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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18h

"Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over men; rather, she is to remain quiet." 1 Timothy 2:11–12

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 19h

Canada is the greatest country on earth. A country where you are free to be who you want to be. To speak your mind. To worship as you choose. To live your life as you wish. That is independence. That is sovereignty.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 19h

I read it so you don’t have to: What you need to know about the court order finding Trump violated the 1st Am when he banned reporters from the WH joycevance.substack.com/p/trumps-ong...

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 8h

Gina Hinojosa is taking it to Greg Abbott, the Republican in the Texas Governor race. Gina decided to run after Abbott forced mid-decade redistricting to make congressional districts in the state more Republican ahead of this election. joycevance.substack.com/p/five-quest...

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Five Questions with Gina Hinojosa, Democratic Candidate for Texas Governor

Earlier this month, Taegan Goddard wrote on Political Wire that “Heading into the final weeks before Election Day on Nov.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 9h

#ResistanceRoots Leon Sullivan was born on this day in 1922 in Charleston, W.V. He was a pastor and civil rights leader who believed that true freedom requires economic self-reliance. He extended this principle globally and also used his platform to push corporations to dismantle apartheid. /1

Rev. Dr. Leon Sullivan in 1988. Sullivan focused his civil rights activism on economic independence, global corporate accountability and Pan-African unity. By transforming his church’s pulpit into an engine for social engineering, he proved that true freedom was impossible without financial self-reliance, summarized by his iconic philosophy: “We help people help themselves.” By embedding anti-apartheid principles within the world’s largest corporation (GM), he weaponized international business against oppression. His code evolved into the Global Sullivan Principles, establishing the modern blueprint for corporate social responsibility worldwide. He also created an international pipeline for workforce training and direct trade that has successfully uplifted, educated and employed millions of people across the U.S. and the African continent.

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

NEW: Ex-Congressman Matt Gaetz sued in federal court in Florida for his alleged role in a sex trafficking scheme involving young women, drugs, and traveling across state lines to obtain commercial sex acts from these young women.

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Martin Tollefson @confitesprit.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

And I can easily imagine just what kind of pie that should be. Thanks, Tibor.

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Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

SACRAMENTO — California Attorney General @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov today filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s policy and practice of carrying out civil immigration enforcement in and around state courthouses. Listen to Bonta answer questions from Trump-friendly reporters. 🤣

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

#ResistanceEarth It seems like a problem too big to solve: more than 200 million metric tons of plastic waste in the oceans. In 2011, 16-year-old Boyan Slat decided to try. He founded The Ocean Cleanup, which has removed 147 million pounds of ocean trash and still going. en.as.com/latest_news/...

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In 2011, a 16-year-old went diving and saw more plastic than fish: 15 years later, his foundation has removed 147 million pounds of ocean trash

Boyan Slat has set the bar high for what he wants his non-profit to achieve, removing 90% of the plastic from the world’s oceans by 2040.

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Martin Tollefson @confitesprit.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Very true. They could also read any one of the confederate state's Document of Secession. They all say the same thing.

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Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Trump has chosen to do Russia’s bidding, American has not. Republicans in Congress have chosen not to stop their demented, treasonous felon. President Zelensky is far more popular with the American people than Donald Trump. Trump's approval for handling Russia’s war on Ukraine fell by 33 pts

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Martin Tollefson @confitesprit.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Yep, I agree. Been here since the mid-60s.

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Martin Tollefson @confitesprit.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

We are in the Great PNW, and we just say NO to farmed fish or seafood of any kind.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

#ResistanceRoots Owen Whitfield was born on this day in 1892 in Jonestown, Miss. He was a preacher, union organizer and civil rights activist who led the 1939 Missouri Sharecropper Roadside Demonstration, maintaining interracial solidarity by shifting the focus from race to class exploitation. /1

Press photo of Owen Whitfield during the 1939 Missouri Sharecropper Roadside Demonstration. Whitfield was a visionary who fused economic justice, labor organizing and civil rights decades before the modern Civil Rights Movement. At a time when the Jim Crow system used racial division to keep wages low and labor weak, Whitfield engineered an unbreakable, multi-racial alliance. By proving that Black and white sharecroppers shared the same economic enemy, he shattered the Southern playbook of “strikebreaking by race.” He also revolutionized the role of the Black church in social movements. Today, Whitfield is remembered not just as a labor leader, but as a brilliant strategist who weaponized the visual power of protest to turn a hidden rural crisis into an unavoidable national reckoning. He established a model for cross-racial coalition building that remains a masterclass in labor organizing.

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Martin Tollefson @confitesprit.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

And quite a while ago that was, as well.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Why would a physical search of Omar’s home in 2026 be relevant to or necessary for an investigation into whether her dad filled out a form incorrectly decades ago?

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Martin Tollefson @confitesprit.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Yes, I also saw that with my father-in-law, who we lost just a couple of years ago. The in-home care that he received in hospice was kind, loving, and a godsend to the family.

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Martin Tollefson @confitesprit.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Yes, I can only imagine how tough that would have been. I'm getting older, as are we all, and I have come to realize that we don't get to choose what happens to us and ours, our only recourse is to deal with what does. Still, we are the lucky ones. Too many people don't get even that opportunity.

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Martin Tollefson @confitesprit.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

It was obviously very heartfelt, and quite powerful. I lost my own mother about 15 years ago. It wasn't the same as what you describe with your mum, but I still thought of my time with my declining mother several times while I read your piece. I am very sorry for your mum's dreadful expeirence.

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Martin Tollefson @confitesprit.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

As difficult as it must have been for you, I really appreciate you sharing that, John. Thank you.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

There is a false belief that the effects of sexual assault eventually fade and go. For my mum, that was never true. It stayed with her from childhood until her dying day. Her story was first published in 2024, twenty-one years after her death on 13 October 2003 yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/sexu...

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Unspoken wounds: the lingering impact of sexual assault across generations

At the end of his mother’s life, John Heywood discovered a secret she had kept for years, which had had a devastating and lasting impact

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

#ResistanceRoots Doris “Dorie” Miller was born on this day in 1919 in Waco, Texas. Because of his heroism during the attack on Pearl Harbor, he became the first African American recipient of the Navy Cross. His bravery spurred civil rights activists to push to desegregate the U.S. military. /1

Dorie Miller wearing his Navy Cross in May 1942. Miller’s extraordinary valor during the attack on Pearl Harbor forced a reluctant Navy to award him the Navy Cross. However, the myths and structural segregation that relegated Miller to the Messman Branch persisted after Dec. 7, 1941. Miller’s actions gave civil rights activists an undeniable symbol to fight for institutional equality. It took a coordinated campaign by activist networks to force the government’s hand. While the Navy tried to compartmentalize Miller’s award as an isolated exception — even keeping his rank restricted to the mess deck — the activist momentum could not be stopped. His visibility forced the Navy to begin opening up general service training to Black sailors and commissioning Black officers. Ultimately, the public discourse surrounding Miller’s valor laid the foundation for President Truman’s Executive Order 9981, desegregating the U.S. Armed Forces in 1948. Photo credit: Naval History and Heritage Command.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Oh no. And poor Enrique Tarrio had assured us all he had an ETA exemption, in spite of his fraud and terrorism and gun crime convictions. Whatever injustice might have caused these travel difficulties?

Enrique Tarrio
@NobleOne
The UK has banned me from entering their country. I can’t even land to switch planes…

But it didn’t end there. I am now stuck in Warsaw because
@British_Airways
has an “issue” with me flying. I’ve missed two flights because of unknown reasons.

As much as I love Poland I’ve been away from home for two weeks. I wasn’t even given the common courtesy to be notified in advance about this issue. Now I’m stuck abroad.

@USAmbPoland
can I get some assistance here?

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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

“There will never be a new world order until women are a part of it.” — Alice Paul (1885-1977)

Alice Paul (1885-1977)

Feminist. Suffragist. Political Strategist.

A black and white photo of Alice Paul.

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Tibor M. Kalman @kalmantibs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Wishing you a great weekend from the shores of Lake Ontario, along the Gulf of Mexico, up on Mt. Denali, over at Palm Beach International, the US Institute of Peace, and at the JFK Center for Performing Arts. Blessings to all who stand for decency, sanity, and reason. 🙏🏼🌍🌿

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1977: A millionaire Harvard lawyer spends eight hours shoveling horse manure in Ocala, Fla. He called it a campaign strategy. Floridians called him their next Governor. His name was Bob Graham, and he soon became one of the nation’s most respected politicians. /1

Florida State Senator Bob Graham works as a “pooper scooper” at Ocala Breeders’ Sales, Oct. 9, 1977. Graham worked for 100 days at different jobs around the state during his first campaign for Governor. The Workdays concept began by chance in 1974 while Graham was serving in the Florida State Senate. As Chairman of the Education Committee, he openly criticized the quality of civic education in Florida schools. A frustrated high school teacher, Sue Reilly, dared him to try teaching a class himself. Graham accepted the challenge and spent a semester teaching civics at Carol City High School. He later designated this experience as his official “Workday #1,” and used it to make funding for school construction a top legislative priority. He realized that immersion was the most effective way to understand the reality of his constituents’ lives and translate that into political action. The Workdays program became a signature strategy throughout Graham’s political career.

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Martin Tollefson @confitesprit.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Yes, wonderful, Jonathan. Thanks for sharing. Who is that?

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

#ResistanceEarth First the good news: More than 80% of teens say they're worried about climate change. Now the bad news: Only half know its caused by carbon pollution and even fewer know it's because of human activity. We need to educate our youth! yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/10/only...

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Only about half of U.S. teens can correctly identify the causes of climate change » Yale Climate Connections

But over 80% say they’re worried about it.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

No voucher program has fully met its stated objectives. Not one. On the other hand, real investments in public school systems show a direct and measurable connection to improved long-term student outcomes, particularly for low-income families.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 08/10/2026

I’m so f*cking sick of the corruption in this administration. Trump’s ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, pressured a MAGA donor to pay off $100,000 in credit card debt while offering access to Trump officials. And she wanted it done without a paper trail. #CostOfTrumpsCorruption

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Martin Tollefson @confitesprit.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I still use something very similar (Denon) in my wood shop. Works great.

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Doug Farrar @dougfarrar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

New on @athlonsports.bsky.social: Stephen A. Smith's comments about Lane Johnson's retirement to focus on his mental health were irresponsible and dangerous. Not that Smith will ever get beyond the NEXT TAEK portion of his role in the matter. athlonsports.com/nfl/stephen-...

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Stephen A. Smith's Comments About Lane Johnson's Retirement Were Irresponsible and Dangerous

ESPN's Stephen A. Smith ridiculed Lane Johnson's retirement and his focus on mental health. Johnson has spent years speaking openly about anxiety and depression to help others.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 07/10/2026

THREE 2020 ELECTION DENIERS ARE ON THE BALLOT IN ARIZONA: All are running for offices that would carry authority in Arizona government heading into the 2028 presidential election. • Andy Biggs, Governor: Voted against certifying Biden’s 2020 election win. He faces Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#ResistanceRoots Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura was born on this day in 1925 in Gallup, N.M. He is known for being the only soldier whose Medal of Honor was classified Top Secret while he was held as a POW. His story is one of patriotism, bravery, loyalty and humble service against incredible odds. /1

Hiroshi Miyamura was a Staff Sergeant. This photo was taken after Miyamura’s repatriation during Operation Big Switch in August 1953. After spending 28 months as a prisoner of war, he crossed the Demilitarized Zone into the U.N. command center at Panmunjom’s Freedom Village for medical processing, debriefings and transition out of the theater as a newly released POW. Miyamura’s Medal of Honor citation does not adequately express his dedication and self-sacrifice. His acts of courage were focused entirely on protecting his men. During his 28 months as a POW, he grieved over those he believed were lost and felt guilt for failing to protect them. After receiving the Medal of Honor, he viewed himself as its custodian, stating that he wore it not for himself, but on behalf of all the men who never made it home. When he died in November 2022, he was buried with full military honors next to his beloved wife, Terry, leaving behind a legacy of humility and quiet citizenship.

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Tibor M. Kalman @kalmantibs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The famous Bramante Staircase in the Vatican Museums is actually a double helix—two separate spiral ramps intertwined so those walking up never meet those going down. Designed by Giuseppe Momo in 1932. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️ 📷 Photo by © Claudio Ciardi

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team617.bsky.social @team617.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"Dennis Hastert pleaded guilty in 2015 to structuring cash withdrawals to evade financial reporting requirements. The transactions were part of a hush-money arrangement to conceal his past sexual abuse of teenage boys."

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Martin Tollefson @confitesprit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

For several years awhile back, I was a Big Brother to a young boy from El Salvador. Kite flying was a regular activity that we both enjoyed very much.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The road winds through the moor beneath a golden sky, Where rain and sunlight meet as storms drift by. Dark clouds gather, yet the evening burns bright, And the wet road glimmers in the jewelled light.

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Martin Tollefson @confitesprit.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The mage and your words are lovely, John. Thank you for sharing.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/10/2026

Calling alleged rape “bad decisions” isn’t a defense of due process. It’s victim-blaming dressed up as an op-ed. If anyone thinks the Cornell 7 are experiencing an unfair rush to judgment, imagine if they were Black men. There would be another Trump-style Central Park Five ad. Or worse.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#ResistanceRoots “What the people want is very simple — they want an America as good as its promise.” — Barbara Jordan

Barbara Jordan, ca. 1972-78. She spoke these words during a commencement address to graduating students at Harvard on June 16, 1977, focusing on civic life, ethical leadership and democratic responsibility.

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Martin Tollefson @confitesprit.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I was lucky to have been able to see her live in Seattle in Aug ‘70 (with Steve Miller, the Youngbloods, etc). Quite the experience at 15.

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Martin Tollefson @confitesprit.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I have to admit that I’ve not been actually familiar with this aspect of your work, but you have my sincere sympathies, in any case. Thank you for what you do, though. All the best -

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1949: WERD, the first Black-owned radio station in the U.S., opens in Atlanta. Launched to give Black citizens a dedicated, independent voice in a segregated media landscape, the station became a vital command center for the growing Civil Rights Movement. /1

Jesse Blayton Jr., General Manager of WERD, in the station’s studio, 1949. WERD became the accidental blueprint for modern Black media, proving that financial independence and cultural fluency are tools for social liberation. The station’s DJs pioneered fast-talking, rhythmic, rhyming “patter” over musical tracks. This style redefined the disc jockey profession and was later adopted by mainstream white radio. By sharing a physical building with the SCLC, WERD provided MLK with a direct, unfiltered pipeline to the public. The station circumvented hostile white corporate media and kept the community safe, unified and organized. WERD’s financial success proved that a Black-owned enterprise could thrive in the heart of Jim Crow segregation without relying on white institutional approval. It forced the corporate white establishment to respect and reckon with the economic and political power of Black consumers and creators.

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