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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 07/08/2025

Japan marked 80 years since the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima during World War II. At a ceremony, a moment of silence signaled the time of the blast eight decades ago.

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thomas w schaller @thomaswschaller.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Thanks to everyone at the Watercolor Society of Indiana for hosting my class for a huge group of fantastic painters . Here's my Day One demo: Italian Landscape: 15x11 inches #art @bsky.art

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ACLU @aclu.org · 01/08/2025

From books to film to performance art, the government has always tried to censor artists' expression. We'll always be here to fight back.

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Art Spiegelman, John Waters and Other Banned Artists on How Censorship Changed Them

Nine artists on how American censorship changed their work and their lives.

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 30/07/2025

Trans kids' rights aren't "complicated." They're not "nuanced." Protect trans kids, unconditionally. Full stop.

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AngryHoss @angryhoss.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Holy shit. I want to say something more profound, but all I've got is... holy shit.

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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

✅ DEI Employer of the Day™ LUSH In response to Executive Orders targeting DEI, LUSH has renamed three of its bestselling bath bombs: diversity, equity and inclusion. "We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion are essential in building justice and belonging in the workplace — and beyond."

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Read this very carefully: *One quarter* of all the people who have died of starvation in Gaza over the past 22 months have died in the past *3* days.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

A "dumper" in the tomatoes, holds the metal platform used to climb onto the trailer. Every time a trailer fills and moves, he carries the platform to the next one & hops back on to keep dumping buckets. He earns $158 a day, regardless of how many buckets he dumps. #WeFeedYou

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

What does it really take to make a difference right now—without burning out or losing yourself in chaos? Today, I’m sharing strategy for sustainable impact, drawn from years of coaching organizers & changemakers who’ve created impact at some of the hardest moments in history. youtu.be/RVDgE_UJUiA

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my best advice for anyone who wants to make an impact RIGHT NOW (2025)

YouTube video by The Ripple Effect Institute

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Joel D. Anderson @joelanderson.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, most remembered for playing Theo Huxtable on ‘The Cosby Show,’ passed away Sunday. But his legacy spans much more than one character. I wrote about how I’ll remember him best. www.theringer.com/2025/07/21/t...

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Malcolm-Jamal Warner, and the Other Side of the Climb

The actor, most remembered for playing Theo Huxtable on ‘The Cosby Show,’ passed away Sunday. But his legacy spans much more than one character.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

This is 100% correct, and he's right to say it.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

So just to sum up where we are this Monday: Nurses all over tiktok are looking at Trump's symptoms and saying he has obvious congestive heart failure. Trump is paranoically pumping out rage tweets as the Epstein connections grow deeper and wider. Trump traded CECOT detainees to Venezuela after

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Jessica Pennington (she/her) @jesspenningtonvo.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

This woman teaches me something every single day.

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.com · 19/07/2025

If you’re looking for what @npr.org and @pbs.org stations to donate to, this is the best website I have seen and it gives you the ability to choose how much federal funding is their total revenue if they are an HBCU if they are native, if they are rural the licensing type and the state it is amazing

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At-Risk Public Radio Stations - Public Media Company

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Read this thread. These are human beings, most of whom followed all the rules in seeking protection and legal status inside the US. Hardworking people with families who suddenly found themselves detained and then removed to CECOT. Gut wrenching.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 19/07/2025

Dem Party: We are spending $20M to figure out how to talk to male voters. Mamdani: Save your money. I have +45 favorability with male voters & +73 with men under 45. Endorse me. Dem Party: No way dude. Now—why is our favorability is -54? Let's spend $20M on wealthy consultants to figure it out!

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TK-S Is Here Now @timekiller-s.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

This is absolutely brilliant and you should drop everything and go read it right now.

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EROCY @erocy.world · 19/07/2025

That’s the stuff, right there

Generative Al cultists also misunderstand, or don't care about, what art actually is: a deep communion between a creator and the humans who experience their works.
Stephen King wrote that writing is a form of telepathy, whereby an individual mind and soul reaches out across space and time to resonate with another, to share their vision with the hopes that the other will understand and take something from it for themselves, expanding and enriching both lives in the process. Experiencing the deep satisfaction of transcending our own limitations and our own mortality through art, no matter how briefly, is what it feels like to be truly human.

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Rebekah Weatherspoon @rdotspoon.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Been a proud PBS Passport holder for years. It’s such a good investment.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

reposted with alt text! FUCK EM UP, WGA this merger needs to be stopped

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WGA Statement on Paramount's
Decision to Cancel The Late Show with
Stephen Colbert

On July 2nd, Paramount agreed to settle a baseless lawsuit brought against 60 Minutes and CBS News by President Trump for $16 million. On July 15, during a regular show of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Colbert went on-air and called the settlement a "big fat bribe" in exchange for a favorable decision on the proposed merger between Paramount and Skydance, a charge currently under investigation in California.

Less than 48 hours later, on July 17, Paramount canceled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, a show currently performing first in its timeslot, giving vague references to the program's "financial performance" as the only explanation. For ten years, the show has been one of the most successful, beloved and profitable programs on CBS, entertaining an audience of millions on late night television, on streaming services and across social media.
Given Paramount's recent capitulation to President Trump in the CBS News lawsuit, the Writers Guild of America has significant concerns that The Late Show's cancelation is a bribe, sacrificing free speech to curry favor with the Trump Administration as the company looks for merger approval.

Cancelations are part of the business, but a corporation terminating a show in bad faith due to explicit or implicit political pressure is dangerous and unacceptable in a democratic society. Paramount's decision comes against a backdrop of relentless attacks on a free press by President Trump, through lawsuits against CBS and ABC, threatened litigation of media organizations with critical coverage, and the unconscionable defunding of PBS and NPR.
The Writers Guild of America calls on New York State Attorney General Letitia James, no stranger to prosecuting Trump for illegal business practices, to join California and launch an investigation into potential wrongdoing at Paramount.

We call on our elected leaders to hold those responsible to account, to demand answers about why this beloved program was canceled and to assure the public that Colbert and his writers were not censored due to their views or the whims of the President.
In the meantime, the Writers Guild of America will support our members at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and across the late-night industry as they speak truth to power and we will explore all potential legal and political avenues to fight for our members in the aftermath of this decision.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

More trans people in Congress please! Go Beth!

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

HELLO. If you cannot get into the #onemillionrising training, it is because 130k people registered and we've maxed out, but YOU CAN STILL WATCH ON YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoeY...