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John Plante
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Formerly @johnplante.bsky.social‬. Believer in human rights and the potential for every single human being to choose to be who they are. I believe in people's right to love who they want. #DemCast #DCFL
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I feel bad I haven't been on here in so long. September 2024 I lost my job as a software engineer - well, I was a lead and I live somewhere where there aren't a lot of tech jobs leaving me looking mostly for remote ones. It's been a long slog to be honest.
Stop paying as much attention to the toxic people in your life and spend time with the good ones.
Someone you know may need it more than you think.
Not everyone feels strong. Not everyone feels they can use their voices, but no one can stop you from simply being kind, putting the kind of energy into the world that is needed more than every right now. Don't hesitate to not only be nice in these times, go out of your way to do so.
In a too often cruel world, we can each add kindness to it, to the people in our lives, the people we love, to strangers who need a lift.

People can try to diminish others, but they cannot stop anyone from simply adding kindness to the world. They cannot stop our voices.
Using our voices isn't always easy, but these times call on all of us to push forward towards whatever can be made better. Whether it's telling your fellow human beings they are valid, they belong here on this earth or having the grace to see the worth in your own voice.
It's up to us to exemplify the type of world we want to live in, how we treat others, how we show the type of treatment we want for all people in this world.

As we look to others for leadership, we must look to ourselves to carry the torch of decency and morality and use it as a light for others.
You know - in these times it occurs to me that one thing that cannot be taken away from any of us is our integrity. I think in these times, it's important to be aware of our own thinking, our own values and not only do we live these values, we model them for others.
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2022
My daughter:[looking at a scrap of paper on the table in front of my wife]: What's that?
My wife: I had to do math
My daughter [sympathetically]: that sucks . . .
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It's #Pride Month. Crestview, Fl, Okaloosa county. Come out and join the festivities.
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June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square Student Demonstrations
China's ruling party, the CCP, suppressed the New Enlightenment movement and halted liberalisation.

June 2025, America: Trump tries to censor Harvard, expel foreign students, and end WOKE .

Tiananmen Square Anniversary; don't China America.
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Moskowitz: "Nothing has been made more efficient. Here are the wins for congressional Rs. You ready? They're gonna do a $9b recession bill. They're gonna get rid of Elmo, which the American people were clamoring for, but they're gonna add $2.4t for the debt. And then they want us to cheer for them."
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Florida HD 3 June 10 election for Dondri Wise
The district covers most of Santa Rosa County and the top half of Okaloosa County.

Let's finish the job of flipping this district blue.
secure.actblue.com/donate/dwise
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Folks run ICE, FBI, and cops off the streets of Minneapolis
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Miami Weather guy, @johnmoralestv.bsky.social
re: the impact of gutting the National Weather Service & NOAA:
"This type of staffing shortage is having impacts across the country -We may be flying blind"

📱 your MOC. Demand they fix it: 202- 224-3121
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Happy Wednesday! Here’s your midweek moment of zen. 😴 #wolfconservation #ambassadorwolf