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"Multipliers: "Recruiters…introducers…donors. You might be one introduction away from solving a fight that yelling won’t. "Your job is not to “do everything.” Your job is to choose a lane and pull a lever daily. "Pick three lanes and overdeliver." www.jackhopkinsnow.com/p/why-you-ha...
"Meetings: "Bodies in chairs still scare politicians. Two dozen citizens in a silent room can change a vote. "Metrics: "Receipts beat rants. Data…documents…and timelines corner bad policy.
"Money: "Small amounts…strategically directed…move needles (local races…legal defense… watchdogs). "Message: "Words placed in the right venue at the right time tilt public opinion (letters to the editor…board statements…op-eds…viral posts that are useful…not noisy).
I've been nagging: "Do some small thing every damn day." Here's a good refinement, from @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social "IV. Your Five Levers of Influence (The places real people move real outcomes) "You cannot solve “America” by Tuesday. You can move levers that compound into outcomes.
"disciplined actions by individuals who refused to outsource their agency. "We break both lies the same way: install structure that manufactures momentum and converts emotion into action." www.jackhopkinsnow.com/p/why-you-ha...
Tough love plus strategy. @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social "Lie #2: “I’m only one person; it doesn’t matter.” "Every bad actor in history has counted on you believing this. Meanwhile…every meaningful win I’ve ever seen…political…commercial…personal…was a stack of small…
WRITE YOUR SENATORS to tell Schumer and Jeffries to cut it out!
It’s worse than you think. medium.com/@thcarter123
I don't know how you keep at it I hope you have some reliable sources of joy
So important We need to know how to fight this It won't be over soon And our kids' futures depend on our tenacity
happy bday writer Sarah Orne Jewett, b.1849, South Berwick, ME. “It seems to me like stealing, for men and women to live in the world and do nothing to make it better.” “In the life of each of us there is a place remote and islanded, and given to endless regret or secret happiness.”
wow thank you needed this today
always read @gregsargent.bsky.social
and so much of the commentary on it was whether it was like this movie or that movie
I hope someday we find out what the deliberations were like
🔥💪"Crime is down in Chicago.Murders are down almost 50% in the last 4 yrs.Shootings are down 57%.Robberies down 34%.Burglaries down 21%.Motor vehicle thefts down 26%.He has no idea what he's talking about.He is insulting the ppl of Chicago by calling our home a hellhole." www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
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What's the difference between an Effective Altruist and a climate activist? Both take the view that we need to "pay forward" - to invest more in the future even if it means having a little less today. So why do I feel the Effective Altruist is wrong and the climate activist is right? (1/6)
highly likely that he's just murdering people for show
Just hours after Trump sent this, he murdered 11 people on a boat
HE MURDERED ELEVEN PEOPLE ON A BOAT it was not a tom clancy movie
GO SCOTT!
stunning courage
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP WORKING HARD
Folks love to say Congress has been broken for a long time, and they're not wrong, but this is still a total collapse in the institution compared with trump I or any other period in US history
This is deeply unnerving: medium.com/@thcarter123...
can you even imagine being the CEO of McDonald's? what a way to make a living
Trump vs. the law Use of the Alien Enemies Act to force deportations - illegal Military invasions of American cities - illegal Detentions without due process - illegal Declaring fake national emergencies to bypass Congress - illegal When you elect a criminal, you get a criminal presidency.
important to keep pulling it all together thanks
"Why should I care about U.S. Space Command being transferred to Alabama? I hate the military-industrial complex. We spend too much money on defense. Why does it matter which rich people get richer off it?" There are a number of reasons you should care, but you really only need one. (thread)
Important we all understand what he's up to As the second thread concludes, Donald J. Trump is acting on Russia's behalf. Critically important 🧵
when women support each other omg think of what they'll have to endure incredible courage profound thanks
they're speaking out this is stunning think of what they'll have to endure extraordinary courage profound thanks
smart successful wealthy compassionate male see--it's not that hard
Pritzker: "Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next?"
A bipartisan group of House members is set to convene a closed-door meeting with Epstein’s victims Tuesday afternoon. A group of Epstein’s victims also plans to hold a rally on Capitol Hill on Wednesday morning. "This has not gone away like the speaker had hoped.” www.politico.com/live-updates...
these women have more courage than all the republican congress put together
at least it's possible to imagine how we can undo this someday
could the wall be crumbling?
Seeing these women together, supporting each other, taking this enormous risk, marking themselves for life, all to finally in at least one way hold our criminal president to account for one thing.... I cannot imagine what it's like for them, and I cannot thank them enough for their courage.
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I wish we could hear their deliberations.
The same group of people and organizations who previously organized #NoKings has scheduled another #NoKings peaceful protest for October 18, 2025!! We are expecting protests in every state and territory!! Mark your calendars now and get ready to protest by the millions!! October 18, 2025!
This is good news.mit.edu/2025/new-sel...
more and more and more and more and more and more and more and
Rep. Nancy Mace—the receipts are on her face. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #BelieveTheVictims
well, one of the important stories
I'm losing my grip just want to scream YOU F*CKING IDIOT at pretty much everybody any more
so so so so so good
need to get even more depressed today?
white privilege?
Three years ago this week: "The media treatment of Biden’s foreign policy is significant and ultimately dangerous. If there is no constituency for the most anti-war president since 2001 (and likely since Jimmy Carter), it is unlikely that future presidents will choose to walk this path."
have we lost all sense of sanity that we can watch a video of 11 people being slaughtered and wonder which movie it's most like?
I just opened up my feed and there was the video of 11 people about whom we know nothing slaughtered yes maga may be cheering and wanting more but there's way too much in the comments comparing it to movie plots we just saw 11 people about whom we know nothing slaughtered we watched that happen
the extent of dissociation in the comments about this video is about as horrifying as the video itself we just watched 11 people--about whom we know absolutely nothing--be slaughtered we watched them be slaughtered wtaf is wrong with us?
and how else can we be loud? and how can we be louder? and can we be louder still? we cannot stop being loud
what comes next??
Yes, I saw that--emailed it to my Governor and Lt Gov and AG! It's heartening that blue governors have been meeting regularly for months to strategize....!! There are a bunch of good ones.
gotta hand it to him he continues to come up with creative ways to be stupid and outrageous and malevolent
He should not be allowed any medical treatment ever. Science is science. Can't pick and choose.
Support @democracydocket.com They are fighting this war for us!
there's smart and then there's smart
beautiful! Thank you!
I’m really impressed by how the scientific community, catalyzed on Bluesky, came together to produce a detailed, book-length evaluation within the short month DOE allowed for comment
The Department of Energy hired five academics to raise doubts about climate change. 85+ climate experts (organized by @andrewdessler.com) reviewed their report. Our conclusion, detailed in 450 pages of analysis: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making.
#Trump team’s contentious climate report ‘makes a mockery of science’, experts say Over 85 top #climate specialists lambasted administration’s review, calling it a ‘shoddy mess’ that downplays risks. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Add 20+ national security leaders to the 85+ climate experts releasing damning critiques today of the DOE climate report.
Yes! And remember, no one knows what will work. No one can predict the turning point. What's predictable is if we stop, we will sink. Read up on the French Resistance, for example: they had no clue whether they'd win or lose. They just didn't stop.
NO ONE KNOWS WHAT WILL WORK WHAT WILL FAIL IS IF WE STOP
I also keep reposting this--so important to remember!
Trump’s regime wants to put AI in charge of deciding which Medicare patients receive care — and they're giving AI companies a profit-incentive to deny coverage. Everything about this is sick and wrong, and Congress must take action. 👇
Washington's speculation about Trump's health is at a fever pitch. We've seen multiple reasons this summer to ask questions — and the media doesn't seem to care. What's really going on? www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...
"structural changes such as hiring more teachers" wtaf teachers aren't bricks
probably they just want money power and fame
thank you! yes! (classes start tomorrow and we're all in an uproar.... 😫)
How can scholars resist democratic backsliding & academic repression? Proactive engagement, collective action, data preservation & small acts of defiance can maintain academic integrity & resist autocratic pressures, even in extreme-risk scenarios. Link to the Anti-Autocracy Handbook below!
she has a way with words
Ugh next thing you know they'll reopen Holmesburg
WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STOP CLAWING AT EVERYONE ELSE TAKE A BREATH AND DO SOME LISTENING AND COALITION BUILDING TOO MUCH BITCHING AND BAITING NOT ENOUGH SEEKING COMMON GROUND WITH WHICH TO FIGHT THE ACTUAL ENEMY
Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.
Oyster Man! (which I say not with snark but with huge respect and admiration!)
Portland, Maine crowd as Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner takes the stage today.
Yes! He could help us all get over the entrenched animosity and re-learn to listen to each other (at least to the non-sociopaths, of which I suspect there are *many*) And he just seems really smart and cool and caring!
😂😂😂 Number 11: Never ever give up! 😂😂😂
well they/re not exactly profound but coming from him they're nauseating
Oyster Man! (I wish I could be sure my saying that would be heard as admiration, not mockery. I *totally* admire this guy from all I've read! And boy could we use an actual oyster man in Congress!).
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this is brilliant and gorgeous. Thanks, Zohran.
oh good god. so sorry. what's become of my country?
What do you know about the full moon in September? #MoonPhases #Seasons #Change #SelfCare #CornMoon #HolisticHealth 💕 #Wellness
The moderation system here at Bluesky @safety.bsky.app is really amazing. An impersonator account scamming people was taken down within five minutes of reporting. The block function is nuclear. I can hide offensive replies, and even replies to replies. I truly feel safe here. Thank you @bsky.app
now *that* was fun!!
oh cut the name-calling and get some practice building coalitions how about??
NEW: Mercenary spyware is coming to the US. ICE just quietly unsuspended their contract with spyware maker #Paragon. Remember them? Caught earlier this year being used to hack Italian journalists. This is bad, let's talk about how we got here 1/ jackpoulson.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
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We have made progress and we aren't close to done and this thread is an illustration of why racism persists too much angry yelling too little listening and alliance-building no one is saying this racist attack isn't horrifying no one is saying things are fine just listen to each other ffs
reminds me: www.clarkart.edu/microsites/a...
omg that's beautiful
Throughout the last five years, if you ever want to check the truth of a situation- follow the money. The insurance companies haven’t glossed over either COVID or Climate change.