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ellie swensson @elliephantshoes.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Another Sound Studies reading happening TOMORROW, Thursday 5/1 at Buvez. Don’t miss it!

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ellie swensson @elliephantshoes.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

THIS 👏 THIS 👏 THIS 👏 WORDS MEAN THINGS say it again with your chest for the folks in the back

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ellie swensson @elliephantshoes.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Another BEAUTIFUL Tattered Writers gathering in the books! Thank you to everyone who joined us — we had a full house 🥰 I’m so continually grateful for how this community keeps growing and changing. Such an inspiration each and every month ✨💜🙌

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ellie swensson @elliephantshoes.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Calling all Athens wordsmiths, bards, storytellers, poets, and more! 🪶🩵☁️Tattered Writers is TOMORROW Saturday, April 12th 11am-1pm at Athens Clarke County Library. Tattered Writers is an inclusive writers group open to folks of all writing genres and experience levels. Come create with us 🤘

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ellie swensson @elliephantshoes.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

does anyone else have ideas for community events and public space activation endlessly scrolling through their mind? and I mean ALL DAY EVERY. DAY. i can’t pass a vacant building or empty lot or read an interview or article without dreaming and scheming its communal good. where the dreamers at?

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Athens Politics Nerd @athenspoliticsnerd.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

"More than 300 constituents represented by U.S. Rep. Mike Collins met at the Athens Clarke County Library for a town hall — without the lawmaker in attendance." www.gpb.org/news/2025/03...

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In Athens, concerned constituents hold a town hall without their congressman

More than 300 constituents represented by U.S. Rep. Mike Collins met at the Athens Clarke County Library for a town hall — without the lawmaker in attendance.

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Indivisible Georgia District 10 @indivisiblega10.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Great turnout last night for our Georgia District 10 Town Hall with(out) Rep. Mike Collins, who is proudly MAGA. So many came (almost 400) that we had 2 overflow rooms. Others caught the livestream at home. We have 163 written pages of questions to pass along to Mike the Missing.

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Democratic constituents host town hall for District 10 U.S. House Rep. Mike Collins

Constituents of the 10th congressional district met for a town hall on Tuesday, March 18, at the Appleton Auditorium in the Athens-Clarke County Library. The town hall was organized by

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Dear Congress, Libraries are the place we all belong. The place where Mister Rogers’ neighbors collide at the library to help one another. We come together to embrace library joy. What good is the world without libraries and museums? ❤️‍🩹 Call, email Congress! Help libraries & museums! We need you 💛

PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER GUTTING
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM & LIBRARY SERVICES
By eliminating the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services, the Trump administrations executive order is cutting off at the knees the most beloved and trusted American institutions and the staff and services they offer.
show up
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ellie swensson @elliephantshoes.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

go outside today. go soak up the sun by the window. go find out. go find out.

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ellie swensson @elliephantshoes.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Once again calling all Athens wordsmiths, bards, storytellers, and more. 💚☀️ Tattered Writers is TOMORROW Saturday, March 15th 11am-1pm at Athens Clarke County Library. Tattered Writers is an inclusive writers group open to folks of all writing genres and experience levels. Come create with us 🤘

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Athens Politics Nerd @athenspoliticsnerd.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

The local gov is seeking community input on its plan to designate part of inner east Athens as a "Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy Area." Give your comments about east Athens here: forms.gle/3vu4FAxm8WkL... Or you can go to an upcoming forum: -March 20, 12:30-2:30 pm -March 27, 5:30-8:30 pm

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Community Survey on Athens East Side

The ACCGov Housing and Community Development Department is preparing an application to re-designate sections of Athens’ east side as a Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy Area (NRSA). Through this de...

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Indivisible Georgia District 10 @indivisiblega10.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

We've invited Rep. Mike Collins, GA-10, to attend a Town Hall. We'll show up and record your questions and stories, even if he doesn't. Tuesday, 3/18, 5:30PM, Piedmont Oconee Health Campus community space, off Jennings Mill Rd., Watkinsville.

This is a poster that says, "What the heck is happening in Washington, D.C.? Let's ask Mike Collins. Open to the public. Bring your questions. Will he show up? Who knows!" Mike Collins is pictured wearing a MAGA hat and a red polo shirt. (Time and location is written in the post entry)

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ellie swensson @elliephantshoes.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

tell me again it’s impossible. this is about choices, not impossibility. the amount of times I’ve heard local govs talk themselves into apathy by hiding behind complexity is maddening. it’s imperative to keep our humanity, our tenderness and clarity, at the forefront of policy and program design.

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ellie swensson @elliephantshoes.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

do not forget this. also, please read the list of Dems (in comments) who voted to censure Green for legitimately the only act of courage a politician showed in that hall.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

This is not law. It couldn’t withstand legal scrutiny. Don’t comply in advance university presidents. General counsel, don’t panic. Do law, not vibes.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

“America First” has always been a cover to keep white supremacism in official policy

... and the wolf chewed up the children and spit out their bones... but those were foreign children and it really didn't matter., October 1, 1941, Dr. Seuss Political Cartoons. Special Collection & Archives, UC San Diego Library

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

This scrum of pot-bellied, sunken-chested betas trying to bully an all-black clad badass Eastern European wasteland survivor while dressed like Men’s Wearhouse mannequins is peak cinema.

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ellie swensson @elliephantshoes.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

how this is is me almost every day of my life 😂 Toad is the blueprint

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adrienne maree brown @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

remember this can be one day or day one - do what you can!

red bunny on mint green background with a call to boycott on feb 28 - buy nothing, use small businesses and remember we have power

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ellie swensson @elliephantshoes.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

I think about this every day at work right now. We have to hold the line, we have to. We cannot depend on any federal systems to have our back and every internal and external language shift matters. Language builds reality.

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ellie swensson @elliephantshoes.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

please please help my dear friend Blake as they fight like hell to take care of their health in a system that denies all of us such basic care and dignity. as always, every single dollar counts 🙏 gofund.me/fb9826bb

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Donate to Help Blake avoid another medical crisis, organized by Blake Richmond

The past year has been really hard on my health, and I'm hoping to raise funds … Blake Richmond needs your support for Help Blake avoid another medical crisis

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 23/02/2025

“Filtering urban design through algorithms and interfaces tends to bracket out those messy and disorderly concerns that simply ‘do not compute.’ We're left with the sense that everything knowable and worth knowing about a city can fit on a screen—which simply isn't true.” @shannonmattern.bsky.social

A hand holds a grey paperback book, “A City Is Not a Computer: Other Urban Intelligences” by Shannon Mattern, in front of a rainy streetscape in the city of Leiden.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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ellie swensson @elliephantshoes.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

it’s difficult to keep an eye on the international stage with everything happening domestically. it’s intentional. the cruelty, the overwhelm, and the misdirection is all the point. grateful for this post that keeps the plot of Trump’s relentless and strengthening alignment with Russia. (3 of 3)

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ellie swensson @elliephantshoes.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

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ellie swensson @elliephantshoes.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

uhh…isn’t all of medical history a study on men’s health? can we study how stress, economy, and healthcare impact literally anyone else?

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Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

This new EO is a doozy, clearly written to test the constitutionality of independent agencies at the SCt. It purports to effectively bring all independent agencies - including the Fed Election Cmsn and the Fed (in part) under presidential control. Irreconcilable w/existing law full stop. /1

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ellie swensson @elliephantshoes.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

📚20 Days, 20 Books📚 #BookChallenge #BookSky Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 9/20 - Hoodoo Herb and Root Magic by catherine yronwode 🌿

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Indivisible Georgia District 10 @indivisiblega10.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

#AthensGA #Protest #MuskNotElected Nearly 400 people attended a protest in Athens Ga today to demand removal of Elon Musk from our government. #Indivisible This was part of the #50501Protests around the country

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ellie swensson @elliephantshoes.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

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ellie swensson @elliephantshoes.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

how this admin is wielding language to divorce us from our experience is deliberate and precise. poets and writers know the power of language to build worlds. radical imagination + visioning and speaking the world as we know it — love, dirt, unshakeable, visceral truths — is a survival ritual.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 15/02/2025

Not only is he proposing rounding people up and putting them in camps but he’s also proposing to pay for it by introducing a national tax on cannabis, which apparently is a totally fine drug unlike Lexapro

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 15/02/2025

People who voted Trump who are feeling pissed off right now about broken promises are an organizing opportunity, not a gloating opportunity

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ellie swensson @elliephantshoes.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

keep thinking about a post from @gregandree71.bsky.social — “don’t obey in advance, and don’t obey later.” every word is a chance to refuse the oppression, violence, and erasure this brutal admin and its loyalists keep raining down. what we say, don’t say, call out, write around, or edit matters.

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Greg Andree @gregandree71.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Got my first "Violating an Executive Order" and "I'll make sure you lose federal funding" parent threat today for teaching "DEI" books in our upcoming "Liberty and Justice" themed unit. Even in "Blue" Massachusetts we're dealing with this. Anyway, don't obey in advance, and don't obey later.

Book covers for: Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed, The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo, The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor, Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson, Monster by Walter Dean Myers, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

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P. Andrew Torrez @andrewtorrez.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

The American Bar Association has just called upon every attorney, regardless of their political views, to join them & stand up for the rule of law & at minimum insist that our government "follow the law." Every lawyer has an ethical responsibility to do so. www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

We call upon our elected representatives to stand with us and to insist upon adherence to the rule of law and the legal processes and procedures that ensure orderly change. The administration cannot choose which law it will follow or ignore. These are not partisan or political issues. These are rule of law and process issues. We cannot afford to remain silent. We must stand up for the values we hold dear. The ABA will do its part and act to protect the rule of law.

We urge every attorney to join us and insist that our government, a government of the people, follow the law. It is part of the oath we took when we became lawyers. Whatever your political party or your views, change must be made in the right way. Americans expect no less.

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ellie swensson @elliephantshoes.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

writing through a deck and sippin on this matcha bear to start the week. small joys move mountains.

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ellie swensson @elliephantshoes.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

📚20 Days, 20 Books📚 #BookChallenge #BookSky Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 7/20 - If not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho by Anne Carson 📜

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ellie swensson @elliephantshoes.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

📚20 Days, 20 Books📚 #BookChallenge #BookSky Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 6/20 - Revolutionary Letters by Diane di Prima 🔥

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ellie swensson @elliephantshoes.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

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ellie swensson @elliephantshoes.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

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ellie swensson @elliephantshoes.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

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ellie swensson @elliephantshoes.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Calling all Athens, GA wordsmiths, bards, storytellers, and more. 🖤🙌 Next Tattered Writers gathering is Saturday, Feb 8th 11am-1pm at Oconee County Library. Tattered Writers is an inclusive writers group open to folks of all writing genres and experience levels. Come create with us 🤘

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ellie swensson @elliephantshoes.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

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Lúl Rýzooo @itsreallycj.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Companies Scaling Back or Denouncing DEI Amazon Boeing Brown-Forman Caterpillar Ford Harley-Davidson John Deere Lowe’s Molson Coors McDonald’s Meta Nissan Stanley Black & Decker Target Tractor Supply Toyota Walmart Support who supports you ✨✊

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