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Queer senior woman with essential tremor. English major at Knox College. Retired from many years as a corporate travel. Definitely bookish. I like literary fiction, well written nonfiction and the odd children’s book. No DM’s.

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How Trump’s War With Iran Changed the World in a Week

How Trump’s War With Iran Changed the World in a Week www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/w...

11.03.2026 13:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Dubya looks like a saint and a genius these days.

06.03.2026 19:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Crocus. But it’s still too early here in northern Illinois.

26.02.2026 20:44 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Colbert’s show may end sooner than expected. It doesn’t matter now because we’ll all follow him to his next destination. Never loved him more!

18.02.2026 19:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I hope you ate many pancakes to make up for the years you didn’t know!

18.02.2026 18:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."

10.02.2026 17:11 👍 53361 🔁 16901 💬 1153 📌 1341

Too bad it was still too early for Raymond Burr to be out as a gay man.

31.01.2026 20:08 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I fell in love with her in about 1967. Fortunately we’re both still around!

30.01.2026 20:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ICE Detention Contractors Are Reaping Massive Profits The largest immigrant deportation and prison contractors in the US are expecting an epic payout this year: for every $1

"The largest immigrant deportation and prison contractors in the US are expecting an epic payout this year: for every $1 that they donated to GOP campaigns in 2024, these private companies stand to reap more than $11,000 in increased annual revenue."

30.01.2026 20:45 👍 4522 🔁 2639 💬 265 📌 231

They are all teaching lessons we need to learn.

25.01.2026 18:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Totally agree. Drop boxes will be very important this time around.

22.01.2026 21:05 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Any of Louise Erdrich’s books.

14.01.2026 16:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Congrats.

07.01.2026 19:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Retired friends from here in the Chicago area have purchased a condo in Dublin to be somewhat equidistant from family in the US and family in Stockholm.

20.12.2025 17:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

One of my dad’s favorite sayings. He was a navigator in WWII so he always kept an eye on the weather.

20.12.2025 17:35 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It was crazy cold. But it ended well!
I watched from my couch.

15.12.2025 01:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Promptopia AI on Instagram: "Driving along a snowy Arctic causeway when a narwhal suddenly surfaces right beside the road. Its long spiral tusk breaks the water as it breathes, then both whales disapp... Experience the breathtaking moment a narwhal breaches the Arctic waters right beside a snowy road, as captured on dashcam. This rare sighting has left many in awe, sparking interest in the unique char...

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Unicorn of the ses

15.12.2025 01:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’m in Aurora IL. 🐻⬇️

14.12.2025 04:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Chicago or Minnesota?

14.12.2025 04:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Another heartache for Caroline. She’s had so many.

22.11.2025 18:53 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Karoline Leavitt has drunk the Kool Aid.

20.11.2025 19:28 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

So funny and adorable.

20.11.2025 19:25 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Congrats on your nomination.

20.11.2025 19:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Looks delicious. Warm with butter!

20.11.2025 19:19 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Because a lot of us have been boycotting since January.

20.11.2025 19:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’m on the other side of the Atlantic bit surely looks delicious.

18.11.2025 17:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I find it hard to trust what MTG is saying.

15.11.2025 19:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This makes me so sad. I hope she can find a way to complete her PHD.

15.11.2025 19:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

So much needed research will be slowed or not done at all. Young gifted people may move to other countries to have opportunities. What a setback for the US. As a baby boomer it breaks my heart.

15.11.2025 19:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Jacob’s reporting from Chicago has been excellent.

11.10.2025 18:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0