@jillrupert.bsky.social
Community College English Professor; Mom to two marvelous young men; Warren Democrat. Never Give Up!
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Some say the world will end in FOIA
Some say in ICE
Some say in ICE
April 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Some say the world will end in FOIA
Some say in ICE
Some say in ICE
HANDS OFF! Missoula resists!
April 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
HANDS OFF! Missoula resists!
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"If America hasn't broken your heart, you haven't loved her enough."
Corey Booker, just now.
Corey Booker, just now.
April 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"If America hasn't broken your heart, you haven't loved her enough."
Corey Booker, just now.
Corey Booker, just now.
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It’s important that people from all walks of life and background, and all rational political perspectives, show unity in support of democracy and the rule of law on April 5, somewhere near you. Show your love for your country and for what it should—must—stand for:
handsoff2025.com/
handsoff2025.com/
Hands Off!
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...
handsoff2025.com
March 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
It’s important that people from all walks of life and background, and all rational political perspectives, show unity in support of democracy and the rule of law on April 5, somewhere near you. Show your love for your country and for what it should—must—stand for:
handsoff2025.com/
handsoff2025.com/
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A guy who used to be a comedian & is good at improv and dealing with hecklers and who has also spent the last 3 years in a war zone turns out to be a guy you can’t out-alpha, imagine that
February 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A guy who used to be a comedian & is good at improv and dealing with hecklers and who has also spent the last 3 years in a war zone turns out to be a guy you can’t out-alpha, imagine that
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November 26, 2024 at 9:43 AM
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A tour-de-force of scholarship and detective work: Fara Dabhoiwala reveals that a portrait of an 18th-century Black scientist, long dismissed as a caricature, is in fact a record of the man's mastery of Newtonian physics—and the only painting made in 1759 of the return of Halley's comet.
Fara Dabhoiwala · A Man of Parts and Learning: Francis Williams Gets His Due
The only certainty about the picture is that it shows Francis Williams. No one has ever been able to discover who...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 26, 2024 at 2:02 AM
A tour-de-force of scholarship and detective work: Fara Dabhoiwala reveals that a portrait of an 18th-century Black scientist, long dismissed as a caricature, is in fact a record of the man's mastery of Newtonian physics—and the only painting made in 1759 of the return of Halley's comet.
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Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
November 24, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
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Vice President Kamala Harris said that, while she concedes the election, she will not concede “the fight that fueled this campaign.
"I will never give up the fight for a future where Americans can pursue their dreams, ambitions and aspirations,” she said. wapo.st/3YTFdCQ
"I will never give up the fight for a future where Americans can pursue their dreams, ambitions and aspirations,” she said. wapo.st/3YTFdCQ
November 6, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Vice President Kamala Harris said that, while she concedes the election, she will not concede “the fight that fueled this campaign.
"I will never give up the fight for a future where Americans can pursue their dreams, ambitions and aspirations,” she said. wapo.st/3YTFdCQ
"I will never give up the fight for a future where Americans can pursue their dreams, ambitions and aspirations,” she said. wapo.st/3YTFdCQ
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Incidentally noted in this obit for the great Quincy Jones is the fact that at one point he was sent to live with his grandmother, who had been enslaved earlier in her life. The past isn’t even past.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/a...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/a...
Quincy Jones, Giant of American Music, Dies at 91
As a producer, he made the best-selling album of all time, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” He was also a prolific arranger and composer of film music.
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Incidentally noted in this obit for the great Quincy Jones is the fact that at one point he was sent to live with his grandmother, who had been enslaved earlier in her life. The past isn’t even past.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/a...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/a...
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O monstrous! O strange! We are haunted.
October 31, 2024 at 5:56 PM
O monstrous! O strange! We are haunted.
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Tim Walz: "This dude is nearly 80 years old. He damn near killed himself getting in a garbage truck."
October 31, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Tim Walz: "This dude is nearly 80 years old. He damn near killed himself getting in a garbage truck."
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link here wapo.st/3UqHWRM
Opinion | It has fallen to me, the humor columnist, to endorse Harris for president
Isn’t this what a newspaper is supposed to do?
wapo.st
October 26, 2024 at 10:51 PM
link here wapo.st/3UqHWRM
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yes, that was on purpose, it's what Republicans wanted to happen
Infants died at higher rates in the US following the Supreme Court decision that revoked the federal right to an abortion, new research finds
Infants died at higher rates after abortion bans in the US, research shows | CNN
In the year and a half following the Supreme Court Dobbs decision that revoked the federal right to an abortion, hundreds more infants died than expected in the United States, new research shows. The ...
www.cnn.com
October 21, 2024 at 4:19 PM
yes, that was on purpose, it's what Republicans wanted to happen