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Michael Garcia (he/him) @michaelmgarcia.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Happy birthday to the creator of the cinematic realms where I spent much of my childhood that in turn shaped me into the human being I am today! You are, as your name suggests, a giant light in this dark world.

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Michael Garcia (he/him) @michaelmgarcia.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Medieval Studies in Troubled Times: The 1930s | Speculum: Vol 95, No 1 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....

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Medieval Studies in Troubled Times: The 1930s | Speculum: Vol 95, No 1

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Michael Garcia (he/him) @michaelmgarcia.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I'm planning a unit for my high school Humanities class on academics who resisted fascism. I got the idea when I was in grad school and learned about Marc Bloch's role in the French Resistance. I wat to design lessons about him and others like him. Please give me your suggestions. #medievalists

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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.

A memo listing all of the clubs eliminated by USMA.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Absolutely brutal scroll on Fox.

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Friendly Neighborhood Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Hi all, We’re still here at OPM. We have a situation where we MIGHT, and I do mean, MIGHT have four of Elon’s people blocked from the building. Can we get press or a member of Congress down here? We’ve blocked them for two hours and they keep coming back and trying to go in.

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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 31/01/2025

It boggles the mind that Democrats could lose because they were blamed for an inflation they didn’t cause. While Republicans could win on a campaign of inflation they’ll intentionally cause. But here we fucking are: Trump’s 25% & 10% tariffs kicking in tomorrow could raise prices on these items:

Canada exports: wood, charcoal, aluminum, iron & steel appliances, cereal, flour, starch, milk products, rubbers, alcohol, carpets, wool, animal hair, umbrellas, cotton, corks, printed books

Mexico exports: cereals, paper products, fruits and nuts, tomatoes, onions, lettuce, fruit juice, fertilizers, dairy products, eggs, honey, cotton, beer, liquor, coffee, tea, spices, meat, fish, seafood, sauces, baked goods, avocados, raw sugar

Things China exports: every god damn thing we own.

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Michael Garcia (he/him) @michaelmgarcia.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Rumor is that across Memphis today lots of ESL (English as a Second Language) students were absent because there are whispers of ICE raids happening today. Several of my students are among those that did not show up today. This is not right.

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Indivisible Brooklyn @bkindivisible.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

The last day of our @schumer.senate.gov call relay. We are calling about a nom so terrible, we are doing him AGAIN: Russell Vought. End the week strong by telling Chuck it should be all opposition All. The. Time. Stop the “bipartisanship” talk, we need a leader that fights. @indivisible.org

Hello, my name is ___. I'm a constituent living in (City and zipcode), and I'm a voter who never misses an election. Mitch McConnell often got his caucus to block Democratic nominations. I’m calling to ask Senator Schumer to follow suit and whip his entire caucus against the nomination of Russell Vought for head of the Office of Management and Budget. He and other Democrats should loudly demand that the nomination be withdrawn. This week's funding freeze was Vought’s idea, and if confirmed, he'll continue pushing Project 2025's cruel agenda. The White House says it rescinded this first freeze memo, but Trump still plans to withhold congressionally approved funds, with Vought's help. Vought testified he believes the Impoundment Act is unconstitutional and suggested the Trump administration will decide whether to follow it. If he leads OMB, millions of Americans will suffer. If the nomination goes forward, I expect Senator Schumer to unify his caucus against confirmation. Not a single Democrat should vote for the chaos we’ve already witnessed this week.”

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Skyleigh Uhrich @skylee1.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Someone dropped this in my post the other day and even if you’re not religious it works!

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Robert Cooper @robertcooper-us.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I wish the American press had the courage to write this sort of a headline.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Two words: Merrick Garland. I hate to say it, but it’s true.

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The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Learn all about metal debris from ancient settlements & what that means about evolving production methods, fuel demands, land use impact & early global connections & metal technology’s spread across Eurasia on 20 Feb in our free talk! www.sal.org.uk/event/steppe...

A close up of a lit coal fire used for melting metals for smithing, with some smithing tools in the coals.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

And that wasn’t idle speculation. The ADA came about in large part because of the dramatic protests of disabled activists. This was the “Capitol Crawl” in March 1990. The ADA finally passed in the House soon after.

Disabled people crawling up the Capitol steps

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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Senator Adam Schiff torched Kash Patel: "Mr. Patel may be, I don't know, but he may be the first nominee for FBI Director in history who felt it necessary to plead the 5th." BOOM! 🔥

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The Onion @theonion.com · 30/01/2025

ICE Agents Hurl Pregnant Immigrant Over Mexican Border To Prevent Birth On U.S. Soil

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

“it’s probably a black person’s fault this bad thing happened” as a reflexive explanation is just a racist statement, there’s not a level of substantiation that makes it not racist bsky.app/profile/pgou...

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

more like: his remarks followed his reflex to seize on occasions of public distress and fear as opportunities to deny accountability through escalating racist and partisan demagoguery

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 30/01/2025

Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader in the Senate, has reportedly been criticized by some of the party’s state governors for not resisting Donald Trump’s agenda and cabinet nominees strongly enough.

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Democratic governors criticize Chuck Schumer for weak resistance to Trump

Exchange between six governors and Senate minority leader exposes divisions in party over opposition approach

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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Yeah, there’s that too . . .

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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

🚨 TWEEPS: Russian puppet and Bashar al Assad fan Tulsi Gabbard is being grilled by the Senate now. She is NOT fit to be our Director of National Intelligence. Please sign and RT this to send Congress a message: DO NOT CONFIRM TULSI GABBARD. atadvocacy.com/rtgdni1225?r...

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Reject Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence!

Donald Trump has nominated former Democratic presidential candidate and veteran Tulsi Gabbard as director of National Intelligence — but it’s clear this is no hand extended across the aisl

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

⚡️ JUST NOW: TENNESSEE REPUBLICANS killed an amendment from fellow REPUBLICAN Rep. Hurt which would’ve helped kids with special needs be included in @GovBillLee’s voucher scam 😳

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