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When we can't pressure from the top, we can rebuild from the bottom.
Andy Bichlbaum of @theyesmen on how Arizona community is reusing an invasive weed to construct low-income housing.
Andy Bichlbaum of @theyesmen on how Arizona community is reusing an invasive weed to construct low-income housing.
Making change from the dirt up
An Arizona community’s plan to reuse an invasive weed to construct low-income housing shows that when we can't pressure the top, we can build from below.
wagingnonviolence.org
September 8, 2026 at 5:43 PM
When we can't pressure from the top, we can rebuild from the bottom.
Andy Bichlbaum of @theyesmen on how Arizona community is reusing an invasive weed to construct low-income housing.
Andy Bichlbaum of @theyesmen on how Arizona community is reusing an invasive weed to construct low-income housing.
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Time to hear from Timothy Snyder as read by John Lithgow, again.
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
"ON TYRANNY"
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@timothysnyder.bsky.social
"ON TYRANNY"
bsky.app/profile/timo...
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
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snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
September 8, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Time to hear from Timothy Snyder as read by John Lithgow, again.
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
"ON TYRANNY"
bsky.app/profile/timo...
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
"ON TYRANNY"
bsky.app/profile/timo...
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I still believe the world is getting kinder, we're kinda just bombarded with the worst stuff online that we can't truly see the kindness in the world.
August 28, 2026 at 12:53 AM
I still believe the world is getting kinder, we're kinda just bombarded with the worst stuff online that we can't truly see the kindness in the world.
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MY DISCO BALL IN THE BEDROOM IS SHOWING ME THE ECLIPSE, HOW COOL IS THAT?!
August 12, 2026 at 6:20 PM
MY DISCO BALL IN THE BEDROOM IS SHOWING ME THE ECLIPSE, HOW COOL IS THAT?!
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“I got really angry about the underrepresentation of women in public spaces in San Francisco,” Alexandra said. “I was complaining about it constantly, to passengers on Muni and to people in bars. And then I realized: I write for a living.”
missionlocal.org/2026/03/sf-u...
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New book ‘Unsung Heroines’ celebrates 35 Bay Area women you need to know
“Unsung Heroes: 35 Women Who Changed the Bay Area,” new book by KQED reporter and producer Rae Alexandra, out March 17.
missionlocal.org
March 1, 2026 at 6:25 PM
“I got really angry about the underrepresentation of women in public spaces in San Francisco,” Alexandra said. “I was complaining about it constantly, to passengers on Muni and to people in bars. And then I realized: I write for a living.”
missionlocal.org/2026/03/sf-u...
missionlocal.org/2026/03/sf-u...
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Alex's mom on his 38th birthday.
March 2, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Alex's mom on his 38th birthday.
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They just don't want anyone traveling to the US for any reason at all
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
They just don't want anyone traveling to the US for any reason at all
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Clock’s ticking. Release the files.
December 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Clock’s ticking. Release the files.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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U.N. climate negotiations begin Monday at a meeting on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon, with leaders pushing for urgency, cooperation and acceleration after more than 30 years fighting to curb global warming by drastically reducing the carbon pollution that causes it.
Climate talks start with call for faster action and more togetherness, but without the US
U.N. climate negotiations begin Monday with leaders urging urgency and cooperation to curb global warming.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
U.N. climate negotiations begin Monday at a meeting on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon, with leaders pushing for urgency, cooperation and acceleration after more than 30 years fighting to curb global warming by drastically reducing the carbon pollution that causes it.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
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a better world really is possible. not later somewhere, but here and right now
November 5, 2025 at 4:36 AM
a better world really is possible. not later somewhere, but here and right now
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Trump is throwing a tantrum tonight, demanding “voter reform.” What does that even mean? He wants to stop Americans from voting because when we do, like we did tonight, we create a blue wave 🌊.
November 5, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Trump is throwing a tantrum tonight, demanding “voter reform.” What does that even mean? He wants to stop Americans from voting because when we do, like we did tonight, we create a blue wave 🌊.
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FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."
REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."
FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."
FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
October 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."
REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."
FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."
FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
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22 never-before-heard Woody Guthrie songs just dropped.
Anti-fascist folk for a new generation of protest.
🎶 Woody At Home is a call to fight back.
Anti-fascist folk for a new generation of protest.
🎶 Woody At Home is a call to fight back.
New Music from Anti-Fascist Folk Singer Woody Guthrie Released
With this reveal of 22 previously unheard songs, the Guthrie family hopes the radical messages in “Woody At Home” will inspire the next generation of protest songwriters.
inthesetimes.com
August 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
22 never-before-heard Woody Guthrie songs just dropped.
Anti-fascist folk for a new generation of protest.
🎶 Woody At Home is a call to fight back.
Anti-fascist folk for a new generation of protest.
🎶 Woody At Home is a call to fight back.
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Last night DC neighbors showed up at a police checkpoint at 14th & V ST. NW with handwritten signs warning drivers to avoid the block.
After realizing that the community was successfully diverting all traffic, agents packed up the checkpoint and left. #WeKeepUsSafe
After realizing that the community was successfully diverting all traffic, agents packed up the checkpoint and left. #WeKeepUsSafe
People cheer as some federal agents get in their cars and leave.
NY plates on their cars.
NY plates on their cars.
August 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Last night DC neighbors showed up at a police checkpoint at 14th & V ST. NW with handwritten signs warning drivers to avoid the block.
After realizing that the community was successfully diverting all traffic, agents packed up the checkpoint and left. #WeKeepUsSafe
After realizing that the community was successfully diverting all traffic, agents packed up the checkpoint and left. #WeKeepUsSafe
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Armed Trump administration agents wearing masks just showed up outside of Gavin Newsom’s press conference.
This is what rising fascism looks like.
This is what rising fascism looks like.
August 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Armed Trump administration agents wearing masks just showed up outside of Gavin Newsom’s press conference.
This is what rising fascism looks like.
This is what rising fascism looks like.
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NEW FOIA Files SCOOP: The FBI redacted Trump’s name—and the names of other prominent public figures—from the Epstein files under two privacy exemptions before DOJ & FBI concluded “no further disclosure” of the files “would be appropriate or warranted.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
The FBI Redacted Trump’s Name in the Epstein Files
The bureau’s FOIA team tasked with conducting a final review of the records blacked out the names before higher-ups said last month that releasing the documents ‘would not be appropriate or warranted....
www.bloomberg.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
NEW FOIA Files SCOOP: The FBI redacted Trump’s name—and the names of other prominent public figures—from the Epstein files under two privacy exemptions before DOJ & FBI concluded “no further disclosure” of the files “would be appropriate or warranted.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...