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Peter H Reynolds @peterhreynolds.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I’m in D.C. on my NATIONAL DOT TOUR- come join me on Saturday at the Hirshhorn Museum! Educators - you can bring any of my books to sign - and I’ll be signing books bought at the museum gift shop. hirshhorn.si.edu/event/intern...

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International Dot Day - Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden | Smithsonian

Registration is recommended Join NY Times #1 best-selling author/illustrator Peter H. Reynolds—creator of The Dot—for a special celebration of International Dot Day at the Hirshhorn, the biggest dot o...

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Peter H Reynolds @peterhreynolds.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Dot Day posters from the official site! It’s fun to print these out for kids to see all the different languages and remind them that this is a global celebration! www.internationaldotday.org/posters

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Posters | Celebrate with Posters — International Dot Day

Discover a variety of free, customizable Dot Day posters to kickstart your celebrations. Available in multiple languages for international participation.

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Peter H Reynolds @peterhreynolds.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

All those celebrating DOT DAY- there’s a brand new show done by the fabulous folks at KidLitTV! @intldotday.bsky.social

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Kristin VanCuren @tintin7t.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

As an Ohioan, I say - Husted’s gotta go! Sherrod all the way!

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Jaden Jefferson @jadenreports.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Watch the full story here: youtu.be/Wjx9H-_Go5A?...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/07/2026

I’ve spoken with Jason Watson. He knew exactly what this would cost him. He gave up his military career to take a brave stand for democracy. Patriotism that only works with obedience isn’t patriotism.

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Peter H Reynolds @peterhreynolds.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Registration is closing soon to join me for a week of writing near the beach in Southampton. If you’ve been putting off writing that story, or have a story that needs a bit of work & a splash of inspiration, join me at the best writers conferences in the country . www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/writ...

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Writing Workshops | Southampton Writers Conference

Writing workshop page

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Kristin VanCuren @tintin7t.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Ohio AEYC Conference at Kalahari - Mimi Brodsky Chenfeld is a gem! #OAEYC26

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Kristin VanCuren @tintin7t.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Of course, I didn’t grab my camera as soon as I should have.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

We need your help please. Please share. Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico is a UNESCO World Heritage Site containing over a thousand years of Indigenous history ancient ruins, sacred sites, and cultural landmarks built by the ancestors of today’s Pueblo peoples.

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Peter H Reynolds @peterhreynolds.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

We’re compiling a waiting list for the next retreat! Creative Compass retreat is happening in a few days! It will be located in my hometown and in my nonprofit Studios @reynoldstlc.bsky.social to get info or to be placed on the waiting list visit www.reynoldstlc.org/retreat

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/03/2026

Everyone needs to stop what they’re doing and watch this video. “It seems like there’s a lack of diversity here today, and it’s mostly people who look like you and me, and I just…?” This lady’s response is🔥

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Kristin VanCuren @tintin7t.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

I’m not sure why anyone is surprised that Trump & friends don’t give a rat’s 🐀 ass about those poor children murdered in Iran. They haven’t given a crap about the US children brutally gunned down at school and they see other children as their play toys. It’s disgusting.

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Kristin VanCuren @tintin7t.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

❤️ this book is so good! The reading is fantabulous, too!

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/02/2026

Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance: “The only thing more powerful than hate is love” “Together, we are America”

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 31/01/2026

Hell, yeah. “I’ve got white skin, so I’m using my privilege to speak for my friends and neighbors. We’re telling them to stay home and stay safe, and we’re coming out and fighting for them.”

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 27/01/2026

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting.
2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value.
3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE.
4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on.
5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle."
6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground.

7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack.
8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video.
9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk.
10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun.
11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him.
12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes.

13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times.
14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him.
15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1.
16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground.
17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building.
18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear

witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values.
I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct.

Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026

Protester: "It just feels like they're murdering the most peaceful people we have, the people who are out on the street, young, and trying to protect other people"

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Peter H Reynolds @peterhreynolds.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

To register for this live event with me and @bochcenter.bsky.social events.humanitix.com/2026-world-r...

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Kristin VanCuren @tintin7t.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

As someone who has worked with 3-5 year olds for 30 years I am absolutely disgusted & heartbroken by this. The trauma put upon this little guy as well as his family & friends is unforgivable.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Today we celebrate the wisdom of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, including and especially his lesser known work. Watch and share.

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Kristin VanCuren @tintin7t.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Love this artwork by @peterhreynolds! Song below by Pat Pat from Apple Tree, sung to "I'm a Little Tea Pot” Martin Luther King they always say Thought of friendship every day And he always wanted you and me To live together peacefully

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Kamlager-Dove: Nobody said that about the January 6ers, did they? So, they didn’t comply. You know what they got for not complying with the law? A pardon from Trump. And dozens of them have gone out to commit additional crimes. So, I am so sick of the hypocrisy and the bullshit.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/12/2025

Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head. That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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Kristin VanCuren @tintin7t.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I love that these individuals are there to support each other during icy conditions.

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Marcy Kaptur @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

50 years ago today, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior during a violent storm. From 1958-75, this Great Lakes freighter carried iron ore from Duluth to Detroit, Toledo, and other Great Lakes ports. Today, we remember and honor the life and legacy of the 29 souls lost.

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Kristin VanCuren @tintin7t.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Is there a website or a page that lists the names, faces & mini bios about the individuals that are being horrifically snatched off the streets? The @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social posts are so powerful, I think we need the faces of today spread far & wide. Unless, it would make things worse. 💔

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Kristin VanCuren @tintin7t.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

I have wondered to myself the last month or two or more - what the hell is wrong with Karolyn Leavitt - why does she hate human life so much? Her callousness is terrifying!

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

On this day 225 years ago, John Adams moved into the still-not-quite-complete White House, becoming the first president to occupy it. His blessing was carved into the State Dining Room mantel in 1945: "May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof.”

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Kristin VanCuren @tintin7t.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

This what I find confusing….the “president” can’t stop talking about all the ways he has been “disrespected” BUT attempted “assassinations” meh, it happened and nothing more needs said. I’m sorry, what? That makes no sense, if you truly want to stir up your base…that’s why I think it’s fishy

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

No kid should ever have to protest or advocate for their friends’ basic humanity. But they’re standing up at No Kings anyway.

A little boy holds a handmade sign with hearts glued to it. It reads, “leave my friends ALONE Donald Trump”. He’s bravely protesting at the No Kings Evanston protest.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 28/09/2025

Are you spending more or less right now? We want to hear from you for an upcoming PBS News story: bit.ly/4nmxmYr

Graphic from PBS News asking 'Tell us: Have your spending habits changed?' with an invitation to share experiences by filling out a form.

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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Jimmy Kimmel is using his voice to make a difference and to remind us that laughter can open hearts, and that courage can spark change. When we speak out, we’re never just entertainers or Bluesky bystanders, we’re catalysts.👇

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

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Newtown Action Alliance @newtownaction.org · 27/08/2025

Once again, America is shattered by another horrific school shooting. This morning at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, two children—just 8 and 10 years old—were killed during a school Mass. Read our statement: www.newtownactionalliance.org/naa-press-me...

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "This guy is trying to get a Nobel Peace Prize? When he's bringing war to the American people? He sent the United States Marines into the United States of America."

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Kristin VanCuren @tintin7t.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

This brings tears to my eyes. Tears of heartbreak for those being treated unjustly and tears of pride for those taking a stand.

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