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Susan Cooke
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Writer; classical singer, opera producer, Artistic Director of Arte Lyrica (on hiatus), Cambridge Opera, & Cambridge Lieder & Opera Society; radio host, editor, reporter; blog covers stress in cities, public health & wellbeing, movies, gardens, & nature.
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Susan Cooke @artelyrica.bsky.social · 3d
It's finally finished (really) and all in one place!
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​ #reporters #journalism #Bulwark #Contrarian #Reich #AmericanProspect
#WashingtonPost #CoxRichardson #Meiselas #Parnas #Sykes #democracy #journalists

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Journalists I trust, Take 3--the final list in one place
Some readers of the second list couldn't find the first one, so I've put them together after including a few more writers I realized I'd left out.
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Susan Cooke @artelyrica.bsky.social · 10d
Whether you'll be at a protest or are considering going, see these useful notes​

#NoKings #protest #Indivisible #safety #animalcostumes #inflatable

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Helpful (I hope) info for you concerning No Kings day
The organization 50501 has created an extremely helpful suggestion and fact sheet
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Susan Cooke @artelyrica.bsky.social · 13d
#journalists #prodemocracy #authoritarianism #democracy

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Six more good journalists I accidentally left off my list from Saturday
And apologies to the many other good ones I also may have missed.
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Susan Cooke @artelyrica.bsky.social · 14d
Here's my list of good pro-democracy journalists

#journalists #authoritarianism #democracy

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My list of trustworthy, knowledgeable journalists working to defend democracy
I've added to and re-edited some of the first list of these that I posted a while back.
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Susan Cooke @artelyrica.bsky.social · 18d
In case you missed these important threats to our country by its president, please read.

​ #Chicago #Portland #Memphis #InsurrectionAct #migrants #immigrants #Newsom #military #82ndAirborne

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Urgent, in case you missed this
Three journalists warn us about a potentially worsening future if we don't stop the current fast-moving plan to destroy what's left of our government
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Susan Cooke @artelyrica.bsky.social · 26d
It can be painful to feel empathy for those who suffer, but we must acknowledge suffering in order to ​end it.

#empathy #Nazis #ICE #Religion #ReligionAbuse #PTSD #Tyranny

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Empathy must be Job 1 in a civil society
But when empathy comes up against wrongdoing and tyranny, it can be extremely hard to bear. Many of us suffer as we watch our fellow human beings suffer. And so much of it is unnecessary.
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Susan Cooke @artelyrica.bsky.social · Sep 24
Part 2 includes aid to children, immigrants, refugees, and disaster victims, plus science research. To see part 1 google "My personal list of helpful non-profits, Part 1."

​ #health #FoodAid #immigrantAid #nonprofits

#Nature #RefugeeAid #Science

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My Personal list of Helpful Nonprofits, Part 2
Includes groups helping immigrants, refugees, children, and those in war-torn or disaster areas with food, medical aid, mental support, and financial aid; also scientific research.
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Susan Cooke @artelyrica.bsky.social · Sep 23
Donating to nonprofits and other groups doing good can help protect democracy
#Environment #health #FoodAid #immigrantAid #Pro-bonoWork #nonprofits

#Wildlife #Nature #RefugeeAid

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My personal list of helpful non-profits, Part 1
They do a lot of good, including helping refugees, giving food aid, and protecting the planet. But donating in general also helps preserve our democracy.
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Susan Cooke @artelyrica.bsky.social · Sep 16
How fear can destroy a thriving neighborhood

#ICE #Bulwark #AdrianCarrasquillo #Undocumented #migrants #immigrants #Latino #Chicago #fear

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Fear of ICE decimates wellbeing in one Chicago neighborhood
This is sure to occur in every city where ICE appears. One of the most disturbing results is the loss of sense of community. Community is essential for good mental health.
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Susan Cooke @artelyrica.bsky.social · Sep 7
How low will they go?

#Chicago #Pritzger #Illinois NavySEALS #morality #Christian #ApocalypseNow #migrants #deportation

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MagaTrump morality has hit bottom
And yet, I'm very afraid they'll go lower still.
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Susan Cooke @artelyrica.bsky.social · Sep 3
#EpsteinVictims #Epstein #RuthBen-Ghiat #PaulKrugman #India #Authoritarianism
#Europe

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The Epstein victims, a diplomatic disaster, and the wrecking of America
Some things you may have missed
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Susan Cooke @artelyrica.bsky.social · Sep 2
Trump is bad for Americans' mental health, but building community can help us.

#MagaTrump #hopelessness #mentalhealth #RFKJr #FrankBruni #AllisonGill #depression
#anxiety #community #isolation #loneliness

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MagaTrump--Bringer of Hopelessness
Don't let them take away your dreams
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Susan Cooke @artelyrica.bsky.social · Aug 29
My new reason to believe we don't have to settle for this insanity

​#Maga #RickWilson #RFKJr #BernieSanders #CDC #Protests

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MagaTrump; we can not only stop them, but also reverse the damage
I think we've finally come to a turning point.
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Susan Cooke @artelyrica.bsky.social · Aug 23
State Democrat leaders are fighting back hard in ways you may never have imagined

#DemocratGovernors #Armitage #Pritzger #Newsom #Healy #Gerken #federalism #Softsecession #VotingRights #Immigration

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The tyrant, the tirades, the lies; but here's some good news
I found it to be impressive and surprising, and it gives me some hope for the future
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Susan Cooke @artelyrica.bsky.social · Aug 12
You are so very welcome. I hope it helps!
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Susan Cooke @artelyrica.bsky.social · Aug 11
What we lose when arts and humanities funding is cut
#science #research #KennedyCenter #NEA ##WCRB #classicalmusic #radio #BostonSymphony #Tanglewood #PBS #arts #humanities

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Disdain for art is disdain for life
Trump's destroying not only our government, but much of the best of what life is for most humans
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Susan Cooke @artelyrica.bsky.social · Aug 4
Our lost civil rights via Trump has put us on a watchlist for nations in trouble

​ #Abbott #redistricting #privacy #democracy #Medicaid #MacEntarfer #PBS #NPR #Media #journalists #ElSalvador #Civicus

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Global civil society group ranks U.S. civil rights as equal to El Salvador's
We're on their watchlist for civil freedoms under attack
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Susan Cooke @artelyrica.bsky.social · Aug 2
Rather than making the country great, MAGA is destroying America and Americans

#vaccines #USAID #migrants #deportations #immigrants #pollution #research #2009EndangermentFinding #EndangermentFinding #climate #globalwarming #emissions
#2025

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Maga's plans are real killers
Congratulations Magas and Trump! You win first place in causing deaths (of all kinds)
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Susan Cooke @artelyrica.bsky.social · Jul 30
Gaza still needs massive help, but children are dying of hunger elsewhere too, because of the loss of USAID ​funds

​#Gaza #Sudan #UNICEF #Cholera #malnutrition #Peanutpaste #PlumpyNut #USAID

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Sudan is starving too
It's yet another country deeply harmed by Trump's destruction of USAID. The best way to help Sudan and the rest is to resume giving the U.S. aid they desperately need.
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Susan Cooke @artelyrica.bsky.social · Jul 25
Aid must go immediately to both Gaza and Afghanistan​

#Gaza #starvation #GazaStarvation #Afghanistan # #maternalhealth #LeonPanetta
#MarcoRubio #USAID #Netanyahu #Israel

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Starvation in Gaza, and dying mothers and babies in Afghanistan
We need aid now, and politics later
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Susan Cooke @artelyrica.bsky.social · Jul 24
U.S. immigration was horrific. Now it's worse.

#ICE #immigrants #migrants #immigration #anklebracelets #detainees

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Trump's uncaring brutality reaches a new level
Activist groups such as StopICE.net are fighting back, and we can too
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Susan Cooke @artelyrica.bsky.social · Jul 21
A look back at one of our country's most unforgettable moments of supreme bravery and patriotism​

#Flight93 #patriots #bravery #twintowers

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The amazing human will to live for another day
Some people are so twisted and warped that they purposely cause suffering and death; others' struggles to survive such attacks--even when they lose the battle--can be our inspiration.
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Susan Cooke @artelyrica.bsky.social · Jul 20
The return of Big Robin

#robins #birds #gardens ##woodpeckers #cardinals #nuthatches #birdbaths

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Big Robin is back!
And so are some of his friends. Please enjoy a break from the news to visit our garden and some of its birds.
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Susan Cooke @artelyrica.bsky.social · Jul 16
Hope for a kinder immigration solution

#immigrationbilll #DignityProgram #migrants #CNN #MiamiHerald #Salazar

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Good News! A bill that could stop the immigration tragedies
At least it's a start
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Susan Cooke @artelyrica.bsky.social · Jul 15
A new poem for the Statue of Liberty​

#StatueofLiberty #migrants #ICE #prisons #DHS

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The Statue of Liberty has written herself a new poem
It's in honor of today's ultra-cruel new rule from ICE
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