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TheElegantPigeon

@elegantpigeon.bsky.social
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Mom. Educator. Coach. Buckeye. Book lover. Leading with kindness. Being and doing it all sober.

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Unite Against Book Bans @uabookbans.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Banned Books Week starts today! This year’s theme is: #LetBooksBe What do you think books should be? Share your answer in the comments: ✨ Let Books Be Free 🎉 Let Books Be Fun 🌎 Let Books Be Diverse 💡 Let Books Be Thought-Provoking ❤️ Let Books Be Themselves
Drawn image of a woman reading, surrounded by books, birds, flowers, clouds, vines, stars. Text reades: Protect the Freedom to Read - Let Books Be - Banned Books Week, Oct. 4-10, 2026. American Library Association. ala.org/bbooks
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Donald Trump is again violating the First Amendment. Perhaps this can be noted during the White House Correspondents Association's next black tie dinner honoring Donald Trump. Support independent media that stands to the felon rather than eating with him.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The right to vote is one of the most fundamental parts of our democracy. Check your voter registration at IWillVote.com and make a plan to vote early or on Election Day on November 3.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today is National Voter Registration Day — and we're less than 50 days from the midterms. The best time to check that your voter registration is up to date is right now. And remind your friends and family to do the same. This is absolutely vital. ⬇️ nationalvoterregistrationday.org
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National Voter Registration Day
National Voter Registration Day is a holiday celebrated on the fourth Tuesday of every September. It's goal is to focus
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. Big Tech buys off Congress. No action on AI safety. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/09/2026
Okay 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?...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“Remember, the Constitution doesn’t begin with, ‘I, the president.’ It begins with, ‘We, the people.’ ” —Gloria Steinem at the 2017 Women’s March
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I hope it’s clear to everyone who cares about the survival of our democracy that we need massive turnout and landslide margins to counteract the lies and cries of fraud that are coming after the midterm vote.
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Sorry, I can’t type that.
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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TheElegantPigeon @elegantpigeon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP Dolly. A beautiful soul who lived a beautiful life.  music.apple.com/us/album/whe...
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When I Get Where I'm Going (feat. Dolly Parton) by Brad Paisley on Apple Music
Song · 2005 · Duration 4:08
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Leg Spinner🏏 @judeet44.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the Dolly Parton hybrid tea rose.
Photo of Dolly Parton hybrid tea rose.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked The Pentagon Papers exposing the lies told to the public about the disastrous Viet Nam war, forever becoming a hero in history. Now... someone PLEASE leak #TheEPSTEINFiles & end the biggest coverup scandal of all-time! 🙏
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Thomson Reuters, which owns news agency Reuters, has signed a $125M deal giving ICE access to its databases of personal data. USA Today has partnered with Palantir to gain "actionable intelligence" on its audiences. The media should be opponents of Trump's police state — not collaborators.
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 10/08/2026
I absolutely love this idea Ban all the CRAP
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@SekAndTheCity

It's time for a change.

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I am starting a petition to
no longer refer to Al "art"
as Al art but instead as
Computer-Rendered
Artificial Pictures (CRAP).

Pass it on.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
When the EPSTEIN scandals are all fully adjudicated, as they eventually will be, there will be more convictions & people imprisoned than there were in the Watergate matter. Accountability IS coming: November 3rd 2026 Midterms Make sure you're registered & VOTE! Go to: Iwillvote.com #tickticktick ⌛
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I don’t care what side of the aisle you’re on - if your position is that the president of the United States and his family should be immune from IRS scrutiny, you’re unqualified to be the Attorney General. It’s an indictment on our entire system that 50 GOP Senators don’t agree.
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
www.bakerinstitute.org/research/ref...
Autism
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Exactly 3 months from today is the most important midterm election in our lifetime. Our opportunity to hold him accountable. Register to vote here: Iwillvote.com The stakes have never been higher. Show the world the majority of Americans are good, decent, honest people. #VoteBlue🗳️ #RejectMAGA 👎
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/08/2026
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
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TheElegantPigeon @elegantpigeon.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Is it just me, or could NBC choose a better place for subtitles? 🤦‍♀️
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TheElegantPigeon @elegantpigeon.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
When this is all over, not only will all of these corrupt and criminal wealthy elite go to jail, but we will be able to take their money to try and recoup the lost tax payer dollars, right? RIGHT?
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 25/01/2026
It appears that this legend owns a little bookstore — and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Alex Pretti, Renee Good, and Keith Porter Jr. were murdered. Marimar Martinez was shot. Mahmoud Khalil was arrested and jailed. The next could be you. What’s at stake isn’t just our democracy. It’s also your safety and security and that of your loved ones. This is personal — to every one of us.
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TheElegantPigeon @elegantpigeon.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Find it interesting when a news channel bleeps out the F word but replays the video of the murder of an innocent person on repeat with no warning whatsoever. Like - what’s the line?
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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 23/01/2026
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
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just Dave @justdave.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
People want to have their basic needs met. They want to be paid a living wage. They want to stop being nickle and dimed by powerful corporations who control so much of our lives. They do not want Venezuela. They do not want Greenland. They do not want masked thugs terrorizing our communities.
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5 foot Home Depot skeleton @redderbeanpaste.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
I hope people support birchbark books in the twin cities which is run by Ojibwe writer Louise Erdrich. birchbarkbooks.com
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Birchbark Books & Native Arts / Minneapolis, Minnesota
Owned by author Louise Erdrich, Birchbark Books is a full range bookstore specializing in Indigenous American books, arts & gifts. Our books are lovingly chosen. Our store is tended with care. We are ...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Please SHARE if you agree!
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TheElegantPigeon @elegantpigeon.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
I don’t want another war. More people suffering. Over a resource we don’t need to fight over because Mother Nature provides other ones for free. No more suffering. Let’s abolish that.
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The Haunted Bookshop @thehauntedbookshop.com · 05/12/2025
📚🎁 Reminders for everyone looking for specific books to purchase online as gifts: 1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org) 2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
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Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
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TheElegantPigeon @elegantpigeon.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Go Bucks!
Picture of Brutus Buckeye using his feet to write a script OHIO and giant X over the end zone M in the snow during today’s game in Ann Arbor.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged. Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20/11/2025
These posters started popping up ahead of next week’s We Ain’t Buying It boycott. From Nov 27 - Dec 1, folks are stepping back from corporate chains like Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. People are done being squeezed, so they are using the leverage of their wallets 💥
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Banu Ozkazanc-Pan @banuop.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
The U.S. is now a... Kleptocracy: rule by thieves, officials use political power to steal national wealth & resources for personal gain Kakistocracy: rule by least qualified, most ignorant & unprincipled citizens Plutocracy: rule by wealthy, using their riches to influence policy for own benefit
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
"...they were careless people...- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made..." (quote from 'The Great Gatsby')
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Contest every race. Have a candidate in every race on every ballot in every county in every state. Run even if you know you can’t win. Run because you know you can’t win. No seat uncontested. Bring the fight to every ballot.
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TheElegantPigeon @elegantpigeon.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Proven today that a person cannot commit a crime so long as some part of that crime or person benefit the president of the US. A disgrace to America.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/10/2025
DC J6: 1.500 arrests DC No Kings: zero Tell me again which side is violent?
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government…” ~Patrick Henry
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TheElegantPigeon @elegantpigeon.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
I cannot fathom this. It is beyond the pale. These are terrible people doing terrible things to all, but especially to the most needy and vulnerable among us. And I fear they plan to carry out even more terrible things.
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Sara Partridge, PhD @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education. America’s children deserve better than this.
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 07/10/2025
This is Eeyore. He led a sheriff's deputy to his grandma after she fell during their walk. We are awarding him the incredibly rare 15/10 (FB: OkaloosaSheriff)
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words. The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.
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TheElegantPigeon @elegantpigeon.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
My 17 year old just noted how our government is run like a reality show, and most of the Democrats would be the first people voted out because they have no personality worth keeping. To defeat MAGA, Dems and Indeps must act like it’s a reality show. Agree? If so, who would best on the “show”?
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