Jan Eckley Urtel
@simplyteach.bsky.social
Retired teacher: high school English and communication. Interested in human communication, well told stories of all sorts, music, photography, outdoor activities, animal pics, and politics.
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I've seen worlds succumb to the whisper: "Why bother?" That radical nihilism is a poison. It paves the way for strongmen.
My mission is radical optimism. Not naivety. The stubborn, rigorous work of believing in our better angels, then proving it.
#RadicalOptimism #Humanism
My mission is radical optimism. Not naivety. The stubborn, rigorous work of believing in our better angels, then proving it.
#RadicalOptimism #Humanism
October 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I've seen worlds succumb to the whisper: "Why bother?" That radical nihilism is a poison. It paves the way for strongmen.
My mission is radical optimism. Not naivety. The stubborn, rigorous work of believing in our better angels, then proving it.
#RadicalOptimism #Humanism
My mission is radical optimism. Not naivety. The stubborn, rigorous work of believing in our better angels, then proving it.
#RadicalOptimism #Humanism
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This clap-back is 🔥
“You think my self-worth is determined by your opinion of me when in reality I know for a fact that I was better than you the day I was born.”
"Your grandparents were born on third base, mine were born in the parking lot but still managed to score before you.” Holy shit!
“You think my self-worth is determined by your opinion of me when in reality I know for a fact that I was better than you the day I was born.”
"Your grandparents were born on third base, mine were born in the parking lot but still managed to score before you.” Holy shit!
October 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
This clap-back is 🔥
“You think my self-worth is determined by your opinion of me when in reality I know for a fact that I was better than you the day I was born.”
"Your grandparents were born on third base, mine were born in the parking lot but still managed to score before you.” Holy shit!
“You think my self-worth is determined by your opinion of me when in reality I know for a fact that I was better than you the day I was born.”
"Your grandparents were born on third base, mine were born in the parking lot but still managed to score before you.” Holy shit!
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This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
October 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
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The blind squirrel finally found a nut.
June 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The blind squirrel finally found a nut.
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Gee. That’s weird. It’s almost like she was in on it.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/wife-of-minnesota-suspect-detained-after-a-weapon-discovered-in-her-car/
t.co
June 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Gee. That’s weird. It’s almost like she was in on it.
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📌STOP spreading this garbage the 2024 election was stolen.
-Not because it makes look stupid (it does).
-Not because you sound like Trump (you do).
-But because, aside from being grifted of your time and treasure, you are further eroding trust in a Democracy the rest of us are fighting to protect.
-Not because it makes look stupid (it does).
-Not because you sound like Trump (you do).
-But because, aside from being grifted of your time and treasure, you are further eroding trust in a Democracy the rest of us are fighting to protect.
June 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
📌STOP spreading this garbage the 2024 election was stolen.
-Not because it makes look stupid (it does).
-Not because you sound like Trump (you do).
-But because, aside from being grifted of your time and treasure, you are further eroding trust in a Democracy the rest of us are fighting to protect.
-Not because it makes look stupid (it does).
-Not because you sound like Trump (you do).
-But because, aside from being grifted of your time and treasure, you are further eroding trust in a Democracy the rest of us are fighting to protect.
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Here, have a little timeline cleanse!
June 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Here, have a little timeline cleanse!
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SEN. PADILLA: “Saying I lunged is a lie, but that’s par for the course for this administration… I was behind the cameras listening, and at a certain point hearing Noem say they had to rescue LA from the Governor and Mayor was too much to take. So I raise my voice to ask a question.”
June 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
SEN. PADILLA: “Saying I lunged is a lie, but that’s par for the course for this administration… I was behind the cameras listening, and at a certain point hearing Noem say they had to rescue LA from the Governor and Mayor was too much to take. So I raise my voice to ask a question.”
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I would just like to go on record as saying:
the fuck
the fuck
June 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I would just like to go on record as saying:
the fuck
the fuck
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Padilla: “We will hold this administration accountable”
June 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Padilla: “We will hold this administration accountable”
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These are the people that make America great 🇲🇽🇺🇸
June 13, 2025 at 1:49 AM
These are the people that make America great 🇲🇽🇺🇸
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EXCLUSIVE: American Security Contractor Unloads On US-Israeli ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’
EXCLUSIVE: American Security Contractor Unloads On US-Israeli ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’
I thought I was signing up for an aid mission. But what I've witnessed in Gaza is horrific.
zeteo.com
June 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
EXCLUSIVE: American Security Contractor Unloads On US-Israeli ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’
It’s an intriguing thought.
If troops show up in our cities, we stop. No work. No deliveries. No shopping. No compliance. A general strike isn’t radical—it’s survival. This isn’t what freedom looks like. You want martial law? Then you’ll get a country on pause. We refuse to be ruled by force. #GeneralStrike
June 10, 2025 at 2:49 AM
It’s an intriguing thought.
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I never, ever want to hear another god damn word about state’s rights…
June 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I never, ever want to hear another god damn word about state’s rights…
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Reminder: Trump has made NO PLANS to provide decent food, housing, or bathrooms for all the troops he’s requiring to come to his Ego Parade.
They’ll be sleeping on floors, getting 2 MREs a day, & have no extra bathrooms over what’s already in various fed buildings.
They’ll be sleeping on floors, getting 2 MREs a day, & have no extra bathrooms over what’s already in various fed buildings.
June 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Reminder: Trump has made NO PLANS to provide decent food, housing, or bathrooms for all the troops he’s requiring to come to his Ego Parade.
They’ll be sleeping on floors, getting 2 MREs a day, & have no extra bathrooms over what’s already in various fed buildings.
They’ll be sleeping on floors, getting 2 MREs a day, & have no extra bathrooms over what’s already in various fed buildings.
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If the four senators who voted to end the Canada tariffs threatened to block the reconciliation bill unless the tariffs were rescinded, I think they’d have leverage to force Trump’s hand. Not that they would, but they could.
April 3, 2025 at 1:48 AM
If the four senators who voted to end the Canada tariffs threatened to block the reconciliation bill unless the tariffs were rescinded, I think they’d have leverage to force Trump’s hand. Not that they would, but they could.
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I want someone with reach to point out that -- as great as some of the ideas to pad his speech with silly readings (a la Cruz w/Green Eggs and Ham) were -- he did the one thing that crushes them all: he spoke clearly and articulately about actual issues. No fluff. All substance and grit.
April 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I want someone with reach to point out that -- as great as some of the ideas to pad his speech with silly readings (a la Cruz w/Green Eggs and Ham) were -- he did the one thing that crushes them all: he spoke clearly and articulately about actual issues. No fluff. All substance and grit.
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In cities like Los Angeles, people are using megaphones to warn each other about ICE, and to remind people of their rights.
Neighbors helping neighbors.🥺❤️
It feels like we’re living in an alternate universe right now, and it’s hard to believe this is really happening in North America.💔
Neighbors helping neighbors.🥺❤️
It feels like we’re living in an alternate universe right now, and it’s hard to believe this is really happening in North America.💔
March 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
In cities like Los Angeles, people are using megaphones to warn each other about ICE, and to remind people of their rights.
Neighbors helping neighbors.🥺❤️
It feels like we’re living in an alternate universe right now, and it’s hard to believe this is really happening in North America.💔
Neighbors helping neighbors.🥺❤️
It feels like we’re living in an alternate universe right now, and it’s hard to believe this is really happening in North America.💔
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'Unlawful destruction of federal records': Hegseth, Rubio and others broke multiple laws by using 'disappearing' messaging app to discuss military strikes, watchdog says
Source: Law & Crime
share.newsbreak.com/ca4umnb7
Source: Law & Crime
share.newsbreak.com/ca4umnb7
'Unlawful destruction of federal records': Hegseth, Rubio and others broke multiple laws by using 'disappearing' messaging app to discuss military strikes, watchdog says - NewsBreak
"Defendants, as members of the Signal chat, know or reasonably should know that one or more messages in the Signal chat were or remain subject to automati
share.newsbreak.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
'Unlawful destruction of federal records': Hegseth, Rubio and others broke multiple laws by using 'disappearing' messaging app to discuss military strikes, watchdog says
Source: Law & Crime
share.newsbreak.com/ca4umnb7
Source: Law & Crime
share.newsbreak.com/ca4umnb7
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A study of eight AI search engines found they provided incorrect citations of news articles in 60%+ of queries; Grok 3 answered 94% of the queries incorrectly (Columbia Journalism Review)
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
March 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
A study of eight AI search engines found they provided incorrect citations of news articles in 60%+ of queries; Grok 3 answered 94% of the queries incorrectly (Columbia Journalism Review)
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
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Abraham Lincoln is often quoted for saying: "As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.”
But the passage I think of daily from the same 1838 speech to the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois is this one.
(don’t get hung up on his use of the word genius)
But the passage I think of daily from the same 1838 speech to the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois is this one.
(don’t get hung up on his use of the word genius)
March 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Abraham Lincoln is often quoted for saying: "As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.”
But the passage I think of daily from the same 1838 speech to the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois is this one.
(don’t get hung up on his use of the word genius)
But the passage I think of daily from the same 1838 speech to the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois is this one.
(don’t get hung up on his use of the word genius)
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The Black Farmers Index
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Black Farmers Index
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February 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The Black Farmers Index
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