Reposted by Rob SpirkoThomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 27/01/2026Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome. 913188396200
Reposted by Rob SpirkoFelipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 19/02/2025I think most people are intuitively aware of this but something like the official White House account posting an “ASMR” video of shackled immigrants is not just cruel for its own sake, it’s intentional envelope-pushing to ramp up to desensitization over inhumane detention, camps, and deaths 361171195017
Rob Spirko @rspirko.bsky.social · 14/02/2025🧵 They're coming for disabled kids. The IDEA act went into effect in 1975, the year I started kindergarten. I tell my students: I had parents willing to support me, and I was a good student, so my teachers liked me. So who knows? I might've been ok as the weird little half-deaf kid who read a lot. 140
Reposted by Rob SpirkoKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Absolutely hate “we went too far” revisionist history. “We all believed women and it went too far.” No we did not all believe women. I was there 223143511757
Reposted by Rob SpirkoDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 17/11/2024"Like all empires, this one rested on a foundation of lies." #Oathbreakers, out from @harpercollins.bsky.social on 12/10. The story of how Charlemagne's grandsons fought a brutal civil war and shattered the Frankish Empire. SIGNED COPY GIVEAWAY. Repost to enter. First drawing 7 pm CST USA. /1harpercollins.comOathbreakersThe authors of The Bright Ages return with a real-life Game of Thrones—the story of the Carolingian Civil War, a bloody, protracted battle pitting brother against brother, father against son, that wou... 27414352
Reposted by Rob SpirkoTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 11/11/2024“Freedom means you decide who you are, and then when things change around you, you continue to be that person. And in so doing, you do constructive work. You set an example for other people. You meet new people who are also trying to remain themselves.” www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...msnbc.comTimothy Snyder: ‘You have to be in the moment in order to get through the moment’In a time when many voters feel despair following the presidential election, it’s key to remember this is not the end. Americans still have their freedom and there are ways to remain politically activ... 163102881828
