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simontimes.bsky.social @simontimes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Interesting analysis
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simontimes.bsky.social @simontimes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Interesting read. Careful musicology and archival research.
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David Gans @dgans.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
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I have terrible, terrible news for red America
SFGATE columnist Drew Magary unpacks the 2025 elections.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
NEW: Court filings reveal that states using the Trump administration’s untested citizenship verification system to purge voter rolls may be mistakenly flagging eligible voters at an alarming rate, risking the chance of voters being disenfranchised.
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Trump’s Voter Citizenship Database Is ‘Flawed’ and Could Lead to Disenfranchisement, Election Administrator Warns
Read more here.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
A U.S. citizen and student was violently detained by ICE near the school in Chicago They want community members too afraid to resist out of fear that they might be next. As ICE occupations worsen, communities have proven to be a lynchpin to resisting ICE. We must build up community solidarity.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social
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David Gans @dgans.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY there will be staged readings of the latest version of JERRY GARCIA IN THE LOWER MISSION, performed by real live actors (Dena Martinez, Aidaa Peerzada, and Brian Rivera, plus author Richard Montoya!) accompanied by real live musicians (David Gans and Joshua Raoul Brody)….
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Jerry Garcia in the Lower Mission — Magic Theatre
Jerry Garcia in the Lower Mission A tribute play by Richard Montoya August 29 & 30 the Magic
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CCscott @ccscott.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
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Glitter Jedi Fellina @glitterjedi.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
#BookSky
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 29/06/2025
Exclusive: Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes is a three-time felon who has been released early from federal prison to a halfway house in exchange for his cooperation in the federal prosecution of Kilmar Abrego García.
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Star witness against Kilmar Abrego García was due to be deported. Now he’s being freed.
Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes is a three-time felon released early from federal prison to a halfway house in exchange for testifying against Kilmar Abrego García.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Authoritarianism is ugly, and art can inspire — and even organize. bmoreart.com/2025/03/arti...
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Artists Challenging Authoritarianism - BmoreArt
Raindrops on a Rainy Day Kerr HoustonA question comes to mind: what have visual artists done, over the past century, … Continued
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
My talk yesterday, interspersed with images of those more than 1200 protests nationwide. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/millions-sto...
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Millions Stood Up: April 5 Hands Off Day of Action
I was the closing speaker at the ebullient San Francisco Hands Off rally, and when I got home later I scoured the news for  reports on the more than one thousand other rallies. Of course people would ...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 24/03/2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disclosed war plans in a group chat that included the editor in chief of The Atlantic two hours before U.S. troops launched attacks against the Houthi militia in Yemen, the White House said. It was an extraordinary breach of U.S. national security intelligence.
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Hegseth Disclosed Secret War Plans in a Group Chat
The conversation among the defense secretary and other national security officials on a commercial messaging app mistakenly included the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg.
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simontimes.bsky.social @simontimes.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Lots if folks are reducing or stopping purchase thru these companies…power of the purse
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Janai Nelson @janainelson.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
As retailers drop DEI, some Black customers drop them. That’s the power of the pocketbook. www.nbcnews.com/specials/ant...
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As retailers drop DEI, some Black customers drop them
As retailers like Target and Amazon announce plans to scale back or cut DEI programs in their businesses, Black customers are rethinking where they spend their cash.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22/03/2025
President Donald Trump told reporters he did not sign the controversial proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act to quickly deport migrants his administration says are violent gang members from Venezuela. Now many are wondering what did happen.
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If Trump didn’t sign the Alien Enemies Act proclamation, who — or what — did?
Did Trump misspeak? Is he trying to deflect a decision under heavy legal scrutiny onto Secretary of State Marco Rubio?
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Amy Siskind @amysiskind.com · 19/03/2025
OMG! French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found
France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
This is not good
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PeterBMeme @peterbmeme.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
The #ElectoralCollege is #DEI for #RedStates
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/03/2025
The deputy director of a left-leaning project at Yale Law School was put on leave over allegations that she's linked to a group the U.S. government says funds terrorists — a claim that surfaced three days ago on a news site that's powered at least in part by A.I., and one she denies.
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Yale Scholar Banned After A.I. News Site Accuses Her of Terrorist Link
The deputy director of a liberal project at Yale Law School was put on leave over allegations that she is linked to Samidoun, a group the U.S. government has said funds terrorists.
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Veterans Against Trump @vetsat.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Got any plans for next Friday? Cancel them and do this instead, we need you. ❤️🇺🇸
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CNN @cnn.com · 05/03/2025
Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.
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A 40-day Target boycott starts today. It couldn’t come at a worse time for the company | CNN Business
Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
“Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.”
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Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries — WIRED
Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
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Jason Haslam @jasonhaslam.ca · 05/03/2025
As a professor of English, allow me to try, humbly and with the proper respect, to offer an appropriate response to the President’s address: Fuck you, you fucked-up fuck, and fuck all the fuckers who willingly fuck with you, especially. You can all fuck all the way off, and then fuck off some more.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
As Trump makes concessions to Russia, he is showing weakness on a level unprecedented in modern US history. His position is so weak that it is unlikely to convince anyone. Trump is a sheep in wolf’s clothing. The wolves can tell the difference "The Weak Strongman" snyder.substack.com/p/the-weak-s...
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The Weak Strongman
Impotence and Unfreedom, Together
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simontimes.bsky.social @simontimes.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Does Timothy Snyder have an update to On Tyranny?
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David Gans @dgans.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
continuingstudies.stanford.edu/courses/libe... Guest speakers will include Rob Barraco & Jeff Mattson!
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Composition, Interpretation, and Improvisation: The Music of the Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead redefined live music through their unique blend of original songs, reimagined covers, and collective, simultaneous improvisation. Their innovative approach has influenced countless m...
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simontimes.bsky.social @simontimes.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The $115,000 ad Wash Post backed out from publishing
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The Political Revolution @polrev.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Today, we showed up. Tomorrow, we build a better future, together. #5050movement #politicalrevolution #fiftyfiftyone
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
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'Turned out the lights': Fury hits Washington Post as it refuses to run $115K anti-Musk ad
The Washington Post canceled plans to run a front-and back-page advertisement that would have earned the paper $115,000 — and ran straight into fresh fury.The ad, reportedly sponsored by the watchdog ...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/02/2025
From an FDA probationary employee: the firings are coming from outside the agency without cause and with zero input from supervisors (as promised.) More firings expected between now and Tuesday. Do not open the termination email before you download your documents and performance evals.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Woke up this morning wondering which of the Washington-based foreign journalists here will end up being their generation’s William Shirer 😬😵‍💫
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Elon Musk, that avatar or arrogance, is trashing the US Constitution. Trumpers, is this what you voted for? An end to America?
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TheHermit @hopefulhermit.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
#StreetArt ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻✊️
Grafitti
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Of course it’s a coup
Miss the obvious, lose your republic
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
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Lúl Rýzooo @itsreallycj.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Companies Scaling Back or Denouncing DEI Amazon Boeing Brown-Forman Caterpillar Ford Harley-Davidson John Deere Lowe’s Molson Coors McDonald’s Meta Nissan Stanley Black & Decker Target Tractor Supply Toyota Walmart Support who supports you ✨✊
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 23/01/2025
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simontimes.bsky.social @simontimes.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
USA 2025
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simontimes.bsky.social @simontimes.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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David Gans @dgans.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
www.jefftiedrich.com/p/a-dark-day...
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a dark day in America
let’s be here for each other
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Ben Cohen @bencomics.art · 20/01/2025
This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 20/01/2025
BREAKING: @democracyforward.bsky.social, on behalf of advocacy groups, filed a lawsuit alleging that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is "operating without complying with federal transparency laws." The suit seeks to block DOGE's operation until it complies with federal law.
Veterans, Teachers, Public Health Professionals, Consumer Advocates, and Watchdog Groups File Suit Challenging the DOGE’s Secret Operations
The American Public Health Association, the American Federation of Teachers, Minority Veterans of America, VoteVets Action Fund, Center for Auto Safety, and CREW, Represented by Democracy Forward and CREW, File Suit Against DOGE To Compel Transparency



Washington, D.C. — At 12:01 pm on Inauguration Day, a coalition of veterans, public health professionals, teachers, consumer advocates, and watchdogs filed a federal lawsuit challenging the secret operation of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The suit was filed by the American Public Health Association, American Federation of Teachers, Minority Veterans of America, VoteVets Action Fund, Center for Auto Safety, Inc., and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), represented by Democracy Forward and CREW.  



The plaintiffs represent a wide range of people and communities that count on the federal government for services and programs, from protecting our national and domestic security, to responding to emergencies, to caring for veterans injured in combat, and much more.The suit challenges DOGE’s operating without complying with federal transparency laws that require that the American people have information regarding the activities of any private commission.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
LOL.
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Pat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
I always loved this image of Barack Obama looking at the statue of MLKJr.
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simontimes.bsky.social @simontimes.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
And a little ironic humor and more to help with today: youtu.be/rdPOAhBp2Ag?...
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Grateful Dead - U.S. Blues (Studio Version)
YouTube video by LongStrangeTrip710
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simontimes.bsky.social @simontimes.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Today is MLK Day. For Donald, Bob Dylan and Joan Baez sing When the Ship Comes In at the 1963 March on Washington, at which MLK gave a speech we remember today. youtu.be/TFc8glsWjgU?...
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March on Washington 1963, Joan and Bob - When the Ship comes in
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