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Alan R Kay, marooned in Iowa, politics & baroque music
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Indivisible Iowa Johnson County
6 days ago
Sunday Night Community Event “Growing Up in the Shadow of Jim Crow and the Light of the Civil Rights Movement” 📅 Date: Sunday, November 9, 2025 ⏰ Time: 6:30-8pm 📍 Location: Zoom (online) - posted by Iowa City Catholic Worker ✅ RSVP:
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Indivisible Iowa Johnson County
8 days ago
No Kings, Just Neighbors: Fill-A-Truck Food Drive Saturday, Nov 15 🕙 10 AM – 1 PM Downtown Iowa City Join us for a day of music, food, & community as we come together to fill a truck with groceries & personal care items for families in need.
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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No Kings! Just Neighbors! Fill-A-Truck Food Drive · Mobilize
🛻 No Kings, Just Neighbors: Fill-A-Truck Food Drive 📅 Saturday, November 15 🕙 10 AM – 1 PM 📍 Downtown Iowa City (Exact Location TBA) After the powerful energy of our No Kings Rally, it’s time to ...
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/864570/
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Indivisible Iowa Johnson County
10 days ago
Portraits of hunger in Iowa -- Scott's story.
@robertleonard.bsky.social
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Portraits of Hunger in Iowa--Scott's Story
A Series
https://rleonard.substack.com/p/portraits-of-hunger-in-iowa-scotts
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Iowa faculty, student groups reject calls for the universities to join the federal compact
@iowacapitaldispatch.com
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Iowa faculty, student groups 'reject' calls for universities to join federal compact • Iowa Capital Dispatch
A coalition of faculty and student groups at Iowa's public universities have spoken out against calls to join a new higher education compact.
https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/briefs/iowa-faculty-student-groups-reject-calls-for-universities-to-join-federal-compact/
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Gil Durán
15 days ago
AI chip startup backed by Antichrist aficionado Peter Thiel and In-Q-Tel (CIA venture capital) raises $100 million. Experts are skeptical it will pan out. But don’t worry: The founder is not an expert and skipped college for a Thiel Fellowship. Gift Link:
www.wsj.com/tech/peter-t...
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Peter Thiel-Backed Startup Secures $100 Million to Make Chips in U.S.
Substrate is seeking to build semiconductor factories with new laser-based technology, but the hurdles are high.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/peter-thiel-backed-startup-secures-100-million-to-make-chips-in-u-s-baff93ac?st=GeUNbT
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Georgian cooking experience at Handel Hendrix House - The kitchen of the great composer will come to life with costumed demonstrations
www.gramophone.co.uk/news/article...
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Georgian cooking experience at Handel Hendrix House
The kitchen of the great composer will come to life with costumed demonstrations
https://www.gramophone.co.uk/news/article/georgian-cooking-experience-at-handel-hendrix-house?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1761765184
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Alan R Kay
16 days ago
Curious to hear from semiconductor chip boffins if this has any legs. The work is being supported by Peter Thiel, who has claimed that the rational approach to solving problems has failed, so why not try the opposite of that, the irrational.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/t...
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Can a Start-Up Make Computer Chips Cheaper Than the Industry’s Giants?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/technology/can-a-start-up-make-computer-chips-cheaper-than-the-industrys-giants.html
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I canceled mine and told them I did so because they are supporting the American Gestapo
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Ezra Levin ❌👑
17 days ago
Spotify is now running ICE recruitment ads. We asked them to stop. They ignored us. Let's show them what we showed Disney. No Kings, No Collaborators, No Capitulators.
indivisible.org/cancel-spotify
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Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
https://indivisible.org/cancel-spotify
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Indivisible Iowa Johnson County
19 days ago
Tomorrow, Mon 27 Oct Unpack the Compact Movement Call: Resisting Trump's Latest Attack on Higher Ed
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Unpack the Compact Movement Call: Resisting Trump's Latest Attack on Higher Ed · No Kings
Trump’s new “Compact to All Higher Ed” is a direct attack on students, faculty, and academic freedom. **Join Public Citizen and national partners, for a timely discussion on Trump’s new “Compact to Al...
https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/861143/
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butterflygirl24
21 days ago
I want to go to Canada. Love the videos Canada is making. Y’all saw the one w Reagan narrating the video?
#canada
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Indivisible Iowa Johnson County
20 days ago
​Essential viewing for all peaceful civil resistance warriors Erica Chenoweth
@chenoweth.bsky.social
‬ talking to Paul Krugman
@pkrugman.bsky.social
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-wi...
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Talking With Erica Chenoweth
Civil resistance: Does it work, and when?
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-with-erica-chenoweth
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Barok Befok
Indivisible Iowa Johnson County
23 days ago
Local Governments: Pass the Due Process & Safety Resolution Now! This simple, common-sense resolution will help protect students, residents, workers, schools, & visitors from harmful ICE raids in our community. Contact your local elected officials today.
secure.everyaction.com/38K0P3bF5U6R...
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Barok Befok
Indivisible Iowa Johnson County
25 days ago
COURT ACCOMPANIMENT TO RESCUE JORGE 📍 Monday, Oct 20 – 2:00 PM 📍 Davenport Federal Courthouse – 131 E 4th St, Davenport Join clergy, workers, and families from across Iowa to stand with Jorge, demand due process, and defend the dignity of immigrant workers. - Iowa City Catholic Worker
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It is a common sentence that Knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of Ignorance? - George Eliot, Daniel Deronda
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The New York Review of Books
27 days ago
“The MAGA right is fed not by conservative ideas but by chthonic forces in human nature that at different points in history gather like a hurricane and can level any decent political order.” —Mark Lilla
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Storm Warnings | Mark Lilla
The MAGA movement is not fed by conservative ideas but by a nihilistic, apocalyptic determination to stage a counterrevolution against the Sixties, against liberalism, against even democracy itself.
https://buff.ly/Z5AFPrM
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Barok Befok
Indivisible Iowa Johnson County
27 days ago
Kudos to this Iowa City protester, who not only elevated the level of discourse, but also provided a source for the quote! "Truthfulness has fallen in desuetude." - Stereolab
@iowacityoflit.bsky.social
#NoKings
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David Bier
28 days ago
An ICE agent, who is being arrested for drunk driving and nearly killing his little kids & others, tries to stop the arrest by racially profiling the officers arresting him. Amazing to watch the courtesy given to him as he is belligerent and uncooperative
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Indivisible Iowa Johnson County
about 1 month ago
Legal Observer Training Sat, Oct 11 | 3–5pm | Iowa City Rec Center 220 S. Gilbert St., Social Room Join Escucha Mi Voz Iowa for a Legal Observer Training
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Alan R Kay
about 1 month ago
Great to see Jeremy Berg
@jeremymberg.bsky.social
writing on Substack - Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment Leaders are underestimating the risks of not fighting back
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/deafening-...
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Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment
Leaders are underestimating the risks of not fighting back
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/deafening-quiet-from-the-scientific?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=492324&post_id=175635815&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=fedlt&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
about 1 month ago
Thanks, New Yorker
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Barok Befok
Indivisible Iowa Johnson County
about 1 month ago
Powerful testimony against the American Gestapo at the Cedar Rapids city council
www.facebook.com/share/p/14N4...
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Barok Befok
Indivisible Iowa Johnson County
about 1 month ago
17 historians, archivists, profs, authors - including a U of Iowa archivist, U.S. Supreme Court historian, and state archaeologist, are suing the State Historical Society of Iowa for haphazardly & without public input deciding to close its Iowa City research facility & archives. - from the Gazette
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Barok Befok
Indivisible Iowa Johnson County
about 1 month ago
Military personnel ARE NOT required to follow ILLEGAL ORDERS. Here's a plaque displayed at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point explaining what separates our military from others. Please read it and live by what it says after Kegseth demands your loyalty to Trump.
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Barok Befok
Indivisible Iowa Johnson County
about 1 month ago
Accompany immigrant families to their annual ICE check-ins. Put public pressure on agencies to treat our neighbors with dignity. Wed Oct 1, 2025 8:30am – 10am 3351 Square D Dr SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
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Barok Befok
Indivisible Iowa Johnson County
about 2 months ago
Indivisible Iowa & visibility brigades across the state are coming together to send a clear message to our Republican Members of Congress: fund health care & stop the shutdown Look for visibility brigade signs in Burlington, Cedar Falls, Davenport, Decorah, & Hiawatha
www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Government Shut Down Statewide Visibility Brigade · Indivisible
Indivisible Iowa and visibility brigades across the state are coming together to send a clear message to our Republican Members of Congress: fund health care and stop the shutdown. Congressional Rep...
https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/850871/
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Barok Befok
Indivisible Iowa Johnson County
about 2 months ago
Come and meet us at the Iowa City Farmers Market now until noon.
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Barok Befok
Indivisible Iowa Johnson County
about 2 months ago
Come join hundreds of rural Iowans at the Cedar County Fairgrounds for a chance to challenge your candidates about the issues that matter most to rural Iowans like jobs, healthcare and public education. Bring the family! There'll be refreshments and supervised kids' indoor and outdoor activities.
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Eastern Iowa Rural Revival and Candidate Forum · Indivisible
Welcome to the Eastern Iowa Rural Revival! Come join hundreds of rural Iowans at the Cedar County Fairgrounds for a chance to challenge your candidates about the issues that matter most to rural Iowa...
https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/823012/
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Barok Befok
Indivisible Iowa Johnson County
about 2 months ago
Today at 11:30 am!
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Amie Rivers
about 2 months ago
ICE violently abducts Jorge Elieser Gonzalez Ochoa of Iowa City today; video from Escucha Mi Voz:
drive.google.com/file/d/1-fDV...
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Barok Befok
Indivisible Iowa Johnson County
about 2 months ago
Press conference with Jorge Elieser González Ochoa’s family, community members, and elected leaders at the Iowa City Ped Mall Fountain Stage. Friday, 26 September 2025 at 11:30 am
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Jesse Duquette
about 2 months ago
I feel like anyone who is actually against ICE doesn’t say “ANTI-ICE”. We’re more like “FUCK ICE FOREVER AND ALWAYS”
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Aaron Rupar
about 2 months ago
This is the fishiest shit I've ever seen. We're supposed to believe the shooter wrote "Anti-ICE" in pen on a bullet and then shot detainees but not ICE officers?
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Don Moynihan
about 2 months ago
A police officer was killed in the attack on the CDC by an antivaxxer. Trump did not mention it. Use this as a benchmark to compare how the Trump administration responds to an attack on an ICE facility to judge which federal employees are deemed worth protecting.
abcnews.go.com/US/1-week-af...
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1 week after deadly shooting at CDC, some employees feel Trump and RFK Jr. have moved on
In the days after a deadly shooting, CDC employees said they feel frustrated with federal leaders due to a lack of statements and for the peddling of vaccine skepticism.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/1-week-after-deadly-shooting-cdc-employees-feel/story?id=124611063
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The Tennessee Holler
about 2 months ago
Farnoush is an AP UN correspondent. Dan is a former White House speechwriter.
newrepublic.com/post/200833/...
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aj
about 2 months ago
taking a tylenol in honor of the first day of autism
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Indivisible Iowa Johnson County
about 2 months ago
We have a website! This site is a central place to find out more about our local chapter, become a new member, or just stay up to date on upcoming public events with our calendar.
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Indivisible Iowa Johnson County
This is the website for Indivisible Iowa Johnson County (IJC), part of the national Indivisible Project. Our purpose is to fight and defeat fascism and authoritarianism through political activism and ...
https://indivisibleiowajoco.org
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Indivisible Iowa Johnson County
about 2 months ago
We're looking for a few volunteers for this Tuesday morning, 10:30am to noon, to help with Signs of Solidarity canvassing in downtown Iowa City.
www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054AA5...
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Signs of Solidarity Canvassing
Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054AA5A722A2F5CF8-58853189-signs?fbclid=IwY2xjawM9lGpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHim51c6Kw8WLS9rUwtEoZt8rUqzKlj2wSBYtxjNPjWAathiYLRSEuDkGazfA_aem_wI1ooGEeupkWnhxw81xovQ#/
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Kara Swisher
about 2 months ago
One short Substack dinner getting stuck across from this woman made it dead clear to my wife and I that she was both a bamboozler and was being willfully bamboozled. “It is hurtful to get miscast as a hack,” she says. Pro tip: Then don’t be such an elaborate one.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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How Jessica Reed Kraus Went from Mommy Blogger to MAHA Maven
The founder of “House Inhabit” has grown her audience during the second Trump Administration with political gossip and what she calls “quality conspiracy.”
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/09/22/how-jessica-reed-kraus-went-from-mommy-blogger-to-maha-maven?utm_source=threads
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Lalo Alcaraz
about 2 months ago
Kash Patel's End of Watch... Please share Lalo Alcaraz cartoons!
GoComics.com/laloalcaraz
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Indivisible Iowa Johnson County
about 2 months ago
Join Iowa City Protests on Fridays from 5-6pm on the Hancher bridge (Park Road in Iowa City,IA) to stand up for democracy. They have signs & they enjoy camaraderie!
www.facebook.com/p/Iowa-City-...
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Indivisible Iowa Johnson County
about 2 months ago
Climate over Billionaires. Join the rally to hold congress accountable for allowing billionaires to pollute our waters. 4:30 pm, Thursday 18th September - The Pentacrest
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Eric Foltz
2 months ago
If the FBI was really doing its job, right now they would be investigating Nick Fuentes and the "groypers." If they found a single communication advocating for violence of any sort, Fuentes should be charged as a co-conspirator. Too bad they're spending all their time trying to blame, "the left."
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jamelle
about 2 months ago
staring straight into the camera and lying. just a despicable person and a poor excuse for a national leader.
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Kudos to Robert Draper
@draperrobert.bsky.social
@nytimes.com
for publishing an article on Nick Fuentes just a day before the assassination of Charlie Kirk
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...
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Nick Fuentes: A White Nationalist Problem for the Right
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/us/politics/nick-fuentes-trump.html
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Sophie Labelle
2 months ago
The Groyper Wars
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Indivisible ❌👑
2 months ago
We love to see your Signs of Solidarity photos. Talk to local businesses about putting up signage to protect employees from ICE raids and show solidarity with immigrant communities:
act.indivisible.org/signup/signs...
(Thank you to
@indivisiblemi7.bsky.social
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Indivisible Iowa Johnson County
2 months ago
Decorah, Iowa! Weekly Rally in the Wayside Park - Saturday 13th September 2025
www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Weekly Rally in the WAYSIDE PARK! · Indivisible
This a local Northeast Iowa Indivisible event! EVERY SATURDAY - NOON to 1PM Bring your signs and join others to stand in solidarity for DEMOCRACY and to support the U.S. Constitution. Pro Democracy ...
https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/780370/
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