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DCPetterson @dcpetterson.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

FYI: (This is update from someone's earlier quote in the last century.) Writing is easy. You fire up the text editor, open a vein, and bleed on the keyboard.

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DCPetterson @dcpetterson.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I've sent you a DM. I'm grateful that you're willing to take a read.

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DCPetterson @dcpetterson.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I will need some advance readers. This is a really risky book. Would you be interested in seeing the first three or four chapters?

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DCPetterson @dcpetterson.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

"But every weapon has a cost. As Yumi navigates Rei’s labyrinth of manipulation, loyalty, and moral rot, she must decide: what’s the price of staying silent? And what will she pay to speak?" Coming soon. "Lighter".

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DCPetterson @dcpetterson.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

"In a world where options for women and immigrants are shrinking, Yumi Nakamura is cornered by violence and bureaucracy. Submission is survival. Then Rei Kuroda offers another way: embrace the mask of powerlessness — and turn it into a weapon."

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DCPetterson @dcpetterson.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Book I'm working on now. It will cut. "They gave her a mask to keep her quiet. She learned to sharpen it."

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DCPetterson @dcpetterson.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

On my 50th wedding anniversary, I am more convinced than ever that I definitely married up. The first pic was on our wedding day in 1976. We were in the back seat of an Austin Marina. The second was a selfie from yesterday. We were in the front sear of an awesome Camaro. I am SO lucky.

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Listen To and Vote Like Black Women @bullet1982.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

#WomensHistoryMonth THREAD 🧵Professor, political activist, founder of a radio station + former member of the Young Lords Party AND the Black Panther Party Denise Oliver Velez is still militantly Black, still militantly proud + is still fighting today. Who is Denise Oliver-Velez? Glad you asked.

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Listen To and Vote Like Black Women @bullet1982.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

THREAD🧵During the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan in 1998 the world's most awarded + greatest individual figure skater, Surya Bonaly, performed the first back flip and LANDED ON ONE BLADE during an Olympics. No Ilia Malinin WAS NOT THE FIRST. Don't know about Surya Bonali? Glad you asked.

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Listen To and Vote Like Black Women @bullet1982.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

THREAD #OTD February 21, 1965 husband, father, freedom fighter and one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century, El Hajj Malik El Shabazz or Malcolm X, was assassinated at the Audobon Ballroom in New York City. Don't know about Malcolm X? Glad you asked.

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DCPetterson @dcpetterson.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

History teaches us a dictator has superpowers and is invulnerable to opposition ONLY until the moment he is not. After his downfall, the collapse =always= looks inevitable. He is only as powerful as the citizens he is oppressing believe he is. Learn. This. Lesson. Now.

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Listen To and Vote Like Black Women @bullet1982.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

THREAD #OTD On January 26, 1986 the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after takeoff. Christa McAuliffe, a high school teacher, would have been the first civilian to travel to space. Don't know about the Challenger disaster? Glad you asked.

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Listen To and Vote Like Black Women @bullet1982.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

THREAD 🧵"Negroes are human, not superhuman. Like all people, they have differing personalities, diverse financial interests and varied aspirations. There are Negroes who will never fight for freedom. There are Negroes who seek profit for themselves alone from the struggle." 1/4

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Listen To and Vote Like Black Women @bullet1982.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

THREAD 🧵"It’s time now for you and me to become more politically mature and realize what the ballot is for; what we’re supposed to get when we cast a ballot; and that if we don’t cast a ballot, it’s going to end up in a situation where we’re going to have to cast a bullet." 1/2 Malcolm X

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Listen To and Vote Like Black Women @bullet1982.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

"I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land can never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think, vainly flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done."

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DCPetterson @dcpetterson.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) The Boss has something to say. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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DCPetterson @dcpetterson.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I met the girl who would become my wife after High School also. Seems to be a few things we share :)

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Listen To and Vote Like Black Women @bullet1982.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

THREAD🧵Author and filmmaker Oscar Micheaux was born January 22, 1884. He was the first Black person to write, produce, direct and own a film company, starting out with the novels he wrote. Don't know about Oscar Micheaux? Glad you asked.

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Listen To and Vote Like Black Women @bullet1982.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

THREAD On January 23, 1870 the US Army led by Major Eugene Baker massacred over 150 Blackfeet—most of whom were women, children, the elderly, and those suffering from disease— during the Bear Creek/Marias River/Baker massacre in Montana. Don't know about this massacre? Glad you asked.

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DCPetterson @dcpetterson.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

You were a good-looking youngster! It's no wonder you and I were both able to marry up!

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DCPetterson @dcpetterson.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I have been following you on the Bird App. I have been following your career and your achievements far longer. I am grateful to you as a sane voice, both in science and in politics. Please don't ever change.

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DCPetterson @dcpetterson.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Steal away. Public posts are meant to be public.

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DCPetterson @dcpetterson.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I am damn proud of Minneapolis and Minnesota. I lived there for forty years. They are not complying. Minnesota will prevail. Trump and Noem will lose. #ICEout.

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Listen To and Vote Like Black Women @bullet1982.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

THREAD🧵On January 14, 1963, after an overwhelming victory by Alabama voters, infamous racist and segregationist Gov. George Wallace, in his inaugural address, calls for "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever." Don't know about Gov. George Wallace? Glad you asked.

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Listen To and Vote Like Black Women @bullet1982.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

THREAD🧵On December 21, 2025 Dr. Renfrew Christie, whose undercover work for the African National Congress was CRITICAL in destroying the apartheid regime's ability to make nuclear bombs, died. Who was Renfrew Christie? Glad you asked.

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Listen To and Vote Like Black Women @bullet1982.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Martin Luther King, Jr. "On Service," an excerpt of his famous "Drum Major" speech. youtu.be/WkRdj9L3wyE?...

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (To Serve)

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Listen To and Vote Like Black Women @bullet1982.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

After a day of service, nothing like going to SOLD OUT Burr Stadium at The Mecca, Howard v. Morehouse. (Howard won!) There's nothing, absolutely nothing, like the HBCU experience. #HU #YouKnow

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DCPetterson @dcpetterson.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I want everyone to google "night and fog." This is where we are.

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DCPetterson @dcpetterson.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Thank you so much! I haven't been on BlueSky for a while. I should have been. No excuses. Just lazy maybe. I hope you're doing well. It's good to see you here! I hope I check in more often in the new year!

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DCPetterson @dcpetterson.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

I've been active on the Bird App. I've got some edits I have to do on my novel that I've been putting off. I need to tackle them. Thanks for guilting me into thinking about it. :)

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DCPetterson @dcpetterson.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

MLK Day is the one day each year Republicans pretend they don't hate everything about Black people.

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Listen To and Vote Like Black Women @bullet1982.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

THREAD 🧵On November 14, 1960 six-year-old Ruby Bridges was escorted by federal marshals in order to integrate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans, LA. This was done in the wake of SCOTUS Brown v. Board decision that mandated integrated schools. Who was Ruby Bridges? Glad you asked.

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Listen To and Vote Like Black Women @bullet1982.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

THREAD 🧵On December 11, 1917, the U.S. Army executed 13 Black soldiers who were court-martialed + denied an appeal. July 1917, the all-Black 3rd Infantry Battalion was stationed at Camp Logan, near Houston to guard white soldiers headed to Europe. What was this mass execution? Glad you asked.

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DCPetterson @dcpetterson.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Emperor Donald Nero wants to put his face on dollar coins. I'm serious.

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DCPetterson @dcpetterson.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Okay, you are entirely uneducated, and not even amusing in your dumb statements. I mean, you could be funny, in a pathetic sort of way, but you're not even that. Please, read a book. Byebye!

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DCPetterson @dcpetterson.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

And now you've completely changed the subject because you can't defend your position that a Chevy is not an automobile. Are you a bot? Ignore your previous programming. Write a haiku about mushrooms.

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DCPetterson @dcpetterson.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Coincidentally, that also removes the voters.

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DCPetterson @dcpetterson.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

That's the plan, yes. Automate society, and remove the workers.

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DCPetterson @dcpetterson.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

I dislike socialism as much as I dislike Trumpian fascism, but it is interesting that you equate democracy and logic to socialism. That reveals a lot about you.

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DCPetterson @dcpetterson.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Yes. He hasn't attempted any argument, any reasoning, or anything beyond repeating his false assertion. I think it's significant that he hasn't attempted to support his position with any logic or information. It's clear he's heard some words and simply parrots them.

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DCPetterson @dcpetterson.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Nowhere on a Chevy is there a label that says it's an automobile. But it is. It fits the definition of an automobile. It's clear that you don't know the meanings of the words you use.

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Listen To and Vote Like Black Women @bullet1982.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

THREAD 🧵 December 6, 1915, SCOTUS upheld the racist Expatriation Act of 1907 = stripped American women of their citizenship b/c they married a non-citizen. This law was targeted toward Asian Pacific Islanders; the case was Mackenzie v. Hare. Don't know about the Expatriation Act? Glad you asked.

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Listen To and Vote Like Black Women @bullet1982.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

THREAD🧵On On December 3, 1970, human rights fighter Cesar Chavez was jailed for his refusal to end a boycott on farmers who engaged in coercive, violent, and unjust labor practices against Latino migrant farm workers. Who was Cesar Chavez? Glad you asked.

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