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Luisa Cruz Smith

@luisacruz.bsky.social

editor, bookseller, nap enthusiast, mom

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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

09.10.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 55699    πŸ” 22681    πŸ’¬ 1872    πŸ“Œ 2153
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🀌🏾 ART!!!

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Well done!

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Wheat paste poster that says the all the world is dying and the new world struggles to be born now is the time of monsters. There's a picture of Elmo

Wheat paste poster that says the all the world is dying and the new world struggles to be born now is the time of monsters. There's a picture of Elmo

Morning walk

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A letter from Charles M Schulz about democracy and protecting minorities

A letter from Charles M Schulz about democracy and protecting minorities

β€œNothing but sincerity as far as the eye can see.”

β€” Linus Van Pelt

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A picture of my well-loved kindle, displaying an excerpt from the book: β€œIt’s important to both ground ourselves in the here and now and also remember that the world is much bigger than this moment, bigger than us and our experience of it, and much bigger than we imagine when we are afraid.
Organizers seek to impact all of these thingsβ€”the way people reconstruct the past, the way we understand the present, and ultimately the way we envision what could be. Creating against the grain.
What stories are we telling ourselves? What are we sowing into the world when we speak?
Our politics are the product of this world-building process. And storytelling is a fight for the future. That fight is inescapable in a world on fire. The only questions are how the fight and the fire will shape us, and how we will shape the fight and the fire.”

A picture of my well-loved kindle, displaying an excerpt from the book: β€œIt’s important to both ground ourselves in the here and now and also remember that the world is much bigger than this moment, bigger than us and our experience of it, and much bigger than we imagine when we are afraid. Organizers seek to impact all of these thingsβ€”the way people reconstruct the past, the way we understand the present, and ultimately the way we envision what could be. Creating against the grain. What stories are we telling ourselves? What are we sowing into the world when we speak? Our politics are the product of this world-building process. And storytelling is a fight for the future. That fight is inescapable in a world on fire. The only questions are how the fight and the fire will shape us, and how we will shape the fight and the fire.”

This morning, I sought comfort and found it once again within the pages of Let This Radicalize You.

It is a profound source of solace and a necessary guide for navigating a world on fire.

I cannot recommend this book strongly enough to anyone looking to understand how to shape their path.

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Wow. History made.

Clipse just became the first hip-hop act ever to perform at the Vatican, backed by John Legend and the Voices of Free orchestra.

They performed β€œThe Birds Don’t Sing.”

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Charlie Kirk was killed by a meme Making sense of our dark new era of extremely online political violence

There is no better explainer of internet culture than @garbageday.email. If you're confused by what in the world is going on with Charlie Kirk's killer, this might help. It's, you know, pretty bad. www.garbageday.email/p/charlie-ki...

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"If you're afraid that books might change someone's thinking, you're not afraid of books, you're afraid of thinking."
~Andrea Junker

"If you're afraid that books might change someone's thinking, you're not afraid of books, you're afraid of thinking." ~Andrea Junker

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We still do this - but we die a little inside every time it is necessary and wonder how in the world an error made it through every stage of editing without being caught.

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heartbreaking news

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So very sorry for your loss. She sounds like the best little companion. Sending hugs.

03.08.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#blutoid

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Can someone leak all the Epstein stuff to Teen Vogue?

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XTC - This Is Pop (Documentary)
YouTube video by Paulina Angel PLUS XTC - This Is Pop (Documentary)

Definitely check out the documentary on them - youtu.be/ytc9fv96ZGg?...

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Jeff Daniels speaks out..

He's everything that's wrong.

We’re supposed to elect the best of us, not the worst of us.

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From the OpenAI community on Reddit Explore this post and more from the OpenAI community

This is fascinating: www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/s/I...

Someone β€œworked on a book with ChatGPT” for weeks and then sought help on Reddit when they couldn’t download the file. Redditors helped them realized ChatGPT had just been roleplaying/lying and there was no file/book…

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Grab some tissues and watch Zelenskyy being interviewed by 2 kids at the NATO Summit.

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amazing q&a with paul krugman

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Aren’t you embarrassed @washingtonpost.com ?

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Protesters in San Francisco holding various signs mocking Donald Trump and letting him know we want no kings in this country

Protesters in San Francisco holding various signs mocking Donald Trump and letting him know we want no kings in this country

#NoKingsDay San Francisco

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LMAO 🀣

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This is the spirit of Los Angeles.

This is California.

Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

#FreeDavidEndRaids

09.06.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 18930    πŸ” 5355    πŸ’¬ 366    πŸ“Œ 583

This!

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β€œRemember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always.”

- Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi: An Autobiography

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