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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

As the wife of a teacher in a struggling city public school, I find this article devastating— and one of the most important I have ever read. I have no answers, but solutions begin in understanding. Every American should read this piece. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...

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In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)

A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.

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Elizabeth Tutty @tutty352.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Soggy stile in Kentmere yesterday.

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is what mature American patriotism looks like. So much else by the same name is self-satisfying illusion. #LonnieBunch #Smithsonian

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Another terrible loss: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/a... The first time I heard her— on the car radio, singing “Strange Fruit”— I almost drove off the road, it was so powerful. I just had to stop & listen in awe.

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Cassandra Wilson, Star Jazz Singer, Dies at 70 (Gift Article)

With a low and smoky voice, she conjured the blues tradition of her native Mississippi in both her own songs and in covers.

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

(And no, New York Times: Wendell Berry’s great gift to us was not an appreciation of the American past: it was the insistent love of all that is still alive in the land, and the refusal to concede the losing of it as our necessary future.) www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/u...

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Wendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)

A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim.

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

For some reason, I have a sudden strong desire to visit #LakeOntario. I would enjoy the beauty of #LakeOntario. And appreciate the ecology of #LakeOntario. And learn about the economic importance of #LakeOntario. And after I got home, I’d be eager to talk— a lot— about #LakeOntario. You, too?

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The best tribute to her of them all.

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

“Nowhere is safe”: how data centers, aided by the Trump administration & spineless Gov. Abigail Spanberger, are wrecking huge swaths of the Virginia countryside— & cannot be stopped: www.notus.org/perspectives...

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Dana Milbank: Data Centers Are Destroying Virginia’s Countryside — Even in Places That Have No Data Centers

Why won’t Spanberger stop the madness?

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I miss the old days, when we had three branches of government.

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Should you ever wonder why Donald Trump and the Republican Party are exerting such implacable force to eradicate what they call DEI: It is the volcanic power of truths such as this that they are desperate to suppress. (H/t: @agordonreed.bsky.social)

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Omigosh, Tom Boswell is back. Hallelujah! That retirement? Let’s just forget it, shall we?— and, Nats fans or not, settle in for some of the best writing in sports— again! www.notus.org/sports/thoma...

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This Powerhouse Nats Offense Is a Terrible Thing to Waste

In his NOTUS debut, Thomas Boswell says Washington’s future may be bright, but this season is still a missed opportunity.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 11/08/2026

"The Trump administration will end support for a major annual scientific report that documents how climate change is affecting the Arctic, according to two people familiar with the issue." subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...

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Ostrich Head in Sand (Blind Man)

ALT: Ostrich Head in Sand (Blind Man)

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I didn’t know it, but this was the image I needed tonight:

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Best brief summary I’ve yet seen on Washington and slavery.

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Great news! For so long, Native Americans & African Americans, particularly, have fought to tend & protect this unique natural treasure. This designation is a great victory for them, for the Okefenokee & all its living creatures, for the nation, & for the planet!

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Husband & I rewatched “Spotlight” tonight, just because. The galvanizing power of the independent free print press to uncover hidden truths & bring seismic justice to the powerless and grievously wronged. Already it seems like a lost world.

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

In a few brushstrokes, an incisive miniature portrait….

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

This was fascinating. Watch it if you have any interest in what worried early Americans when they worried about politics:

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

From a master history teacher & scholar of the Civil War:

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

There are more of us than one might think….

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Americans, welcome to the Soviet model of research “support.” All Federal grants— science, medicine, arts, humanities, all of it— must now be approved and supervised by ideologically-driven political appointees. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...

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Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule

Russell Vought is going to destroy American Science

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Of course they’re on their way. If José Andres doesn’t receive a Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian parliamentary committee that awards it needs to reexamine its criteria.

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

A Happy #Juneteenth to all! (Some of our national holidays are complicated. This one isn’t. And this year, we need it more than ever.

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

And in Washington’s other epic battle: Single-celled aquatic organisms: 1 Donald Trump: 0

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Bravo Cabo Verde! Every so often, the World Cup lives up to the hype. Seeing a tiny nation hold its own (0-0) against mighty Spain is the heart-lifting sports surprise we need today. #WorldCup

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

A truly great historian whose light shone far beyond merely academic circles, exemplary though his achievements were within them. For the sake of our nation’s self-understanding in a time of gathering darkness, may we continue to learn in his light. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/b...

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Gordon S. Wood, Pioneering Historian of Early America, Dies at 92

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

“Any definition… which seeks to separate Johann Sebastian Bach from Miles Davis is defeating its own purpose of clarification.” ~ Sonny Rollins (1930-2026) , The Notebooks of Sonny Rollins

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Convergings. (Stoneleigh Garden, Villanova, PA, U.S.)

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Field of Flowers - Gustav Klimt

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

If you read only one article on the Supreme Court’s decision about the Voting Rights Act, let it be this one (free link): www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/o...

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Opinion | The Law They Hate Was a High Point of Our History

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Cartoon by Nick Anderson. (Follow him on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com)

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

10 Reasons to Love Bees & Pollinators 1.They pollinate 75% of our food crops. 2.They keep wild plants reproducing. 3.They boost farm yields. 4.They make our landscapes colorful and alive. 5.They signal ecosystem health. 6.They’ve inspired science & design for centuries.

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Jurretta Heckscher @jurretta.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

This is the answer to the Supreme Court problem. It’s structural, sensible, and democratic. So many of our political problems right now are all but intractable. This one is simple. Let’s make it happen!

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