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Congratulations! Looking forward to reading it!

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Plague Poems – The Three-Hundred-and-Fifteenth Week It was on this day six years ago that many found themselves wondering how long they and their coworkers would work from home. It is on this day six years later that many find themselves wondering h…

The four horsemen
would have
a much more difficult ride
if it were not
for the legions of people
happily feeding their horses.

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A compendium of the 315th week of plague poems…

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What about using Julia Gossard’s Tattletales article and talking about the Lyon Charity schools and kids shopping their parents for making bad choices?

Solidarité.

I’ve heard it said
that it takes around 17 years
in order for health findings
to truly impact
mainstream practices,
which I suppose means
we’re just another 10 years away
from people realizing
they should really try to avoid
catching Covid repeatedly.

My friend
the climatologist
tells me
what worries him
is the climate.

My friend
the epidemiologist
tells me
what worries them
are infections.

My friend
the historian
tells me
what worries her
are the people
who aren’t worried.

🤯

Hard agree. Love her work so much. So rich and inspiring.

Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why. Joan Wallach Scott in The Guardian archive.is/Htsxj

I know, my friend,
that change can be difficult,
and wearing a mask
and taking precautions
will require you
to make changes,
but considering
that a study has found
“Long COVID
may be triggering
Alzheimer’s-like changes
in the brain,”
it seems you can change
or you can be changed.

GenAI is so unethical and linked to far right politics across the pond. Using it is funding maga.

Love that article!

Thanks for sharing this. Hadn’t seen it yet!

When I get really annoyed I make a show of using a rake on the front lawn and they all look at me like 🤯😱.

All year round in Florida sadly… 🤬

@historybeagle.bsky.social

Farage is an oik.

I’ve noticed that too. Lots of people working in vacuums. It feels disingenuous and sloppy. So important to recognize whose shoulders we stand on. Basic feminist praxis.

That’s great! Thanks! I need to get one for my daughter too, who vehemently hates AI!

Have you got that on a t’shirt? I would definitely buy that if so.

WTAF?? They always forget the part of freedom that is freedom from harm.

Well.

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Thanks for sharing.

Congratulations. Sounds fabulous. Looking forward to reading.