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Juan J Rivero

@jwolfiedog.bsky.social

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Retired Human Resources Mngr/GA State Govt 🇨🇺🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈 Tuftonian Still owned by Daisy the Yorkie (2008-2025) Immigrant, Naturalized USA Citizen Amateur iPhone Photographer #StandUpToJewishHate #StopNetanyahu 🚫MAGA 🚫Trolls 🚫Bots 🚫Crypto

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Juan J Rivero @jwolfiedog.bsky.social · 3h

Yes, to paraphrase the Bible, everything has its season, and seasons do change.

Juan J Rivero @jwolfiedog.bsky.social · 3h

White House joins Bluesky and I immediately blocked it.

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Victoria Love @victorialove.bsky.social · 6h

We did good today, Bluesky friends. Our kids and grands can be proud of us.

Courage is contagious. Come on in, Republican friends. The water’s fine.

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Juan J Rivero @jwolfiedog.bsky.social · 3h

Auto correct keeps saying Suzanne instead of Suzette and I keep ignoring. Sorry! Edit button, please!

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Juan J Rivero @jwolfiedog.bsky.social · 3h

Totally agree, Suzanne. I’m proud we had the rally in Brunswick, and proud of us boomers, especially our vets. But our leaders really need to reach young folks and minorities. We need them more than ever.

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Juan J Rivero @jwolfiedog.bsky.social · 4h

Can you imagine if Biden, Obama, or even W posted something like this? They never would but if they had, the outrage would’ve been off the charts.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 6h

Full window view needed for this sunset. The single pane isn’t enough. Good night everyone.

Brilliant deep pink and gray sunset through a window. Silhouette of a cat’s head and a dangling dragonfly stained glass.

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Juan J Rivero @jwolfiedog.bsky.social · 4h

Those clouds!

Juan J Rivero @jwolfiedog.bsky.social · 4h

These are Americans too, who were missing, so I won’t hold my breath for Americans’ reaction to being called terrorists until we can reach everyone.

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Juan J Rivero @jwolfiedog.bsky.social · 4h

True, Republicans have money & top propagandists. They’ve reached poor white voters, rural & urban alike. I get the frustration of Black & other minority voters, but in a city ~65% minority, few showed up. Why aren’t we getting to them? Why did we get mostly white boomers?

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𝙲𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝙸𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 @churchstreetimages.com · 7h

Last one for me today, from a quick stop for a look at the Erie Canal this summer. #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Vertical all day Saturday. Link to the feed in comments.

Utility poles next to the Erie Canal in Albion, NY reflected in the still water

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Juan J Rivero @jwolfiedog.bsky.social · 7h

As a gay Latino in a rural area, I get the frustration. Maybe organizers just aren’t reaching minority communities effectively in rural areas. The thing about MAGA’s autocratic policies is, they impact us all.

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Juan J Rivero @jwolfiedog.bsky.social · 7h

So don’t say I’m wrong. Cameron Kasky made a similar observation on MSNBC’s The Weekend as to the event he attended (I missed where.) @suzette.bsky.social is right that it depends on the area, but we still need to reach out to grow diversity participation in our ranks, particularly in rural areas.

Juan J Rivero @jwolfiedog.bsky.social · 8h

That’s why they have to hide, they’re law breakers.

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Marilyn Munster @heyfren.bsky.social · 8h

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Juan J Rivero @jwolfiedog.bsky.social · 8h

Yeah, I went and I didn’t get a check either.

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mary p @matreyoo.bsky.social · 10h

Leaving the No Kings Protest in Petoskey, Michigan

Sid in a white raincoat walking through the painted tunnel under the highway toward the Fall trees at the park, carrying a US flag in his hand.

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John Murrell @johnmurrell.bsky.social · 10h

No Kings Day 2.0, Milpitas CA. Young and old, frogs and chickens (or ducks?), patriots all
#photography #NoKings #NoKingsDay 📷

An older bearded man in a baseball cap sitting in a folding chair with his walker beside him and holding an upside-down American flag. Behind him is a person in an inflatable chick (or duck?) costume. Another bearded man is in the background to the right.

A person holding a sign that says "So bad even the introverts are here!" There is an American flag at the bottom of the sign.

A person in an inflatable frog costume facing away from the camera and holding a small American flag as another person in the lower right takes a picture.

A sign with a pig-faced caricature of a would-be king and the word "Nope." There is a raised fist in the lower right.

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Juan J Rivero @jwolfiedog.bsky.social · 8h

I’m sure, Suzette, but considering that about 56% of Brunswick’s population is African American and 9% Hispanic, their absence was striking. In a crowd of roughly 400–500 people, I saw maybe 10 Black attendees and about 5 Latinx. Young people were also noticeably scarce.

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Juan J Rivero @jwolfiedog.bsky.social · 8h

Were you in Brunswick, GA?

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Juan J Rivero @jwolfiedog.bsky.social · 9h

Free press?

Juan J Rivero @jwolfiedog.bsky.social · 9h

And it’s most appropriate in the age of trolling.

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Juan J Rivero @jwolfiedog.bsky.social · 9h

How would Americans react? Hard to say. I’m not holding my breath. The #NoKings rally went well, but most attendees were older. There was little diversity. Very few young people, African Americans, Latinxs, or LGBTQ+ folks. It’s a bit disheartening.

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Wilma Marlene Fine ✈️ @wmf5.bsky.social · 19h

Chicago IL Lake Wilma
#sunrise #photography

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Juan J Rivero @jwolfiedog.bsky.social · 9h

Follow the @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
#NeverForget #NeverAgain

Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 21h

18 October 1937 | A French Jewish girl, Renee Stolowicz, was born in Paris.

In October 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

Vintage black and white photo of a young girl standing, dressed in a patterned dress with a dark vest and white socks.