Side note: Sinatra’s mom Natalina “Dolly” Garaventa, a midwife by trade, ran an underground free abortion clinic, chained herself to a fence to fight for women’s suffrage and was an extremely influential organizer for the Democratic Party
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/eamo...

A reminder that Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra’s parents emigrated here during a period when Italians were considered to be a genetically inferior and criminal-minded underclass that Stephen Miller’s racist predecessors said should be excluded from America

I had to gently ask some loved ones if we could change the channel today so I wouldn't have to leave the room, and was moved when they changed it away from coverage. A small thing to ask yet so meaningful.

as a genderfluid person I too am grateful for all the options 🤘

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It's one of the greatest lyrics of all time, and Leonard Cohen twists it beautifully in "Steer Your Way", the penultimate song on the album You Want It Darker:

"As he died to make men holy, let us die to make things cheap"

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows

—Leonard Cohen