Eileen Cleere

Eileen Cleere

@eclair-atx.bsky.social

English Prof at Southwestern U. Victorian Studies, Film Studies.

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If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status. Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487

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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)

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Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life? #TwentyfiveFortyseven

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ICEblock, which allows users to alert others to the geographical location of ICE officers, is the top social networking app in the App Store right now after Karoline Leavitt condemned it from the podium yesterday.

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“When they slaughtered Congress, we didn't wake up. When they blamed terrorists and suspended the constitution, we didn't wake up then, either. Nothing changes instantaneously. In a gradually heating bathtub, you'd be boiled to death before you knew it.” —Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

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ICYMI: Marjorie Taylor Greene plans to file a bill Thursday morning to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America." It would be referenced as the "Gulf of America" in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record.

Just realized my 21-yo son’s entire casual night outfit is from #costco. Don’t sleep on the Champion sweats, Hurley tee and Gerry puffy coat! Get ya some Puma sport undies too, (probably, I’m guessing). Fashion lives at #costco!

When the possibility of curing disease will exhaust the pool of chronically ill patients, it threatens the biotech business model. #latestagecapitalism

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This article highlights why more “crazy motherfuckers”are likely going to kill more extremely wealthy, “heartless, motherfuckers.” Society has reached the tipping point on inequities. Especially those leaving the masses to suffer and die. www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/g...

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Me, a public health person, just sitting over here reflecting on the fact that the US has experienced a 7% increase in infant mortality post-Dobbs. Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this? #PHEthx

ajmc.comInfant Mortality Increases Across US Following Dobbs DecisionThe Dobbs decision was associated with a 7% absolute increase in overall infant mortality—equivalent to 247 excess deaths—and a 10% increase among infants with congenital anomalies, corresponding to 2...

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Remember during Covid when some governors provided regular updates about what was happening? We need regular updates by the best Democratic communicators explaining the reckless incompetence of the Trump bunch and providing the public a picture of how things can and must be better.

Great pairing for holiday film viewing: Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby and Peele’s Get Out. Just do it and thank me later. (And yes, Polanski is problematic, but Ira Levin’s source material and Mia Farrow’s amazing performance more Han conpensate).

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