Karen Bryant Lucas
@kblucas.bsky.social
Musician, happily retired after a lifetime of conducting choirs, playing the organ, & singing. Writing my first book. Newlywed in my 70s. Passionate about justice & working to interrogate and dismantle White supremacy.
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Wrote a thing:
The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....
The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....
Five Facets of the Attack on Venezuela by the Rogue Nation the US Has Become
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They are saying it baldly: this is an oil grab. There is a history of oil grabs going back to British imperialism in the middle east in the late nineteenth century and murders of Osage Nation triba...
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January 3, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Wrote a thing:
The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....
The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....
Having A Serviceberry Christmas
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Having A Serviceberry Christmas
Honoring relationship over retail
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December 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Having A Serviceberry Christmas
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The November sun thru the tree in our front yard. Nothing more. Something to focus my weary mind on the way life goes on.
November 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The November sun thru the tree in our front yard. Nothing more. Something to focus my weary mind on the way life goes on.
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I'm planning to attend the No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Wake Forest, NC” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS Wake Forest, NC · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
Come join us in Wake Forest for 15 minutes of motivating rally speakers, followed by a march along the sidewalks of downtown. Bring a sign! Dissen...
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September 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I'm planning to attend the No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Wake Forest, NC” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Who knew that ant bites—black ants, not red—could make your foot swell and walking a pain in the foot.
I, for one, did not know. But now I do.
I, for one, did not know. But now I do.
August 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Who knew that ant bites—black ants, not red—could make your foot swell and walking a pain in the foot.
I, for one, did not know. But now I do.
I, for one, did not know. But now I do.
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"Any book worth banning is a book worth reading."
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov
August 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"Any book worth banning is a book worth reading."
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov
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BREAKING: VETERAN'S
BEGIN A SIT-IN IN WASHINGTON DC AND WON'T STOP UNTIL THE MILITARY LEAVES TOWN
BEGIN A SIT-IN IN WASHINGTON DC AND WON'T STOP UNTIL THE MILITARY LEAVES TOWN
August 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
BREAKING: VETERAN'S
BEGIN A SIT-IN IN WASHINGTON DC AND WON'T STOP UNTIL THE MILITARY LEAVES TOWN
BEGIN A SIT-IN IN WASHINGTON DC AND WON'T STOP UNTIL THE MILITARY LEAVES TOWN
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Walz: "It boggles my damn mind that in the midst of a military takeover of our cities, the flaunting of the rule of law, that the press finds the need to talk about, 'Oh, there's a division in the Dem Party.' There's a division in my damn house & we're still married and things are good. That's life"
August 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Walz: "It boggles my damn mind that in the midst of a military takeover of our cities, the flaunting of the rule of law, that the press finds the need to talk about, 'Oh, there's a division in the Dem Party.' There's a division in my damn house & we're still married and things are good. That's life"
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History isn’t a warm banket designed to make you feel safe and comfortable. It’s a cold rainstorm that should drive you to learn how to avoid getting wet the next time.
August 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
History isn’t a warm banket designed to make you feel safe and comfortable. It’s a cold rainstorm that should drive you to learn how to avoid getting wet the next time.
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In case anyone's confused, yes, slavery was bad.
August 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
In case anyone's confused, yes, slavery was bad.
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UPDATE: Fox News reports that ICE told Kilmar Abrego Garcia they are going to deport him to Uganda on Monday.
August 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
UPDATE: Fox News reports that ICE told Kilmar Abrego Garcia they are going to deport him to Uganda on Monday.
All of Dad’s attempts to discredit or limit Dr. King’s message came to a dead end. “And I was on campus,” he said, “when I remember one night saying, ‘You know what? What is making me angry here is that Martin Luther King is just a betterChristian than I am.’”
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A White man of a certain age
“Why don’t you name him John Wesley? Maybe he’ll be a preacher.”
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July 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
All of Dad’s attempts to discredit or limit Dr. King’s message came to a dead end. “And I was on campus,” he said, “when I remember one night saying, ‘You know what? What is making me angry here is that Martin Luther King is just a betterChristian than I am.’”
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A DHS spokesperson defended the detainment, accusing Sen. Padilla of failing to properly identify himself during Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference.
But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.
But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.
Sen. Padilla pushed to ground, handcuffed for demanding DHS not lie
Forcibly removing a sitting US senator, as they opposed the president's immigration policy, is a part of a broader slide.
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June 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A DHS spokesperson defended the detainment, accusing Sen. Padilla of failing to properly identify himself during Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference.
But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.
But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.
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What they aren’t showing on Fox News
June 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
What they aren’t showing on Fox News
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Jake Tapper can go suck eggs.
May 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Jake Tapper can go suck eggs.
Join the fight against government regulations on the books that you and your family are allowed to read in the United States by signing the petition today.
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PETITION: Don't Ban Books in the United States
Proposed censorship measures in several states could deny your right to read some books in our Nation's libraries and lead to librarians facing criminal charges for the books on the shelves.
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May 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Join the fight against government regulations on the books that you and your family are allowed to read in the United States by signing the petition today.
action.everylibrary.org/bannedbooks via @everylibrary.bsky.social
action.everylibrary.org/bannedbooks via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Star of Bethlehem flowers growing wild in our yard.
I'm having a day. Taking a moment to absorb the beauty around me while the world is on fire. Feeling powerless, & taking action anyway.
I'm having a day. Taking a moment to absorb the beauty around me while the world is on fire. Feeling powerless, & taking action anyway.
May 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Star of Bethlehem flowers growing wild in our yard.
I'm having a day. Taking a moment to absorb the beauty around me while the world is on fire. Feeling powerless, & taking action anyway.
I'm having a day. Taking a moment to absorb the beauty around me while the world is on fire. Feeling powerless, & taking action anyway.
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As Francis demonstrated, there's no better way to live life than to practice, teach and promote nonviolence.
Pope Francis's remarkable peacemaking life
As Francis demonstrated, there's no better way to live life than to practice, teach and promote nonviolence.
wagingnonviolence.org
April 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
As Francis demonstrated, there's no better way to live life than to practice, teach and promote nonviolence.
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On this day in 1911, President William Howard Taft expelled Black soldiers from San Antonio, Texas, because local officials claimed they threatened “law and order” by protesting Jim Crow laws.
Apr. 3, 1911 | President Taft Expels Black Soldiers from San Antonio for Protesting Jim Crow
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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April 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
On this day in 1911, President William Howard Taft expelled Black soldiers from San Antonio, Texas, because local officials claimed they threatened “law and order” by protesting Jim Crow laws.