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fall off and burn
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the wheels on the bus
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Responding to Ben Shapiro YouTube video by Dan McClellan

Responding to Ben Shapiro
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At the head of Jefferson’s university (UVA) was a library (the Rotunda in the Academical Village), unlike most others at the time that were headed by a church. Jefferson famously didn’t want a church in the Academical Village b/c he wanted a secular learning environment unencumbered by religion.

Trump sues Iowa paper and pollster in latest attack on the press Donald Trump sued the Des Moines Register and famed pollster Ann Selzer for publishing an inaccurate preelection poll. Trump’s suit, filed late on Monday, alleges that publishing the poll, which ...

Hilarious for Zuckerberg to say the election was free speech referendum when guy who won is the guy has consistently for years said news outlets shouldn’t be allowed to accurately report on him and who is right now currently suing multiple outlets to shut them up. www.dailykos.com/story/2024/1...

Legacy of greed and corruption. What a sad joke this institution has become.

Minimally this proves to me that this man will stop at nothing to get his wanted result vs impartially viewing information and ruling on it, so he shouldn’t be anywhere near the state supreme court.
The votes he wants thrown out include his opponent’s parents’ votes! A complete & total ass.

This used to be a real country.

I studied abroad in Spain the the 90s.I got a nasty sinus infection & went to a dr.After the appt, dr gave me a paper script & I nervously went to the front desk to ask what I had to pay.The woman looked at me & the script in my hand like I was out of my mind, & said,“just take that to the pharmacy”

A fed-up dog grasping an elf on the shelf in her mouth.

Don’t think she’s a fan of the the surveillance state. #dogsky #heseesyouwhenyouresleeping
#heknowswhenyoureawake

Cover of Thursday’s issue which I wrote the cover story for about Gisèle Pelicot as person of the year 2024

On Thursday the 2024 issue of @theneweuropean.bsky.social comes out and they have given me the platform to explain why Gisèle Pelicot is my hero and how she radically changed the conversation about shame and sexual assault
It is my proudest writing.
app.theneweuropean.co.uk/2024/10/26/v...

Buckle up trump mass deportation hacks:
“Trump’s actions not only led to a threefold increase in criminal crossings from his first month to his last month in office,but they also reversed a decade of near-continuous progress in deterring criminals from attempting to enter the U.S. illegally.”

This thread caught me just right on a chilly morning. Harney’s decaf cinnamon, Trader Joe’s harvest blend & tevana’s earl grey creme are my favorites.

“The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein

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Why Bother? Because right now, there is someone out there with a wound in the exact shape of your words.

From Sean Thomas Dougherty’s, “The Second O of Sorrow”
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The book, “A Woman of No Importance” by Sonia Purnell

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Korea Expert here. I’ll explain what’s going on over there because the Orient can be confusing to Westerners. In Korea, there is a concept known as “the law.” (법) This is a set of rules which are enforced to encourage prosocial behavior and ensure stability which leaders aren’t allowed to break.

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This is what I came for

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McConnell broke senate-scotus confirmation norms to get a 6-3 majority that has reinterpreted laws to take away people’s rights, & elevate their king to lawless impunity but Biden should let his son rot in prison for lying on a form? Buh byeeeeeee

A lot of people think everything will work out if we just play by the rules but don’t seem to recognize that rules only matter when everyone agrees to follow them and, well, that isn’t our present reality.

Front cover of John Steinbeck’s East of Eden

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Just finished “Crime & Punishment” this morning and the whole, “some men in society are better and therefore laws don’t apply to them because their actions are for the good of everyone” theme is really hitting hard fr