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Tim Mocarski @timmocarski.bsky.social · 5h

"The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance."

Thomas Paine

#quoteoftheday #Resist #HowToBeatTyranny

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Tim Mocarski @timmocarski.bsky.social · 14h

Absolutely the worst cold open @nbcsnl.bsky.social has ever had. It was just a rehash of an old skit from a couple of years ago. Wasn't funny then. Isn't now. Hey SNL writers, there was a whole thing going on today around the entire naiton. Hopefully Weekend Update covers the real world events.

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Tim Mocarski @timmocarski.bsky.social · 15h

Rockford, IL #NoKIngs

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Tim Mocarski @timmocarski.bsky.social · 15h

I've heard similar stories about Pete Seeger from several artist In each story Pete is seen after a festival picking up trash, Other, younger artists, not to be outdone by the much older Pete, joined. I think Pete would have been proud of these two. The kids are all right. #NoKings #Resist (1/2)

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Tim Mocarski @timmocarski.bsky.social · 16h

#NoKings

Meanwhile seven million people showed up today around the entire country and didn't have an insurrection.

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Tim Mocarski @timmocarski.bsky.social · 1d

@maddow.msnbc.com #nokings in Rockford IL

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Tim Mocarski @timmocarski.bsky.social · 1d

"Resistance to tyranny is service to God."

James Madison

#quoteoftheday #NoKings #ShowUp #Resist

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Tim Mocarski @timmocarski.bsky.social · 1d

Show up. Resist. Insist. Persist.
Do not desist.

#NoKings

Tim Mocarski @timmocarski.bsky.social · 2d

"The passionless cannot change history."

Czeslaw Milosz

#quoteoftheday #Passion #Change #Resist

Tim Mocarski @timmocarski.bsky.social · 3d

"We can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy,. We need not stay docile and quiet."

William O. Douglas

#quoteoftheday #SpeakUp #SpeakOut #Resist

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Tim Mocarski @timmocarski.bsky.social · 4d

"Do not feel safe. The poet remembers.
You can kill one, but another is born.
The words are written down, the deed, the date."

Czeslaw Milosz

#quoteoftheday #Poets #Poetry #WriteItDown #Resist

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Tim Mocarski @timmocarski.bsky.social · 4d

@cdbaby.com You need to stop using AI to handle requests. It clearly can't solve issues. And it shouldn't take ten days and more to get a response from a live person. #FIXTHEPROBLEM #DoBetter. #StillWaiting #BadService

Tim Mocarski @timmocarski.bsky.social · 4d

The convicted felon claims that drug prices are gonna go down more than 100%, If drugs are gonna cost less, why is my Medicare Part D plan going up next year?

#MoreTrumpBS #TrumpLies #Inflation #Resist

Tim Mocarski @timmocarski.bsky.social · 5d

"If an American wants to preserve his dignity and his equality as a human being, he must not bow his neck to any dictatorial government."

Dwight D. Eisenhower

#quoteoftheday #TrumpsAmerica #BeingHuman #Resist

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Tim Mocarski @timmocarski.bsky.social · 6d

"Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare."

William Blake

#quoteoftheday #Advice #DonotArgueOnTheInternet

Tim Mocarski @timmocarski.bsky.social · 7d

today's categories are

Establishes
For All Time
Birds
Happy ___

You're welcom

Tim Mocarski @timmocarski.bsky.social · 7d

The Spangram is Tricktaking. You're welcome

Tim Mocarski @timmocarski.bsky.social · 7d

"There must always be a remedy for wrong and injustice if we only know how to find it."

Ida B. Wells

#quoteoftheday #RightingAWrong #Injustice #Resist

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Tim Mocarski @timmocarski.bsky.social · 8d

"Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality."

Harlan F. Stone

#quoteoftheday #StoppingPeopleBasedOnColor #RacismStillExists #Freedom #Resist

Tim Mocarski @timmocarski.bsky.social · 9d

"If you keep making the same mistake long enough, it becomes your style."

John Prine

#quoteoftheday #Mistakes #Style #Consistency

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Tim Mocarski @timmocarski.bsky.social · 9d

@smocarski.bsky.social and I are really happy with this one.

Wattle & Daub @wattledaubmusic.bsky.social · 9d

New Album! CDs available before 10/24 release to streaming.

All CDs signed and shipped free.

Go to: wattledaubmusic.com/merch

#Music #Folk #FolkOn

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Tim Mocarski @timmocarski.bsky.social · 9d

Meanwhile, the stormtroopers of the convicted felon are shooting unarmed priests in the head

Is THIS what you voted for?

#TrumpsAmerica #TraitorTrump #Resist

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Tim Mocarski @timmocarski.bsky.social · 10d

"The difference between an 'ordinary' and an 'extraordinary' person is not the title that person might have, but what they do to make the world a better place for us all."

Jody Williams

#quotroftheday #DoGood #MakeADifference #Resist

Tim Mocarski @timmocarski.bsky.social · 11d

"What do you despise? By this are you truly known."

Frank Herbert

#quoteoftheday #InnerSelf #WhoYouAre #Resistance

Tim Mocarski @timmocarski.bsky.social · 12d

to stand in the way."

Joe Hill

#quoteoftheday #GoodParenting #Resist