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Daniel Duncan

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Yale Beinecke Library Archives. You will find me in the most amazing archive daily. Re-establishing the enlightenment ideas #skystorian #archives #history #equity

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The argument that Donald Trump invaded Canada today is much more compelling than many realize. The border between Canada and the United States runs through the middle of Lake Ontario. By claiming to have the power to rename the entire lake, Trump is claiming the lake. That's invasion by declaration.
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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Well, if it isn't a Dürer drawn Fortuna, the goddess of luck and misfortune, here named as “Affrictio” (for Afflictio 'misfortune'), beating a heart held in tongs by the goddess of Envy at an altar inscribed “tristitia” ('sorrow') while the goddess of Consolation points heavenwards. #skystorians
a drawing of early 16c: an emblematical design; allegory with three female figures, Misfortune at an altar beats a heart held in tongs by Envy(?), at centre Consolation points heavenwards, a nude female figure lies at the base of the altar which is inscribed "tristitia"; within a circular border with scrolls. Source: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_SL-5218-65
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
M. Gessen has written a truly extraordinary piece about the "soft fascism" faced by transgender people in America, and by trans people in Kansas particularly. Beautifully written and reported, deeply humane. I really hope you'll read it. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/o...
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Opinion | What’s Happening in Kansas Should Alarm Us All (Gift Article)
Is Kansas just the beginning?
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
For many years, people didn’t randomly film others in public—not because we didn’t have the technology, but because the social contract said you didn’t do that. That’s why Meta is going full court press on their PR and celebrity endorsements. They remember how people ran google glass outta town.
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Daniel Duncan @lerham.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
It takes “US” to change this vile landscape. No one in positions of the least of power will be lifting fingers until we set the stage if at all. Let’s set the stage now. Thank you to this woman of courage.
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Daniel Duncan @lerham.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Kindness IS the only true religion and it doesn’t need a building to house its worshippers or a leader to guide its way.
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Daniel Duncan @lerham.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Damn, thank you for this series! What a beautiful gift in this current dystopia 👏👏
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Daniel Duncan @lerham.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Actually, Democracy Dies in H.R. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/w...
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Actually, Democracy Dies in H.R.
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Mark Ripley - Games Industry Dinosaur @markripley.com · 16/05/2026
Leaked image of new Apple EV.
EV on its roof, with charging cable underneath; reminiscent of Apple Magic Mouse.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I guess this is just my life now.🧵
Two men in a library conversing: "Those who don't study history are doomed to repeat it. Yet those who do study history are doomed to stand by helplessly while everyone else repeats it."
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Daniel Duncan @lerham.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
AI was created by those who cannot find joy in process,in Art,in the beauty of the fail where you dust yourself off and learn. Its true attribute is in the assistance of making connections that might have taken months or yrs to discover.It assists,should never replace. Environmental cost is too high
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Marc Murphy, Louisville Courier-Journal
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
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If the ID I use to drive and fly, it’s not enough to vote, that’s voter suppression and a poll tax
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Daniel Duncan @lerham.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Do we need any more proof that we are no longer a functioning Country designed by our Constitution. We do not have any confidence in our government at all, period. When given countless opportunities to save us they fail at the simplist of tasks. Blood is on their hands and hearts. Foulest of humans.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 24/02/2026
Rep. Massie:  “I've not seen any arrests from the revelations in the Epstein files…Over two dozen people have resigned, CEOs, members of government worldwide. But I haven't seen any arrests or investigations here in the United States from this DOJ.”
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Daniel Duncan @lerham.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
You know what I wish was powerful? When faced with being expected to justify “liberal or progressive” ideology (I say morality…but that’s another layer) I just want to say “sorry, my time is too valuable to waste on stupid people”. Can we all just adapt this and hopefully stupid will just evaporate
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Daniel Duncan @lerham.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Clearly we are at an easy time to define. People at the top have chosen profit over human dignity without few exceptions. The ball is in our court on how we chose to stop it or lose access to dignity.
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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Jesse Jackson adapted his “I am Somebody” speech many times, never more memorably than this moving 1971 Sesame Street appearance. RIP. youtu.be/iTB1h18bHlY
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Sesame Street - I Am Somebody
YouTube video by LittleJerryFan92 *RETIRED CHANNEL*
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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
RIP Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader Who Sought the Presidency, Dies at 84 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
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Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader Who Sought the Presidency, Dies at 84
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. DHS, tell us again what a great job that you’re doing. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, one the administration has ignored.
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Daniel Duncan @lerham.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Please, Do not trust Lindsey Graham as far as you can throw him. He is a Putin insider at the table to glean information and set you up to believe him and then for him to betray America over and over again. There is NO bipartisanship in America today.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/02/2026
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.
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IndivisibleTX24❌👑 @indivisibletx-24.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The so-called Save America Act will force 21 million American citizens to produce passports or birth certificates just to register to vote. Most do not have them ready. Turning paperwork into a barrier is a poll tax by another name. #HandsOffHerVote social.demcast.com/s/L9X3k1fQ
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Contact Your MOC
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The Atlantic’s profile of Bondi has some wow. @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Daniel Duncan @lerham.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
I’m thinking Devon Island in Canada
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Daniel Duncan @lerham.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Where is the detention camp everyone in the Epstein files goes to?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/02/2026
Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Cartoon by @dennisgoris.bsky.social. The mystery poster.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
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Daniel Duncan @lerham.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Know what your politicians are up to and you will know what they are capable of and not. Schumer will sink us all.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/02/2026
I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
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Daniel Duncan @lerham.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Taken from “Ghosts of Mississippi” 1996. This movie should be watched now to see where we have not dealt with this horror and by doing so have let evil back into powerful positions. The shame is unbearably deep and catastrophic.
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Daniel Duncan @lerham.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
In his landmark civil rights speech President John F Kennedy, on the very night that Medgar Evers was murdered, said “We face a moral crisis as a country and as a people. Those who do nothing are inviting shame as well as violence. Those who act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality.”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/02/2026
Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control. “It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
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Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On
In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surf...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
AOC: Why haven’t so many people been prosecuted? Why are Pam Bondi and the DOJ continuing to hide the majority of the Epstein files, which they admit contain even more direct evidence of genuinely shocking crimes and abuse of women, minors, and increasingly men…
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
AOC on ICE: It’s our task to figure out how to claw back what has essentially supercharged this agency into becoming a relentless domestic paramilitary that is also a blank check to Palantir to create facial-recognition scans on U.S. citizens.
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TweetLD @tweetld.art · 02/02/2026
A photo of Noah Feldman beside A quite with the ABC News logo “If we cannot impeach a president who abuses his office fir his personal advantage, we no longer live in a democracy — we live in a monarchy, or we live under a dictator.@ Noah Feldman, Harvard Law School
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Stoner Philly Fan @stonerphillyfan.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
The Epstein case reflects systemic issues within the American elite. Despite clear evidence, the perpetrators will probably never be charged. They engage in exploitative practices without consequence.The American oligarchy has amassed its wealth through parasitism
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
"Four hours after his arrest, he was taken to a hospital emergency room in Edina with swelling and bruising around his right eye and bleeding. A CT scan revealed at least eight skull fractures and life-threatening hemorrhages in at least five areas of his brain..." apnews.com/article/immi...
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ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.
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Daniel Duncan @lerham.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Ask them to define happiness first🤣😳
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/02/2026
NEW: This isn't about "training." The two agents who murdered Alex Pretti - Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez - have been with Border Patrol for 8 and 12 years respectively. You can't reform CBP. Abolish ICE/CBP. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
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Daniel Duncan @lerham.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Our elected representatives have abandoned the legal ability to prosecute crime because it requires true law enforcement,something we have let drift from our grasp and allowed corruption to drive the steering wheel.They were elected to figure this out and are clearly incapable except for a tiny few
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 31/01/2026
This should piss everyone off, and our tax dollars paid for this. A massive building purchased by ICE for $70 million in Arizona to “warehouse” immigrants. Calling this “housing” is a lie. This is storage. This is treating human beings like inventory.
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Daniel Duncan @lerham.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I will tell you how. A massive sea of enablers and grifters. An evil demented conservative legion that believes they are the moral ones because they embrace the same old doctrine of white christian nationalism at all costs, and will sleep with demons to continue to wear that mask.
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Daniel Duncan @lerham.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
This is a test of our ability as a nation to stop tyranny and we are failing not just the IS, but the world. How are we to ever feel worthy as citizens again?
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