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Kathy Killeen @kkilleen.bsky.social · 1d

Grandpas in Merrills here in Massachusetts.

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Kathy Killeen @kkilleen.bsky.social · 1d

Great Barrington, MA Frog Resistance!

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🖤💋SammieSam💋🖤 @sammiestsam.sheshed.rocks · 5d

Let's have a midday story time, with Nick Muller!! (TikTok)

Today we'll hear about the Portland Freedom Frog and other forms of peaceful well-dressed resistance throughout history.

Enjoy, friends! May this inspire the many resisters of modern day.

Resistance is always high fashion!
#SheShed

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 7d

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
PROTECT EACH OTHER
CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE!
→ ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA.
ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS
WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS
• A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS.
• LOUD.
RECOGNIZABLE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
• OUR VOICES ARE
STRONGER TOGETHER.
WHISTLES GUIDE
PEOPLE TO:
• FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS
• CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD
• ALERT NEIGHBORS
TO JOIN IN
NOISE = VISIBILITY.
CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
→ ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT.
WHY IT WORKS
• INSTANT ALERT
SYSTEM
• FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA
• TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY
ACTION
ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY:
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK
TEACH FAMILY
EIGHBORS TH
CODES
• USE IT WHEN ICE IS
SPOTTED
• PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS
TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY:
PROTECT RP
• @PROTECTRP_

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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 9d

Frogtifa

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 19d

heggseth's weird podcast rant (delivered to 800 generals and admirals for some reason) is just another sign of how this is a tv presidency. they don't really know how to do policy. their instinct is theater. encounter a problem? put on a spectacle

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · Sep 18

The only way forward is to inflict as much financial AND publicity damage on Disney as possible as swiftly as possible. Cancel streaming subscriptions, boycott products, picket, encourage politicians and entertainment figures to shout about this from the housetops. Demonstrate the cost of cowardice.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Sep 18

genuinely crazy that this is happening on behalf of charlie kirk of all people

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · Sep 17

Again, the cowardice is stunning

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · Sep 16

One of these rich dudes invested in a food company with all proceeds going to kids in need. The other started Sundance Institute, boosting the lives of countless artists. Hey modern rich dudes, don't be a typical greedy AI crypto-prick, be like these two.

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Kathy Killeen @kkilleen.bsky.social · Sep 15

Same here. Just returned from a week in Iceland. It’s a bad one. 🥴

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Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social · Sep 13

This is a man for whom no one else's life has any meaning at all. A terrifying illumination of pure narcissism.

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Blue sky nice guy @rajandelman.bsky.social · Sep 11

In honor of his love for open debate, we will be firing anybody who says anything mean

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · Sep 11

You can write this only if, by virtue of your income, identity, or both, you are utterly removed from the consequences of politics. To pretend that the racist, misogynistic, anti-gay vileness that Kirk spent his life spreading is secondary to the fact that he spread it "the right way" is appalling.

Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social · Sep 11

Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...

Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way

www.nytimes.com

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Sean Fay-Wolfe | Diamond Axe Studios @seanfaywolfe.bsky.social · Sep 10

Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life.

The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · Sep 4

He’s deranged

Life expectancy is way up since the vaccines became prevalent

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · Aug 26

There is no sadder, more pathetic group of people than Trump’s second Cabinet.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 26

Lutnick: "The Department of Commerce is going to start issuing its statistics on the blockchain, because you are the crypto president."

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Kathy Killeen @kkilleen.bsky.social · Aug 22

We learned that the c in stalactites stood for ceiling, the g in stalagmites for ground, and I’ve always used that. Has worked for me for 60 years!

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amy brown @amybrown.xyz · Aug 22

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me?
Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

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Kathy Killeen @kkilleen.bsky.social · Aug 20

I'd rather be an elderly white hippie than a middle aged balding fascist, Stephen.

David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · Aug 20

I miss the days when you could defeat this clown with a Hawk Tuah in his sushi.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 20

Stephen Miller: "All these demonstrators that you've seen out here in recent days, all these elderly white hippies, they're not part of the city and never have been ... we're gonna ignore these stupid white hippies that all need to go home and take a nap because they're all over 90 years old."

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Aug 18

🚨BREAKING: Donald Trump announces he will issue an unconstitutional and illegal executive order purporting to ban mail-in voting and certain voting equipment for the 2026 midterm election.

Such an effort would violate the Constitution and is a major step to prevent free and fair elections.

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Johnny McNulty @johnnymcnulty.bsky.social · Aug 16

Hi, I'm Andrew Cuomo. I'm sorry I groped your mom and killed your grandma, but if you give me a fifteenth chance, I promise to throw you out of your apartment.

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Kathy Killeen @kkilleen.bsky.social · Aug 16

Not this one.

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The Organization of American Historians @oah.org · Aug 14

📢 The OAH has issued a Statement on the White House Review of the Smithsonian. Read the statement: ow.ly/hgLR50WGhfQ

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · Aug 6

BREAKING: Convicted sex trafficker who taught young girls how to blow old men says sole person on earth who can pardon her did nothing wrong.

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