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Steve Westby

@stevewestby.bsky.social

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Psychologist (but not yours). Poet. Father of two. Progressive. Author of "By Way of Introduction" (https://a.co/d/dVigNQl)

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Steve Westby @stevewestby.bsky.social · Mar 7

we need them
need the hope of saplings
the steady growth of youthful trees
the reminder of vitality
and finitude
that we too will offer
what shade we can
return to earth
and be reborn

#vss365
Copse

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 6h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Steve Westby @stevewestby.bsky.social · 14h

Listen

this work we do,
this living each day

is sacred—

a space
found in each other’s hearts

let go of fixing,
let go of doing

just be,
open to change

if it doesn’t flow from here,
it will not last

#Poetry

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 17h

Justice department folks undermining justice. GOP women setting back women. "Christians" corrupting christianity. FBI ruining intelligence/public safety. Defense officials being offensive. Health department destroying our health. Education officials ruining education. This is Trump & the GOP.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Steve Westby @stevewestby.bsky.social · 19h

#Ash

he nudges me

it is morning, after all
time to be fed
not dither over poems

black-grey fur slides
against my arm,
the color of burnt carbon

reminding me of endings—
of fire,
and what we may become

#vss365

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Steve Westby @stevewestby.bsky.social · 1d

we so misunderstand
spirituality—

measuring it
in hours of prayer

rather than
degrees of aliveness

#poetry

Steve Westby @stevewestby.bsky.social · 1d

#Clash

the thing is
all of us think we're good

it's just that some
hold rightness so tightly

they'll starve children
to prove it

and this
we must oppose

#vss365

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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 1d

Speak Truth....like only talk show hosts SEEM TO DO NOW....

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 2d

It really is staggering to see so many people willing to abandon our 249 year experiment in democracy for an increasingly unstable criminally convicted reality show charlatan.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Turning the military on citizens.

Attempting to rig elections.

Toying with the idea of declaring martial law.

Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out.

If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

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Steve Westby @stevewestby.bsky.social · 2d

www.facebook.com/share/r/14Kh...

Redirecting...

www.facebook.com

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, very weird. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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Steve Westby @stevewestby.bsky.social · 2d

Just...ugh...

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

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3d

Keep taking videos of what ICE is doing. @govpritzker.illinois.gov is right, document what’s happening. This is why they hate journalists so much.

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Steve Westby @stevewestby.bsky.social · 3d

Hors D’oeuvre

the taste of your mouth,
a whispered moan
urging me to devour
the salt of your skin—
a prelude,
a longing,
a prayer

#BedroomEyesPrompt

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Steve Westby @stevewestby.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. Must be some "non-fascists only" signs up.

Steve Westby @stevewestby.bsky.social · 3d

speak
and others know you

listen
and they change you

#poetry

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 3d

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 4d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Steve Westby @stevewestby.bsky.social · 3d

#Advert

emotion bids for attention—
in nostalgic warning,
in brief hints of joy

pressing through the chaos
of endless possibility
to say: this, this
is what matters
to survive

#vss365

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Elizabeth Sofia 💙🐈🐶🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @skippjon1.bsky.social · 5d

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Steve Westby @stevewestby.bsky.social · 4d

Bought! Excited to read it.

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