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Heather

@greatmiscellany.bsky.social
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I love history, the humanities, social sciences, winter, keeping in touch, and feel compelled to follow and get involved in politics (fair warning in case I annoy you...). There's other stuff that should be here. Maybe I'll figure it out.

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Heather @greatmiscellany.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
substack.com/@thiswillhol...
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This Will Hold (@thiswillhold)
70,000 people. 💔
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Caleigh Fisher @kalifissure.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This will have to become a permanent protest/blockade. NO KINGS!! WHO MAKE MONUMENTS TO THEMSELVES
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Greg Jaffe @gregjaffe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Hegseth has purged at least 10 percent of the military’s top brass and shows no signs of slowing. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...
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Hegseth Targets 7 More Officers as His Frustrated Army Secretary Quits (Gift Article)
The defense secretary’s cuts, which have hit about 10 percent of the military’s top officers, are dividing the Pentagon, officials said.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
SHOUT-OUT to Political Cartoonist extraordinaire & Member of the Order of Canada Michael de Adder, who routinely does a far better job of holding this administration accountable than the corporate media. Thank you for your attention to his brilliant satirical wit! 🙏 (also: 🤣)
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"Time is running out, and justice delayed is justice denied. We need these accountability hearings happening now, not years down the road."
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Eoin Meehan 🇮🇪🇪🇺 オーエン @etm.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
It’s also about gatekeeping and censoring. If they have the information digitally, and there is no physical copy, they can decide who sees the information, or indeed edit it into a version they want you to see.
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Let’s be clear: what these bastards are doing to these books isn’t digitizing. Digitizing is about preservation and access to the original material. They’re gutting and destroying to make Soylent Green. Don’t let them get away with pretending to do this for humanitarian reasons.
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chercat208.bsky.social @chercat208.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 30/07/2026
Legendary Latter-day Saint poet, playwright and activist Carol Lynn Pearson has died at age 86. "The Mormon people were truly blessed to have her as a companion," a historian says, "and the institution would have done well to listen to her.”
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Legendary LDS writer and advocate Carol Lynn Pearson dies, leaves a final poem to her fans
Legendary Latter-day Saint poet, playwright and activist Carol Lynn Pearson has died at age 86. "The Mormon people were truly blessed to have her as a companion," a historian says, "and the institution would have done well to listen to her.”
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13/07/2026
Just noticed the prescience of my kitchen towels.
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🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 31/05/2026
The inauguration is at the Capitol because the legitimacy of the government is anchored in Congress, not the executive.
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Heather @greatmiscellany.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
It was a beautiful day today in Salt Lake.
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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Horst Wessel's funeral was a big production number, too.
Horst Wessel's funeral, with flowers, SA men, and Nazi standards
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Blanche Devereaux II @gingerkap23.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I am devastated by this imagery. And I am far more scared by THIS than any immigrant in this country, than any protestors, than any POC or LGBTQ+ person. Please show up peacefully for No Kings tomorrow. Don’t let FEAR rule the day. Because that’s what maga is, fearful traitors. #NoKings #RESIST
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Maurice Mitchell 🐺 @mauricewfp.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
They've arrested, detained, or assaulted a judge, a Mayor, a Congresswoman, a labor leader—and now a U.S. Senator. Imagine what they'll do to you. They are counting on our fear, which is why we must be courageous. If we don't fight back, they will come for all of us.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
And there you have it.
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
This is a real tweet by a US Senator. FFS
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that federal authorities may once again seek reporters’ phone records and compel their testimony in leak investigations, reversing a policy that was designed to protect journalists from intrusive government efforts to identify and prosecute sources.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Trump says that any American who shows “dissension” against MAGA should be “immediately ejected” from their member of Congress’ town halls. This is fascism.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Despite seeing several people I totally trust say this was real I still felt I had to verify it with my own eyes. And having done so I still can't believe it's real.
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Heather @greatmiscellany.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
I've always found genealogy incredibly meaningful & interesting. Highly recommend.
genealogyexplained.com
The Ghost in Your DNA: Why You Feel Connected to Ancestors You've Never Met - Genealogy Explained
It's 2 AM. Again. You're hunched over your laptop, squinting at a baptism record from 1847. Your eyes are wet. Your throat is tight. Your coffee went cold
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janethachen.bsky.social @janethachen.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
I just went to my bank's local branch and asked about how my data would be protected from the breach. This is one way to spread the news to people legitimately and just be calm and informative. I told them to google "Elon Musk treasury access."
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Marci @mistressmarci.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
This is fucking insane. Broadcasting directly into school biweekly to teach “American Patriotism?” If Biden did this MAGA would have revolted. Where are the democrats?
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 24/01/2025
For over a decade EFF has argued that warrantless backdoor searches of 702 data are unconstitutional—now a federal court agrees with us. Keep up the momentum for your digital rights! 👩‍⚖️ Contact your representatives: act.eff.org 👫 Connect with local groups: efa.eff.org ❤️ Join EFF: eff.org/702victory
The text "END 702" with an eyeball in the middle of the 0
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Heather @greatmiscellany.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
“Terrible things are happening outside… poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” -The Diary of Anne Frank
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Resistbot @resist.bot · 23/01/2025
🖋️ “Condemn Pardons for January 6th Attack on Democracy” hit 100 signers!
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Condemn Pardons for January 6th Attack on Democracy
According to an Ipsos poll, only 23% of Americans support pardoning those involved in the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. Pardoning the participants goes against the overwhelming majority view and severely undermines faith in our democratic institutions and the rule of law. This blatant abuse of presidential pardon power to excuse those who engaged in an insurrectionist riot must be forcefully condemned. The violent attempt to overturn the 2020 election results represented an assault on the foundations of American democracy itself. Pardoning this criminal conduct sends a dangerous message of impunity that threatens to further erode democratic norms and principles.
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