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Garden-Stater, MTBer, foodie, tequila snob, oenophile, aesthete. Petrarca was a scholar, poet laureate, and original Renaissance humanist, unaccidental tourist, and alpinist Born July 20, 1304.

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · Dec 27

Tim Snyder:
"If you want to rip the heart out of a democracy, you go after facts. That's what modern authoritarians do."
Step 1: You lie. All the time.
Step 2: You say it's your opponents and journalists who lie.
Step 3: Everyone looks around and says "what is the truth? There is no truth."
Then resistance is impossible and the game is over.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1h

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 45m

He sure likes to hear himself talk. Those poor cats must be so tired of him.

Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 51m

#NoKings
#NoFaKingWay
@abc7ny.bsky.social where u at?
NYPD estimates more than one hundred thousand protesters flood NYC streets for 'No Kings' march
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NYPD estimates more than one hundred thousand protesters flood NYC streets for 'No Kings' march

Chantee Lans has more from Lower Manhattan.

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 3h

Moses Mike: "I didn't see that."

Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 5h

No. But i have wondered why @nj.com isn't covering the #NoKings rallies across New Jersey and the country.

Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 5h

@nj.com 🦗🦗🦗

Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 5h

not the top of the page, but decent

Scenes From a Day of Mass Protests

www.nytimes.com

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 5h

*stenographers

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◥◤CDFI, Frankenstein @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 6h

Across all the major outlets — NYT, WSJ, WaPo, LAT, CNN, ABC, CBS, Fox News, NBC, CNBC, NPR, Bloomberg — the only outlet without a No Kings story on its home page is CBS News.

For every other outlet, it's near the top. Even Fox News is running with "Nationwide unrest looms as thousands mobilize"

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 5h

@nj.com has ZERO coverage. @abc7ny.bsky.social ZERO coverage.

Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 7h

NJ: 5th smallest, 11th most populated, 1st most densely populated (while by some counts, 60% rural.)

New Jersey overlayed on California (21x larger.)

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 18h

Many/most of the accounts I have on my list are also on this one:
bsky.app/profile/did:plc:s7svxcikrlhosbzpckrk24ey/lists/3layrctuc4z2p

Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 18h

They did. I just replied.

Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 18h

The positive comments, they're just bots, right? Right?

Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 18h

a close up of a man 's face with a serious look on his face

Alt: Neo, wtf

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Liz Botkin @lizbotkin.bsky.social · 20h

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🦋 Digital Relic 🦋 @damop.bsky.social · 20h

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 20h

Powerful. Distopian.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22h

Authoritarians fear only one thing: DEFIANCE‼️

(Downtown Portland)

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 20h

📌☠️

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 21h

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