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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 22h
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
One down, one to go. Might watch Seduction of Mimi first. One of the faves.
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Tonight's Movie Mass:Satyajit Ray's The Chess Players
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
@texasobserver.org and @lrb.co.uk tied for most readable reads.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 29/09/2026
New from Jesús @jankcurbelo.bsky.social: @violetalvarezphoto.bsky.social, an experienced music photographer, turns her camera inward toward her own roots. Born in Texas to Mexican parents, she set out to explore the experiences that connect immigrant families, starting with her own family.
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Houston's 'Living Archive' of Migration
At Fresh Arts, photographer Violeta Álvarez created a space where immigrant families in Houston can see their own histories reflected back to them.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 03/10/2026
From @tylerfromtexas.bsky.social: Tarrant County is Texas' most important battleground county—at the top of the ballot it's flittered red to blue and back again, but for county-wide offices Dems have failed to gain power. Will this November be different?
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Inside Downballot Dems' Effort to Flip Texas' Key County Battleground
Amid voter suppression and rampant ideological warfare, Tarrant County Democratic candidates try to capitalize on this surge of local anger.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 04/10/2026
From our magazine: “These plays were speaking to the experiences that we had … and yet it was a universal story that was being told. There were stories that dealt with families, communities, human beings, and all of the dynamics that are rolled into who we are.”
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Houston's Historic Black Theater at 50
For five decades, the Ensemble has brought Houstonians together to laugh, cry, and talk back to plays representing all aspects of African-American life.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 06/10/2026
"It is not one troubled marriage. It is a political culture that asks women to set aside character, accountability, and even their own interests whenever party power is at stake."
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Angela Paxton's Message: Elect the Elephant at All Costs
Her appeal to put party loyalty above character and accountability ignores the price women will pay if Ken Paxton becomes a U.S. senator.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 06/10/2026
“We’ve seen a sea change, in just two years: a sea change in Latino voting from what we saw in ’24, where we saw a substantial number of Latinos vote for Trump, vote for Republicans. And now, if you look at polling, consistently now you’re seeing a complete flip in the other direction toward Dems.”
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South Texas Is Moving On from Trump
The region looks poised to return to its centrist-Democrat roots, as the president fails to bring down costs and the reality of mass deportations takes hold. But 2028 could be another test.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 07/10/2026
“It’s not that many of them have decided to become Democrats, although some will vote Democratic. They are disillusioned by Trump and are not motivated to turn out to vote for anyone this year.”
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South Texas Is Moving On from Trump
The region looks poised to return to its centrist-Democrat roots, as the president fails to bring down costs and the reality of mass deportations takes hold. But 2028 could be another test.
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Autumn in Texas.
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
now playing: Deniece Williams FREE
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
now playing: Janis Ian STARS •○•
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Pochettino got these youngsters ballin. #UsaMexicoFriendly
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Watching France24 Daybreak.
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Love and Anarchy. Written and directed by Lina Wertmüller.
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Went with Le Monde in English headline rather than my usual go to site. Le Monde's headline seems less tendentious.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 02/10/2026
French high school protests spread, hundreds of arrests amid unrest
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French high school protests spread, hundreds of arrests amid unrest
According to interior ministry figures, 1,027 lycées of the 3,700 across France had been affected by the movement's actions against overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages and crumbling facilities.
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm a Cold War kid, so keeping up with international news is just second nature to me.
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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Futurist Architectural Designs Created by Étienne-Louis Boullée in the 18th Century
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The Futurist Architectural Designs Created by Étienne-Louis Boullée in the 18th Century
If a painter is ahead of his time, his work won't sell particularly well while he's alive. If an architect is ahead of his time, his work probably won't exist at all — not in built form, at least.
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Day Before the Day After? Putin says he might use nukes if NATO acts all previous with Kaliningrad.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 01/10/2026
AI safety expert Timnit Gebru says tech leaders are promoting greatly exaggerated claims about "superintelligence" and "existential risk" as a way to distract from the real threat — their own unregulated companies.
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The Real Existential Risk Is AI CEOs Avoiding Oversight: “Alternative Nobel” Winner Timnit Gebru
We speak to the prominent AI researcher and leading critic of the AI industry, Timnit Gebru, who was recently awarded a 2026 Right Livelihood Award for her work investigating the harms and hype behind...
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Dr. Zhivago was good. Pasternak's poetry never really landed with me. But Lowell's translations are pretty good.
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And Anne Sexton's Love Poems from 1969.
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
On Plath's 1961 poems.
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A write in vote for Curious as the name, because the cat just came up to the porch to stare at me taking its picture.
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Watching Costa Gavras Z for first time in years. Lands eerily different now. 🍊🌮
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Finally watched Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion and Todo Modo. Petri's mis-en-scène is 🍌🍌🍌
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A 1947 French Film Accurately Predicted Our 21st-Century Addiction to Smartphones
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A 1947 French Film Accurately Predicted Our 21st-Century Addiction to Smartphones
When we watch a movie from, say, twenty years ago, it strikes us that both nothing and everything has changed. Apart from their slightly baggier clothes, the people look the same as us. But where are ...
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Morning blessings.
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
No one on Substack cares about my opinions, but they love my random cat pics. C'est la vie.
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My choices are between Alison Kiva Demure Sugar Cookie
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Name this kitty.
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Newsnerd watch of Sunday morning, @news.dw.com Under the Baobab interview with the Archbishop of Bamenda about the conflict in Cameroon 🇨🇲.
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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William L. Sandles.bsky.social @williamlsandles.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The title for the first two panels is "Young Me".
In panel one we see a young version of Sarah, the protagonist. She says, "I want to achieve great things".
In panel two we zoom in a little on young Sarah's face. She continues, "An astounding career! An amazing house! World peace!"
The title for the last two panels is "Adult Me".
In panel three we see adult Sarah, looking down.
In panel four we zoom out and see she is in front of a basil plant. She simply says "I want to grow a basil plant".
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A Philadelphia family just bought their first home with a $10,000 first-time homebuyer grant funded by a group of Quakers It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparations
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A Philly family bought their first home thanks to reparations from Quakers in Germantown
Green Street Friends Meeting, a Quaker congregation in Germantown, pledged to spend $50,000 a year for 10 years as part of its reparations work. It’s helping Black Philadelphians become homeowners.
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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 16/09/2026
Local woman wakes up, becomes associate member to the EU and helps the spread of oatmeal socialism around the world, makes oatmeal.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
AXIOS: “.. It's increasingly clear that the Hugging Face breach wasn't a one-off incident.” @axios.com www.axios.com/2026/09/16/o...
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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
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Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton
The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”
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