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Rivera Sun @riverasun.bsky.social · 7h

There needs to be a campaign in which we all send these clips to Miller and the DOJ as places where they could spend their time stopping those who are inciting violence. #rightwingviolence is the problem.

Rivera Sun @riverasun.bsky.social · 22h

Coming from the former president who coordinated the dismantlement of the Occupy encampments, that's a little rich. But whatever. I appreciate him speaking up now.

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RootsAction @rootsaction.org · 1d

NSPM-7 targets individuals and orgs that disagree with Trump, regardless of whether they've violated any laws. This incredible assault on the First Amendment is extremely dangerous.

Click to urge your members of Congress to immediately undo the memorandum with actual legislation: bit.ly/undonspm7

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Rivera Sun @riverasun.bsky.social · 23h

This is just heartless, discriminatory, cruel, and unjustified.

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

Nearly all employees within the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) were dismissed in Friday’s reduction-in-force, leaving only a few senior officials and administrative staff.

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World BEYOND War @world-beyond-war.bsky.social · 2d

53 civilians killed in just 3 days. Hospitals bombed. Ethnic executions. Entire neighborhoods erased. And yet #Sudan is barely a headline.

How many massacres before anyone bothers to notice?

Sudan: UN Human Rights Chief appalled by continued killing of civilians in El Fasher

GENEVA – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday condemned in the strongest terms the continued killing and injuring of civilians in El Fasher. This follows reports that at least…

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Rivera Sun @riverasun.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing art by Nikkolas Smith. It evokes so much of what it means to stand up to authoritarianism, militarization, oppressors. In so many shapes and sizes, people are standing tall.

Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 3d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

This Is Fascism

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Rivera Sun @riverasun.bsky.social · 3d

Read my round-up of what's been happening in Nonviolence News this week: frog protesters, Gaza ceasefire, Paraguay roadblocks, ICE Free Zones, rent debt strike, fandom organizing, and much more.
nonviolencenews.org/2025/10/10/p...

#PortlandFrog #WarRavagedPortland #resist #ceasefire

Over a green-hued photo of Portland, OR, is an orange line art drawing a protester in a frog suit facing off with masked ICE agents. The black-and-white banner of Nonviolence News is placed on top.

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Rivera Sun @riverasun.bsky.social · 4d

Rest in power, Kent Wong.

CHIRLA @chirla-org.bsky.social · 4d

🕊️ In memory of Kent Wong — a fierce advocate for immigrants, workers, and justice.

His legacy lives on in every life he touched. Rest in power, Kent. 🕯️

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Rivera Sun @riverasun.bsky.social · 4d

Good work.

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Pace e Bene - Nonviolence Service @paceebeneorg.bsky.social · 4d

"Authoritarianism is frightening. Immobilizing us through fear is part of the playbook. We resist by developing the skills to stay grounded, anchored, and courageous."

Read about some current examples of creativity and courage from our blog: paceebene.org/blog/2025/10...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

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Rivera Sun @riverasun.bsky.social · 4d

You're so welcome! Be like those dandelions ... golden, bold, indomitable.

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Dariel Garner @darielgarner.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING!
Actually it is already broken. This is what we do now.

Take a Breath. Stay Grounded. Keep Resisting.

paceebene.org/blog/2025/10...
Thanks to @riverasun.bsky.social

Take a Breath. Stay Grounded. Keep Resisting. — Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service

Take a breath. A deep one. And another.  In fact, if all you do with this email is give yourself 2 minutes to sit quietly and breathe deeply, that’s okay.  Authoritarianism is frightening....

paceebene.org

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 5d

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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Rivera Sun @riverasun.bsky.social · 5d

That witch saved his life from eating too much sugar and plastic.

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Dariel Garner @darielgarner.bsky.social · 5d

Just How "War-Ravaged" Is Portland?
This is either a pattern of inept mistakes – which is unacceptable in the leaders of this nation – or it’s a pattern of intentional deception which is dangerous and wrong.
by @riverasun.bsky.social
www.laprogressive.com/progressive-...

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 5d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Puck Arks @puckarks.bsky.social · 5d

BEING houseless is not a crime
DONT LOOK DOWN ON ANYONE
STOP THE SWER?

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Rivera Sun @riverasun.bsky.social · 6d

This is the kind of fact check we need every news outlet to being doing.

✊Larry Colvin✊ @larrycolvin.bsky.social · 7d

We reject this administration's blatant lies.

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Rivera Sun @riverasun.bsky.social · 7d

We have right to envision - and build - a wildly different future than the present we currently inhabit. A good future, not a dystopia. It's an act of resistance.

This quote is from The Roots of Resistance, part of the Dandelion Trilogy: store.riverasun.com/collections/...

#antiprime #booksky

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Rivera Sun @riverasun.bsky.social · 7d

This is the kind daily, maddening insanity that is going on in the US right now.

Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 7d

The guy who literally incited an insurrection is now threatening to use the Insurrection Act to torment Americans who do not support him.

(…because he literally incited an insurrection)

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World BEYOND War @world-beyond-war.bsky.social · 10d

Recognition means nothing without cutting #military ties. #Australia is fueling the very war crimes it condemns. While claiming to support Palestinian statehood, the Albanese government is bankrolling Elbit Systems, supplier of banned weapons, #Gaza drones, and tools of occupation.

Australia handed $10m to Israeli arms firm as Albanese recognised Palestine

Yet again, the government is handing taxpayer money to a company steeped in Palestinian blood: Elbit Systems. It's quite a contrast to Anthony Albanese's posturing on recognising Palestine.

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Rivera Sun @riverasun.bsky.social · 7d

Share these kinds of stories with the people who watch Fox News and listen to the Republicans. Lies. Ignorance. Propaganda. Misinformation.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7d

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 7d

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#ClimateAction to assist, protect and conserve #nature to help it cope with #ClimateChange

PL RP 🩷💚💙

original graph by IPCC
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@shybleu.bsky.social #climate

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