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Historian, educator, librarian. I collect fashion, borrow books, and lend attention.
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Librarian Josh Westbrook, āKids are living stories every day that we wouldnāt let them read.ā Radical Reads 2: Working with the Newest Edgy Titles for Teens, Bodart 2009.
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Frog and Toad Bot
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āTomorrow,ā said Toad, āI can just take life easy.ā Toad went back to bed.
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Star Trek Minus Context
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Prankster Doesn't Take the Problemspace Seriously
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If taking all billionaires money away and redistributing it resulted in everyone getting $5 each it would still be worth doing because then there would be no billionaires
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More Perfect Union
about 21 hours ago
This war against Iran is costing US taxpayers approximately $11,500 per second. According to
iran-cost-ticker.com
the total cost has already reached $5.5 billion.
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Iran War Cost Tracker ā $1 Billion Per Day
The Pentagon estimates the war in Iran costs $1 billion per day. Track the running total in real time.
https://iran-cost-ticker.com/
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Can we have a rule that says John James has to leave us all alone
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Jackā
6 months ago
Golden chicken sauce
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HEY I KNOW THIS SONG IN THIS BOOK BECAUSE MILES OāBRIEN SANG IT TO ME!!!!
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ā Threw nuts at women ā Dragged a dead dog around ā Achieved sainthood
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Simeon the Holy Fool - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon_the_Holy_Fool
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Homestar Screens
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The Shire-Reckoning
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Treebeard carries Merry and Pippin towards his home, chanting about the ancient forests in which he once walked. āIn the willow-meads of Tasarinan I walked in the Spring. Ah! the sight and the smell of the Spring in Nan-tasarion! And I said that was goodā¦ā
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Rian Nejar š¦
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SHINGLES vaccine linked to slower biological aging in older adults [via USC] š§Ŗš„¼š§šāļøš©ŗ "emerging evidence that vaccines could play a role in promoting healthy aging by modulating biological systems beyond
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gero.usc.edu/2026/01/19/s...
#shingles
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Study: Shingles Vaccine Linked to Slower Biological Aging in Older Adults
Shingles vaccination not only can prevent painful illness but also correlates with lower inflammation & slower biological aging in Americans age 70+.
https://gero.usc.edu/2026/01/19/shingles-vaccine-slower-biological-aging/
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Part of my regular nightmare rotation now is being kidnapped by the bipartisan funded Klansmen.
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David Blanchflower BSc
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Giant tortoises return to GalĆ”pagos island after nearly 200 years. š§Ŗ
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Giant tortoises return to GalƔpagos island after nearly 200 years
The native species was driven to extinction by sailors in the 1800s. Now, 158 juvenile giant tortoises have been reintroduced to the island.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9wn1jrzk4go
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Birds Are Dinosaurs
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Hear me out: Neelix is gay ⢠Loves cooking and wearing little outfits ⢠Wants to hear everyone's gossip and give advice ⢠Obsessed with his crush, Tuvok ⢠Kes is his beard; they don't share quarters and he wasn't that upset when she dumped him
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All men shall henceforth wear Tudor hats
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da share z0ne
17 days ago
THINK ABOUT IT -
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What I would wish if I found a djinn in February
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Frog and Toad Bot
13 days ago
āToad, Toad, wake up. It is May now.ā āWhat?ā said Toad. āCan it be May so soon?ā
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Rebecca R Helm
about 2 months ago
The world feels rough right now So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we donāt know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery. š„ @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
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Susannah Crockford
22 days ago
Institutional knowledge is one of those things that no one notices until it's gone
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Would you like your historical romance set in Regency England?
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Land of the free
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This next track is titled āAngiosperm Oilā
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Ethan Kocak
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Itās so unfair that the Devonian has the tastiest meats but you have to wait for seasoning to evolve
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Pookleblinky
about 2 months ago
South Korea: you know how you can trust that some asshole won't fuck up your investment in the next election? We're seeking the death penalty on the last guy who tried that shit. The US has *nothing* like that. Schumer's trying to give the gestapo more money.
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franz
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#InvertebrateShitposting
as per
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Chaucer Doth Tweet
15 days ago
Roses are redde Violettes are blue Hieronymus Bosch lobster violin, birde yn robes, partye yn a shoe
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Pookleblinky
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Reminder: the reason why average life expectancy used to be 30 wasn't because nobody lived longer, but because until recently half of everyone ever born died before puberty
ourworldindata.org/child-mortal...
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Mortality in the past: every second child died
The chances that a newborn survives childhood have increased from 50% to 96% globally. How do we know about the mortality of children in the past? And what can we learn from it for our future?
https://ourworldindata.org/child-mortality-in-the-past
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Drunk Literature: the concept of Drunk History, but translating books that intimidate people into drunken re-enactments so they can stop being intimidated by them
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Norin š¦
16 days ago
happy year of the horse! š“š®š
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Erik Loomis
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This Day in Labor History: February 17, 2000. The AFL-CIO officially changed its stance on immigration. No longer would the labor movement in this nation officially oppose immigration. Instead, it moved to become one of the immigrant rights movementās major allies in this nation!!!!
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Ali Ruth
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For the last Winter Olympics I imagined Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski commentating on my morning routineā¦the results were brutal but fair
originallittleoldlady.com/2022/02/25/j...
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Johnny Weir And Tara Lipinskiās Live Commentary On My Morning Routine
Johnny: Weāre here live at the apartment of Ali Ruth from the U.S.A., where Ali is about to begin her morning routine. Tara: Thatās right, Johnny. By the way, IĀ loveĀ that youāre wearing aā¦
https://originallittleoldlady.com/2022/02/25/johnny-weir-and-tara-lipinskis-live-commentary-on-my-morning-routine/
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot
19 days ago
My world, my Earth is a ruin. A planet spoiled by the human species. We multiplied and fought and gobbled until there was nothing left, and then we died. We controlled neither appetite nor violence; we did not adapt. We destroyed ourselves. But we destroyed the world first.
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Lily / Paraply
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I love my friends ā¤ļøšš
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Next time someone asks me my purpose Iām responding āWhat is the purpose of a galaxy?ā
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot
21 days ago
Things don't have purposes, as if the universe were a machine, where every part has a useful function. What's the function of a galaxy? I don't know if our life has a purpose and I don't see that it matters. What does matter is that we're a part.
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot
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War as a moral metaphor is limited, limiting, and dangerous. By reducing the choices of action to āa war againstā whatever-it-is, you divide the world into Me or Us (good) and Them or It (bad) and reduce the ethical complexity and moral richness of our life to Yes/No, On/Off.
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Credentials, Dan
20 days ago
How it feels to know how to read in 2026
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LSAClassOf2000
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Sticker in Ypsilanti, MI
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Contented men lol
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Mike š
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An injury to one is an injury to all. Back when Mother Jones was named "the most dangerous woman in America." "She comes into a state where peace and prosperity reign... crooks her finger, [and] twenty thousand contented men lay down their tools and walk out." 4/
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The Labor Radio Podcast Network
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February 12 - The Most Dangerous Woman in America On this day in Labor History the year was 1913. That was the day that the labor leader known as āMotherā Jones was arrested in West Virginia. She was there to support coal miners during the Paint and Cabin Creek strike of 1912-1913. The West Virgi
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February 12 - The Most Dangerous Woman in America
On this day in Labor History the year was 1913. That was the day that the labor leader known as āMotherā Jones was arrested in West Virginia. She was there to support coal miners during the Paint and Cabin Creek strike of 1912-1913. The West Virginia coalfields were one of the bloodiest sites of labor conflict in US History.
https://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/february-12-the-most-dangerous-woman-in-america-1770906858/
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82 years old and getting convicted in a military court, a legend
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Working Class History
21 days ago
#OtD
13 Feb 1913 82-year-old labour activist Mother Jones was arrested in West Virginia for supporting a coal miners' strike. Convicted in a military court and sentenced to 20 years in prison, she was pardoned after serving 85 days. More on the Mine Wars:
workingclasshistory.com/2018/06/09/w...
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weird medieval guys
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It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
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Mark Histed
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These are efforts to make cures for multiple sclerosis, herpes āĀ affects hundreds of millions in the US alone! āĀ and shingles. This is mindblowing, amazing stuff. But these efforts for cures require a predictable regulatory environment, where decisions are made based on science & and pub health.
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Kallie Mooreās childrenās book of true dinosaur bedtime stories is now finally in my library
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One reason you know the XFiles universe is superior to ours: men who are condescending to Scully end up melted in bathtubs
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