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This is the best takedown of Musk I’ve ever read. From a beloved author around my age no less, Joyce Carol Oates.
November 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This is the best takedown of Musk I’ve ever read. From a beloved author around my age no less, Joyce Carol Oates.
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Still my favorite explanation of the difference between INT and WIS: int is knowing that Frankenstein is the name of the doctor.
Wis is knowing that Frankenstein was, in fact, the monster
Wis is knowing that Frankenstein was, in fact, the monster
August 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Still my favorite explanation of the difference between INT and WIS: int is knowing that Frankenstein is the name of the doctor.
Wis is knowing that Frankenstein was, in fact, the monster
Wis is knowing that Frankenstein was, in fact, the monster
Simply lovely.
June 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Simply lovely.
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Used books are a low-cost way to see if you like what an author has to offer. If you do find you like them, then you can buy their next book new, possibly from the same bookseller. They're also a way to get books no longer in print.
(gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/m...
(gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/m...
Is It Ethical to Buy Used Books and Music?
www.nytimes.com
May 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Used books are a low-cost way to see if you like what an author has to offer. If you do find you like them, then you can buy their next book new, possibly from the same bookseller. They're also a way to get books no longer in print.
(gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/m...
(gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/m...
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The AP pope looks askance at this heresy
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The AP pope looks askance at this heresy
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Two former Wells Fargo executives were fined $8.5M by the Biden administration for covering up the bank's infamous fake account scandal.
Trump just slashed those fines to a paltry $150,000 after Wells Fargo gave $1M to his inauguration.
See how this works?
Trump just slashed those fines to a paltry $150,000 after Wells Fargo gave $1M to his inauguration.
See how this works?
April 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Two former Wells Fargo executives were fined $8.5M by the Biden administration for covering up the bank's infamous fake account scandal.
Trump just slashed those fines to a paltry $150,000 after Wells Fargo gave $1M to his inauguration.
See how this works?
Trump just slashed those fines to a paltry $150,000 after Wells Fargo gave $1M to his inauguration.
See how this works?
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ICYMI:
Judge Luttig, below, was once seen as the most reliably and sincerely conservative jurist in America, mentor and role model to Ted Cruz, among others, and always on the short list for a GOP nomination to SCOTUS.
Judge Luttig, below, was once seen as the most reliably and sincerely conservative jurist in America, mentor and role model to Ted Cruz, among others, and always on the short list for a GOP nomination to SCOTUS.
I joined Ali Velshi last night on MSNBC’s The Eleventh Hour to discuss the Chief Justice’s rebuke of the President. I explained that America is in a constitutional crisis when, rather than faithfully executing the laws, the President of the United States is defying the laws.
March 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
ICYMI:
Judge Luttig, below, was once seen as the most reliably and sincerely conservative jurist in America, mentor and role model to Ted Cruz, among others, and always on the short list for a GOP nomination to SCOTUS.
Judge Luttig, below, was once seen as the most reliably and sincerely conservative jurist in America, mentor and role model to Ted Cruz, among others, and always on the short list for a GOP nomination to SCOTUS.
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Watch who and what they are attacking first.
March 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Watch who and what they are attacking first.
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Everyone together now!
March 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Everyone together now!
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Well caring deeply about politics turned out to be a mistake. Time to instead become emotionally invested in a field where I’ll never be let down: sports
March 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Well caring deeply about politics turned out to be a mistake. Time to instead become emotionally invested in a field where I’ll never be let down: sports
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Repost & like, if you stand with President Zelensky!
February 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Repost & like, if you stand with President Zelensky!
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Repost if you have tinnitus.
here's the Bunny With Tinnitus (graphite on vellum 2x3
inches)
inches)
February 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Repost if you have tinnitus.
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from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler
February 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler
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Time zones are fascinating. Australia is already in 2025, Europe is still 2024, and the USA is currently in 1939.
January 1, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Time zones are fascinating. Australia is already in 2025, Europe is still 2024, and the USA is currently in 1939.
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2025 is going to be lit(erary.)
December 31, 2024 at 2:08 PM
2025 is going to be lit(erary.)
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Good news in #Arkansas!!
How wild is it that this is happening in the #UnitedStates tho?
Many judges are fighting to protect librarians just so they can do their job at the LIBRARY.
Why is America attacking its own people?
How wild is it that this is happening in the #UnitedStates tho?
Many judges are fighting to protect librarians just so they can do their job at the LIBRARY.
Why is America attacking its own people?
December 25, 2024 at 11:09 AM
Good news in #Arkansas!!
How wild is it that this is happening in the #UnitedStates tho?
Many judges are fighting to protect librarians just so they can do their job at the LIBRARY.
Why is America attacking its own people?
How wild is it that this is happening in the #UnitedStates tho?
Many judges are fighting to protect librarians just so they can do their job at the LIBRARY.
Why is America attacking its own people?
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Under a new expansion, families in 35 of Oregon’s 36 counties have full access to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, which gifts books every month to children from birth until age five: www.kptv.com/2024/12/18/d...
Dolly Parton's 'Imagination Library' expands in Oregon
A local organization is partnering with country music icon Dolly Parton to improve literacy rates in Oregon.
www.kptv.com
December 21, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Under a new expansion, families in 35 of Oregon’s 36 counties have full access to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, which gifts books every month to children from birth until age five: www.kptv.com/2024/12/18/d...
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Florida to spend up to $15 million on school material surveillance for DeSantis laws. Um, maybe instead of facilitating the McCarthyism of curriculum, how about PAYING TEACHERS what they are worth FFS? #BecauseFlorida #Floriduh www.tallahassee.com/story/news/p... via @tdonline
Florida to spend up to $15 million on school material review technology for DeSantis laws
Transparency or censorship? Florida is spending millions on a new tool for the public to review and object to school instructional materials and books.
www.tallahassee.com
December 12, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Florida to spend up to $15 million on school material surveillance for DeSantis laws. Um, maybe instead of facilitating the McCarthyism of curriculum, how about PAYING TEACHERS what they are worth FFS? #BecauseFlorida #Floriduh www.tallahassee.com/story/news/p... via @tdonline
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PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.
December 9, 2024 at 11:20 PM
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.
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Fourteen books have already been banned in Utah’s K-12 schools.
Another 25 are on the shortlist.
The bulk of the reports to the Utah State Board of Education come from just two school districts.
www.kuer.org/education/20...
Another 25 are on the shortlist.
The bulk of the reports to the Utah State Board of Education come from just two school districts.
www.kuer.org/education/20...
With Utah’s statewide book bans, 2 school districts have steered the conversation
According to a KUER analysis of public records, 25 books are teetering on the edge of being banned statewide.
www.kuer.org
December 9, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Fourteen books have already been banned in Utah’s K-12 schools.
Another 25 are on the shortlist.
The bulk of the reports to the Utah State Board of Education come from just two school districts.
www.kuer.org/education/20...
Another 25 are on the shortlist.
The bulk of the reports to the Utah State Board of Education come from just two school districts.
www.kuer.org/education/20...