Dr A
@drcaryadkinson.bsky.social
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Professor, criminologist, family man, and proud Geek who believes “With great power must also come great responsibility.” Founder of Project-Superhero, a multimedia resource dedicated to saving the world by helping us reach our potential to do good.
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pamkeithdc.bsky.social
FUN FACT:

Our military is not being paid,

but the ICE gremlins are.

Make that make sense.
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moralavenger.bsky.social
Spider-Man Cover A Day:

Amazing Spider-Man #58 (Release Date: December 12, 1967. Cover Date: March 1, 1968)

Writer: Stan Lee
Penciller: John Romita Sr.

Featuring: Ka-Zar, Spencer Smythe, J. Jonah Jameson, Spider-Slayer Mark II (1st app), Gwen Stacy, Captain Stacy.

#Spider-Man #Marvel
Art by: John Romita Sr.
drcaryadkinson.bsky.social
It was cathartic to read this despite (or because of) how well it captured my existential dread of the Trump administration while also sounding a ring of hope that we can forge an effective response to the propaganda machine. Go woke or go broke.

open.substack.com/pub/heatherd...
Creating the Enemy: From Hitler’s Germany to MAGA’s America
Trump didn’t just divide the country, he created an enemy. Every lie, every policy, every crisis has been about convincing Americans to hate each other instead of holding him accountable. He broke the...
open.substack.com
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katmabu.bsky.social
I’m horrified to hear that two people were kidnapped by ICE in Evanston this morning.

There’s a protest at Home Depot shortly. We’ll be delivering water and supplies to protesters — I hope you’ll join us in standing with our community.
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muellershewrote.com
Just voted YES on PROP 50!! Make sure to vote early! THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!
drcaryadkinson.bsky.social
Imagine being a criminologist, knowing all this, yet being unable to convince people it’s all true.🤔

I totally get where Chicken Little was coming from.
grudgie.bsky.social
I keep saying this but if a time traveler showed up from the 90s they’d be blown away that we basically solved crime
jamesrball.com
The even more unbelievable crime fact (which I learned relatively recently) is that burglary has fallen by more than 90% since the 1990s.

Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!
drcaryadkinson.bsky.social
Embracing responsibility is a prerequisite of being a good human being. Ironically, it is liberating to be responsible. It feels great to be good.
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mjdavis1988.bsky.social
Some of these stories are difficult to read, but it’s important that as many people as possible know what is happening. We are 100% living in a police state. SHARE widely.
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drcaryadkinson.bsky.social
Feel free to share what you’re learning. I can’t read all the books I want to. So many books so, little time. 🤣
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andyridesbikes.bsky.social
What is clear at this point is that we can't wind the clock back four or right years and simply continue as the United States of America. Our future is different, our institutions broken. The future is in our hands. What do we choose to do with it?
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andyridesbikes.bsky.social
This is the man running this country.
nullifie.bsky.social
The year is 2003.

17-year-old Stephen Miller is sitting in the back of a school bus talking about torture, as in “Torture is a celebration of human life and dignity."

Miller looks directly into the camera and describes the torturing Iraqis in gruesome detail, as his peers laugh uncomfortably.
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themightybmz.bsky.social
I fear they are going to stop releasing US citizens who can tell reporters what happened to them.
tomjoscelyn.bsky.social
“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.
I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.
Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.
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Kamala Harris: "The Supreme Court made the decision that the president would be immune from any of his conduct while in office. So we went into the election with this individual, Donald Trump, knowing that he would essentially be immune from any consequence for misbehavior while in office."
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writerofwrongs.bsky.social
Trump has “the heart of a humanitarian“?!!?? Ah, yes, like when he said of Liz Cheney, “Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, OK? Let’s see how she feels about it … when the guns are trained on her face”
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White House says Nobel Committee places 'politics over peace'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House on Friday criticised the Nobel Prize committee's decision to award the peace prize to a Venezuelan opposition leader instead of U.S. President Donald Trump. "The...
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thetnholler.bsky.social
The cruelty is the point
joshuaeakle.com
In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.
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billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.
www.cbsnews.com
drcaryadkinson.bsky.social
I would love to see that! What a powerful and hopeful message that would send. 👍
drcaryadkinson.bsky.social
I appreciate your review of the book. Those are the questions I’d like to see addressed as well. There needs to be a wider discussion about the power and limitations of free speech.
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muellershewrote.com
THESE are the promises I want to hear.
grahamformaine.bsky.social
We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
drcaryadkinson.bsky.social
Of course! It’s important to encourage and support each other in troubled times. Well wishes to you and your loved ones!
drcaryadkinson.bsky.social
I bet each and every one of those officers is thinking they will go viral in a heartbeat if they lay hands on that frog. Anything that discourages them from violence is a good thing.

Genius.
cwebbonline.com
It’s the Feds making Portland look like a war zone— not the protesters.

And honestly, these protesters are brilliant. They’re flipping the whole authoritarian cosplay on its ass!
drcaryadkinson.bsky.social
To be human is to teach. It’s the most loving and honorable thing we can do for one another.
ebonyteach.blacksky.app
I see the light in our teacher candidates' eyes when they speak about working with young people.

We are light workers. I don't want that light hidden under a proverbial bushel. I want it to shine. God knows we need all the candles we can get in these bleak times.