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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · Mar 31

Today’s meditation, and everyday hereafter.

Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow

Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 7h

“Courage is contagious and it’s spreading all over the country right now.”

@ezralevin.bsky.social and @chrislhayes.bsky.social discuss the growing backlash to Trump’s authoritarian agenda.

We will see you in the streets again on Saturday to say NO KINGS: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 12h

I suspected this might be coming because of her recent retirement... I knew she'd never lay down the microphone unless forced to.

RIP to a giant of journalism, to a Founding Mother of NPR, and to -- I am proud and humbled to say -- my friend.

www.npr.org/2025/10/16/1...

NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died

Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15h

Pritzker: Illinois is not a place you can conquer and our people are not your subjects

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ACLU @aclu.org · 19h

Bayard Rustin was one of the most influential organizers of the civil rights movement, leading key protests like the 1963 March on Washington for racial justice.

Bayard dedicated his life to fighting for equal rights for the Black community, LGBTQ people, and economic justice.

Black and white photo of Bayard Rustin in a suit sitting at a desk with papers on it. Text on the graphic reads "When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him." The quote is attributed to Bayard Rustin, civil rights activist, organizer for the 1963 March on Washington

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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 17h

What was done to us in childhood—if not confronted and processed—will be repeated by us, consciously or not, toward the next generation.
Republican politics explained.

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White Rose Resistance @whiteroseresistance.org · 1d

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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 1d

Horseback riding in heaven with Jesus? Jesus strikes me as more of a camel type of guy. But why not ride a white rhino or a wooly mammoth? Apparently Jesus lacks imagination.

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Rep. Suhas Subramanyam @repsuhas.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you to all the federal workers and contractors that stood up and spoke out with me and my colleagues today.

This administration and House Republicans are attacking our federal workforce, veterans, and countless families.

I will not stop fighting until we end this shutdown.

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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 2d

Scratch the surface of any fascist movement and you’ll find the Christian-right hard at work on their theocracy project. They despise democracy.

Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 3d

Scratch the surface of a fascist movement and you’re highly likely to find rightwing Christian ideologues hard at work. It should never come as a surprise.

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.

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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 3d

In 1494, in what is now the USA, there were 300 to 600 distinct indigenous nations or tribes each with its own language culture, governance, and territory. Many groups had highly evolved governance, trade networks, and sacred geographies. I celebrate the indigenous people today.

Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 3d

A picture from 2007, Fisherman’s Point, NAVSTA Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Columbus reportedly landed there on his second voyage, 30 April 1494. Legend has it that Columbus and his crew spent a few days scouting the area and finding no sources of fresh water they moved on.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 4d

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 3d

Are you paying attention?

Thom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 3d

Every raid, every body slammed to the pavement, is a public ritual meant to teach us obedience. The goal isn’t enforcement — it’s submission...

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The Brutality Is the Message: Why America’s Violence Against Immigrants Isn’t About Immigration

Every raid, every body slammed to the pavement, is a public ritual meant to teach us obedience. The goal isn’t enforcement — it’s submission...

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 4d

Don Winslow

I think Democrats should implement this nationwide at all protests.

A competent attorney with a bullhorn directly communicating to law enforcement and the surrounding cameras.

This is a VERY smart idea.

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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 4d

Thinking about David Graeber’s insights on debt and moral narrative. In plain terms: inequality doesn’t just cause resentment—it provokes moral rebellion.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 4d

“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.”
— Henry David Thoreau

Sometimes all you have to do is look down the ridge and breathe it in.
#Thoreau #ShenandoahNationalPark #AutumnLight #Wilderness #Landscapephotography

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Craig E. Pemberton @craigepemberton.bsky.social · 13d

Portland is reminding us that humor can be a powerful tool against fascists. laughing at them takes away their power.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

@sanders.senate.gov: "No, Speaker Johnson, the #NoKings Rally on October 18th is not a 'hate America' rally. ... It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country."

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 6d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 6d

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 6d

“Release the Epstein Files Rally.” Let’s see those flyers.

Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 6d

House Speaker Mike Johnson is calling the October 18 protest the Hate America Rally because he's afraid to call it by its real name, the Release the Epstein Files Rally.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 8d

If you are a federal worker, there are several credit unions and other financial institutions that are offering zero interest loans during the government shutdown.

Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...

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