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Reader, pic from London, still getting over Twitter & you?
George & Martha & friendship
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/m...
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The Illustrated Childrenās Book Iāll Never Stop Recommending to Adults
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/magazine/childrens-book-adults-george-martha.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7U8.h8JX.TdW7bF0QJD18&smid=url-share
2 months ago
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Merriam-Webster
3 months ago
The first known use of 'wicked' was in the 13th century.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
3 months ago
We hope everyone flies free this weekend. BTW, the name Elphaba is a reference to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" author L. Frank Baum.
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Dr. Julius Vernon Poitier
6 months ago
The Dave Koz & Friends Summer Horns concert at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga was outstanding! This was our 1st time at this venue. Great place to enjoy great music. We will be back!
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āYou should think of your energy as if itās expensive, as if itās a luxury item. Not everyone can afford it.ā - Taylor Swift
6 months ago
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Hereās to community journalism in Silverton, Oregon, Mt Angel & Scotts Mill ššŗšøš„
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#democracy
#journalism
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Support Our Town's Silverton, Mt. Angel, and Scotts Mills News Team
Help us continue to bring you the newsof Silverton, Mt. Angel & Scotts MillsMake a donation to maintain the Our Town news teamĀ Ā Your donation will fund work by Our Town reporters, editors and ph...
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/support-our-towns-silvertonmt-angel-news-team
7 months ago
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āIf history teaches us anything, it is that you canāt wait until the United States is āreadyā for civil rights: You must advocate, educate and litigate to help the country get ready for equality.ā -Kevin Jennings
@lambdalegal.org
#giftlink
wapo.st/4lHaT7g
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Opinion | Why we arenāt going ātoo fastā on trans rights
Critics are wrong to argue that a trans rights case was brought to the Supreme Court prematurely.
https://wapo.st/4lHaT7g
7 months ago
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āThe best arguments in the world wonāt change a single personās point of view.The only thing that can do that is a good story. Good stories are a kind of benevolent Trojan horse. You let them in, and they add complicationā¦.ā - Ken Burns
7 months ago
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Kevin Lam
9 months ago
Will we be able to see the northern lights here in the South Bay? (I'm in Mountain View)
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Worth a read: āIn Springsteenās protest, a fitting Memorial Day pleaā by
@mattbaidc.bsky.social
#giftlink
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#music
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Opinion | In Springsteenās protest, a fitting Memorial Day plea
His lyrics echo a nationās slow descent from hope to distrust ā and hint at redemption.
https://wapo.st/43AI9Wk
9 months ago
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NEW: How a little-known Japanese American battalion freed Jews from a Nazi death march 80 years ago
wapo.st/44x0Ig6
#nisei
#ww2
#heroes
#history
#neverforget
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How a little-known Japanese American battalion freed Jews from a Nazi death march
They were Japanese American soldiers, part of a storied military unit that faced down prejudice and suspicion to fight Adolf Hitlerās armies in Europe.
https://wapo.st/44x0Ig6
9 months ago
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Erin Reed
9 months ago
1. The Supreme Court has allowed a military ban that calls transgender people inherently "dishonorable" to go into effect. This is a devastating ruling that opens the door for much worse. I detail what this means for trans servicemembers in my latest. Subscribe to support my journalism.
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SCOTUS Allows Military Ban That Calls Trans People "Dishonorable" To Go Into Effect
The decision was opposed by justices Kagan, Jackson, and Sotomayor.
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/scotus-allows-military-ban-that-calls
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Mark Johnson
10 months ago
So glad I got to work on this cool story on an unusual surgery. Terrific photos by Marvin Joseph at The Post.
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
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Surgeons bid for medical first: Removing spinal tumor through patientās eye
Karla Flores had a tumor strangling her spinal cord near the base of her skull. Doctors weighed whether they should attempt a high-risk surgery that had never been done before.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025/05/04/spinal-tumor-eye-socket-surgery-first/
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Surgeons bid for medical first: Removing spinal tumor through patientās eye
Karla Flores had a tumor strangling her spinal cord near the base of her skull. Doctors weighed whether they should attempt a high-risk surgery that had never been done before.
https://wapo.st/4dl7vMt
10 months ago
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#AI
#medicine
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...
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Doctors Told Him He Was Going to Die. Then A.I. Saved His Life. (Gift Article)
Scientists are using machine learning to find new treatments among thousands of old medicines.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/well/ai-drug-repurposing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.D08.pAzu.IXsw3Bi4v4Ag
10 months ago
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Inspiring! š Breakthrough multiple sclerosis therapy by UCSF doctor transforms treatment for millions
www.sfchronicle.com/health/artic...
#research
#innovation
#science
@sfchronicle.com
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Breakthrough multiple sclerosis therapy by UCSF doctor transforms treatment for millions
A UCSF neurologist who has spent 40 years studying multiple sclerosis helped develop a game-changing drug that may help most people with MS live full lives.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/ms-multiple-sclerosis-drug-20277815.php
10 months ago
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š²š½šørustbelt rebelšøš²š½
10 months ago
but the one of the major ways the civil rights movement fought against lynching was *through the court system*. because in the end, lynching is violating people's civil and human right to a fair trial. it is putting the right to decide a crime was committed in the hands of a mob-
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Aaron Rupar
10 months ago
The Washington Post is out with a nice profile of my friend
@acyn.bsky.social
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The 40-something single dad shaping liberal media from his laptop
Acyn Torabi dominates social media with fast-cut clips of political mayhem. Are they news, or something else?
https://wapo.st/3RpEvJ7
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Don Moynihan
10 months ago
1/ Undocumented immigrants pay $26 billion into Social Security each year, with little expectation of receiving any benefit. 2/ It won't just be immigrants: "The potential for errors can be very consequential" said a Bush era Social Security official
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April 8 = birthday of award-winning illustrator Trina Schart Hyman, the most creative person Iāve ever interviewed. Take a look
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Feeling It: An Artistās Insights on Creativity
Interview with Trina Schart Hyman
https://medium.com/@LKhere/on-feeling-it-an-artist-s-insights-on-creativity-b1ca8b8163c6
10 months ago
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Joel S.
11 months ago
Since it apparently needs to be said: As a Jew who works on a university campus, I am safest in a country that protects academic freedom and liberal values of due process of law. Anyone who supports extrajudicial detention of students for "wrong" ideological opinions is not doing it for my safety.
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Dana Milbank
11 months ago
Trump is fast dismantling the free press. All of us -- journalists, media owners and the public -- need to fight back -- now. My latest column (gift link):
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Opinion | Trump is fast dismantling the free press. We all have to stop him.
Itās part of a broader crackdown on the civil liberties of those who disagree with the president.
https://wapo.st/3Dq7VU1
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Chris Kluwe
12 months ago
Since Iāve been getting this a lot - if you feel like supporting me by buying a jersey or something, I would rather you make a donation to Trans Lifeline or The Trevor Project
www.thetrevorproject.org
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Jake Grumbach
12 months ago
With another set of news headlines about political elites using āāāRoman salutesāāā I just want to note that the Nazi salute means āI want to murder your familyā and the n-word means āI want to lynch you.ā Thatās what they mean, they make me righteously angry, and I wonāt let anybody minimize them.
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Joyce White Vance
12 months ago
If youāve ever taken the oath to uphold the Constitution, this is the time to live up to it.
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LaāTonya Rease Miles
about 1 year ago
So I got this book coming out in February . . .
#firstgen
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Sherrilyn Ifill
12 months ago
On Feb. 14th I try always to give honor to one of the greatest contributors to American democracy in our nationās history, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, Douglass never knew his actual birthdate, and adopted Feb. 14th as the day. His penetrating insights about our country inspire me daily.
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Mark Hamill
about 1 year ago
In troubling times, people experiencing high stress or crippling anxiety deal with it in different ways. Some have a therapist, some have a deep breathing exercise & some even have a personal mantra. I have a Mabel.
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Dahlia Lithwick
12 months ago
Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Donāt let people tell you that youāre doing it wrong. Not a sprint. Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.
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Rewiring America
about 1 year ago
āHeat pumps sound almost too good to be true.ā Great report on the hot heat pump market and one writerās experience making the switch to this energy-efficient, comfort-making machine.
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Why heat pump sales are heating upĀ - Evanston RoundTable
Heat pumps sound almost too good to be true. They make for healthier air indoors and out, cut greenhouse gas emissions and can even lower energy bills. In
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2025/02/03/why-heat-pump-sales-are-heating-up/
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FYI from writer Anne Lamott
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Opinion | The resistance will not be rushed
Resting up to join a peaceful, nonviolent, colorful and multigenerational opposition.
https://wapo.st/4aEGlP3
about 1 year ago
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Adam Serwer
about 1 year ago
The campaign against trans rights is also about stripping away everyoneās protections against discrimination, reviving, as Douglass put it āthe moral blindnessā of those who āpersuade themselves that they are safe, though the rights of others may be struck down.ā
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The Attack on Trans Rights Wonāt End There
Once legal rights begin to fall, they fall for everyone.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/01/trans-rights-skrmetti-trump/681485/?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8L5fcZ8g4hk0vxwmQ79mPvw&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Jim Pickard
about 1 year ago
winter on the river Thames
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Rachel Roston, Ph.D.
about 1 year ago
It really warms my heart to find science "Twitter" on here. I've really been missing everyone!
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y2000k
about 1 year ago
Thank you for posting this; and I found a follow up story
www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/28/m...
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āThis could be any of usā: A former journalist ended up homeless. Then, his story inspired a Narragansett family to help. - The Boston Globe
URI graduate Patrick Fealey was living in his car with his dog, driving from place to place along the Rhode Island coast. Then a Narragansett family read about his plight, tracked him down, and helped...
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/28/metro/homeless-former-journalist-patrick-fealey-rhode-island/
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Fun interview, especially if you grew up eating at Chef Chuās, loved Wicked on stage, Crazy Rich Asians onscreen, appreciate behind-the-scenes stories - Interview w/ Jon M. Chu
#Wicked
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Why Jon M. Chu Asked Ariana Grande to Audition Without Makeup for āWickedā | The Job Interview
YouTube video by WSJ. Style
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pxhw7W4IR4
about 1 year ago
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Good line: Theater kids of all ages will die & think theyāve gone to āHamilton.ā
wapo.st/4fDiroL
#wicked
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Review | Itās half a movie, but āWickedā casts a mighty spell
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande bring Elphaba and Glinda from stage to screen, and the result is over the rainbow.
https://wapo.st/4fDiroL
about 1 year ago
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Bluesky people, for the definitive # of women in US politics, the authority is Center for American Women in Politics at Rutgers University
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about 1 year ago
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CAWP
about 1 year ago
The AP just called the race in Oregon's 5th Congressional District, and current Oregon State Representative Janelle Bynum (D) will become the first Black woman to represent Oregon in Congress.
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Dr. Lucky Tran
over 1 year ago
Bluesky has passed Threads in daily web visits and is also no. 1 on Appleās App Store. š
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Tip: If youāre trying to share your Bluesky handle with someone, the URL convention is like this (with no spaces) https:// bsky . app / profile / username . bsky . social
about 2 years ago
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Did you see Usher & friends rollerskating in the Super Bowl halftime show? Fun behind-the-scenes story of a cool Atlanta skating rink. Enjoy this gift link
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When heās not skating at the Super Bowl, Usher glides at this legendary rink
The halftime show headliner drew rave reviews for his skating. Heās been a regular at Atlantaās Cascade Family Skating for the last decade, the owner said.
https://wapo.st/3SLOjh0
about 2 years ago
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Tip: If youāre trying to share your Bluesky handle with someone, the URL convention is like this (with no spaces) https:// bsky . app / profile / username . bsky . social
about 2 years ago
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Bree Lundberg
about 2 years ago
Bluesky is officially āopenā now (no more invites). So just a reminder to not engage with trolls and bad actors, there is no algorithm here to promote or spread them, replying to them is what puts them on everybodyās timelines. So block and give no oxygen.
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Happy Birthday, Edvard Munch. When in Oslo visit the Munch Museum! Enjoy my article.
#thescream
#December12
#Munch
#Oslo
#Norway
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about 2 years ago
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āIf you believe in what youāre selling, to a certain extent that belief is infectious.ā - Andrew Wylie, negotiation
about 2 years ago
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Asher Elbein
about 2 years ago
Mom, can you come pick me up? The best lack all conviction and the worst are filled with passionate intensity
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āWhat you appreciate appreciatesā ~ Lynne Twist, The Soul of Money (thanks, Wisdom 2.0!)
over 2 years ago
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@angiecoiro.bsky.social
Great to find you here! Pls follow me : ) (We followed each other on the bird app.)
over 2 years ago
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