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Cassandra in the 305

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Trapeze Artist #Poetry is an act— an act of peace "Why Not?" Night has allowed the freed soul to escape from rage to composedness 🎧 youtube.com/watch?v=s5OdwzmL2KI&is=… #Florida #Miami #MeToo

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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 4h
LINDNER CENTER HOPE @LindnerCtrHope Representative James Talarico has never received treatment from Lindner Center of Hope. 7:47 PM 11 Oct 26.9.1M
LINDNER CENTER HOPE
@LindnerCtrHope

Representative James Talarico has never received treatment from Lindner Center of Hope.

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Barbara Kaskosz @kaskosz.bsky.social · 5h
“The Ukrainians cannot stop fighting because, if they do, their country will be conquered and they will suffer the fate of their occupied territories: leaders murdered, children kidnapped, repression and concentration camps for everyone else.”— Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu
theatlantic.com
Trump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear
The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.
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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 17h
I sent these videos to my mom (herself a little redhead Ojibwa lady) and she wrote back: “I fondly look at the native painting showing all the wounds.. Henry Oscar One Bull.”
A painting of Custer’s Wae showing warriors on horses attacking each other, a Lakota Sioux victory over the US army
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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 11h
Yes. It's real. x.com/NancyMace/st...
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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The Republican Party is literally doubling down on rapists.
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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 14h
Columbus Day is the most Republican holiday because it's about giving a white man credit for discovering a country he never actually set foot in and where people were already living.
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Sandra Kelly @2020willbelit.bsky.social · 12h
GIFT ARTICLE “The security obsession has led us down a very slippery slope, where some lives are seen as worth more than others. It is imperative to elevate our common humanity above the existing security agenda, because we are all linked to one another” www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/6cbce29...
theglobeandmail.com
In the face of existential threats, solidarity, not security, is the only way to protect the world
From her front-line work with Médecins Sans Frontières, Joanne Liu saw firsthand how a security-obsessed agenda can erode our common humanity
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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 12h
Plaintiffs—the D.C. Preservation League and two golfers—asked the judge to immediately halt tree-cutting at East Potomac, as they were informed Sunday that the operation had proceeded “faster than anticipated” and exhausted the original list of 529 trees in a single day.
"This is a tactic we’ve seen before from the Trump-Vance administration — act quickly to irrevocably alter a cherished national landmark, just to advance another one of President Trump’s pet vanity projects,” said Skye Perryman, president and chief executive of Democracy Forward, which represents the plaintiffs. “We are asking the court to act quickly before further unnecessary damage is done to a jewel of our national park system.”
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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 13h
FFS, DO YOUR JOB!! : #IMPEACH and REMOVE !!!! Senators saying that it violates US laws, and then "urging" the treasonous criminal to "reverse course" is NONSENSE.
A group of seven senators - four Republicans and three Democrats – on Sunday said the deal violated US laws, urging Trump to "reverse course".

"The United States should not provide Putin with a financial lifeline while Russia continues to kill Ukrainian civilians," the lawmakers said.

They added that Congress had "explicitly banned Russian energy imports in 2022 to prevent American dollars from financing Putin's brutal war against Ukraine".

The statement was signed by Republicans Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Thom Tillis and John Curtis, as well as Democrats Jeanne Shaheen, Richard Blumenthal and Ron Wyden.
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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 16h
Gotta say, thank gawd I don't hear "eat shit and die" from any of our Democrat contenders in the midterms.👍
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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 16h
Another Question: Is "eat shit and die" an effective engagement strategy for Democrats to encourage people to vote for Dem candidates in the midterms?
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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 16h
Saving these posts as screenshots here, since I'll likely now be blocked for expressing my objection to this kind of talk, which I see everywhere across this supposedly "liberal" Bluesky—which is also not in any way helpful to disenfranchised people across this country.
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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 17h
Additionally, "eat shit and die" is FAR from a "progressive" attitude, and FAR from helpful to the millions of disenfranchised people across this country.
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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 17h
Question: Have you ever heard of gerrymandering and the variety of voter suppression tactics that target marginalized people, which have historically and still do result in entire states going to republicans? Does everyone who is disenfranchised through these tactics "get what they voted for?"
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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 17h
"Short-fingered” implies they don’t reach to the bottom of his pockets. That is to say, he’s cheap. “Short arms and long pockets” is an old saying, especially in NY, meaning a cheap person who won’t buy their round of drinks.
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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 17h
Etymology of "Short-fingered vulgarian" - Factual Questions share.google/hIQ4xKDeUz1Q...
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nfariousactivities.bsky.social @nfariousactivities.bsky.social · 19h
—————- George Will: “Pete Hegseth wants to morally instruct America with a public execution? The proper response is revulsion.” wapo.st/4hGrZ67 Thank for post & possible gift link!
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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 18h
Nativist parties obsessed with "civilizational decline" have established themselves as the right-wing establishment & are building effective coalitions. The reasons are many. Europe’s thriving far right, the roots of its success, its plans for power and, of course, what trump has to do with it all.
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BreeDanielsWins @breedanielswins.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Just because you call an artificial president a "super" president instead, doesn't make him any less fake.
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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 18h
It's disturbing because it's what autocrats do.
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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 18h
WTF?
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Friends of the Everglades @foreverglades.bsky.social · 19h
The Everglades are the ancestral home of the Miccosukee and Seminole peoples. On this Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we honor the tribes who have cared for this land and water for generations and continue to lead the fight to protect it. #indigenouspeoplesday #miccosukee #seminole #everglades #florida
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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 18h
WTF?
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Innovations in Dementia @innov-dementia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Do join us at our upcoming webinar talking about #dementia peer support with the wonderful Dory 👇
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Innovations in Dementia @innov-dementia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Please help us to get this survey to the right people. We want to improve NHS digital tools for people with #dementia and other #neurological conditions
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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Nah... let's try STUNNING poetry. That word "Lovely" just doesn't capture it, yes?
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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
No question, lovely #poetry
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northernrednekk.bsky.social @northernrednekk.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
So having a white people picnic at the lynching of a black man, wouldn't that be restoring American values? www.sun-sentinel.com/2022/02/05/f...
sun-sentinel.com
Facing a painful past: Fort Lauderdale to honor 1935 lynching victim Rubin Stacy
There is no bringing Rubin Stacy back. No erasing the memory of his lifeless body hanging from a pine tree. No wiping the smiles from the faces of those who came to gawk at the dead Black man killed b...
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Orak ⚜️ @opjtx.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
weariness sprinkled with love... each of her footsteps #senryu
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Orak ⚜️ @opjtx.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
恋せよと / 薄桃色の / 花が咲く "Fall in love," bloom the pale peach blossoms. - kishimoto suifu #senryu
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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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7/4 @sevenfour.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
1/2 Ira Cohen - Taking Off #poetry #poem Black clouds over Amsterdam as we start again for the Bangkok standby at Schiphol bound for Cambodia These are not Baudelairean clouds & the far away is right inside me like Van Gogh’s cypresses or the
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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Mmmm this.... bsky.app/profile/moby...
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
what monstrous cannibal and savage could ever have gone a death-harvesting with such a hacking, horrifying implement
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Marty G @martyg1991.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“You remember too much, my mother said to me recently. Why hold onto all that? And I said, Where can I put it down?” Anne Carson, Glass, Irony and God
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kc kc kc (ichabod era) @katecrane.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Anne Carson is one of the answers to the question “why am I like this?” love always
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Aimai @aimaiami.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Why yes, Dr. Saad. You are missing everything from the Enlightenment on up through feminism and the idea of human dignity and self worth.
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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"Am I missing something here?" lol, umm....
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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"Am I missing something here?" lol, umm....
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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Weeping Woman Vincent van Gogh 1883
Weeping Woman

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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Leonard, take me home.... youtu.be/NGorjBVag0I?...
youtu.be
Leonard Cohen - Dance Me to the End of Love (Official Video)
YouTube video by LeonardCohenVEVO
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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Now they're cutting down over 500 trees at the historic DC golf course. This is NOT routine maintenance, and should be subject to review under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, which requires federal agencies to consider a project’s effects on historic and cultural properties.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/
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Lin Hart @poetry-with-hart.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Shepherdstown haunts me, memory beckons with hands empty of promise. #haikufeels #beckons #haiku #senryu #poetry
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Christina Daub @christinadaub.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Anne Carson #poetry in the Yale Review, 1991
SHORT TALK ON ORCHIDS

We live by tunnelling for we are people buried alive. To me, the tunnels you make will seem strangely aimless, uprooted orchids. But the fragrance is undying. A Little Boy has run away from Amherst a few Days ago, writes Emily Dickinson in a letter of 1883, and when asked where he was going replied, Vermont or Asia.
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Abdola Munir @abdolamunir.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Every word in that product name adds one more step between you and the thing you think you own. "Pre-IPO Perpetual Futures Swap ETF" is almost poetry.
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The "American Dream" sold decades ago has been systematically dismantled. wp.me/pgUqIh-1eB #GildedAge2
wp.me
A Dream Deferred by a Dollar Sign » Mathius Einai
America is still a great, unfinished poem. But right now, the rhythm is broken, the rhyme is forced, and the poets in power are counting their money instead of matching the meter of the people.
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The Human Rights Alliance of Santa Fe, New Mexico @hrasantafe.org · 11/10/2026
🏳️‍🌈 This #LGBTQHistoryMonth, we honor Andrea Gibson (1975–2025), the groundbreaking nonbinary poet and activist whose powerful words explored love, identity, and resilience. Their poetry continues to inspire us to embrace authenticity and connection. 💜 Learn more at lgbthistorymonth.com
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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
More people really should listen to God. 📣 Release the #EpsteinFiles #ReleaseTheFiles 📣!!!
God:

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Seems to me, instead of destroying the entire
fucking country and half the World, we could have just released the Epstein Files in full and put everyone who raped kids in prison.

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Cassandra in the 305 @cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Nope. And I know you know that's a Nope.
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