Jean Phillips
@w0wwee.bsky.social
Curious, retired librarian, reader, birder and other stuff. I care about human rights.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. @propublica.org @nicolefoy.bsky.social @ericumansky.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. @propublica.org @nicolefoy.bsky.social @ericumansky.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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Washington DC needs statehood like never before.
Democrats have failed to prioritize it in the past. Maybe this latest authoritarian Trump move will wake them up.
Democrats have failed to prioritize it in the past. Maybe this latest authoritarian Trump move will wake them up.
August 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Washington DC needs statehood like never before.
Democrats have failed to prioritize it in the past. Maybe this latest authoritarian Trump move will wake them up.
Democrats have failed to prioritize it in the past. Maybe this latest authoritarian Trump move will wake them up.
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I wrote about Trump’s attempted seizure of Washington—and how his actions are entirely consistent with his regard for the law. newrepublic.com/article/1990...
August 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I wrote about Trump’s attempted seizure of Washington—and how his actions are entirely consistent with his regard for the law. newrepublic.com/article/1990...
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shoutout to everyone out there, especially at the Times, who spent years “just asking questions” and pretending to care about women’s sports
blood is on your hands
trans rights are human rights and you should have remembered that instead of signing onto a genocidal project
blood is on your hands
trans rights are human rights and you should have remembered that instead of signing onto a genocidal project
June 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
shoutout to everyone out there, especially at the Times, who spent years “just asking questions” and pretending to care about women’s sports
blood is on your hands
trans rights are human rights and you should have remembered that instead of signing onto a genocidal project
blood is on your hands
trans rights are human rights and you should have remembered that instead of signing onto a genocidal project
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Philly showin' up today
June 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Philly showin' up today
Trans right ARE human rights! Thanks Gov. Walz. Giving up support for trans folk will not win any Republicans to vote for Democrats.
Gov. Tim Walz is doubling down on trans rights — and criticizing members of his party who are retreating — at a time when the issue has become a political lightning rod nationally and back home in Minnesota.
Gov. Tim Walz backs transgender kids as Democrats grapple with debate over sports bans
The Minnesota Democrat has been critical of other members of his party who are retreating at a time when the issue has become a political lightning rod nationally and in Minnesota.
www.startribune.com
June 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Trans right ARE human rights! Thanks Gov. Walz. Giving up support for trans folk will not win any Republicans to vote for Democrats.
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Happy Pride month, all! Way back in 2018 I made these galaxy pride flags. They were shared many thousands of times, featured on Vice, and even made their way onto book covers and into video games.
Here are the original ones I created (in no particular order!) so Bluesky can have them too. 💙
Here are the original ones I created (in no particular order!) so Bluesky can have them too. 💙
June 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Happy Pride month, all! Way back in 2018 I made these galaxy pride flags. They were shared many thousands of times, featured on Vice, and even made their way onto book covers and into video games.
Here are the original ones I created (in no particular order!) so Bluesky can have them too. 💙
Here are the original ones I created (in no particular order!) so Bluesky can have them too. 💙
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June 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Me on hour 14 of dragging Republican Medicaid cuts for filth and giving them no end in sight
May 14, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Me on hour 14 of dragging Republican Medicaid cuts for filth and giving them no end in sight
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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
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Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.
No one has heard from you in 43 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
No one has heard from you in 43 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
April 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.
No one has heard from you in 43 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
No one has heard from you in 43 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
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Trump is destroying our economy!! People wake up! Yes, we all know Hegseth isn’t ever was or never will be qualified to be this country’s defense against foreign adversaries. He’s no surprise but our economy and border we can’t take our eye off this terrible situation
April 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Trump is destroying our economy!! People wake up! Yes, we all know Hegseth isn’t ever was or never will be qualified to be this country’s defense against foreign adversaries. He’s no surprise but our economy and border we can’t take our eye off this terrible situation
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National security ain’t supposed to be a family affair, but apparently Pete Hegseth missed that memo.
Leaking classified military plans—TWICE—the second time on a personal Signal chat to friends and family? That man has no business being Defense Secretary. He’s a threat, not a leader.
Leaking classified military plans—TWICE—the second time on a personal Signal chat to friends and family? That man has no business being Defense Secretary. He’s a threat, not a leader.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about strikes in Yemen to a second unclassified Signal group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said. nyti.ms/4jBQ1wV
April 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
National security ain’t supposed to be a family affair, but apparently Pete Hegseth missed that memo.
Leaking classified military plans—TWICE—the second time on a personal Signal chat to friends and family? That man has no business being Defense Secretary. He’s a threat, not a leader.
Leaking classified military plans—TWICE—the second time on a personal Signal chat to friends and family? That man has no business being Defense Secretary. He’s a threat, not a leader.
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Reminder that IMLS supports Libby and Interlibrary Loan, so if you like things like rural borrowers having the same access as city residents and immunocompromised people being able to still use their library despite ableds demanding libraries open without masks…time to push back.
March 31, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Reminder that IMLS supports Libby and Interlibrary Loan, so if you like things like rural borrowers having the same access as city residents and immunocompromised people being able to still use their library despite ableds demanding libraries open without masks…time to push back.
Tallahassee HandsOff protest was lit. Lots of honking in support.
April 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Tallahassee HandsOff protest was lit. Lots of honking in support.
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Millions are going to march and protest in America TODAY, I urge every freedom lover on bluesky to post and repost about it as much as they can, since the corrupt american media WILL try to minimise it as much as they can.
a poster that says protect peaceful protest on it
ALT: a poster that says protect peaceful protest on it
media.tenor.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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The US Naval Academy is banning books from its library, including about the Holocaust.
Books are not the enemy; ignorance is the enemy.
apnews.com/article/navy...
Books are not the enemy; ignorance is the enemy.
apnews.com/article/navy...
Maya Angelou memoir, Holocaust book are among those pulled from Naval Academy library in DEI purge
Books on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou’s famous autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” were among the nearly 400 volumes removed from the U...
apnews.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The US Naval Academy is banning books from its library, including about the Holocaust.
Books are not the enemy; ignorance is the enemy.
apnews.com/article/navy...
Books are not the enemy; ignorance is the enemy.
apnews.com/article/navy...
Every American should be streaming this, the Democrats are doing something, there is a lot of truth FINALLY being said out loud in Congress.
"If America hasn't broken your heart, you haven't loved her enough."
Corey Booker, just now.
Corey Booker, just now.
April 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Every American should be streaming this, the Democrats are doing something, there is a lot of truth FINALLY being said out loud in Congress.
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Ope, Padilla bringing climate into Booker’s talk right now (hour 19) www.youtube.com/live/v2utlMx...
right now X is showing 350k+ views, YouTube 52k
right now X is showing 350k+ views, YouTube 52k
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Ope, Padilla bringing climate into Booker’s talk right now (hour 19) www.youtube.com/live/v2utlMx...
right now X is showing 350k+ views, YouTube 52k
right now X is showing 350k+ views, YouTube 52k
Watched "A Hidden Life" by Terence Malik on Hulu yesterday. Powerful, touching, beautiful story of an Austrian farmer who defies the draft in 1943 because the war is wrong and Hitler is evil. One small man standing up against tyranny. Wow.
March 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Watched "A Hidden Life" by Terence Malik on Hulu yesterday. Powerful, touching, beautiful story of an Austrian farmer who defies the draft in 1943 because the war is wrong and Hitler is evil. One small man standing up against tyranny. Wow.
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Whole squad in formation #squidsquad #caribbeanreefsquid #squad #formation #cephalopod #synchronizedswimming #cephalopodsofcoralcity #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #miamibeach #biscaynebay #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity
March 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Fact: They didn’t fear what breaking the Dept of Education would do to their kids. Their kids are in fancy private schools.
They are dismantling the Dept of Ed so our kids have no choice but to be undereducated and work for their kids.
They are dismantling the Dept of Ed so our kids have no choice but to be undereducated and work for their kids.
March 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Fact: They didn’t fear what breaking the Dept of Education would do to their kids. Their kids are in fancy private schools.
They are dismantling the Dept of Ed so our kids have no choice but to be undereducated and work for their kids.
They are dismantling the Dept of Ed so our kids have no choice but to be undereducated and work for their kids.