Laura Shamas
@laurashamas.bsky.social
Writer. Ph.D. www.laurashamas.com. I’m a Chickasaw Nation citizen. #postcardstovoters To buy my play FOUR WOMEN IN RED: https://www.broadwayplaypublishing.com/the-plays/four-women-in-red/. 🇺🇦
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Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter
The playwright Tom Stoppard, whose playful erudition dazzled the theatregoing world for decades, has died aged 88.
One of a select band of writers from any discipline to earn his own adjective – “Stoppardian” – in the Oxford English Dictionary, he delighted in the most improbable juxtapositions: philosophy and gymnastics in Jumpers (1972); early 19th-century landscape gardening and chaos theory in Arcadia (1993); rock music, dissident Czech academics and the love poetry of Sappho in Rock ’n’ Roll (2006). Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
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Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
Five of us in our democracy-supporting family are currently reading “Giving Up is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping A Democracy” by @joycewhitevance.bsky.social . We have a text thread going and discuss it chapter by chapter! 🇺🇸
November 29, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Five of us in our democracy-supporting family are currently reading “Giving Up is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping A Democracy” by @joycewhitevance.bsky.social . We have a text thread going and discuss it chapter by chapter! 🇺🇸
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We are learning why the regime is so upset with the Dem follow the law video. For Hegseth is regularly ordering soldiers to break it.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
We are learning why the regime is so upset with the Dem follow the law video. For Hegseth is regularly ordering soldiers to break it.
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While here I will make a plug to support @aftynbehn.bsky.social in her Tuesday special election in TN-07. Trump/GOP melting down, late polling has this race a toss up. Would be a huge, huge upset.
Watch my new interview with her and donate 👇
bsky.app/profile/simo...
Watch my new interview with her and donate 👇
bsky.app/profile/simo...
Enjoy this uplifting conversation with the inspiring @aftynbehn.bsky.social, who has put a deep red Congressional seat in play next week. Watch, share with others, and let's help Aftyn close strong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/new-conver...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/new-conver...
New Conversation With The Inspiring Aftyn Behn - Let's Help Her Close Strong Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!
Watch this wonderful discussion with our great candidate making the GOP sweat in a deep red district in Tennessee
www.hopiumchronicles.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
While here I will make a plug to support @aftynbehn.bsky.social in her Tuesday special election in TN-07. Trump/GOP melting down, late polling has this race a toss up. Would be a huge, huge upset.
Watch my new interview with her and donate 👇
bsky.app/profile/simo...
Watch my new interview with her and donate 👇
bsky.app/profile/simo...
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Trump's standing with the public has taken a huge hit in the past few months. He's now regularly polling in the 30s. And their big play to reverse this decline? War in Venezuela - and that's even more unpopular than his handling of inflation. 4/
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Trump's standing with the public has taken a huge hit in the past few months. He's now regularly polling in the 30s. And their big play to reverse this decline? War in Venezuela - and that's even more unpopular than his handling of inflation. 4/
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The shift is becoming dramatic
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The shift is becoming dramatic
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
They were wonderful! Loved them! nativenewsonline.net/sovereignty/...
Native Pride Productions Brings Tradition to Macy’s Parade in NYC
Seven-year-old Wambli “Baby Wam” Dolezal of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska joined Native Pride Productions on Thursday as the group brought Indigenous dance and heritage to the 99th Macy's Thanksgivi...
nativenewsonline.net
November 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
They were wonderful! Loved them! nativenewsonline.net/sovereignty/...
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A beautiful yellow Roman glass pitcher with a splash of light blue appliqué for extra decoration. The small relief depicts a bacchant, follower of Bacchus, god of wine.
ca. AD 50-75. The Corning Museum of Glass www.museumofglass.org?gad_source=1...
ca. AD 50-75. The Corning Museum of Glass www.museumofglass.org?gad_source=1...
November 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A beautiful yellow Roman glass pitcher with a splash of light blue appliqué for extra decoration. The small relief depicts a bacchant, follower of Bacchus, god of wine.
ca. AD 50-75. The Corning Museum of Glass www.museumofglass.org?gad_source=1...
ca. AD 50-75. The Corning Museum of Glass www.museumofglass.org?gad_source=1...
Still crying after TRAIN DREAMS. Beautiful film.
November 27, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Still crying after TRAIN DREAMS. Beautiful film.
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One way to fight fascism is to not let it take away our sense of hope. Our sense of wholeness and our sense of humor.
This Thanksgiving, amplify Indigenous creators. Watch my friend @joeycliiiiiift's short film POW! Hilarious, radical and real.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOTu...
This Thanksgiving, amplify Indigenous creators. Watch my friend @joeycliiiiiift's short film POW! Hilarious, radical and real.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOTu...
Pow!
YouTube video by FNX TV
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November 27, 2025 at 3:37 AM
One way to fight fascism is to not let it take away our sense of hope. Our sense of wholeness and our sense of humor.
This Thanksgiving, amplify Indigenous creators. Watch my friend @joeycliiiiiift's short film POW! Hilarious, radical and real.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOTu...
This Thanksgiving, amplify Indigenous creators. Watch my friend @joeycliiiiiift's short film POW! Hilarious, radical and real.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOTu...
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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Seriously everything, EVERYTHING about the RFK/Nuzzi/LIzza moment is an argument for a newsroom where you pitch stories in front of each other and editors who shield you from your own worst impulses.
November 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Seriously everything, EVERYTHING about the RFK/Nuzzi/LIzza moment is an argument for a newsroom where you pitch stories in front of each other and editors who shield you from your own worst impulses.
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My heart is with the two National Guard members and their families. These service members didn’t ask to be put in this position — they signed up to serve their community and their country, and they should never be targeted for following orders. (1/2)
November 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
My heart is with the two National Guard members and their families. These service members didn’t ask to be put in this position — they signed up to serve their community and their country, and they should never be targeted for following orders. (1/2)
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WCK’s Mohammad is at one of our facilities where the team is getting everything ready to build a brand-new Field Kitchen in northern Gaza. Right now, the crew is assembling the full setup—cooking tents, prep areas, dish-washing space, distribution lines, and water stations. #ChefsForGaza (1/2)
November 27, 2025 at 1:45 AM
WCK’s Mohammad is at one of our facilities where the team is getting everything ready to build a brand-new Field Kitchen in northern Gaza. Right now, the crew is assembling the full setup—cooking tents, prep areas, dish-washing space, distribution lines, and water stations. #ChefsForGaza (1/2)
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⚡️JUST NOW AT FORT CAMPBELL: “We don't just want people who mindlessly follow orders. We want people who think."
WHOOPSY — VP JD Vance seems to back up the Dems (veterans) who said the military shouldn’t obey illegal orders, which Trump said they should be executed for.
WHOOPSY — VP JD Vance seems to back up the Dems (veterans) who said the military shouldn’t obey illegal orders, which Trump said they should be executed for.
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
⚡️JUST NOW AT FORT CAMPBELL: “We don't just want people who mindlessly follow orders. We want people who think."
WHOOPSY — VP JD Vance seems to back up the Dems (veterans) who said the military shouldn’t obey illegal orders, which Trump said they should be executed for.
WHOOPSY — VP JD Vance seems to back up the Dems (veterans) who said the military shouldn’t obey illegal orders, which Trump said they should be executed for.
Called it!
The VP is campaigning for Van Epps today in Ft. Campbell? I think this will end up helping @aftynbehn.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Called it!
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Farm workers are bent over harvesting bell peppers in Kern County CA. They work rushing to keep up with the pace the tractor sets. When you eat a salad or a fajita remember the hands that harvest this vegetable. #WeFeedYou
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Farm workers are bent over harvesting bell peppers in Kern County CA. They work rushing to keep up with the pace the tractor sets. When you eat a salad or a fajita remember the hands that harvest this vegetable. #WeFeedYou
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Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
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The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
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Praying for the two National Guard members who were shot today.
BREAKING: Two National Guard members have been shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says.
Two National Guard members shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says
Two National Guard soldiers were shot Wednesday near the White House and their conditions aren’t immediately known, according to a law enforcement official not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity.Emergency vehicles were seen responding to the area.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Praying for the two National Guard members who were shot today.
The VP is campaigning for Van Epps today in Ft. Campbell? I think this will end up helping @aftynbehn.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The VP is campaigning for Van Epps today in Ft. Campbell? I think this will end up helping @aftynbehn.bsky.social