www.maptap.gg April 14
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Final score: 971. My best score and you beat me! Always wanted to go to Longyearbyen.

Happy Birthday!

We don’t have to go.

There was a word zero. “Cigar.”

Picture of PUNCH THE MONKEY FINALLY EXPERIENCED THE WARMEST HUG FROM AN ADULT MONKEY AFTER ENDURING DAYS OF REJECTION Vei

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So sorry. May his memory be a blessing.

Nina Simone: Mississippi Goddam YouTube video by Aaron Overfield

Born February 21, 1933
(d. 2003)
Singer, songwriter, pianist and civil rights activist Nina Simone

Here performing her powerful protest song “Mississippi Goddam”

If this doesn’t hit you in the gut, you’re dead inside.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ25...

The woman who made GPS possible has died
Dr. Gladys West died Saturday at 95. She was the mathematician who built the model of Earth that makes GPS work. Born on a Virginia farm in 1930, the daughter of sharecroppers. For most of her life, no one knew her name. Her work was classified. #GladysWest

What a photo. Thank you.

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"I'd like to share a story from a local paper in Coldwater, Michigan dated to the 9th of April, 1945. It tells how the US Army, under General Patton--the US 3rd Army--came onto what you might call a detention center just outside the village of Ohrdruf, Germany. The US Army brought the leading citizens of Ohrdruf to tour the facility, which turned out to be part of the Buchenwald network of concentration camps. A US Army colonel told the German civilians who viewed the scenes, without muttering a word, that they were to blame. One of the Germans replied that what happened in the camp was (quote) 'done by a few people, and you cannot blame us all.' And the American, who could have been any one of our grandfathers, said, 'this was done by those that the German people chose to lead them, and all are responsible.' The morning after the tour, the Mayor of Ohrdruf killed himself. And maybe he did not know the full extent of the outrages that were committed in his community, but he knew enough. And we don't know exactly how ICE will use this warehouse. But we know enough. I ask you to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf might have thought before he died. Maybe he felt like a victim. He might have thought, 'how is this my fault? I have no jurisdiction over this.' Maybe he would have said, 'this site was not subject to local zoning, what could I do?' But I think, when he reflected on the suffering that occurred at this camp, just outside of town, that those words would have sounded hollow even to him. Because in his heart he knew--as we do--that we are all responsible for what happens in our community. I urge the council to take action to stop, or stall, or at the barest minimum to think creatively about how to exercise oversight over this proposed ICE facility. Thank you."

This is brilliant. I'm so grateful for this testimony. I've transcribed it to use in letters I'm writing. Sharing the full transcription here (see alt text to copy/paste it):

January 25
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Final score: 923

Burns Night Trivia in Canada! 🇨🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I’ll make cookies and pie

Would you like to watch Hattie Mae eat some snacks?

Pete Seeger - The Bells Of Rhymney - Live in Australia 1964 YouTube video by davepin11

Pete Seeger - The Bells Of Rhymney - Live in Australia (1964)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK_e...

Said no one!

Margo?

Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall

Philander Smith scores largest donation in school's history - Arkansas Times A huge thank you to MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, for her $19 million gift to the HBCU.

IN A WORLD OF JEFF BEZOSES, BE A MACKENZIE SCOTT: Philander Smith U., HBCU in Little Rock, gets $19M gift, largest in its history, from MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Jeff Bezos: “This gift is a resounding vote of confidence in our mission and our momentum."
#Arkansas #arnews #arpx

I was sent a video of the entire engineer vs boxing robot situation

15 years ago, a tiny orphaned elephant was rescued from a well. Predators had bitten her trunk and she was hungry, weak, and frightened. That was how Naipoki’s story began. Now - just this week - she adds a new chapter to her story: motherhood! Remind yourself of how far she’s come: swt.bio/naipoki

As Chopin famously said, “gotta keep it fresh or it’s on to the next one” (or probably it was Jay Z)

A mass of hot pink flowers in the woods.

For @cortneymckee.bsky.social who likes a Sunday flower break, a mass of surprise lilies at Allsopp Park this week.

My kinda gal! Did the same except a plain cinnamon roll, no PB sandwich. One little hummer at the feeder still hasn’t gone south yet.
And yep, you-know-who is still here.

Yellow orchid flowers in a pot by the window

My sweet little yellow orchid.

Stephen Colbert is all grace and love. What a man. What a true Christian.