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polio. we have to worry about polio now.

This century is sucking up all the propaganda and stoopid it can and ruining everything for everyone.

Have a class tonight and noticed in my vocab list words for verbs to fail, to quit, to cry. I feel all of these. But I know my tutor won’t stand for me to use these to express an intention. Great teachers keep their students going!

The fact that Leonardo and Michelangelo could exist at the same time, in the same place, making historically great art simultaneously, but Michelangelo hated him is both fascinating and sad.

How incredibly stressful! Thank you for letting us know you’re ok💐👍

Today I want to tell you about my favorite sandwich, where to get it, and some other very important information you might not have heard before.

as someone who monitors right wing media, its under discussed right now but i can tell you conservatives are absolutely terrified of the way talarico is using religious messaging against them

BIG political win for former U.S. Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorses Dunn in competitive Democratic primary for U.S. House seat in Maryland .. Pelosi’s home state.

Per campaign

Grammarly Pulls Down Explosively Controversial Feature That Impersonates Writers Without Their Permission Shishir Mehrotra, CEO of Grammarly's owner Superhuman, has announced that the company is "disabling" a feature that impersonated journalists.

BREAKING: Grammarly is pulling down its explosively controversial feature that impersonates writers without their consent

futurism.com/artificial-i...

No Nobles Day: Britain's Parliament boots its last hereditary Lords after 700 years Government minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said the change put an end to "an archaic and undemocratic principle." The removed aristocrats are 92 of the House of Lords' 800 members.

Government minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said the change put an end to "an archaic and undemocratic principle." The removed aristocrats are 92 of the House of Lords' 800 members. n.pr/4ujW5AB

How a High School Librarian in Abilene Fought Back Against Moms for Liberty I entered this profession just as the storm clouds of the current book-banning push were starting to gather; now I’m in the middle of it.

New from Kalyn Gensic: "I entered this profession just as storm clouds of the current book-banning push were starting to gather, but I enrolled in a librarian program hoping it would pass me like lamb’s blood was painted on my doorframe.

And for the first three years, wishful thinking worked ..."

This interview with the great @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social was a "wow" moment for me. Thanks, New York Times and David Marchese.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/m...

I couldn't help noticing the question that seemed the most Times-like to me.

Today I got a reply from Senator Cornyn to my email asking him not to vote for the SAVE Act, as it would likely disenfranchise lower educated and low information voters such as his. The email reminded me that he was a co-sponsor. Okay, good luck with that, asshole.

Same. Mute words to curate. Make a feed of your mutuals. Set times to check in, and time limits for staying. Have a definite plan for what to do when you are NOT on here, sthg rewarding or enhancing accomplishments. Hugs!

Lyrics/translation of Go For A Walk covered by Sung Si Kyung

Music is my refuge. Happy to discover that my reading is now fast enough to sing ballad lyrics in Korean; also discovered lyric and translation functions of YT Music (screenshot) Here’s my current listening: Go For A Walk

youtu.be/zK-41hE4JN4?...

How lucky you are! I fell in love with the Korean culture and language a couple of years ago; sent fam on trip to Seoul. I still study the language. There’s a wonderful Korean/American writer here you might enjoy her newsletter/podcasts.
@jiwonyoon.bsky.social

Birthright Citizenship at SCOTUS: Your Voice Matters From President Trump's first day in office, he's targeted birthright citizenship as part of a broader effort to define who belongs in our country. This abuse of power cannot go unanswered. Take action...

Take Action! aclu.org/birthright

Tell Your Senators: Oppose Markwayne Mullin for DHS Secretary Contact Congress today!

Tell Your Senators: Oppose Markwayne Mullin for DHS Secretary

Take action:
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It’s a 16 ep series on Netflix. I really liked it. Twists and turns.

How are you today? Just checking in..

Protest EVERYWHERE!!

Google summary of scenes re ill-fitting shoes metaphor in KDrama Designated Survivor: 60 Days

There’s a #kdrama where the Pres forces an underling to wear ill-fitting shoes. Underling survives; Pres doesn’t 🤔 Just FYI this is a Google AI summary but pretty accurate

The same logic applies: holding out for the perfect can mean the most vulnerable get nothing.
The daily craft of caregiving and the daily craft of politics aren't so different. Both require deciding, under pressure, what actually matters right now for the people depending on you.

The willingness to sacrifice others for an abstract future is, in a way, the exact opposite of what I was trying to describe. It's the refusal of the daily craft, the rejection of the question, "what actually matters right now?"

This is such a crucial point. "Heighten the contradictions" is a luxury position. It's only available to those who have no one depending on them, no one they are responsible for keeping alive right now. Caregivers cannot afford that logic. Neither can the people being used as the kindling.

Fascinating: a very important insight for all of us right now, politically. Compromise is the way we try to get something for each other and those we are responsible for in a world which would cheerfully deny us anything. Half a loaf, as our mother’s would have said, is better than no bread.

Black and white photo of Marie Curie.

#WomensHistoryMonth Day 10 - Chemist and physicist Marie Curie is the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields.

Where in the World...was she born?
Click to guess and find out on this #map: www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=51&type=q

#History #Science

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