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In the Dark Robin Fulton Macpherson God said: Let the dark be dark. Let the stars shine properly. And let darkness with no stars heal the damage caused by light. Men said: Let there be light all night through, where there is no-one much or no-one at all, let the gathered haze from street-lamps, undying brand-names, full-blaze unpopulated windows stain the undersides of clouds even when nights are cloudless. God said: Light itself needs rest. Some things are best seen, unseen, in darkness unhindered by Great Light. Me, for example.

God said: Let the dark be dark.
Let the stars shine properly.
And let darkness with no stars
heal the damage caused by light…

—Robin Fulton Macpherson, “In the Dark”

Today, 13 April, is the start of #InternationalDarkSkyWeek
#poem #poetry #DarkSkies #DarkSky #astronomy
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From EARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.

Octavia E. Butler, 1998:

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Had a great time with Mike doing this interview, he’s an excellent reporter and a good dude.

Ms. Rachel is helping kids get out of ICE detention—one video at a time The wildly popular children's educator is taking on ICE's notorious family detention center.

Two young boys were locked up inside ICE's notorious detention center in Texas. Then Ms. Rachel shared their stories.

Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.

Every single Republican voted no to fund TSA.

Modesto license plate readers shared data with federal agencies, police say The Modesto Police Department says its automated license plate reader system was improperly connected to multiple federal agencies, despite a California law restricting how that data can be shared.

Modesto improperly shared automated license plate reader data with federal agencies in violation of state law. “When the data gets loose from California, other agencies don't have to play by our safeguards," EFF’s Adam Schwartz told CBS Sacramento.
www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/...

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Donate to Support She Got Game: Celebrate Female Athletes, organized by Flavor Flav Flavor Flav, the legendary rapper and Hollywood personality, has long been… Flavor Flav needs your support for Support She Got Game: Celebrate Female Athletes

Many of y’all asked how you can support and donate to our female athletes and the celebrations,,, so I created a Go Fund Me. I’m hopeful this can have an impact beyond the weekend and help those that represent the best of the US

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The Bullshit Benchmark Explorer - models calling out ridiculous requests. Go Claudes! petergpt.github.io/bullshit-ben...

Why can't we have recaps like this in the United States

So it sounds as if Starbucks is changing its policy and they can now kick you out if you're not a customer, which is inevitably reigniting public discourse about the need for third spaces, and you guys...libraries. Libraries. Patronize your library. Support your library. Tell your legislators to fund your library. This is one of many, many, many reasons libraries are crucial to a thriving community.

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She’s raised almost $20m to help Minnesota – she thinks you can do it too Ashley Fairbanks launched Stand with Minnesota as ICE raids rocked her home town – now donations are pouring in, and families’ rent is being paid

I need to address this immediately, because I am WAY too Minnesotan to ever claim credit for this.

I built a thing to point the fire hose of people's generosity in the right direction. That's it.

I am thankful for the piece, because hopefully it means people will donate more money.

Thank you so much!

12 Me! Those are gorgeous!

“Calling it a night she’ll never forget, Brandi Carlile said her Feb. 21 concert at Target Center raised more than $600,000 with its livestream benefiting families affected by ICE operations in Minnesota.”

Swedes blame bad wax day for biathlon mass start meltdown Sweden's biathletes have struggled to deliver medals at the Winter Games and on Friday they finally ran out of patience with their waxing team, blaming a bad job on their skis for an embarrassingly poor performance in the men's mass start.

Swedes blame bad wax day for biathlon mass start meltdown reut.rs/471W5ee

Which Winter Olympics sport draws 19,000 fans? Hockey? Figure skating?

Nope, it’s biathlon! With 200,000 tickets sold, the event makes up 20% of the Milan Cortina total.

Our income taxes are being used to pay the salaries of pedophiles and those who are paid to protect pedophiles from accountability.

We’re not mad enough. #FDT

Civil-rights hero John Lewis' birthday: February 21st, 1940
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