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I am an elementary music teacher, former high school band teacher, small scale organic farmer, DJ (vinyl and digital), low brass musician (trombone, euphonium, tuba), decent guitar player, and a life long leftie (handed, and my social/political views
What happens over there happens over here. When America’s foreign policy is brutal, inhumane, a fascistic, America’s domestic policy will reflect that, too. Why? Because the same policy makers are setting the policy.
The geniuses at the Democratic Party settling on “maybe we were too woke” rather than “a cabal of billionaire pedophile Nazis are stealing your money and taking a sledgehammer to your future” is astonishing. Just one of those things
NATO is Dead! .... Long Live New NATO! www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Canada, Germany and Norway discussing a security pact to cover the North Atlantic and Arctic | CBC News
Canada, Germany and Norway are discussing the possibility of a trilateral defence and security partnership covering the North Atlantic and the Arctic — an arrangement that could be broader and deeper ...
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I'm on Substack.com/@geraeusch now too! Different and more indepth writing and content will be shared there.
Brian Weingärtner | Substack
I am a musician, music educator, audio engineer/producer, small scale farmer, and DJ. I'm also quite socially/politically minded. My content on here may be related to any and/or all of the above, or m...
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I'm on Substack.com/@geraeusch now too! Different and more indepth writing and content will be shared there.
Brian Weingärtner | Substack
I am a musician, music educator, audio engineer/producer, small scale farmer, and DJ. I'm also quite socially/politically minded. My content on here may be related to any and/or all of the above, or m...
substack.com
Welcome to the resistance! Over 1 million brave souls have answered the call this week. The Empire—Trump’s administration and Musk—may believe its grip is unbreakable, but every day, more join our ranks. We’ve always known—tomorrow, there will be more of us.
1. Minnesota, Oregon, and Washington have filed suit to stop Trump's under-19 trans ban executive order. They allege it violates separation of powers and the 5th and 10th amendments. The latest analysis of the legal filing from writer Mira Lazine. Subscribe to support our journalism.
Minnesota, Oregon, and Washington Sue Trump To End Under 19 Trans Care Ban
The lawsuit is one of several moving against Trump's executive orders targeting transgender people in the military, healthcare, and international travel rights.
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I don't have kids, but as an American in Canada teaching elementary school, I can empathise with this.
My poor daughters are going to think “Z” is pronounced “zee-um-i-mean-zed”
But look on the bright side - The Village People may be inducted into the Kennedy Center hall of fame next year!
Hard Rock Cafe Server: And what kind of dressing? Me: A "Thin Drizzy" of Buttermilk Ranch 😉
Blue Sky is cool and all, but have you heard of Spoutible? It’s like another Twitter clone, but totally for nice people!
Hello to all human beings in the Bluesky cosmos. I heard it's pleasant vibes over here. I like to yell good morning off my front porch to my neighbors so maybe I will holler at you sometimes. No interest in hate and disinformation though sorry to say, though beauty and creation do interest me. -III
"Save me from this empty fight In the game of life" www.youtube.com/watch?v=vByn...
Lady Gaga - Abracadabra (Official Music Video)
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I know we can’t run around on fire every time Trump says something but he appears to have just announced the new US policy on Gaza which is to take ownership of it, ethnically cleanse it of the 1.8 million Palestinians there and maintain a long term ownership stake as it’s “developed.”
Where the hell is Lin-Manuel Miranda? Why isn’t he, in full costume, outside the Treasury Department, right now, RAPPING?!
Dear lord the news keeps getting worse and worse every day. I'm so disappointed in life.
Grammy's are going live soon with the "real awards" show! Love that the livestream the Premiere Ceremony, actually see people getting their flowers. live.grammy.com
The 2025 GRAMMYs take place Sunday, Feb. 2. Watch full GRAMMY performances, acceptance speeches, and red carpet videos from the 2025 GRAMMYs on Live.GRAMMY.com | GRAMMY.com
The 2025 GRAMMYs take place Sunday, Feb. 2. Watch full GRAMMY performances, acceptance speeches, and red carpet videos from the 2025 GRAMMYs on Live.GRAMMY.com | GRAMMY.com
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When does our timeline finally catch up with the Dippin' Dots timeline
Does anyone ever why @cnn.com doesn't have a panel of 8 people discussing the weather? Like, they do it for every other news story, 20 seconds of 'news' and then round table discussion on the topic. I want to see that with clouds. And get that one Trumper that says it's all chem trails too.
Your regular reminder that the first known clinic to offer gender-affirming surgeries was … destroyed by Nazis. In 1933. (Magnus Hirschfeld’s Institut für Sexualwissenschaft.) They always come for trans people first.
if we staff ICE with Uvalde police officers, they'll never enter schools