Wow.

It shouldn’t be a struggle for anyone to afford food. That shouldn’t be something that we’re okay with as a human species. Everyone should have a decent home to go back to and enough to eat.

I love it when republicans lose.

For anyone interested in the debate between reason and faith, this date offers a look at how it has evolved over the course of 700 years. On June 3rd, 1140, the French teacher, writer, and theologian Peter Abelard was found guilty of heresy – for the second time. #WriterSky #BookSky #Inquiry #OTD

Honestly, America doesn’t deserve a birthday party this year.

This is what an actual leader looks like. And this is what an actual leader does.

CBS meetings now

“So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible.” -The American architect who turned to writing children’s books, Norton Juster was born on this day in 1929. #WriterSky #BookSky #PhantomTollBooth #History #BOTD

Happy Dorothy West's birthday! From the Harlem Renaissance to Martha's Vineyard, she wrote about the lives of Black people and how they navigated the racism and classism of her time. This is a good day to remember the message and beauty of her enduring work:

"Bread unshared is bread unblessed when someone else is hungry, whether man or beast, friend or stranger.” -American writer Dorothy West, born on this day in 1907 #WriterSky #BookSky #Journalist #Columnist #HarlemRenaissance #TheWedding #Vineyard #History #BOTD

“A strong woman who recklessly throws away her strength, she is worse than a weak woman who has never had any strength to throw away.” -English writer Thomas Hardy, born on this day in 1840 #WriterSky #BookSky #TessOfTheD'Urbevilles #FarFromTheMaddingCrowd #JudeTheObscure #History #BOTD

On this day in 1924, legislation went into effect granting U.S. citizenship to indigenous people across the country. It was a response to the many tribal members throughout the states who enlisted in the U.S. military and served with honor in World War I. #Irony #Done #Badly #Native #History #OTD

On this day in 1774, English lawmakers unwittingly took a major step toward inciting the American revolution. The British Parliament passed a law that required American colonists to house British soldiers. #Insurrection #War #Colonialism #History #OTD

We have to dismantle the systems that promote and maintain ignorance. Those systems are at the root of our political and social problems. Fox News, et al Data Centers Republicans/Reform/Conservatives Texas/Alberta etc. They have to be weakened and made irrelevant. I think it’ll be fun!

Your daily lesson in never believing a word he says. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

On this day in the year 1494, Scotch Whisky first appeared in print. The drink probably affected writing long before, but an order for it was written in the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland. King James the Fourth wanted Friar John Cor’s spirits made from malted barley. #Spirits #Alcohol #Whisky

“We create our own thorns, and never stop to count the cost. All we can do is suffer the pain, and tell ourselves it was well worth it.” -Australian writer Colleen McCullough, born on this day in 1937 #WriterSky #Scientist #BookSky #Thornbirds #MastersOfRome #History #BOTD

On this day in 1974, in the journal "Emergency Medicine," surgeon and medical researcher Henry Heimlich published his eponymous maneuver for rescuing choking victims. He first used it when he was 96 to save the life of a resident in his nursing home. #WriterSky #BookSky #History #LifeSaver #BOTD

It is the birthday in 1889 of the English philosopher Charles Kay Ogden. In his writing, he took an in-depth look at the relationship between language and thought and how the two affect each other to shape perception. #WriterSky #BookSky #BasicEnglish #TheMeaningOfMeaning #History #BOTD

It's Charles Baudelaire's birthday! It's a good day to really see your surroundings and flex your imagination:

Share widely with men. Use your own words to describe how such an accomplishment in less than two minutes is beyond any man's ability (even a man on horseback). Share your results. Bonus points if the man/men is/are maga and you make him/them cry. 🤓

On June 1st, 1950, Margaret Chase Smith delivered her speech titled "A Declaration of Conscience." #Politics #Senate #McCarthyism #Calumny #History (but not really) #OTD

On this day in 1857, French poet Charles Baudelaire published "Les fleur du mal" or "Flowers of Evil." It became one of the most influential books of its time. #WriterSky #BookSky #Poet #Poetry #Decadence #Eroticism #Symbolist #Modernist #Paris #Industrial #Sprawl #History #OTD

Right on.

It’s like looking in a mirror

Dr. Patricia Bath overcame sexism, racism & poverty and saved the sight of millions of people. She invented the Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment, 1986; it was patented in 1988. She co-founded the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness, 1976. She died #OTD in 2019. #WomenInSTEM

In solitude, a person often feels more surrounded by life than in a crowd.

The immense economic power of the richest Americans allows them to wield immense political power, too. They can pour millions into our elections to elect politicians that will continue to rig the system in their favor. We must end this vicious cycle.

It is the birthday of novelist T. H. White, who wrote "The Sword in the Stone." He would certainly like us to learn, but it's also a good day to check in with those who seem perpetually at war with themselves and praise them for keeping on and their attempts at remaining human.

"Each culture, has its own new possibilities of self-expression which arise, ripen, decay and never return.” BOTD German philosopher Oswald Spengler 1880, best known for his book The Decline of the West 1918

“The bravest people are the ones who don’t mind looking like cowards.” -British storyteller Terence Hanbury or T. H. White, born on this day in 1906 His best known work is the novel "The Sword in the Stone," which became part of his Arthurian trilogy "The Once and Future King." #WriterSky #BookSky

"Every woman I know has been storing anger for years in her body and it’s starting to feel like bees are going to pour out of all of our mouths at the same time.” ~ Erin Keane @eekshecried Bee Girl1 by Karin Bolstad

“I don't do a lot of political jokes. Too many are getting elected.” -American entertainer Bob Hope, born on this day in 1903 #WriterSky #FunnyGuy #USO #ForTheTroops #History #BOTD

On this day in 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the peak of Mt. Everest. They are the first to survive the climb to – and the descent from – the highest point on earth, but there is another story, of George Mallory. #Mountaineer #Sherpa #History #OTD

On this day in 1913, the ballet "The Rite of Spring," with music by Igor Stravinsky, premiered in Paris. Despite a review calling it "cacophonous," it is considered an artistic achievement and one of the 20th Century’s more influential works. #MusicSky #History #OTD

On this day in 1851, abolitionist and suffragist Sojourner Truth gave her speech now known as "Ain’t I A Woman." She was born a slave, but escaped. Here is an excerpt of her remarks at the Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio, as witnessed, then written by Frances Dana Barker Gage: #History

Corruption in plain sight. It will take a decade to fix this debacle. #TrumpCorruption

I wonder what we'd do if Trump said, "A pimp's love is very different from that of a square." I mean... there's a non-zero chance he could and would say it. And I'm just curious if our reaction would be like watching a Tetris piece fall into just the right space - like, "Yeah, that tracks."

Amazing, beautiful (and time-consuming) work:

“I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turning into confident ducks.” -Irish writer Maeve Binchy, born on this day in 1939 #WriterSky #BookSky #Journalist #Reporter #History #BOTD

“The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.” -British writer Ian Fleming, born on this day in 1908 #WriterSky #BookSky #JamesBond #ChittyChittyBangBang #History #BOTD

'Tis a mystery.

Rubio, et al, have the self-awareness of a day old pile of dog shit. And they have the same level of intelligence, empathy, and value.

FFS.

Brilliant.

On this day nearly 70 years apart, two well-known organizations were essentially written into existence. The first – the Sierra Club – was founded in 1892. Amnesty International was the second, in 1961. #WriterSky #JohnMuir #PeterBenenson #History #OTD