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Deirdre Assenza

@deirdreassenza.bsky.social

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Sweary Poppins. Sass mouth. Lazy academic. Ski bum.

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Deirdre Assenza @deirdreassenza.bsky.social · Jun 22

I have started a list of experts in counterterrorism and will add to it as I vet. These are serious academics and experts in this field, for any interested.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 3h

whatever else, it is fantastic news that the last living hostages have been freed after two years.

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Catherine Mayer @mayeroflondon.bsky.social · 4h

Help. I seem to have woken up in 1933

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14h

Anywho psychology does matter.

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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 22h

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

-Mahatma Gandhi

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I've got a dad back @dadback.bsky.social · 1d

Not to brag or anything, but I've been told I have the maturity of a much, much younger man

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Nola Bob @nolabob.bsky.social · 18h

#readandplay (497)
#MusicChallenge

Tricky feat. PJ Harvey - Broken Homes

youtu.be/YMKiec0U5uo?...

If you have been brutally broken, but still have the courage to be gentle to other living beings, then you're a badass with the heart of an angel. - Keanu Reeves.

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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 5h

This is a 12-year-old boy who was SHOT TWICE gathering food for his family and then BEATEN UNCONSCIOUS by Israeli forces in Gaza. He's just a kid. Soccer is his favorite sport. Lionel Messi is his hero.

A Palestinian child was being killed or injured every 10 minutes, according to UN agencies.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 5h

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Deirdre Assenza @deirdreassenza.bsky.social · 6h

This times infinity

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 11h

Can we just not comment on people's appearances unless they're very clearly engaging in the internet in that way?

(Eg, "Here's a picture of me in a dress I feel cute in" or etc).

Can we esp not sexualize people who are clearly not trying to use social media For That?

Can be v v creepy & unwanted.

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Paul Chadwick @paulchadwick.bsky.social · 11h

This Rauber painting has a perfect balance of rendering and lost focus on the greenery. Nice posing, too.

knight and his dogs see a sacred white deer with a star hovering between its antlers

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 7h

God bless the hostages. Giving thanks for their release and mourning those who were murdered in custody.

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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 7h

😂

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Waffle 🧇 @wafflecut.bsky.social · 7h

Please remember that some people are trying to crash helicopters on purpose and when you say that’s illegal and will hurt bystanders, that makes them feel bad

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Jacks. Yup! That Guy. 🪶🦬 🐺 🦅 🌎 @palehorse.bsky.social · 7h

🪶 Hey y’all, do these Wranglers make my horn look big? 🪶 😎

A bison with a pair of torn pants hanging from its horn.

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WolfTron V @blackdolphin.bsky.social · 11h

Butker gonna blame that miss on wives who don’t know their place.

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Galen Stone @galenstone.bsky.social · 7h

@katmabu.bsky.social
This lady absolutely gets it.
God, I hope you win.

Democratic Party Leadership is Missing The Moment | The Guardian | Kat Abughazaleh For Illinois

YouTube video by Kat Abughazaleh

www.youtube.com

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Myq Kaplan @myqkaplan.bsky.social · 14h

all i want

is for every sentient being,

every living being in the universe,

to experience the end of suffering

and lasting inner peace for all eternity

because they saw that i posted this to social media

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Jacob Wren @jacobwren.bsky.social · 15h

"There are not millions of deaths. It happens millions of times that someone dies."
- Etel Adnan, Sitt Marie Rose

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 11h

EVERYONE needs to get involved.

Everyone.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

George Michael releases “Faith” as a single 38 yrs ago today.

Asked why he chose it as a title, he said: “I believe that the forces of Good and Evil are real things. … I do not have a religion, but I believe that one can influence one’s life, one’s future, through faith and decency towards others.”

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Arditi d Popolo @arditidpopolo.bsky.social · 13h

They make a desert and call it peace. —Tacitus

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⋆｡°✩ BellaVRC ⍣ °｡⋆ 🏳️‍⚧️ @bellax.bsky.social · 8h

Trying to ease the suffering of others is the single, sole, only thing I’ve ever known that’s felt like raw purpose.
It’s the only thing that matters,
the only thing requiring no advocacy,
requiring no one to tell you why it should be strived for.
It simply *is.*
It stands on its own in my heart.

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 8h

It comes down to GOOD v EVIL

NOT RIGHT v LEFT
NOT WHITE v BROWN
NOT CHRISTIAN v MUSLIM
NOT MUSLIM v JEW

People like MTG who I never thought I would agree with showed humanity.

And people who I thought had humanity never stood up.

PEACE AND LOVE☮️❤️‍🔥

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 8h

"A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.”

~ Thomas Paine

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