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Claire W, J.D. @cecivrai.bsky.social · 1h

www.americamagazine.org/vatican-disp...

Pope Leo in first major document: Love for the poor is not optional for Christians

“I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor,” Pope Leo XIV states in his first m...

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Claire W, J.D. @cecivrai.bsky.social · 2h

Not to brag but I have ✋🏽(5) different libraries on my Libby account. 💅🏽

Claire W, J.D. @cecivrai.bsky.social · 2h

Oh REALLY!

Claire W, J.D. @cecivrai.bsky.social · 6h

“What do you like to do when you have free time?” is a non-judgey way to get to know someone.
Interrogating a person’s kid’s other parent’s issues is at best trying to see if there are a lot of unresolved issues w/ the person’s ex. But if that’s a dealbreaker, don’t date ppl who have kids.

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Claire W, J.D. @cecivrai.bsky.social · 7h

That is correct!

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Claire W, J.D. @cecivrai.bsky.social · 7h

ABSOLUTELY

Claire W, J.D. @cecivrai.bsky.social · 7h

I wonder if that was the point 🧐

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

wow. bezos has destroyed this paper.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 2d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

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Claire W, J.D. @cecivrai.bsky.social · 7h

“So I can
(1) judge you, and
(2) talk smack about you if/when things don’t work out between us.
Do you have a problem with that?”
😒

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Claire W, J.D. @cecivrai.bsky.social · 8h

That seems too invasive as a question during the first several months. That’s something that would be shared once a level of trust has been established.

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Claire W, J.D. @cecivrai.bsky.social · 8h

So, your position is, Obama should have let known terrorists go free, or unchecked, both in & out of war zones during his 1st term, & bc he didn’t, he’s a bad person like every POTUS.

a man in a suit and tie says do you even hear yourself netflix

ALT: a man in a suit and tie says do you even hear yourself netflix

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Claire W, J.D. @cecivrai.bsky.social · 9h

How can a fellow Californian and huge library enthusiast get a Berkeley Library Card digitally? ☺️

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Claire W, J.D. @cecivrai.bsky.social · 9h

Also, when you say all POTUSes are bad, you’re letting non-voters off the hook bc by hypothesis, if 1 never voted, at least 1 hasn’t supported a “bad person” so 1 is potentially morally superior to voters bc voters did support someone immoral.
(I’m starting to get a whiff of Jill Stein from you.)

a woman in a fur coat stands in front of a colorful building with the word ivan on it

ALT: a woman in a fur coat stands in front of a colorful building with the word ivan on it

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Claire W, J.D. @cecivrai.bsky.social · 9h

Obama was not free to start a ground war to address the existence of known terrorists afoot in the ME. If it’s your position that if 1 might kill any civilians in pursuit of killing a known terrorist, then to do so is immoral, I would argue there is a legitimate & moral counterpoint to that opinion.

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Claire W, J.D. @cecivrai.bsky.social · 9h

Why is Marc Maron ending the podcast?

Claire W, J.D. @cecivrai.bsky.social · 9h

Maybe “practice” is the wrong word bc you can’t practice a skill you lack—please develop some critical thinking skills is better.

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Claire W, J.D. @cecivrai.bsky.social · 9h

Please practice your critical thinking skills. Saying all presidents are bad is either meaningless or false. And both interpretations have the effect of voter suppression which is a bad outcome in a democracy.

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Claire W, J.D. @cecivrai.bsky.social · 9h

Bc whether you’ll admit it or not you’re carrying water for Dump by letting countless non-voters off the hook w dreadfully bad analysis that’s = to “BOTH SIDES”. Obama wasn’t free to do whatever he wanted on many issues, but esp’ly foreign policy. We were on the cusp of a Great Depression in 2008.