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Andrea Powers
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She Is Too Fond of Books, and It Has Turned Her Brain.

On Goodreads. https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/6894519-andrea



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We're doing an Advent calendar of iconic Christmas movie dresses and we're kicking things off with Donna Reed's dutiful wife frock in IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE and how it highlighted the film's themes, time and place:
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Christmas Movie Dress Advent Calendar Day 1: Donna Reed in IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE - Tom + Lorenzo
We're highlighting a different classic Christmas movie dress every day until Christmas Eve and we figured we'd kick things off with one of the most iconic
tomandlorenzo.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The only real job I’ve ever had other than what I’m doing now was teaching piano, which I absolutely loved.

Here’s a three-minute piano lesson that I recorded back during the pandemic. In good times or bad, these simple notes can bring you lots of creative joy at the keyboard.
Rick the Piano Teacher Teaches the Blues
It's very easy to improvise to your heart's desire if you know this simple 6-note system. It's actually addictive.
classroom.ricksteves.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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It’s weird that news organizations like the BBC are covering this as if it’s a real thing with a real process behind it—and not clearly some nakedly invented “participation trophy” by a corrupt organization to curry favor with a corrupt and easily manipulated man-child. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
Donald Trump: US president named inaugural Fifa Peace Prize winner
US President Donald Trump receives the inaugural Fifa Peace Prize before the draw for the 2026 Fifa World Cup.
www.bbc.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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It's not visiting anymore. It wants to stay.
An Andor edit
YouTube video by Caluffern
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December 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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First time I’ve heard him. Has me grinning.
"Join ICE" - Jesse Welles (LIVE on The Late Show)
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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December 5, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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December 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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“The day laborers outside Lowe’s just wanting to hammer shingles onto your roof are the modern-day Christians thrown to Bovino’s cowardly lions in a Roman circus for Fox News couch potatoes.”
I went to New Orleans to see what it looks like when a great American city comes under siege from the government, as masked goons of 'Catahoula Crunch' lie about nabbing bad guys before swarming Home Depot, roofing jobs for folks with brown skin

My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/new-...
Life during wartime in New Orleans as feds terrorize Latinos who saved a city | Will Bunch
The first day of long-feared federal immigration raids across Greater New Orleans exposes the Big Lie of mass deportation.
www.inquirer.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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From Otis Redding to Booker T, Steve Cropper was a strong yet subtle force that shaped so many soul classics
From Otis Redding to Booker T, Steve Cropper was a strong yet subtle force that shaped so many soul classics
The guitarist for Booker T & the MGs defined the sound of original R&B, co-creating soul anthems and proving himself one of the most influential musicians of the 60s
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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I wrote this about the UK government appeasing the far right in February.

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
December 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Good morning. Fuck AI. www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
The time has come to declare war on AI
"It's now in everything, even if you don't want it there."
www.sfgate.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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I just heard on the radio that Steve Cropper died today.

I first became aware of him in the Blues Brothers band, but he was also a member of Booker T and the MGs and part of the house band for Stax, making him one of the most important and influential guitarists in rock music. 1/
Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and a Shaper of Memphis Soul Music
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Goodbye to him.
December 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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December 3, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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RIP Steve Cropper, you might not know his name* but you know a lot of his music.

youtu.be/iFQEsUjI0U8

*yes, I know lots of you do know his name.
(1967) GREEN ONIONS - Live - Booker T. and MG's
YouTube video by LeeEstradaMusic
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December 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Hey all,

The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.

Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.

You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Fellowship
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December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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This is lovely.
Had our first graduate thesis defense of the academic year here at Duke - for Yueqi Chen's absolutely lyrical ethnography on nurses' aides working in public hospitals in Hunan, China.

Sharing, with permission, a beautiful passage from Yueqi's thesis which I found really moving:
#everynightapoem
December 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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This is a fun writeup
ANALYSIS | ‘Taking the gloves off’: Trump just held the Cabinet meeting from Hell
‘Taking the gloves off’: Trump just held the Cabinet meeting from Hell
www.independent.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Donald Trump spent last night having some bizarre social media fever dream. It’s long past time for the president's mental fitness to be a sustained front-page story. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...
It’s time to talk about Donald Trump’s health (again)
The most consequential topic in the world is the simple question: Is the President mentally fit to serve?
www.doomsdayscenario.co
December 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Multiple large natural experiments have documented Shingles vaccine is linked with ~20-25% reduced risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. A new report today adds to that and extends the to slowing the progression of dementia @cellcellpress.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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My latest piece for @theguardian.com on the sandwich generation, of which I am one, and how we became the triple sandwich generation in Trump 2.0 www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... @jillgrinberglit.bsky.social @economichardship.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social link in comments
I’m part of the triple-decker sandwich generation. You probably are as well
You’ve heard of caregivers in the sandwich generation. In this anti-compassion Trump 2.0 era, it’s more like a triple-decker sandwich. Alissa Quart has experienced this first-hand
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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I mean, I also sell these things but if you wanna buy from the source I wouldn't get in your way.
It is, after all, some of the most beautifully done cartography I've seen this year.
While I've lately been promoting the Independent Map Artists group I organize (mapartists.org), I haven't actually indulged in shamelessly promoting my own #map store for a long while.

Weird world maps, mountain sketch mugs, river transit maps, and more. somethingaboutmaps.com/Storefront
December 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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The anti-DEI retreat means there are entire marketing departments that have never heard of lesbians
This week, Netflix will drop a western with Lena Headey and Gillian Anderson as warring matriarchs of opposing clans. Not a one of the dozens of media writers I follow online has ever mentioned this show, and yet its three-week-old trailer has over 1M views. Make it make sense.
The Abandons | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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December 2, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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after watching sen. kelly’s press conference what i most admire is how much of it was just like, get a load of this guy, hegseth. you see this dumbass? one of the dumbest guys you’ll ever meet. prize dunce.
December 2, 2025 at 5:16 AM