated this morning. Keep on eye on this. @flareusa.bsky.social

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