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Selene Miranda, MSW

@selenemiranda.bsky.social

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Retired clinical social worker, & grandchild of immigrants, on Bluesky, co-creating Heaven on Earth. I am a poet & writer, about many things that interest me: social justice, philosophy, spirituality, psychology, -Life! https://medium.com/@selenemiranda

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Selene Miranda, MSW @selenemiranda.bsky.social · 15h

To an Orchid

I know you will bloom again,
and even so,
no plant’s loss of petals
has ever
affected me so deeply.

I wonder if you also
feel the sadness of
our time together’s passing.

Or if offering such Beauty,
however short-lived,
is enough?

-Selene Miranda
10/8/2022

photo by Selene:

Selene Miranda, MSW @selenemiranda.bsky.social · 16h

and a name change:
The People's House

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” —FDR, 1944

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Selene Miranda, MSW @selenemiranda.bsky.social · 3d

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#fascism
#democracy
#TheCommitteeForTheFirstAmendment
#Progressive
#JaneFonda
#DemocracyNow
#AmyGoodman
Articulate, Encouraging, Brave; and once again, on the correct side of herstory

"We Have to Move Fast": Jane Fonda Relaunches Father's Free Speech Group to Counter Trump Censorship

YouTube video by Democracy Now!

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Selene Miranda, MSW @selenemiranda.bsky.social · 5d

#JaneGoodall
#Hope
#Progressive
#Harmony

Selene Miranda, MSW @selenemiranda.bsky.social · 7d

Medicine got taken over when MBA’s replaced MD’s as CEO’s! Insurance is inherently a scam.

Let’s get Real Medical Care in place, for everyone!
#MedicareForAll

Selene Miranda, MSW @selenemiranda.bsky.social · 7d

I often think this. This horror isn’t new for many people, though we need to rid it for all of us.

Selene Miranda, MSW @selenemiranda.bsky.social · 7d

And now, a reminder of Life!
#Horse #Horses
#Beauty
#Nature
#Ocean

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 8d

_merilver_
𝑀𝐸𝑅𝐼𝐿𝑉𝐸𝑅
"Phelyria and her trip to the sea at the age of 4 months"

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 8d

Public Citizen filed a Hatch Act complaint over the HUD website
www.citizen.org/wp-content/u...

www.citizen.org

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Selene Miranda, MSW @selenemiranda.bsky.social · 7d

Only a two-minute article, Wow! Spineless = Heartless!

Selene Miranda, MSW @selenemiranda.bsky.social · 7d

When you intercept aid, isn’t that anti-humanitarian?
Can we say “genocide” now?
And may I be clear, “Israel” is not the problem. Netanyahu is. Just like DT and Putin.
In the meantime, human beings, mostly children, are suffering horribly.

Selene Miranda, MSW @selenemiranda.bsky.social · 7d

The glorious
#JaneGoodall
has passed.
And we must carry on her love 💖🌏

Selene Miranda, MSW @selenemiranda.bsky.social · 7d

Just now learned of
#TheElders
#NelsonMandela
#JimmyCarter
#Peace
#SustainablePlanet
#Justice

theelders.org/who-we-are

Selene Miranda, MSW @selenemiranda.bsky.social · 8d

This. Is. Not. Normal.

Selene Miranda, MSW @selenemiranda.bsky.social · 8d

Posted on
#HUD

Selene Miranda, MSW @selenemiranda.bsky.social · 8d

Nicole Wallace & Rosie O’Donnell 🌟 🌟 🗽

A dear friend urged me to watch this conversation and I am so heartened by it.

We humans instinctively recognize the truth when we hear it. We can choose to deny it, but we do recognize it.
#NicoleWallace
#RosieO’Donnell
#Democracy

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Rosie O’Donnell: The people POWER fought Trump…and WON with Kimmel

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Selene Miranda, MSW @selenemiranda.bsky.social · 8d

Not just make life more affordable, maintain and improve upon essential healthcare and medical research! The lives of the already ill and suffering are being threatened.
Crimes Against Humanity!

Selene Miranda, MSW @selenemiranda.bsky.social · 9d

I hope more folx will follow him. Excellent analysis, and cause for hope:

Tony Pentimalli @tonywriteshere.bsky.social · 9d

The Kimmel boycott proved Americans still hold leverage. Servers crashed, billions were lost, affiliates reversed course. Authoritarianism thrives when silence is cheap. Democracy survives when citizens make silence cost more than speech. Read more: www.facebook.com/share/p/1JVd...

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Tony Pentimalli @tonywriteshere.bsky.social · 10d

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10d

CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while worker pay is up just 26%.

Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

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Selene Miranda, MSW @selenemiranda.bsky.social · 10d

#MarianneWilliamson
#Substack

open.substack.com/pub/marianne...

LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE

We can't have one without the other

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Selene Miranda, MSW @selenemiranda.bsky.social · 11d

Phone calls are effective!
5 Calls is a great assist, including issues, your Reps & their phone numbers, and a script for each issue:
#5Calls

5calls.org