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WhisperedDreams

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B.A. in History, and Classics M.Ed in Education Penn State 💙🤍 History Fantasy Anime Photography Writing All the music 🎧 Nintendo 🎮 Millennial She/Her USA 💙🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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WhisperedDreams @whispereddreams.bsky.social · Nov 21

Updated: Hello new followers. I am a history and human geography educator. I have a B.A. in Classics and a B.A. in History. My M.A. in education.

Using this space to post about everything me. History, music, TV, movies, books, games, politics. You’ll find a mix of it all 😊.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Jun 24

I didn’t have the Supreme Court destroying the authority of federal district courts on my bingo card. But in retrospect that’s perhaps where all this shadow docket decision-making was going all along.

Really scary stuff.

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · Jun 23

A reminder:

Law Professors: The Constitution still exists and the Courts will protect us.

Historians:

a man is wearing a yellow raincoat with a hood and smiling .

ALT: a man is wearing a yellow raincoat with a hood and smiling .

media.tenor.com

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · Jun 11

We feed you.
They hunt us.

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · Jun 22

Don’t blame me, I voted for the first black President, the decent man from Scranton and the two highly intelligent successful talented supremely qualified women.

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · Jun 22

Just a reminder going forward...

(cartoon from 2003)

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Jun 22

BREAKING: Iran’s Parliament approves the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Decision needs ratified by Iran’s Security Council.

It would trap 20% of the world’s oil supply and send a catastrophic shock through the global economy.

A picture of the Hormuz Strait with Iran at the top and the slim entrance to the Gulf to its south between UAE and Oman

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · Jun 22

Why push for impeachment?

Because politics is an exercise in moving public opinion as much as counting votes in the senate.

The Jan 6 Hearings were not a criminal proceeding against Trump that would end in jail, but they focused public attention.

Performative public investigations matter

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · Jun 9

Much like the communities they represent, these flags are in a constant state of evolution, expanding to better and more inclusively encompass every queer identity under the rainbow.

Read about the history and symbolism below ⤵️

LGBTQ Flags: The History and Symbolism of 23 Flags

There’s a flag for every identity under the rainbow!

www.teenvogue.com

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Aubrey Jones @aubreyjones.bsky.social · Jun 2

Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today.

I'm so angry.

Statement from Tristan Kern de Gonzales
Husband of Jonathan Joss

My husband Jonathan Joss and I were involved in a shooting while checking the mail at the site of our former home. That home was burned down after over two years of threats from people in the area who repeatedly told us they would set it on fire. We reported these threats to law enforcement multiple times and nothing was done.

Throughout that time we were harassed regularly by individuals who made it clear they did not accept our relationship. Much of the harassment was openly homophobic.

When we returned to the site to check our mail we discovered the skull of one of our dogs and its harness placed in clear view. This caused both of us severe emotional distress. We began yelling and crying in response to the pain of what we saw.

While we were doing this a man approached us. He started yelling violent homophobic slurs at us. He then raised a gun from his lap and fired.

Jonathan and I had no weapons. We were not threatening anyone. We were grieving. We were standing side by side. When the man fired Jonathan pushed me out of the way. He saved my life.

Jonathan is my husband. He gave me more love in our time together than most people ever get. We were newlyweds. We picked Valentines Day. We were in the process of looking for a trailer and planning our future.

He was murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men loving each other.

I was with him when he passed. I told him how much he was loved.

To everyone who supported him, his fans, his friends, know that he valued you deeply. He saw you as family.

My focus now is on protecting Jonathan’s legacy and honoring the life we built together.

If your concern is how someone coped with trauma or how loudly they speak when recounting injustice and being ignored by authorities then you never truly cared about my husband.

Jonathan saved my life. I will carry that forward. I will protect what he built.

Tristan Kern de Gonzales

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · May 27

Today the Supreme Court cleared the way for the federal government to transfer thousands of acres of national forestland including a Native American sacred site, to Resolution Copper a mining company owned by Rio Tinto and BHP. The land holds deep spiritual significance for the Western Apache tribe.

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WhisperedDreams @whispereddreams.bsky.social · May 28

Thanks for the wonderful characters and worlds @carissabroadbent.bsky.social @sarahjmaas.bsky.social and @rebeccayarros.bsky.social ❤️

WhisperedDreams @whispereddreams.bsky.social · May 28

Finally got back into reading after a long time of not feeling inspired to read.

I’ve now read through ACOTAR series, Throne of Glass, Empyrean Series, Crown of Nyaxis, and am currently reading The War of Lost Hearts series.

As a writer myself, it’s been so good to feel inspired again too.

WhisperedDreams @whispereddreams.bsky.social · May 28

Very much! Loved the cliffhanger. Way to keep us engaged.

WhisperedDreams @whispereddreams.bsky.social · May 27

Just read all 3 books. Loooove! Anxious for the next one.

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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · May 26

BREAKING: Scott Pelley just risked everything to make one thing clear:
The attack on free speech isn’t coming—it’s already here.

Journalists are being silenced, critics are being punished, and most of the media’s playing dead.

This is state-sponsored suppression. This is dictatorship in real time.

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · May 26

"Chef says purchasing ingredients rather than stealing them from suppliers would 'kill' the restaurant industry"

🔪Akilla Booper👻 @akelacooper.bsky.social · May 26

Imagine being against asking for consent to any other industry or person. Any other comparison we immediately understand it's wrong. And yet techbros and their AI grift expect to get an exemption.
www.theverge.com/news/674366/...

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

www.theverge.com

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · May 26

On Memorial Day, we remember the sacrifices that our men and women in uniform and their families have made to preserve our freedom. May we always strive to honor the strength and resolve they’ve shown our country.

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judgeluttig.bsky.social @judgeluttig.bsky.social · May 26

The Memorial Day Message from the President of the United States of America, in memory of those who have given their lives defending America, the Constitution, and the freedoms that we Americans enjoy on this Memorial Day 2025.

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Bren @kindofnerdy.bsky.social · May 16

There's nothing "beautiful" about taking food away from hungry children to appease the bottomless g**damn lust of the wealthy! 📣

Enough already!!!

We have the 💰💰💰 to feed the hungry, care for the sick, AND pave the way for prosperity... But the rich want it all for themselves!

#SaveOurMedicaid

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · May 22

Here's a picture that a @kuow.org photographer took in Seattle yesterday, showing the ICE officers masked up in the hallways as they waited to arrest people coming out of their hearings.

ICE agents at Seattle courthouse arrest people whose deportation hearings are dismissed

The photo shows two men in the foreground wearing camo baseball caps and with neck gaiters pulled up to cover everything but their eyes. They are in plain clothes. Three other men are seen in the background, all wearing surgical masks. One has a hoodie entirely up so that only his eyes are visible. All are standing around looking suspiciously cop-like.

caption: Gustavo Sagrero Alvarez
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
May 21, 2025 / 5:45 pm

caption: Suspected agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement line the hallway outside a courtroom at the Seattle Immigration Court Wednesday.
Suspected agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement line the hallway outside a courtroom at the Seattle Immigration Court Wednesday.
KUOW Photo / Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · May 22

This is some authoritarian shit. Noem said since Harvard won’t give her disciplinary records on students, she’s terminating their foreign exchange student program immediately, and ordered that foreign students must transfer to other schools or have visas revoked.

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Senator Angela Alsobrooks @alsobrooks.senate.gov · May 10

I’m calling on Secretary Kennedy to resign.

We are sick of it. He must go!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · May 10

This part

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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · May 11

BREAKING: ICE agents assaulted Members of Congress during legal oversight. Now DHS wants them arrested—Bonnie Watson Coleman, LaMonica McIver, and Rob Menendez.

This is fascism.

Oversight isn’t a crime. Assaulting Congress is.
www.axios.com/2025/05/10/t...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · May 10

Putin and the rest of the world continuing to laugh at these bumbling fools.

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