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Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings @kaggsy59.bsky.social · 4d

On the Ramblings today! My first post for the #1925club - my thoughts on some GA crime here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/l...

Launching the #1925Club – with two examples of Golden Age Crime!

Historically, I always like to feature some classic crime on the Ramblings for the first day of our Club Reading Weeks – and more often than not, it turns out to be Agatha Christie! The 1920s…

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3d

A record 154,000 public school students in New York City were homeless during the last school year, according to data released Monday. It's grim evidence that the city’s worsening housing crisis is wreaking havoc on its youngest and most vulnerable residents. nyti.ms/43rE1II

A yellow school bus in a street. A group of children in jackets stand by the front of the bus. A headline reads: "154,000 New York City Students Were Homeless Last Year, a Record Number." Photo credit: Lexi Parra for The New York Times.

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Gareth @chibiabos83.bsky.social · 3d

It's time for the #1925Club, for which I have read too many books (and am still reading). Thanks to @stuckinabook.bsky.social and @kaggsy59.bsky.social for their organisational panache. Starting with a visit to Virginia.

The 1925 Club: The Common Reader: First Series / Virginia Woolf

Is it 1925 Club season already? Thanks to Simon and Karen as ever for what will be a stimulating and (on this blog, at any rate) occasionally weird week. One reason I wanted to read Virginia Woolf&…

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 3d

On that note, a centenary edition of Richard Aldington's modernist long poem A Fool i' the Forest has just come out. renardpress.com/books/a-fool...

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TVMoJoe @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 4d

Moreover, even though the whistleblower story contains real news—he hasn’t talked before and he’s making his case publicly—here’s how the CBS News website is playing the two stories at this hour: Kushner leads, whistleblower story is below 10 other stories under “more news.”

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Witkoff, Kushner reveal turning points in Israel-Hamas negotiations
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CBS NEWS

More Top Stories
DOJ whistleblower says he refused to lie in the Abrego Garcia case
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The enigma of Tim Curry.
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Painter Amy Sherald on portraits and politics
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CLM @conmartin.bsky.social · 3d

It's time for the #1925Club and my first offering is Greenery Street by Angela Thirkell's little brother: tinyurl.com/4wm5xn22 @stuckinabook.bsky.social @kaggsy59.bsky.social

Greenery Street by Dennis Mackail, for the #1925Club

Greenery Street, Denis Mackail, review

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CLM @conmartin.bsky.social · 4d

I think the complexity of the book.

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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 5d

The corrupt spending by this administration is out of control.   $175M for private jets for the same person who has slowed down funds for disaster relief and national security.   And during a government shutdown when millions stand to lose their healthcare. It’s shameful.

Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million

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CLM @conmartin.bsky.social · 4d

Most of my book group was intimidated but I go on trying.

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CLM @conmartin.bsky.social · 4d

#NoKings in Boston

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CLM @conmartin.bsky.social · 10d

Road trip!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11d

Trump’s ice goons pull guns on an unarmed guy on a bike in Rogers Park. Terrorizing neighborhoods

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 10d

"Through the first months of Trump's new trade regime it is U.S. companies that are footing the bill for his tariffs, and passing on some of it to the consumer - with more price hikes likely..."

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How the United States is eating Trump's tariffs

U.S. companies and consumers are bearing the brunt of the country's new import tariffs, early indications show, contradicting assertions by President Donald Trump and complicating the Federal Reserve's fight against inflation.

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CLM @conmartin.bsky.social · 10d

Should I try this? I never got into the books.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10d

Ah yes, air traffic controllers must show up for work without pay, but Congress can take the day off. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he’ll be making “necessary cuts” to the department, because nothing fixes staffing shortages quite like firing more people.

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CLM @conmartin.bsky.social · 10d

Any (new or unknown) Dorothy Dunnett fans in Boston? The annual gathering is being planned for November 8th.

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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 12d

Day 11 of the Republican Shutdown.

Donald Trump is back on the golf course.

House Republicans have cancelled votes for a third straight week.

And Democrats are continuing the fight to protect your healthcare.

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CLM @conmartin.bsky.social · 13d

I’m at the #Betsy-Tacy Convention in Mankato, MN. #VisitDeepValley (ps-I added BTT to that shelf!)

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 25d

Walmart and Navy Federal Credit Union were investigated for scamming consumers, but now they’re thanking Donald Trump for letting them off the hook.

Instead of lowering costs like he promised, Trump is standing in the way of cheated Americans getting their money back.

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 26d

Ladies and gentlemen, the meritocracy

Ms. Halligan, who took over on Monday after her predecessor quit rather than prosecute James B. Comey with what he believed was insufficient evidence, had a little trouble with the first two tasks. At one point, she entered the wrong courtroom. When she found the right one, she stood on the wrong side of the judge, then appeared confused about the paperwork she just had signed.

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JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 25d

So exhausting..

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · Sep 24

FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez explains the serious financial interest media conglomerate Nexstar has in sucking up to Donald Trump, including on matters like Jimmy Kimmel's suspension.

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Mike Connolly @mikeconnollyma.bsky.social · Sep 22

For the past 53 hours we have been trying to identify the man who was racially-profiled and abducted by ICE agents in East Somerville this past Saturday — his family and co-workers have now come forward to identify him as Magdaleno Pineda Avelar. More here: www.cambridgeday.com/2025/09/20/s...

Somervillian here legally stayed to talk with Ice and was taken anyway, state and local officials say (updated) - Cambridge Day

A federal agent is heard on video saying a man “fit exactly the description of the problem we’re here to address” before taking him away. A protest is planned for Saturday night at the hotel where age...

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Guy Gavriel Kay @guygavrielkay.bsky.social · Sep 22

I resist ‘the lights are starting to go out’ metaphors, but if a generation becomes unable to learn things…

Annette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social · Sep 19

“Paused” majors at Syracuse include Classics, Modern Jewish Studies, and Religion, as well as French, German, Italian, Russian

The following eighteen majors were put on “pause”:
African American Studies
Applied Mathematics B.A.
Chemistry B.A.
Classical Civilization
Classics (Greek and Latin)
Digital Humanities
Fine Arts
French and Francophone Studies
German Language, Literature, and Culture B.A.
History of Architecture
Italian Language, Literature, and Culture B.A.
Latino-Latin American Studies
Middle Eastern Studies
Modern Jewish Studies
Music History and Cultures
Religion
Russian Language, Literature, and Culture B.A.
Statistics B.A.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Sep 22

Inflation is so bad these days that taking a $50,000 cash bribe can't even get you indicted. SAD!! Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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