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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Equal Rights Amendment, anyone? Are you a survivor of a 'glass ceiling'? Have you been a target of sexual harassment, unwanted sex / rape, or grabbed by a body part? Professor Reich writes to us: Cornell, Rape, and Misogyny in the Age of Trump robertreich.substack.com/p/cornell-ra...

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Cornell, Rape, and Misogyny in the Age of Trump

Friends,

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My life isn't a video game. Is yours? As Professor Robert Reich points out what is proposed is a nightmare he can't wake up from, and neither can any of us. robertreich.substack.com/p/autowar?r=...

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AutoWar

The nightmare

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Deep in Confederate flag waving, maga hat wearing, illiterate, dumbed down county of the feeble minded, another person has succumbed to an avoidable death all bc getting vaccinated for measles is somehow twisted into a ridiculous excuse for hatred, of your own child, which is just plain stupid.

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Are you located in the San Francisco Bay Area, in the East Bay, and if you are a writer, a historian, a professor / teacher / instructor, technical advisor, this invitation is meant especially for you:

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Never underestimate the power of people determined to set something straight and make it right:

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The ground is uneven making it dangerous to walk safely.The trees will be replaced by redwoods, among other species, that will thrive in the location. Nearly 100 trees to be removed from San Francisco's Embarcadero www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

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Nearly 100 trees to be removed from San Francisco's Embarcadero

"Expect construction noise, temporary sidewalk closures, and pedestrian detours."

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

You may want to wait before visiting upvalley during crush, or later, until the water in St. Helena is cleaned up; now it is not fit to drink or bathe in. 'It's a s—t show': St. Helena residents enraged by brown tap water www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

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'It's a s—t show': St. Helena residents enraged by brown tap water

The city has not said when the dirty water problem will be fixed.

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Here's Jimmy Kimmel's interview with James Talarico, Democrat running for Senate against Ken Paxton in Texas, which brings laughter and wonderful energy to YouTube: youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk

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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Can't read, can't write, cannot write their own signature in cursive; cannot spell, cannot add, subtract, divide or make change from one dollar; these are all very real, alarming concerns facing parents, educators and citizens at large when our model for education should be Finland:

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The French painter Renoir whose subjects were women and children lived outside of Nice, France. His home there is now a museum, beautiful, as you can imagine. Two paintings were stolen by thieves from the museum meaning visitors can no longer see them. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

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Artworks stolen from Renoir Museum on French Riviera in latest heist

Thieves took four artworks but it is thought they dropped two in museum garden as they fled

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France forced women staff to be out of sight from Hindu visitors, and the employees revolted, shutting it down. The employees want to ensure the outrage, the discrimination, never happens again, a feeling of anger and injustice not confined to France.

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This day is not a holiday for the lungs of our country, trees. We must protect them from slaughter:

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Look back in time and consider this. There is no refuge. Release ##TheEpsteinFiles

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Your ability to breathe clean, sweet air is as vital to your well being as the clean, sweet water available for you to affordably drink - for you and for everyone else because what is best for you is smart for our entire environment, wherever you might be. Our time to wait has expended:

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

From the perspective of one, that we belong to one another and that we are all together, this torture is happening to me, just as it is happening to you because it is allowed to be done: ICE given permission to force-feed Cuban hunger striker with gastric tube www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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ICE given permission to force-feed Cuban hunger striker with gastric tube

Exclusive: court orders seen by Guardian show agency given approval to fit Texas detainee with tube without his consent

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This is a breathtaking example of sheer artistry as a book is carefully / lovingly restored and brought back to elegant life. I think of the hands that have held that book, and now the beautiful hands making it whole again.

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

There was a time when I spent my lunch hour visiting this painting, because the colors are entrancing, and because art you care about does many positive things; this review is like a room w/o air, suffocating, and my hope is you will see the beauty there. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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Matisse’s Ugliest Painting

More than a century after its incendiary début, “Woman with a Hat” remains wonderfully resistant to the dictates of beauty and taste.

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Save it, share it, before it disappears. They will show you / us how in the coming weeks; please get involved and help:

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

...At last the ladder, which had been built slowly, slowly, one hope at a time, reached up to the clouds. And the dreamer began to climb...

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

'Good Night and Good Luck' is a film partially written by, directed & starring George Clooney. It was released in 2020, but remains ageless as it dramatizes the conflict between #CBS / Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joe McCarthy in the 1950's. The film is so vital it might have been released now.

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

One of the most breathtaking areas of N. California, Big Sur, is under threat of fire; it is impossible not to feel tremendous losses, from earthquakes, from floods, from fire, all of which are punctuating losses of life. Big Sur threatened by fire is terrifying. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Famed tourist destinations evacuated as wildfire threatens California’s Big Sur

Nearly 500 personnel battle Timber fire in Los Padres national forest as blaze grows to 2,000 acres

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

A history lesson circa 1972 brought to you by Robert Redford & including Dustin Hoffman, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Jason Robards and Hal Holbrook, work together to recreate The Washington Post, bringing to life the toppling of Richard Nixon in the film 'All The President's Men'; stream it.

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

"Peace begins with a smile." - Mother Teresa "If you smile at me I will understand 'cause that is something everybody everywhere does in the same language." - David Crosby, 'Wooden Ships'

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This contains excellent resources to end / minimize your personal online data, and how to protect yourself from those who would sell your information and / or use it against you:

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

If you are unfamiliar with The Brennan Center I think you might be impressed with what their goals are and what they aim to achieve, such as term limits for judges:

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion...; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." - The First Amendment www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Trump’s rambling gala address included insults, potshots and quip about a third presidential term

President mocks political opponents and journalists in mostly light-hearted, hour-long speech at White House correspondents’ dinner

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

What I like about this is if The Popok Firm is not in a position to help you they will refer you to other firms who may be in a position to answer questions, & determine if you have a 'case'; it appears plausible that you will not be fed the usual spin, on top of the anxiety you might already have.

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This Saturday, in San Francisco, California, a not - to - be - missed gathering:

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

California, the golden state, with the Pacific Ocean to the west, has redone the welcome sign, which you will see on the boarders as you drive in: www.sfgate.com/california/a...

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Caltrans changes ‘Welcome to California’ signs. People keep pulling over.

The blue and yellow signs are disappearing.

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Corruption like this has been unfortunately found to be common place. 27 months hardly seems like 'justice'. Stealing will be subject to penalty once individuals are voted in to uphold rules, accountability, and the laundry list of broken laws. www.spotlightpa.org/statecollege...

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Suplizio pleads guilty to money laundering, federal program theft in corruption case

The former DuBois, PA, city manager had been accused by federal prosecutors of stealing more than $1.5 million in public dollars.

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Try to teach students who cannot read above a third grade level, try to get through to those who cannot add, subtract, multiply or divide, plus what about the individuals who have no natural curiosity left, who are not led by their own determination to learn / seek answers:

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

If you have not discovered the extraordinary Mary Beard yet (piles of books; lectures by a fascinating professor we all wish we could audit; series' on BBC / PBS exploring ancient Rome / Romans / Caligula etc.; podcasts, interviews) allow me to introduce her to you, as she expands your knowledge:

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Rebecca Solnit's essay, which I encourage you to read, fully, and with reverence, will reverberate with women no matter if they are life-long students of 'the classics', or males contemplating the significance of women's voices, unheard & silenced; hear women loud & clear, like thundering hoofbeats.

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

There is a voice, Robert Garcia's voice, speaking up & out for us, addressing the pathetic / abusive / insanity that has been allowed to ignore The Constitution, rules, laws, regulations, without a hint of integrity or honor; Robert Garcia's firey choice of words and whip perfect delivery is ideal.

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This should be informative, happening tomorrow, Wednesday, July 22nd, and I urge everyone to register for it:

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Contemplating France during the #FIFAWorldCup2026 remembering George Orwell playing chess with buttons in his Paris hotel in 1933, but more importantly, without the support of #France The United States could not have won the American Revolution against the British.

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

In a remote northern California County, two U.S. Forest Service employees were kidnapped; after negotiations they were both freed, without any physical harm, but what motivates holding Forest Service employees at gunpoint? www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

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US Forest Service employees zip-tied, held at gunpoint in California

"The hostages are OK," the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office confirmed.

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Thank you, Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social for your independent constant coverage in Washington D.C.(which are always enunciated perfectly) giving voice to sanity, here listening to experts explain stopping the pathetic vanity projects: youtu.be/R2e9Hb1x5AI

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Trump PANICS as Reflecting Pool Renovation GOES WRONG

YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

This is vital strategy for Journalists and Writers, and there is an urgency to this message; plan ahead, and write in advance. "Be ready" -

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I don't know what her name is...but I do know she is telling me / you / us that what has happened is beyond wrong, and belongs in a category unimaginable.

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

From Professor Robert Reich, who does the research, speaks with insiders he knows / trusts, shows the references he is writing about, all a thousand times better and faster than I ever could; please stay informed: "ICE is now even WORSE" - Robert Reich open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

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ICE is now even WORSE

Its arrests have doubled, its budget has tripled, its illegalities have multiplied.

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This is wrong, and billions of people who love the sport, who look foward to the games every four years, know it is w r o n g. Trying to defend the action is preposterous.

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I am reposting this difficult footage so that you, like me, can see with your o w n eyes, become better for educated, and, hard as it is, be better informed:

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Menlo Park, California, was a quaint, quiet town neighboring Palo Alto until FB / Meta rolled in, took over, and ruined it: Remember #TheEpsteinFiles ? www.sfgate.com/food/article...

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A Menlo Park restaurant is closing after over 20 years. The owner blames Meta.

"I'm exhausted and I'm tired and I'm scared."

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

This will be the third time in history fireworks will be launched from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco: www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

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Golden Gate Bridge fireworks will shut down multiple SF neighborhoods

"Drivers should expect significant delays."

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Love is a Peaceful Planet @peaceful-planet.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Adam Mockler reports on the latest national embarrassment:

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