Carol Morrow
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Carol Morrow
@cmorrow50.bsky.social
Retired anthropology professor; grew up in the Midsouth; college and first marriage in the South; second marriage and family in the Midwest; retired to the Pacific Northwest.
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Ricky Gervais created, wrote, and stars in After Life. The surrounding characters are intentionally messy and difficult to like. But Gervais shines in the way he captures grief, loneliness, and the struggle for connection. Be prepared. The emotions hit hard and heavy.

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December 12, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Why Are So Many US Leaders Staying Silent as Musk and Trump Entrench Their Power? www.commondreams.org/opinion/us-l...
Why Are So Many US Leaders Staying Silent as Musk and Trump Entrench Their Power? | Common Dreams
Don’t self-censoring people know that they are helping the Trumpian dread, threat, and fear machine get worse?
www.commondreams.org
March 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The DNC is Losing Rural Democrats
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The DNC is Losing Rural Democrats
The Schumer Effect
open.substack.com
March 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Name an actor who may not always be the main character but always makes the movie / TV they’re in better

Seána Kerslake

Adds quality to every project she shows up in. Projects worth looking up include Can't Cope, Won't Cope, A Date for Mad Mary, Dollhouse & The Hole in the Ground among others
January 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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combative, and wildly different ladies.

Irish director and writer Darren Thornton (A Date for Mad Mary) and co-writer, brother Colin Thornton, adapted the Italian 2008 hit Mid-August Lunch into this extremely funny and charming tale that won the Audience Award at 2024’s BFI London Film Festival.
February 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Anne Helen Peterson, Culture Studies, has been writing thoughtful culture essays for a long time. This one from 2011 is as fresh today as it was then. www.buzzfeed.com/annehelenpet...
Jennifer Lawrence And The History Of Cool Girls
<b>"Be chill and don’t be a downer, act like a dude but look like a supermodel."</b>
www.buzzfeed.com
March 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Danny Westneat is a thoughtful political commentator in Seattle who does a good job negotiating the realities of living in Washington with our deep blue and deep red areas.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
The empathy struggle when cuts hit WA’s Trump country
They're squealing east of the mountains about the federal job cuts and the disruption caused by tariffs. One awkward question is: Should we care?
www.seattletimes.com
March 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Maybe a new Bong Joon Ho movie will be enough to ignite the class war. If not, RPatz is still wicked good x 2.
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Review | ‘Mickey 17’ sends in the clones in a devilish Bong Joon Ho satire
Robert Pattinson plays an off-world “Expendable” having a serious personality crisis.
wapo.st
March 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Jess Piper writes from rural Missouri - - clear eye - with seemingly steel nerves -- I can't recommend highly enough

I Know Exactly What They Are Doing open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
I Know Exactly What They Are Doing
Rural foresight
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March 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Always fascinated to see 'the Crown' step up

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/w...
King Charles III, a Quiet Diplomat, is Stepping Up
As he welcomed the leaders of Ukraine and Canada to his country estate this week, the king was sending a message to the world.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Andrew Chang on Greenland -- youtu.be/uYPxb0veHUE?...
What's with Trump’s obsession with Greenland? | About That
YouTube video by CBC News
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March 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Andrew Chang - CBC - Canadian broadcast journalist -- I like him a lot - check out this clip about the German elections

youtu.be/D8hZ_sZLizg?...
Why Germany's election has two parties declaring victory | About That
YouTube video by CBC News
youtu.be
March 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Here’s the clip with audio
March 5, 2025 at 4:24 AM