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Valerie A. Metzler

@valvecap114.bsky.social

archivist/historian, DOOP, katz, music and all of the soccers.

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The Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery Visit the post for more.

The Doctrine of Discovery is still at work. dismantlediscovery.org

22.11.2025 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Union’s Danley Jean Jacques lives β€˜dream’ of qualifying Haiti for World Cup First World Cup appearance for Haiti since 1974. β€œI’m very proud to have qualified my country for a World Cup.”

Tuesday was a dream come true for the Union's Danley Jean Jacques and Haiti, a soccer program that faces challenges like none other in qualifying for the World Cup for the first time since 1974

www.delcotimes.com/2025/11/20/u...

21.11.2025 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œWe Need to Be Heard”: Indigenous Amazon Defender Alessandra Korap Munduruku on COP30 Thousands of Amazonian land defenders, both Indigenous peoples and their allies, have traveled to the COP30 U.N. climate conference in BelΓ©m, Brazil. On Friday night, an Indigenous-led march arrived a...

β€œWe are the ones that are saying what the forest is demanding. We are the ones that are saying what the river is asking for. We are going through a lot of violence in our territories," says Alessandra Korap Munduruku, an Indigenous leader from the Amazon.

21.11.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 171    πŸ” 76    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.

21.11.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 23228    πŸ” 6774    πŸ’¬ 732    πŸ“Œ 301
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Unilever: Stop silencing Ben & Jerry’s ice cream NOW! Unilever/Magnum has been silencing Ben & Jerry’s when the brand has tried to speak out about social injustices & progressive values. It’s wrong. Join me & sign Ben from Ben & Jerry's...

Unilever/Magnum has been silencing Ben & Jerry’s when the brand has tried to speak out about social injustices & progressive values. It’s wrong.

Join me & sign Ben from Ben & Jerry's petition & be entered in a raffle to win a free pint of his pro-ceasefire sorbet! sign.moveon.org/petitions/un...

19.11.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œQuiet, Piggy” would be fitting for his tombstone.

19.11.2025 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 17466    πŸ” 3497    πŸ’¬ 676    πŸ“Œ 230
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It’s time to see the real bogeymen It’s incredible how some people agonize over falling behind financially then sabotage their own economic interests by electing Republicans. You know who you are. The GOP distracts you from the damage ...

So well said: www.altoonamirror.com/opinion/lett...

17.11.2025 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@linda-bres.bsky.social, after researching Katie Johnson, here is what I found. See image below.

15.11.2025 02:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

The only person whose standard of living has improved during this Trump term is Ghislaine Maxwell.

14.11.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4750    πŸ” 1292    πŸ’¬ 82    πŸ“Œ 66

Back to back winter windows with a club record sticker signing? And the Milan Iloski deal in between?

Did Jay Sugarman hit the powerball or something? #DOOP

07.11.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 95th day out of the last 107.

12 days of work in 107 days.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

07.11.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 19565    πŸ” 7119    πŸ’¬ 696    πŸ“Œ 347

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26.10.2025 03:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, I am not.

26.10.2025 03:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well now. Brenden Aaronson just scored his first goal of the season for Leeds United.

24.10.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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25.10.2025 04:55 β€” πŸ‘ 476    πŸ” 114    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 5

In case he plays a part this weekend, two notable dates:

Sept. 28, 2009: Cavan Sullivan born

Nov. 7, 2009: Chicago Fire's last playoff win before Wednesday night

24.10.2025 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Union’s return to the playoffs is a milestone moment for Bradley Carnell It's his first trip to the playoffs since 2023, when he guided St. Louis to the West's best record but crashed out in the first round. Will this veteran Union team banish those ghosts for good?

The Union’s return to the playoffs is a milestone moment for Bradley Carnell.

It's his first trip to the playoffs since 2023, when he guided St. Louis to the West's best record but crashed out in the first round.

Will this veteran Union team banish those ghosts?

www.inquirer.com/soccer/phila...

24.10.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

1. I hate beets.

26.10.2025 00:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BRENDEN AARONSON GOAL FOR LEEDS. OUR BOYS CAN NOT STOP SCORING πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

24.10.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Jay Sugarman wants the Union to get more respect, and knows winning MLS Cup will make that happen As the Union return to the playoffs, the team's principal owner knows the biggest prize "feels like the one thing we haven’t quite gotten our hands on.” And he knows the pressure there is to get it.

A Saturday big read...

Jay Sugarman wants the Union to get more respect, and knows winning MLS Cup will make that happen.

The biggest prize "feels like the one thing we haven’t quite gotten our hands on,” he says.

And he knows the pressure there is to get it:

www.inquirer.com/soccer/phila...

25.10.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

I remember hearing about that brother last year... Yikes.

26.10.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A rarer sight than a Saturday night off for the correspondent: a Wanamaker Organ concert with a brass ensemble as accompaniment, playing a mix of classical and New Orleans jazz.

The best instrument you’ll ever hear, alive for another night.

25.10.2025 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Updating my LEGO White House

23.10.2025 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 47448    πŸ” 11120    πŸ’¬ 785    πŸ“Œ 443
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Tell Catholic bishops: Speak out against Trump's anti-immigrant cruelty Pope Leo XIV has urged U.S. Catholic bishops to be "more united and more forceful" in defending immigrant rights, but the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has not spoken out with the clarit...

Sign our petition act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/usccb-l...

23.10.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Union will host a playoff pep rally at City Hall on Thursday afternoon The pep rally, which is open to the public, will take place between noon and 2 p.m., featuring interactive games, surprise guest appearances, and more.

@philadelphiaunion.com www.inquirer.com/soccer/union...

21.10.2025 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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More than 1,000 attend Altoona No Kings rally Not long ago, Mike Metrik of Altoona posted a concern on Facebook about the way things are going on the national scene, and a friend responded with a challenge: if you want to do something about it, g...

www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-n...

20.10.2025 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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69 and no injuries.

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