Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialQuotes from the Forum @stoicquotes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero #stoic #philosophy #wisdom 196
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 27/09/2026"Officials who pretended to care about freedom in other countries have demonstrated that they’re willing to trample it at home. The problem isn’t just that we’re ruled by a thug. It’s that we’re ruled by men who will do and defend whatever the thug says."lnk.thebulwark.comAs Trump Abuses the Press, Republicans Cheer Him OnHis allies excuse and defend his ban of CNN, MS Now, and Politico. 14397122
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialCian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen—but are, if one will, to be lived." ~ Søren Kierkegaard The Woodland Glade (1883) 🎨 Peder Mørk Mønsted 14613
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Denmark is trolling Trump. 29770692786
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/09/2026The truth is simple: our communities need art. It should be part of everyday life in our communities — and Illinoisans should come together and be inspired by the creativity in our state. Arts Alliance Illinois is doing just that by supporting our artists and institutions. 231535266
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/09/2026Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...youtu.beJimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To SeeYouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live 4541897511180
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/09/2026Perspective. 352124714290
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Love, love, love this. ht: @scottlincicome.bsky.social 440123155657
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialDr. Elle, Her Celestial Majesty ✨👑🌌 @abstractica.bsky.social · 21/08/2026ㅤ Tiny forest growing on a single pine cone — Hana_b30 ㅤ 292701189
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialThe Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Folks, they've been doing this for about 100 years now. And they still think the word 'socialism' is still going to scare you. But what they don't realize is that everyone has had enough of their tax breaks for the rich. #ResistTrump 15526
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Here is the full video from Congressman Max Miller's live this morning—in the event he decides to delete it. Watch it. Share it. Help make sure as many people as possible see him expose himself with his own words.youtube.comMax Miller EXPOSES himself in LIVE videoYouTube video by Adam Parkhomenko 60366210
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/07/2026Jimothy is life. 1272833317
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialAbilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 22/07/2026We are witnessing a tipping point. Boreal forests that stored carbon for 1000s of years are now CARBON EMITTERS. Heatwaves make wildfires. Wildfires make more heat. More heat makes more fires. This feedback loop is what scientists warned you about. 12537691280
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/05/2026A late night of writing and planning the way forward. If you want to help me, please spread the word about Democracy Docket. Subscribe for free and share its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz 201697672
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialCian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 30/03/2026"It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living." ~ Guy de Maupassant Boulevard Montmartre in Spring 🎨 Camille Pissarro (1897) 05710
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/01/2026A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter. I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims. 13954282522585
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/01/2026DANISH PARLIAMENT MEMBER: “🇺🇸 had 30 bases on Greenland, why did you leave? You can resume that tomorrow without attacking a NATO ally… the rationale lacks factual foundation and doesn’t stand any logic testing.” (Unless the point is to hurt us and end NATO, a Putin/Xi goal) 35577043227
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialJen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 11/09/2025"Dangerous Demagogues and Weaponized Communication"--wondering how you can tell what kind of rhetoric you're hearing and whether or not it's good for democracy? I got you. unlocked here: oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/items/99bb30...oaktrust.library.tamu.eduDangerous Demagogues and Weaponized CommunicationThis essay argues that we can usefully separate “heroic demagogues” from “dangerous demagogues” by whether or not the demagogue allows themselves to be held accountable for their words and actions. “D... 24019
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 25/08/2025What happens when cruelty isn’t a byproduct of politics but the point itself? Enter Trump’s sadopopulism. Check out Jay Kuo's breakdown of this terrible ideology.thinkbigpicture.substack.comSadopopulism and the Fascist MAGA EthosTrump’s policy is to inflict pain, even upon his own voters. But why does this work, and what will stop it? 561509474
badger23.bsky.social @badger23.bsky.social · 23/07/2025@jenmercieca.bsky.social regarding your post yesterday about fascism… 020
badger23.bsky.social @badger23.bsky.social · 30/06/2025www.bbc.com/news/article.... @mollyjongfast.bsky.social @marcelias.bsky.social @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social @muellershewrote.com @altnps.bsky.social @acyn.bsky.social @petebuttigieg.bsky.social @libradunn1.bsky.socialbbc.comTwo people shot dead in Idaho while responding to brush fire - BBC NewsGovernor Brad Little says "multiple heroic firefighters" were attacked while responding to a fire. 000
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialKOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 19/06/2025usa.mom.in.germany Aly 28825
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 15/06/2025No wonder Trump wants to defund public broadcasting www.threads.com/@simfidel/po...threads.comSim Barr Fidel (@simfidel) on Threads🚫👑🚫👑🚫👑 The "No More Kings" Schoolhouse Rock episode aired in September of 1975 #nokings #nokingsday 15789153
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialJen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 14/06/2025#NoKings www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvOZ...youtube.comSchoolHouse Rock - No More KingsYouTube video by tennesseejed93 211132
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialLarry Colvin @larrycolvin.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Guys like Russel Vought are the real perpetrators of the deep state. He's the architect behind Project 2025 and now taking over DOGE from Musk. He wants to bring about fascism and bring an end to our democracy. This POS is a traitor to our country. 16278177
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialCian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 03/06/2025"It is not the things you have that make you happy. It is love and kindness and helping each other and just plain being good." ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder June (1876) 🎨 Fidelia Bridges 1429
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialEmma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 01/06/2025If you could retweet my tweet below linking to my Etsy shop (2025 half calendars, July-Dec) it would put my shop in front of more eyes and would help more than you know. I'd appreciate it so much. Thankyou 🌿 25160
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24/05/2025“It’s true that narcissism is associated with more impulsive, error-prone decision-making. But … [w]hether consciously or not, narcissists hold power by keeping others in a state of psychological whiplash.“ www.huffpost.com/entry/psycho... 39393903261
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialEmma Roller @emmaroller.bsky.social · 08/05/2025I have a toddler who is of course obsessed with Elmo, and this is radicalizing me in ways I cannot express 1626347
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialCian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 04/05/2025"Dismiss whatever insults your soul." ~ Walt Whitman Morning: The Dance of the Nymphs (1850) 🎨 Camille Corot 0358
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/05/2025🔥 “There’s something wrong in this country… everything has gone up but wages… how many yachts and houses does one person need? — They want us to stay poor, stay hidden, and die silently.” 🇺🇸 #FightTheOligarchy H/T @violadavis.bsky.social 749216747295
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialSaganism @sagan.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Does Neil deGrasse Tyson Believe in God? 36372671819
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialPeter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Chuck Schumer makes it to the New Yorker cartoon section. And not in a good way. Chuck, this is your legacy unless you seriously step up. @schumer.senate.gov 503160303472
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialJen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 27/04/2025A need for chaos powers some Americans’ support for Elon Musk taking a chainsaw to the US government theconversation.com/a-need-for-c...theconversation.comA need for chaos powers some Americans’ support for Elon Musk taking a chainsaw to the US governmentBurn it all down? For some Americans who feel they’ve lost social status, that’s exactly what they want DOGE to do. 23910
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialSidney Morss @sidneymorss.bsky.social · 25/04/2025What would encourage you to add to the baby supply? 25165721739
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialCian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 15/04/2025"My own experience and development deepen every day my conviction that our moral progress may be measured by the degree in which we sympathise with individual suffering and individual joy." ~ George Eliot 0306
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialCian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 15/04/2025A word to be thankful for... 24315
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialCian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 14/04/2025New Week, New Words 🤠 Pick your winner ⭐️ A B C D (Follow for more) 253314
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialCian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 01/04/2025The Words of April 🙂 Day 1: 2379
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialCian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 31/03/2025"Do not divert your love from visible things. But go on loving what is good, simple, and ordinary: animals and things and flowers, and keep the balance true." ~ Rainer Maria Rilke 🎨 Charlotte Strawbridge @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social 29217
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialCian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Mary Oliver 🖎 56319
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialCian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Words for the Weekend 🥳 Pick your winner ⭐️ A B C D (Follow for more) 326217
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialCian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 27/03/2025"You need not leave your room. Remain seated at your table and listen. You need not even listen; simply wait; just be quiet, still, solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked." ~ Franz Kafka The Blossoming Almond Branch 🎨 Vincent Van Gogh (1888) 44111
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/03/2025Did you know that I host a podcast with @libradunn1.bsky.social and that it’s totally free? New episode out today! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c... 261694249
Reposted by @badger23.bsky.socialCian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Your Mid-Week Treat of Splendid Words 🤓 Choose your champion 💫 A B C D (Next Selection: Friday!) 25388
