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Eric

@eric471.bsky.social
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Humanist interested in classic and dystopian fiction,science,art, politics, philosophy,meditation and good music of all genres,especially jam bands.

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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Before losing her life in 1986 aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, Christa McAuliffe was set to be the first teacher in space with plans to teach a lesson to kids around the world from orbit. Today is her birthday, and even now, her courage and dedication to education continues to inspire.
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Eric @eric471.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Everyone needs to wake up! This is for real it's not just going to go away, these animals must be recognized as a disease of humanity. We all know small weak minded individuals like these. We need to stick together and keep them in check. They can only thrive if ignored, like weeds.
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Eric @eric471.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Foreign Policy, because without strong ties with our neighbors and allies we cannot be a great nation and a major player on the worlds stage. This includes trade. Family economic problems are also rooted in ridiculous tariffs, let's face it do any of us want to work in a shoe factory... seriously.
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Eric @eric471.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
My library has a book sale every June. Donations are where they get the books and the proceeds go the funding of their children's programs and to buy new materials. Great finds for a dollar to 3 for a hardcover. There are some really old books in nice condition if you look. No junk is accepted .
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Reading Is Sexy @readingissexy.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
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Eric @eric471.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Yes,not one of the great thinkers, the men and women Oh reason,logic, and ideas would have looked upon him in any other way than just a common village idiot. But we put the fool in the highest office in the land. We are, and for ever will be the shame of the world.
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Eric @eric471.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Yep !!! That's what this war is really about. At the expense and further debt to the American people of course. This distraction and cover- up will not be cheap.
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Eric @eric471.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Bombing Iran is not a efficient and cost-effective way to change the subject, let's face it bombs won't erase the fact that you are a molester of children.
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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Dr. @timothysnyder.bsky.social has written many powerful works, but this one stopped me dead in my tracks when I first read it. Please take the time, and share widely.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
For over two thousand years Christians have been warning us about the antichrist. When he finally shows up, they vote him into office. Twice. 🤦🏻‍♂️
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The Onion @theonion.com · 03/11/2025
Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
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BluesterB @bluesterb.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
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MS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
When will corporations have enough of fascism? Bc they are the only “people” with power. Yes, Corporations are PEOPLE according to the Citizens United decision. And those “people” drove us right into authoritarianism. So it doesn’t look good. Not at all. STOP BUYING FROM THEM.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
What he said Part 3: 💯 🎯
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor. Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors. These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism. This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function. Every American should reject it.
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Eric @eric471.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
A REAL hero.... Something that the cowardly clowns in Congress can't be because they fear a mentally failing moron and his ship of fools!!!
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Universities need to stay strong
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Freethinker @69eerrr.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Einsteins theory has been proven.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Censorship is here and it’s come in the form of corporations censoring themselves in order to win favor with the regime.
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Eric @eric471.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Everyone please wake the FUCK UP !!!! This is no longer about Maga,Dem or what ever fuckin camp you fancy yourself in today. We are us,one people with one Constitution that I hope we still respect and agree on. It's us and them only in the sense of them being our Billionaire Masters.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
It is not about Kimmel or what he said. It is about the US government forcing a network to fire someone - no government should have that power. If the network decided this on their own, that’s one thing. But in this case they absolutely did not.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Every major talent that works for ABC and Disney should refuse to show up for work until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated. Marvel movies need to shutdown. Ditto the sitcoms. Collective boycott. Corporations love money more than anything,& this will harm them and force them to do the right thing.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Disney/ABC just caved & pulled Jimmy Kimmel for political reasons. Nexstar — which owns The CW + 200+ local ABC, NBC, CBS & FOX stations — is part of the same machine. 💥 Boycott Disney. Boycott Nexstar. Boycott their advertisers. Hit them where it hurts: the $$$.
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 10/09/2025
Let’s make one thing clear from the start: Charlie Kirk was the victim of a shooting in a country where he, along with other right-wing extremist influencers, have been inciting violence for years. — Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause.
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Old School Gentleman @oldschoolgentl1.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Science is real
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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Hi, immunologist here: (a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes) RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can “see in kids faces that they have inflammation” That’s NOT how immunology works. He is an anti-science profiteer. Start calling him such.
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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
The inability to think logically is a form of bondage, and the refusal to think logically is proof of already being bound.
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godlessbitch.bsky.social @godlessbitch.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Demand your rights, liberties, freedoms and dump the ChristoFascists!
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Eric @eric471.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Dinosaurs as a young kid then space,rocks and minerals, then electronics. I have always leaned toward science.
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Eric @eric471.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
It's a shame how our once great Union has devolved into a petty, immoral and partisan political mess. Propagandists use their tools to warp already simple and broken minds,and this travesty is what of it.
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Eric @eric471.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Dumbfucks for sure. In 1930's Germany everyone just stood by and watched because it was only the Jews being rounded up. "Screw it , not my problem". Then it was the Catholics,Protestants, Slavic peoples,Gypsies, gays, as for the mentally handicapped they only operated on on their brains while awake.
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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
if the budget cuts go through for nasa, we’re losing juno, which has given us these gorgeous images of jupiter over the years
A view taken of one of Jupiter’s polar regions. Swirling cloud formations can be seen in hues of blue, white, and orange.

Processing: Gerald Eichstadt/@_TheSeaningJunoCam captured this image from very close to Jupiter, making Ganymede’s shadow appear especially large. At the time the raw image was taken, the Juno spacecraft was about 44,000 miles (71,000 kilometers) above Jupiter’s cloud tops and 15 times closer to the planet than Ganymede.

An observer at Jupiter’s cloud tops within the oval shadow would experience a total eclipse of the Sun. Total eclipses are more common on Jupiter than Earth for several reasons: Jupiter has four major moons (Ganymede, Io, Callisto, and Europa) that often pass between Jupiter and the Sun, and since Jupiter’s moons orbit in a plane close to Jupiter’s orbital plane, the moon shadows are often cast upon the planet. Jupiter’s bands and clouds are visible, making stripes across the planet in various colors of white, orange, and blue on the poles. 

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS,  processing: Thomas ThomopoulosSwirling blue and white clouds and storms on Jupiter, resembling paint on a canvas.

Image credit/processing: Gerald Eichstädt and @_TheSeaning /NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSSA close up of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot. Swirling white and brown clouds can be seen around it.

Processing: Bjorn Jonsson
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Eric @eric471.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
This is what he is basically saying. You can't just learn from others and that is it. You must at some point use your own logic and reason to come to conclusions . Yes what you said I agree with.
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John Lipponen 🇫🇮 🇦🇹 @lippoenen.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
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Eric @eric471.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
I have that book on my shelf to be read next. Vonnegut has alot to say.
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Dr Robert ~🎶~🎶~🎶~ @drrobert25.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
#Books #BookSky #READ
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Eric @eric471.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Who can afford kids have kids. Most cannot,and have not been able to for the past 25 years. If you can't give your children a better life than you had why have them. Organized religion of any type is first and foremost about business and control, not faith. More kids more collection envelopes.
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Mariah 🇺🇸🦋🇺🇸🦋🇺🇸🦋 @mariahbrown.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
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Eric @eric471.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
I have a similar picture. My grandmother's brother was the navigator, they were shot down over France on the way back from their mission from what I was told. These men are true heroes.
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Eric @eric471.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Everyone has a conscience choice to educate themselves. One does not need an advanced degree to better themselves,or to have an open mind that can be molded for the better. Good books are cheaper than a night at the bar,and libraries are free.
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Eric @eric471.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
It is very odd, but I do notice that. It's the, "I don't need none of your fancy learnin' shit" attitude.
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Eric @eric471.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Definitely agree, add in bigotry and not wishing to understand other cultures you live on the planet with also.
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Eric @eric471.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
You are correct, instead of asking to be enlightened about something, the ignorant reject anything they don't understand further wrapping themselves in a cozy cocoon of self inflicted stupidity. Pride is the first brick in the wall of ignorance.
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Fleck on a Speck @a-fleck-on-a-speck.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
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Eric @eric471.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
The only way one truly learns is to fail many times, and build success on the rubble of failure. The only ones who never fail are those who don't try.
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WellnessDay.App @wellnessday.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
30 life lessons ❤️#productivity #wellbeing #Positivethinking #ProductivityTip #motivation #inspiration #wellness #Happiness #positivemindset #selfconfidence #lifelessons #selfimprovement #selfdevelopment #success #habits
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Blue Sedition Podcast @blue-sedition.com · 11/05/2025
People who never read books now in charge of books.
A social media post featuring two tweets. The first tweet by Anne Applebaum states that every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress, and mentions age restrictions for using the reading room. The second tweet from Acyn quotes a reporter asking why the president fired the Librarian of Congress, followed by a response addressing concerns about actions taken regarding the library and children’s books. The background includes the White House press briefing setting with a lectern and flags.
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Eric @eric471.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Try to explain that to an idiot. Not only that but everyone flew to Walmart to get their Chinese junk even cheaper, and shut down the Kmart and other stores to save 10 cents.
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