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KimBOOley Campbell Thornton

@kimthornton.bsky.social

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I write about dogs, cats, and other animals, and sometimes about cocktails and travel. Love to read, travel, and be outdoors. Tea maven. Collector of shoes and purses. Slave to a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. She/her.

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 17h

I'm delighted to see @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social's book shortlisted for the Katharine Briggs Award - alongside two books I've reviewed, and another I peer-reviewed! (folklore is a small world...) 📚

James Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social · 22h

Surprised that Mythbusting has been shortlisted for The Katharine Briggs Award by The Folklore Society. The folklore community have been so incredibly positive & supportive of the book & its a real honour to be nominated alongside such amazing authors 🙂
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NPR @npr.org · 19h

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.

When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them

Three Iowa City West 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.

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KimBOOley Campbell Thornton @kimthornton.bsky.social · 10h

There's a street near us that's supposed to be named Respite, but when they repainted the names they made it Respit.

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KimBOOley Campbell Thornton @kimthornton.bsky.social · 10h

Please add 'cut and dried,' not 'cut and dry.'

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 14h

🔔 Public records-based reporting should be free. @404media.co and @wired.com are leading the way.

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KimBOOley Campbell Thornton @kimthornton.bsky.social · 10h

I love that sample sentence.

Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 1d

Truckle [TRUK-ul]
(v.)
- To tamely submit or yield obsequiously; to submissively capitulate. To cringe.

Used in a sentence:
“Miss Penworthy, who had never truckled to anyone in her life, met the vicar’s withering glare with the serene malice of a cat polishing its whiskers.”

KimBOOley Campbell Thornton @kimthornton.bsky.social · 11h

From the archives: www.startribune.com/12-ways-to-c... (Sorry, you'll have to register for a free account to see it; even I did--with a little-used gmail account.)

12 ways to cope with your dog's copious shedding

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KimBOOley Campbell Thornton @kimthornton.bsky.social · 12h

An excellent message. I concur.

Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 13h

A bright and happy Diwali (Deepawali) to all! May the festival of lights chase away all darkness and usher in a new and grander time of peace, prosperity, and joy.

(Morning Shaligram puja to the Maha-Shakti Devi, the Goddess of life and prosperity)

A simple puja plate with flowers, incense, and coins offered to a Shaligram (sacred fossil ammonite).

KimBOOley Campbell Thornton @kimthornton.bsky.social · 12h

I guess what I'm wondering is if the project in question can just do the same thing in reverse: ignore the demand to close down, since it's privately funded, and let it wend its way through the courts if necessary.