Andy Kostrub
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work on U.S. military training policy
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Liberal Currents
about 8 hours ago
āTraining was key. The civil rights movement was often creative, but it was rarely spontaneous. Its members did not just take to the streets to roll the dice and see what would happen.ā
www.liberalcurrents.com/lessons-in-t...
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Lessons in Training, Strategy, and Discipline From the Civil Rights Movement
Tactical excellence without a strategic understanding is a recipe for failure.
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/lessons-in-training-strategy-and-discipline-from-the-civil-rights-movement/
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Austin McCoy
9 days ago
Wrote a piece about Martha and the Vandellas, civil rights, and their place in the history of Black women R&B groups. I also created a YouTube playlist (in the comments) with some of their hits
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Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas not only recorded an anthem for the civil rights era ā they fought for fair pay and proudly called themselves divas
Classic songs āNowhere to Runā and āDancing in the Streetā captured the revolutionary spirit of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
https://theconversation.com/motown-girl-group-martha-and-the-vandellas-not-only-recorded-an-anthem-for-the-civil-rights-era-they-fought-for-fair-pay-and-proudly-called-themselves-divas-278383?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=bylineblueskybutton
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Krisi š³ļøāā§ļø
19 days ago
David Duchovny played a transgender woman, Denise, on Twin Peaks in 1990 and when greeting Cooper, the show's protagonist, she says, "I prefer Denise, if you don't mind" and Cooper responds with "OK" and her identity is settled within a couple seconds and was a non-issue, 36 years ago.
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E. Bond
20 days ago
Call out to loving hearts and souls: come alive, rise & shine, help to bless this world free. Raise hope, serve liberation. Abide in peace. Bear fruit with care. Be filled with Spirit. Share mercy.
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OSINTRadar
21 days ago
ā”NASA has shown the reverse side of the Moon ā for the first time in more than 50 years The last time it was shown was in 1972 ā during the Apollo 17 mission.
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Alexander Chee
about 1 month ago
Time sensitive: this is the last day to submit comments opposing the Bureau of Land Management's clearcutting of Oregon's ancient forests. This is a tool that educates you on just how diabolical it is, and it helps you submit your comment.
morethanjustparks.com/oregon-old-g...
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BLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great Forests
There's a kind of forest in western Oregon that you feel before you understand. The BLM just gave the timber industry permission to tear it all down.
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If you're ever feeling down you can always do an image search of Thompson Twins and remember what a real band looks like.
about 1 month ago
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Paula Chernoff
about 1 month ago
Burrowing Owl on the ground making sure visitors read the sign!!!
#birdoftheday
birds on the ground photo by David Chernoff
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JD (by way of Blacksky)
about 1 month ago
Iām watching this on repeat.
#OscarsonBlacksky
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Lauralilulu
about 1 month ago
The world needs men to get out of the man box. The problem is that they have been conditioned to exist in a tiny, confined definition of masculinity that brings suffering upon themselves, their families, and their communities. There is a way out of the man box. It's grounded in healthy psychology.
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Climate Action California
about 2 months ago
Who COULDNāT use some good news? ā Scientists with the Yurok Tribe say that two of dozens of condors released to the wild in Humboldt County since 2022, to reestablish the endangered birds, have paired up, built a nest in a redwood tree and appear to be tending to an egg.ā
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Mike Pingleton
about 2 months ago
Know what doesn't suck right now, or ever? Nature. This Pale-striped Poison Frog (Ameerega hahneli) was hopping across an open area at our NE Peru field station, on his way to find a suitable wet place to deposit his tadpoles (such as the axils of a bromeliad).
#herps
#frogs
#NaturePhotography
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Remains of the Dizzay
about 2 months ago
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Steve Mullis
2 months ago
This is the most incredible footage of blue whales Iāve ever seen
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NPS Cambot
3 months ago
Newhalem Visitor Center, North Cascades National Park
#NPS
#NationalParkService
#NorthCascadesNationalPark
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WeRateDogs
3 months ago
This is Zephyr. He is a professionally trained bed bug detector. When he recognizes the scent of live bed bugs, he gives an alert by sitting and smiling exuberantly at his handler. We're pretty sure no one has ever been more excited to find bed bugs in their life. 13/10 (TT: emmercrew)
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Liz Szabo
3 months ago
This is a horrific disease. Jimmy Carter spearheaded the effort to eradicate it.
www.cartercenter.org/news/guinea-...
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Guinea Worm Disease Reaches All-Time Low: Only 10 Human Cases Reported in 2025
Only 10 human cases of Guinea worm were reported worldwide in 2025, the lowest number ever recorded, bringing the ancient disease closer than ever to eradication.
https://www.cartercenter.org/news/guinea-worm-announcement/
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Olga Nesterova
3 months ago
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
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Liz Szabo
4 months ago
A month into my new job, my first real scoop. Exposing thousands of babies to āa significant riskā of hepatitis B āin a low-income country with limited health care resourcesā would be āwildly unethical and a disgraceful use of American taxpayer money,ā
@angierasmussen.bsky.social
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Eric Idle
4 months ago
Shocked by the awful death of Rob Reiner. I spoke with him for over an hour last night. We talked about his work and his plans for the future. I always enjoyed his company. We met at his Dad's in 1975. Last thing he said to me was "See you next year.." Such a terrible end. Such a sweet man.
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Archival footage of the first white man to move his hips while dancing. Onlookers were astounded.
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E. Bond
5 months ago
Only you are here to be you. May you be safe & free enough to discover & become whomever youāre here to be. May we learn to live lives that help to bless this whole world free.
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all my apes gone
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein š
6 months ago
New Mavis Staples album today. Opening track is āChicago.ā āš½
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Meredith McClaren @ Comic Con Oakland
6 months ago
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Charity Bowl Help Desk Dan - YOU GOTTA GIVE!
6 months ago
I am deceased
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Hello new followers. I donāt post much. The thing Iāve done on the internet that Iām proudest of is interviewing a former USAID official about his work on PEPFAR.
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6 months ago
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E. Bond
6 months ago
may grace reclaim us just as we areā may Spirit whisper love into the hearts of our heartsā may the word of life set all of all of us free ā& bless a world through us. amen.
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Updating my LEGO White House
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MTV going out of business this year. I was just telling my son how there was an entire SEGA Genesis game based entirely on Michael Jackson's video for Smooth Criminal. Poignant shit.
6 months ago
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let me know when ai can make maple syrup until then ai aināt shit
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Weāve got goldenrod and aster feeding the bees in October
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7 months ago
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Different Trains
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7 months ago
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Gregg Gonsalves
8 months ago
I'm surprised how many people are quick to make a defense of violence in my replies. For them it's necessary, foreclosing on its use is a privilege. For me, non-violence is a powerful tool. It is the lesson of one of my heroes, Bayard Rustin. 1/
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Remembering the genius of Bayard Rustin
Thirty-five years after his death, the man who mentored Martin Luther King Jr. still has much to teach movements.
https://wagingnonviolence.org/2022/08/remembering-the-genius-of-bayard-rustin/
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ā„ā¤Kriston Capps
8 months ago
Heads up, you can open youtube any time you want and listen to Yusef Lateef play oboe
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Steve Mullis
8 months ago
Them: āCities are all rotting hellscapes!ā Cities:
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E. Bond
9 months ago
how often can we do we dare we pause to behold with awe & gratitude this indescribable gift/opportunityā simply to be here, alive, for our (precious!) while⦠may we grow to serve such blessing.
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Kinell
10 months ago
This might be my favourite cat meme of 2025 so far
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10 months ago
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RIP -- 1st Deputy Director of the U.S. Peace Corps
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10 months ago
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Fatherās Day peruse at the record store. Sadly they were fresh out of Clan of Xymox
11 months ago
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Wishing West Africa a blessed Tabaski
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11 months ago
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Jen Mercieca
11 months ago
The best Memorial Day speech is only 271 words and wasn't delivered on Memorial Day, but on November 19, 1863. Read it carefully, it's the most important speech in American military history (and maybe all of American history).
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Eric Michael Garcia
12 months ago
What is an ethnic food few people in America know that you feel they should know? I am fortunate to live in Washington, DC and even as much as I enjoy meat, I don't miss it when I eat Ethiopian food.
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St Steven Albini
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12 months ago
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Denny Carter
about 1 year ago
Flipped through this and found Kate Bushās Hounds of Love as No. 1. Tough to argue against it.
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Today saw mass firings at the Food & Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control, but rest assured our nation's Returned Peace Corps Volunteers are ready for America's coming Age of Diarrhea.
about 1 year ago
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