Thank you!
@asoleilhasel
Finally getting around to this writing thing: fiction, memoir, screenwriting. Interested in being behind the camera. Runner, reader, learning Japanese. Studied international relations, so politics occasionally. My middle name means 'sun' in French
Thank you!
So sorry for your loss.
This is the angle from the woman in the pink coat.
The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
Just finished reading this. Great book.
Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
STEWART: βComedy doesnβt change the world, but itβs a bellwetherβ weβre the banana peel in the coal mineβ¦ authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thoughtβ¦ progress.β
Nailed it.
As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
Denmark to end book tax to encourage people to read
Hearing from UFW spokesperson just now that this man has died.
WSJ: BLS βtold outside economists this week that a hiring freeze at the agency was forcing the survey to cut back on the number of businesses where it checks prices.β π€‘
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/cpi-...
Please repeat over and over:
βBending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isnβt acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.β
βGov. JB Pritzker
So true.
There is a bestselling writer who uses the penname "Ari Hazelwood" which is very close to my real name.
This is what it looks like when you lose a massive spacecraft on its way to orbit right over the Caribbean. Lots of commercial flights turning/holding/diverting to avoid falling debris from SpaceX's Starship.