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[@allegrooch.bsky.social @allegrooch]

We tend to use "the soul" to describe our irreducible individuality. Perhaps it rather best describes our irreducible commonality.

[Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem]

“I know there is a river somewhere, / lit, fragrant, golden mist, all that”

— Molly Brodak
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This poem appeared in The Cipher by Molly Brodak, published by Pleiades Press, 2020. Shared here with deep gratitude.

[Peter Tulip @peter_tulip]

It seems timely to repost one of my favourite tables:
https://t.co/QpyjQouIIS

[Just Jack @7Veritas4]

Read it slowly. Carefully.

They're not even hiding it anymore.

[Prof Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann]

This is how Putin kills millions of Americans without lifting a finger

[John Fugelsang @JohnFugelsang]

1981: If libs warn trickle-down will wreck the middle class, call them Commies.

2024: If trickle-down has wrecked the middle class, blame Libs.

[Mister Race Bannon @MrRaceBannon]

Think about it America. We have poutine & universal healthcare

Sincerely Canada

[Alec Stapp @AlecStapp]

Let’s not go back to the time before vaccines.

[Tim Wise @timjacobwise]

For those white liberals talking about how they're "mourning," "in shock," and afraid...FFS buck up. I was just in KC at the 17th Annual Urban Summit, w/ a couple hundred Black folk and they are NOT crying or cowering. They are down to fight, like they've always had to. A 🧵...

[Just Jack @7Veritas4]

I, like many of you, have been contemplating our predicament since election night.

We are in a losing war for our democracy and I'm not sure we collectively know who our true adversary is.

It's not the voting blocks...white women, Latinos, Gen X. It's not MAGA. It's not even Trump.

It's an insidious power that has been hiding in the shadows for some time...and when the stakes were at their highest in this election, it fully revealed itself.

The American Oligarchy.

They control our Supreme Court, much of Congress, and the flow of information to the masses via legacy, mainstream and social media.

They decide the national conversation, how to keep us at each other's throats while they continue to amass wealth and power completely unchecked.

They put their thumbs on the scale of justice and poured billions into this election. They chose Trump because he was desperate and would capitulate to their demands. They chose a running mate to replace him in case he became too unhinged to control.

Consider how many disqualifying facts about Trump never saw the light of day...or didn't get the attention they deserved...or got drowned out by propaganda. They took a mentally spent buffoon and presented him as a hero to the masses.

Despite Biden successfully steering us out of a global recession and strengthening our economy, they maintained the national tone about the price of groceries being too high. Despite Trump's obvious mental decline, their media outlets remained reticent to press the issue.

We struggle to unite as a nation because they're too good at keeping us divided. We are drowning in disinformation because they control all of it.

They have successfully created imaginary villains for us to fight...each other.

It seems like we are a democracy careening towards fascism, when the reality is they're using the specter of fascism to keep us on edge while they turn America into a compliant oligarchy.

Whether you are a democrat, republican, independent or MAGA, we have a common foe.

Some of us just don't know it yet.

[Dr. Maya C. Popa @MayaCPopa]

This beautiful, haunting poem:

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

Read my full op-ed on a path forward: https://t.co/RBJLb4jrDX

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

Lesson 1: Do not obey in advance.
Thread of lessons from my book #OnTyranny. Written in 2016.

[Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @JoshEakle]

So it begins.

MAGA is about to find out how tariffs actually work first hand.

[Sgt Joker @TheSGTJoker]

Palestinians are still going to die, probably at a greater rate than before, but at least Jill Stein made enough money this election not to have to dip into her $14M estate to pay her own bills. Congratulations, suckers! You got played, again.

[@allegrooch.bsky.social @allegrooch]

The Confederacy won the Civil War. It just took them a while.

[Prof Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann]

Russia won the cold war. It just took them a while.

[Prof Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann]

Russia won the cold war. It just took them a while.

[Dr. Maya C. Popa @MayaCPopa]

This is on my mind by @maggiesmithpoet:

[Josh RR Jokien @joshcarlosjosh]

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring