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Linda Simon Guttilla

@lindasimong.bsky.social
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I love dogs, science and democracy.

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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Opinion | Trump Has Lost Contact With Reality (Gift Article)
The president’s distortions have an impact on much more than belief in his claims about what he was doing on Sept. 11.
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/m... Naomi Klein is not a religious nut. This is a factual article about what humanit, and life on Earth are now facing.
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Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor Say the End of the World Is Now on the Table (Gift Article)
In a new book, the writers argue that a powerful coalition of “end times fascists” is just fine with the earth’s demise.
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u... This president is dangerous to democracy.
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How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech (Gift Article)
President Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Exactly 3 months from today is the most important midterm election in our lifetime. Our opportunity to hold him accountable. Register to vote here: Iwillvote.com The stakes have never been higher. Show the world the majority of Americans are good, decent, honest people. #VoteBlue🗳️ #RejectMAGA 👎
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/08/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The U.S. government does not own shares in drug companies. It does not own shares in airlines or oil companies or meatpackers,” the editorial board writes. “It should not own shares in A.I. companies.”
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Opinion | Why State Ownership of A.I. Is a Bad Idea
Taking stakes in A.I. companies would not increase the government’s powers to control those companies. The opposite is more likely.
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
substack.com/@kommunityko... The value of the gift can’t be quantified.
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River (@kommunitykoin)
What happens when humans stop being consumers? How can communities feed themselves and each other without buying or selling food? The award winning documentary "Radical Neighbouring" follows Sand...
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
July 22, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... Hey MAGAts, you’re blind, deaf and stupid.
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July 22, 2026
“The Republican Party’s new favorite talking point is calling Democrats communists,” Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA) said yesterday on the floor of the U.S.
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Walt Watson Astrophotography @waltwatsonastro.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The Ring Nebula (M57) is a expanding shell of ionized gas ejected by a dying sun-like star. Barred Spiral Galaxy (IC1296), seen as a edge on smudge, is 10,000x further away than the Ring at ~220 Mly, testing the resolving power of my scope. Exp: 5hrs, Taken 07/14/26 #astronomy #astrophotography
The Ring Nebula (M57) is a expanding shell of ionized gas ejected by a dying sun-like star. Barred Spiral Galaxy (IC1296), seen as a edge on smudge, is 10,000x further away than the Ring at ~220 Mly, testing the resolving power of my scope.

Exp: 5hrs, Taken 07/14/26 

Equipment:
Telescope #1: SVBony SV503 102ed
Camera: ZWO ASI533 mc pro
Mount: ZWO AM5
Filter: SVBony UV/IR cut
Processed in SIRIL, PS, and Luminar Neo
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... Let’s teach them what a man is.
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The Return of the Democratic Manly Man
The party has a new campaign strategy: masculinity.
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/... His mantra is to accuse others of doing what he is doing. Accordingly, I think that HE, along with Right wing Confederates has stolen the 2024 election. GET HIM OUT!
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Trump Is Caught in the Trap He Set
The war in Iran has dealt a serious blow to the idea that the president can slip out of any bind easily.
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
substack.com/@thomhartman... The uber wealthy play while the rest of us struggle to pay.
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Are the Houthis Sinking the World’s Oil Supply?
Houthis choke Saudi oil, a judge halts the Paramount deal, Trump grabs science funding, Louisiana buries toxic air, Maine backs a logger, billionaires hoard nannies while you scramble for daycare.
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Trump's Midterm Election Plot | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, July 18, 2026, by @RBReich substack.com/@robertreich...
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Trump's Midterm Election Plot | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, July 18, 2026
With Michael Lahanas-Calderón and yours truly, Robert Reich
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Republicans are a bunch of millionaires working for billionaires to silence your voice. SPEAK UP NOW!
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Saturday Report 7/18/26 — Trump’s DHS threatens to jail election officials, Fox pretends the speech never happened, and Texas asks eighth graders to consider whether the Holocaust was God’s fault... open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
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Saturday Report 7/18/26 — Trump’s DHS threatens to jail election officials, Fox pretends the speech never happened, and Texas asks eighth graders to consider whether the Holocaust was God’s fault...
The Best of the Rest of the News
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
substack.com/@cornishpixi... Trump is a TRAITOR.
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Penny Evans (@cornishpixie)
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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Morgan J. Freeman (@mjfree)
😡😡😡 NEVER FORGET TRUMP RAPED LITTLE KIDS NEVER FORGET TRUMP RAPED LITTLE KIDS NEVER FORGET TRUMP RAPED LITTLE KIDS 😡😡😡
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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Truth Matters (@politicsusa46)
THIS is how you deal with monsters. Kudos to Rep Pressley for her unwavering, ruthless and uncompromising questioning of Russell Vought. 🎥 TikTok - http://vm.tiktok.com/ZN81FJQBo/
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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Raw America (@rawstory)
POLICE STATE: Cops are seen on camera threatening to arrest scientists at a diabetes research convention for simply passing out an editorial criticizing Trump’s cuts to scientific research. Share this...
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
A Northwestern University spinout is 3D printing lenses by projecting ultraviolet light into a pool of liquid resin to harden it into a finished shape. cen.acs.org/business/spe... #chemsky 🧪
Changing how eyeglass lenses are made.
Azul 3D is betting that UV-curable photopolymers and 3D printing offer something better.
by David Brzostowicki, special to C&EN.
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
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Nine People. Decades of Power. One Fix for the Supreme Court Most Americans Already Want.
One eighteen year term per justice, one new seat every two years, and an end to vacancies decided by luck and death.
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
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Trump is Following Putin’s “Dictator’s Checklist” and Tonight is the Next Step on the List
Control information. Intimidate opponents. Capture institutions. Rewrite reality. And the final box may be closer than Americans think...
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart... Thom explains Republican nonsense, dangerous nonsense.
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The Red Scare Returns: Trump Is Calling Us "Communists" Because He Doesn't Want America Talking About the Real Threat
Trump's latest Red Scare recycles one of America's oldest political tricks: invent an internal enemy to distract voters from the policies reshaping the country…
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The End of North America open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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The End of North America
Neighbors? Who needs them?
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A Dandelion @onedandelion.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
7/01/26 🎥 Full speech (147K views for past 1 day) youtu.be/tCu6YDiJVs8?...
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Active duty Air Force Major calls for Trump's/Vance's IMPEACHMENT + REMOVAL from office.
YouTube video by Free Speech For People
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Drew Webb 🏳️‍🌈 @archeryfan93.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I’m SO proud to call USAF member Jason Watson a friend of mine. He was arrested yesterday for protesting in his uniform against the administration. Bravo sir. #Impeach #Convict #Remove.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/07/2026
Since retaking office, President Trump has spun many historical yarns that stretch the truth, strain credulity or are downright false. We fact-checked the president’s accounts of American history from the Battle of Gettysburg to the Unabomber.
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Fact-Checking Trump’s Inaccurate Accounts of U.S. History
We fact-checked the president’s colorful — and inaccurate — accounts of American history from the Battle of Gettysburg to the Unabomber.
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The "Pro-Life" Movement Wants to Execute Women Who Have Abortions open.substack.com/pub/jill/p/t...
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The "Pro-Life" Movement Wants to Execute Women Who Have Abortions
They were always going to do this. But now some of the most powerful people in the movement want criminal penalties for women who terminate pregnancies.
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Every Republic in History Has Feared the Man Who Put His Face on Their Money open.substack.com/pub/thomhart... The obscenity of Trumpism.
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Every Republic in History Has Feared the Man Who Put His Face on Their Money
From Caesar's denarius to Trump's meme coin, the message is always the same: "I am the state and you damn well better both fear me and pay me tribute!"
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart... Professor Hartman says it all. We must go forward, not back.
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The Truth About "Socialism" that Republicans and Corporate Dems Don't Want You to Hear
Why Americans are embracing policies they were taught to fear, while rejecting a stupid, oligarchic economic model that's failed us all (except the oligarchs)...
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
How a 25-Cent Cancer Pill Became a Hundred-Billion-Dollar Business www.propublica.org/podcast/revl...
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How a 25-Cent Cancer Pill Became a Hundred-Billion-Dollar Business
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
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Marney (@irelandgreen17)
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart... Shout the truth from the rooftop and expose the fearful press!
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Italy Called Trump an "Asshole" - Why Won’t America’s Media be Similarly Candid?
A conservative Italian newspaper used the blunt type of word American journalists keep avoiding, and exposed how far our press will go to normalize the abnormal...
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/o...
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Opinion | Trump Put His Own Interests Above All in the Iran Deal
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Revival project for endangered native trees. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Revival project for endangered native trees in North Yorkshire
The population of black poplar trees has dwindled to around 7,000 trees in the UK and Ireland.
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
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Scott Dworkin (@scottdworkin)
Excellent point. Don't forget to subscribe: https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/subscribe
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Dr. K. Lotterhos @drk-lo.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/o... Resources for US scientists concerned about the proposed OMB ruling to curtail peer review, limit conference travel, and limit scientific inquiry 🧪👨‍🔬
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Opinion | Trump’s Assaults on Scientific Research Just Got Worse
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The Insanely Rigged Economy substack.com/@berniesande...
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The Insanely Rigged Economy
Yesterday, while tens of millions of families were struggling to pay for rent, food, healthcare, childcare and gas, seven of Trump's oligarchic friends became $210 billion richer.
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
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An Ascendant Constitutional Theory Is a Threat to American Science
The idea of a “unitary executive” is now being extended to America’s scientific establishment, with potentially devastating effects.
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
“Instead of prioritizing a very specific, clear, actionable research question, we’re simply just trying to figure out how to survive in this environment.” This is where we are. There is little room for innovation in this environment. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
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Study finds sharp decline in Black, Hispanic researchers receiving NIH funding
Drop in those receiving grants and fellowships in 2025 shows impact of Trump administration rollbacks to diversity initiatives
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Trump Targets Newsom's Inner Circle as Critics Warn Democracy's Guardrails Are Collapsing open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
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Trump Targets Newsom's Inner Circle as Critics Warn Democracy's Guardrails Are Collapsing
As federal investigators knock on doors tied to California's governor, critics warn America is sliding toward the politics of Nixon, Richelieu, and Stalin…
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Trillionaire Testosterone | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, June 13, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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Trillionaire Testosterone | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, June 13, 2026
With Heather Lofthouse and yours truly, Robert Reich
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 13/06/2026
Brexit is one of the most high-profile examples of how Britain sabotaged its own position as a global power—yet that policy’s chief instigator now stands to be promoted to prime minister, Idrees Kahloon reports:
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How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi
A case study in self-sabotage
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
substack.com/@robertreich...
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They don't want you to know the REAL reason Social Security is in trouble
But I'm going to tell you anyway
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Social Security is Facing a Political Crisis open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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Social Security is Facing a Political Crisis
America can afford to keep paying full benefits. But will we?
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
This Isn't a Recession. It's Worse. open.substack.com/pub/blueamp/...
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This Isn't a Recession. It's Worse.
The cushion runs out in August. The CEOs already know. Here's what is actually happening to the American economy — and the question no politician has yet had the nerve to ask.
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Linda Simon Guttilla @lindasimong.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
bsky.app/profile/noth... We are now in the Twilight Zone.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Do you think he has any clue what he posted? Yes, it’s real. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
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