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Nola Taylor Tillman

@astrowriter.bsky.social

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Freelance science journalist with a focus on space & astronomy. Mental health expert - as in, I deal with it every day, not that I have a degree. Love to learn. www.astrowriter.com Formerly Nola T Redd she/her

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · May 14

Okay, let's start a thread for nonviolent #civildisobedience

Please post your ideas to make things uncomfortable. Please share so that others can make use of them.

Remember that laws vary by states, so check your laws, I'm not a lawyer, etc.

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 23h

Actually, I meant that our healthcare has been crap for quite awhile. We've seen some improvements but all you need is one major medical problem and you realize how precarious it is. People are getting divorced so that their spouse can continue to work while they claim no income so they qualify 4aid

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 23h

NAACP executive secretary Walter White: “A dread epidemic is sweeping the country, and especially the Deep South. . . . This disease rampant in our land is a rabies of the spirit, a mob sickness.”

From www.trumanlibraryinstitute.org/civil-rights...

To Secure These Rights - Part IV: Pressure for Reform

African Americans refused to remain silent in the wake of this brutality The NAACP and its allies mobilized to obtain federal action to protect blacks from mob violence.

www.trumanlibraryinstitute.org

Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 23h

My reading this week caused me to look up the NAACP's National Emergency Committee Against Mob Violence. Given that racism is the driving force for ICE - and for this administration - the following quote seems apt.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

LISTEN to the argument LIVE here:

www.c-span.org/event/public...

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Gus & Echo @katskitties.bsky.social · 1d

Another work day? So boring!!!

Echo is loafing on the dryer in the sunroom glaring at human. Gus is sitting on the rug also glaring at human

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 2d

“The star is really cooking it, gravitationally and thermally as well.” - Apurva Oza

Mine via @sciam.bsky.social

Volcano Worlds Might Be the First Exomoons Found by Astronomers

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope and other observatories suggests a supervolcanic exomoon may lurk around the giant exoplanet WASP-39b

www.scientificamerican.com

Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 2d

We have the greatest healthcare. You just have to declare bankruptcy when you use it! And heaven help you if you're too sick to work in a job that offers healthcare. Yup, it's the best!

/snark

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "When they hear they get the greatest healthcare package in the world and they have no money, they head up and they start forming caravans."

Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, we were almost there before Trump.

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MS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 3d

Could we all just start dressing like ICE to blend, infiltrate, hide & confuse? We don’t need ID or any uniform. Seems doable.

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Robert Ellingsworth @by1959.bsky.social · 2d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 2d

Sound familiar?

White text on black background. Book cover on right side with man's face.
“We have a god,” Mr. Park replied, “and his name is Kim Il Sung. You came here worshiping a different god, and that is a crime. And you say you came to pray for us, but I know you. Since you believe in a different god, you came to pray against us and against our Great Leader.”
Not Forgotten
Kenneth Bae and Mark Tabb

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 2d

“And we want to make it clear that this is not a war zone and that if he wants to invoke the Insurrection Act, he’s going to have to point at people in inflatable chickens and inflatable frogs and inflatable unicorns.”

Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 2d

“Donald Trump is trying to say that this is a war zone. Donald Trump is trying to say that he wants to invoke the Insurrection Act. He wants to send troops down here to squash the terrorists,” Jordy Johnson with Operation Inflation told KOIN 6 News.

Article has a link for you to contribute

www.koin.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.

U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 2d

The police tried to sweet-talk me into leaving, instead of dog-piling on top of me as they did the 22yo Hispanic girl arrested with me - three big guys, one petite chica.

I urge you to stand with your brothers and sisters - and nb siblings! - of color when it comes time to protest this regime.

Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 2d

Although my husband was handled roughly by the police - thrown to the ground and bent over a car - he was not arrested. There is video of him standing and cops streaming by to grab POCs.

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 2d

During the June No Kings, I was arrested while peacefully protesting in a highly Latino part of Atlanta. Of the numerous protests I attended since the regime change, this was the most diverse. It was also the only arrests in Atlanta that day.

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Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 2d

If you are white and upper class, and planning to protest this Saturday at #NoKings, I STRONGLY encourage you to look for the closest protest near POCs.

Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 2d

Did you know that more than 1,200 men - roughly two-thirds of the population of victims of Alligator Auschwitz - disappeared during the facility's closing? Just dropped off the grid, families unable to find or contact them.

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 2d

Alligator Auschwitz has re-opened?!

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Alligator Alcatraz snaps back to life after judges’ reprieve of Florida’s migrant jail

The deportation hub seemed on the point of closure but has been revived as a ‘black site … people are being disappeared’

www.theguardian.com

Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social · 2d

If you are going to protest for #NoKings on Saturday, October 18, the @aclu.org is hosting de-escalation training via Zoom. Sign up here.

act.aclu.org/a/no-kings-k...

No Kings: Protest Safety, Know Your Rights & De-Escalation Training 10/15

I'm attending this event - sign up now to join me!

act.aclu.org

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

REPORTER: Do you support repealing Obamacare and what's your healthcare plan?

MIKE JOHNSON: We worked on repealing and replacing Obamacare back in 2017. I still have PTSD from the experience. We know that American healthcare needs dramatic reform. We have lots of ideas.

(So, no plan)

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