Today’s important history lesson courtesy of the awesome @eddsmitty.bsky.social

We should be rioting in the streets over the torment healthcare insurance inflicts on us women. #pinks #momsky #feminist #women’srights #humanrights

Apache women seek court intervention as federal land is turned over for copper mining International COMPANIES!! Tell me, whose voice is controlling the country? Hint: it’s not We, The People. #SheShed #SaveThePlanet #EndCitizensUnited apnews.com/article/ariz...

Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone! Never stop resisting the GOP! Never stop mocking these fascist ghouls! Never stop working towards a future where freedom and democracy reign supreme! Never stop loving, caring, and being kind! Never stop hoping for a better world! “Kavanaugh”

Is it safe to come out today? Charlie is asking for a friend.

"Jorge" works in the Arvin CA area as a irrigator. The work is very tiring, but I enjoy it. I feel lucky to walk through the trees under the flowers. It is beautiful out here during this time of year." #WeFeedYou

⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️ 🧵 The only thing that is shocking about this is that we weren't taught about it. Cruel medical experiments on slaves in the South were common. Black "specimens" were subjected to (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory theconversation.com/how-black-sl...

Exactly 100%!!!!

Thank you @eddsmitty.bsky.social for lifting up this history!

If you like jazz, here’s a great 🧵 of a jazz legend you might not know.

🧵 of amazing valor!

Great 🧵on resistance!

A 🧵of bravery finally recognized brought to us by the amazing @eddsmitty.bsky.social You are truly a treasure

Not only did Trump fail to learn any lessons from covid, but his public health policies have somehow gotten far more dangerous and destructive in Trump 2.0. God forbid he and RFK Jr have to handle a global pandemic. We'll be pining for the days of Dr. Birx.

BELIEVE SURVIVORS‼️ They are so fearless and brave.

Wow.

Important 🧵 from one of my favorite historians here @eddsmitty.bsky.social

As a Packers owner, I’m so glad I didn’t make this list.

On this date in 1920, with the establishment of women's suffrage in the United States, Carrie Chapman Catt formed the League of Women Voters in Chicago. Home | League of Women Voters share.google/S4AY7YDgWbSk...

It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this

Frederick Douglass was born #OTD 1818.

Listen to this interview. It’s full of terrific info for these days and the ones ahead. @andreachalupa.bsky.social has been calling out the fascism since the first Trump term.

Great 🧵

Cathy Fink @cfinkbanjo.bsky.social

Black History on 2/12 was destined for abundance 🗓️1809 Birth of Abe Lincoln 🗓️1900 “Lift Every Voice & Sing” (Negro National Anthem) written for Lincoln’s Birthday & sung for the 1st time by 500 students 🗓️1930 Tuskegee Syphilis study began 🗓️1962 Macon, GA bus boycott #Blacksky

Another moment when I say “Bless you @atrupar.com for witnessing what I cannot”. I don’t know how you do it and it is such an important service to us.

Especially the chapter on how people feign shock to avoid accountability!

Genuine question - why does anyone believe BLS numbers anymore?

👇👇👇 Her writing is so good, you’ll devour them.

Last time I checked, sexually based offenses were considered especially heinous.

⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️ 🧵 It's Day 8 of #BlackHistoryMonth2026, my friends. I would be remiss if I did not mention the first Black woman to become an FBI agent. Today, let me introduce you to Sylvia Elizabeth Mathis. Pull up a seat.🪑(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

You've heard of Kent State (1970) & maybe Jackson State (1970). Did you know #tdih 1968, 28 students were injured and three killed (one a HS student) — most shot in the back by state police while involved in a peaceful protest in Orangeburg, SC? 💔 🧵 Read ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/or...

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Every American needs to watch this:

Always the best history from @eddsmitty.bsky.social Thank you!

When the Monday feeling is still there on Tuesday. #catsofbluesky

How does it feel to see a white man being given the Michael Brown treatment? I hope it feels terrible and I hope white people understand now that whiteness will not protect them from a fundamentally evil, malevolent person who is rotten to the core.

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Maybe they could turn over a fully redacted version. She seems to like redactions.

To be so relentlessly ignorant (and shameless about being so) is also a superpower.

#ICE out of Minnesota happening today!

TODAY, Friday January 23rd, 2026: We are ALL residents of Minnesota. We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊 Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔

To any ICE agents lurking: Since you likely skipped class, here’s the history lesson you missed.

Happy hunting everyone! Charlie is enjoying the last of the fall sunshine and hoping all the mice haven’t already started hibernating #caturday #catsofbluesky

Hey Megyn Kelly, 14-year-old Eloise would like a word: “If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good… because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.” Sound up! 🔥🔊 1/2

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