Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/08/2026A saint like Dolly Parton dies. And a demon like Donald Trump lives. If there is a God, he doesn’t like us. 😢 2112743390
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 06/08/2026Shall we be thus afflicted in his wreaks, His fits, his frenzy, and his bitterness? 527563
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Today’s Civics Lesson Dr. Fauci honoring a congressional subpoena and then taking the Fifth Amendment: an example of someone respecting both Congress and the Constitution. Jim Jordan ignoring a congressional subpoena: an example of someone showing contempt for Congress. Lesson over. 378191225724
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialGoere @herzbrezel.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Good evening 🌃 Another Saturday, another episode of ‘mentally elsewhere.’ Powered by vibes. 🎶 #KaleidoSaturday ✨ 085
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Marco Rubio is against birthright citizenship. But Marco Rubio *is* a birthright citizen. Ted Cruz is against birthright citizenship. But Ted Cruz was born in Canada. He only got US citizenship by a birthright citizenship law because of his US mother. They are both shameless hypocrites. 1061241008015
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/07/2026They are arresting U.S. Air Force Officers for free speech and U.S. Olympians for curiosity—but not rich men for raping children with Jeffrey Epstein. 556192288459
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialc @3boxesofsighs.bsky.social · 28/05/2026...throw roses into the abyss and say: ‘here is my thanks to the monster who didn't succeed in swallowing me alive’ - friedrich nietzsche 06614
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialH.P. @hannelore14089.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Rachel Carson (27. Mai 1907-14. April 1964) war eine amerikanische Zoologin, Biologin,Wissenschaftsjournalistin und Sachbuchautorin, deren Hauptwerk Silent Spring (Der stumme Frühling) aus dem Jahr 1962 häufig als Ausgangspunkt der US-amerikanischen Umweltbewegung bezeichnet wird.   25716
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialH.P. @hannelore14089.bsky.social · 11/02/2026“I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again.” Sylvia Plath, gefeierte Schriftstellerin,die am 11. Februar 1963 im Alter von 30 Jahren freiwillig aus dem Leben schied,indem sie sich mit Hilfe ihres Herdes vergaste,während ihre Kinder im Obergeschoss schliefen. 87313
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialH.P. @hannelore14089.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Es gibt Dinge im Leben, Die man nie sagt, Weil man glaubt, Man hätte noch ein ganzes Leben lang Zeit, Was sind wir bloß für Träumer! Das Leben rast dahin Es nimmt auf unsere Zögerlichkeit keine Rücksicht, Unsere Zeit auf Erden ist vor allem eins: endlich Gute Nacht  811322
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialH.P. @hannelore14089.bsky.social · 09/01/2026»Der Mensch ist ein sprachbegabtes Tier und wird sich immer durch das Wort verführen lassen.« -Simone de Beauvoir - 9. Januar 1908 - 14. April 1986  112129
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialAll In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 13/11/2025WATCH: @raskin.house.gov explains the deal that would allow eight GOP senators lucrative lawsuits over phone record subpoenas: "It's certainly the most corrupt provision authorizing financial self-dealing and plunder of the public passed by Congress in this century." 18673032706
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 13/11/2025The Epstein Files… otherwise known as the Trump Pardon List 312065519
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 08/11/2025God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another. 637646
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialH.P. @hannelore14089.bsky.social · 05/11/2025An guten Tagen glücklich zu sein, das kann jeder. An schlechten Tagen nicht zu verzweifeln, das ist eine Kunst, die man erst erlernen muss. Gute Nacht 625438
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 22/10/2025What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our pow’r to accompt? 1024046
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 28/10/2025A year ago, I launched my book #OnFreedom in a war zone – in Kharkiv, Ukraine, 35 seconds from Russian artillery. Today, I'm launching the paperback in Portland, Oregon. Which is NOT a war zone. There is a difference in the real world between what's a war and what is not, and between truth and lies. 392097495
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 29/10/2025The whole Third Term Project isn’t actually about Trump. The people behind it know he will likely be dead or enfeebled by 2029. It is about them, the vastly unpopular group around Trump, wanting to grift us forever without elections. 11638571224
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialJoe C @jccpunj.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Once again, as intentioned by the founders, religion should have no role in Government. Expressions of or religious displays from elected officials in the course of their Congressional work, should be a disqualifier and cause for impeachment from office. 3303
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialH.P. @hannelore14089.bsky.social · 27/10/2025«The silence depressed me. It wasn't the silence of silence. It was my own silence.» Gute Nacht mit Sylvia Plath  1429
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialVeruca's Alt @verucas-alt.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Your apology should be as loud as your error. 419350
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialH.P. @hannelore14089.bsky.social · 21/10/2025"Der Tod der menschlichen Empathie ist eines der frühesten und deutlichsten Zeichen dafür, dass eine Kultur gerade in Barbarei verfällt." Hannah Arendt  329585
r11shawn.bsky.social @r11shawn.bsky.social · 17/10/2025'Rote Blumen oder Blätter' #FotoVorschlag 0161
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialH.P. @hannelore14089.bsky.social · 13/10/2025»Far above the golden clouds, the darkness vibrates. The earth is blue. And everything about it is a love song. Everything about it.« Paul Simon geb. am 13. oktober 1941  1449
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialH.P. @hannelore14089.bsky.social · 12/10/2025„Wir fühlen, daß, selbst wenn alle möglichen wissenschaftlichen Fragen beantwortet sind, unsere Lebensprobleme noch gar nicht berührt sind." Gute Nacht mit Ludwig Wittgenstein  36912
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialH.P. @hannelore14089.bsky.social · 12/10/2025„Was die Menschen Zivilisation nennen, ist der Zustand gegenwärtiger Sitten; was sie Barbarei nennen, das sind die Sitten der Vergangenheit." Anatole France (16. April 1844 - 12. Oktober 1924) war ein französischer Schriftsteller, Kritiker, Historiker, Nobelpreisträger für Literatur 1921  29715
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/10/2025“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...” apnews.com/article/pope...apnews.comPope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truthsPope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation. 626202266776
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/10/2025Absolutely crucial point here by Greg Sargent. When we don’t call propaganda what it is, we co-produce it, and hasten disaster. newrepublic.substack.com/p/maga-implo...newrepublic.substack.comMAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken SuitA good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda. 291532490
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialH.P. @hannelore14089.bsky.social · 09/10/2025„A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality." John Lennon ( 9. Oktober 1940 - 8. Dezember 1980)  610124
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialH.P. @hannelore14089.bsky.social · 06/10/2025„Nicht da ist man daheim, wo man seinen Wohnsitz hat, sondern wo man verstanden wird." Gute Nacht mit Christian Morgenstern. 312516
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialH.P. @hannelore14089.bsky.social · 07/10/2025www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/festi...tagesspiegel.deFestival of Lights 2025 in Berlin: Das ist die beste Route, um möglichst viele Lichtshows zu sehenDas Festival of Lights beginnt. Unter dem Motto „Let’s shine together“ können Besucher die Stadt bei Nacht erkunden – eine Idee für eine Route in zwei Stunden. 1143
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialH.P. @hannelore14089.bsky.social · 05/10/2025"Die Leute wollen die Wahrheit nicht hören, weil sie nicht wollen, dass ihre Illusionen zerstört werden." Gute Nacht mit Friedrich Nietzsche 623460
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialSam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 27/09/2025"The list of culprits for destroying the Justice Department and the politically driven prosecutions of the second Trump administration must include John Roberts, their chief enabler." Great piece by @cristianfarias.com nymag.com/intelligence...nymag.comJohn Roberts Wrote Trump a Permission Slip to Indict ComeyPolitical targets of the Justice Department can thank the chief justice. 23401137
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialAnxious Pickle @pdnell.bsky.social · 26/09/2025I have a hard time controlling my use of words that I never use when I read anything about her. If she had a shred of integrity she would have declined a nomination made under those circumstances 071
Reposted by @r11shawn.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Van Hollen: I will just say that anybody who thinks we're on the way to authoritarianism is wrong. We are there 522262587332
r11shawn.bsky.social @r11shawn.bsky.social · 15/09/2025‘Im Vorbeigehen‘ #FotoVorschlag Bitte vorbeigehen 0131
