Mary Boren
@knot2bundone.bsky.social
Armchair Analyst, DIYourselfer, Metrical Maven, Nature Lover, Tech Nerd
bsky member since 1/22/25
https://knot2bundone.wordpress.com
bsky member since 1/22/25
https://knot2bundone.wordpress.com
If each voice in this horror vignette
could be raised in a joint epithet,
we’d take traitors to task
and no longer need ask:
“Is America great again yet?”
could be raised in a joint epithet,
we’d take traitors to task
and no longer need ask:
“Is America great again yet?”
Is America Better Than This?
In a word, no. And yes. Langston Hughes called it in 1935. Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed—Let it be that great strong land of loveWhere never kings connive nor tyrants schemeThat any…
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February 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If each voice in this horror vignette
could be raised in a joint epithet,
we’d take traitors to task
and no longer need ask:
“Is America great again yet?”
could be raised in a joint epithet,
we’d take traitors to task
and no longer need ask:
“Is America great again yet?”
Original images and illustrations by Robert Williams Wood published in 1907 (public domain) read by Mary Boren. Also freely available in a variety of formats at tinyurl.com/yh3y7ykw
How to Tell the Birds From the Flowers
YouTube video by awake2CU
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January 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Original images and illustrations by Robert Williams Wood published in 1907 (public domain) read by Mary Boren. Also freely available in a variety of formats at tinyurl.com/yh3y7ykw
Reposted by Mary Boren
Welcome back to StatsSunday — your statistical fix, pulled from this week’s stories. Read this stat’s story here: ow.ly/3NZq50UMgOu
January 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Welcome back to StatsSunday — your statistical fix, pulled from this week’s stories. Read this stat’s story here: ow.ly/3NZq50UMgOu
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The weekend video, going over all the insanity, is out! Take a look!
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Weekend Video January 26, 2025
It’s been a week.
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January 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The weekend video, going over all the insanity, is out! Take a look!
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/weekend-vi...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/weekend-vi...
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Make them miss.👍🏿
They might ban teaching about Tuskegee for a day. Or a month. Or a year. Or a decade. But it's coming back.
Lies and obscuring history cannot survive a high information environment.
Yes, in the short term, disinfo is powerful. But long term, spreading info is even more powerful.
They might ban teaching about Tuskegee for a day. Or a month. Or a year. Or a decade. But it's coming back.
Lies and obscuring history cannot survive a high information environment.
Yes, in the short term, disinfo is powerful. But long term, spreading info is even more powerful.
Air Force says new recruits will again learn about Tuskegee Airmen
The head of the service's San Antonio-based training command said a video about the pioneering Black aviators would remain in the basic training curriculum.
www.expressnews.com
January 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Make them miss.👍🏿
They might ban teaching about Tuskegee for a day. Or a month. Or a year. Or a decade. But it's coming back.
Lies and obscuring history cannot survive a high information environment.
Yes, in the short term, disinfo is powerful. But long term, spreading info is even more powerful.
They might ban teaching about Tuskegee for a day. Or a month. Or a year. Or a decade. But it's coming back.
Lies and obscuring history cannot survive a high information environment.
Yes, in the short term, disinfo is powerful. But long term, spreading info is even more powerful.
Reposted by Mary Boren
The Mississippi Free Press seeks opinion pieces and essays up to 1,200 words to reflect a variety of viewpoints and life experiences.
January 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The Mississippi Free Press seeks opinion pieces and essays up to 1,200 words to reflect a variety of viewpoints and life experiences.
Settling in for the long haul. Balance or burnout.
Somebody Else’s Burden
The load that weighs you down with care has sabotaged your inner peace; its mass will steadily increase. While staggering from here to there. your steps are slowed, your back is bowed because it is…
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January 27, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Settling in for the long haul. Balance or burnout.
"This is a deliberate strategy to exhaust you." and "If you are constantly reacting to what someone else is doing, you have ceded to them the ability to shape your reality." - Heather Cox Richardson
January 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
"This is a deliberate strategy to exhaust you." and "If you are constantly reacting to what someone else is doing, you have ceded to them the ability to shape your reality." - Heather Cox Richardson
Still licking wounds, but not dead yet. It just takes time to recover from this kind of betrayal ...
January 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Still licking wounds, but not dead yet. It just takes time to recover from this kind of betrayal ...
From my wise cousin-in-law's blog ... (Don't give up!)
"I have no doubt that, in time, the Trump disaster will self-destruct, but not before a lot of innocent people are ground up by the greed, arrogance, and indifference Trump and his allies have for the most vulnerable in our society." -RZ
"I have no doubt that, in time, the Trump disaster will self-destruct, but not before a lot of innocent people are ground up by the greed, arrogance, and indifference Trump and his allies have for the most vulnerable in our society." -RZ
The Pathetic Farce Continues
Along with the billionaires and corporations which bought this past presidential election, Trump has ascended to power and apparently believes he is entitled to do whatever he wants. After all, he …
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January 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
From my wise cousin-in-law's blog ... (Don't give up!)
"I have no doubt that, in time, the Trump disaster will self-destruct, but not before a lot of innocent people are ground up by the greed, arrogance, and indifference Trump and his allies have for the most vulnerable in our society." -RZ
"I have no doubt that, in time, the Trump disaster will self-destruct, but not before a lot of innocent people are ground up by the greed, arrogance, and indifference Trump and his allies have for the most vulnerable in our society." -RZ
Reposted by Mary Boren
This is what I really want more of.
January 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This is what I really want more of.
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This fellow is just a few miles from me. He’s quite impressive.
January 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This fellow is just a few miles from me. He’s quite impressive.
I come from a family of unapologetic rhymers, and have adopted a slew of honorary cybercousins along the way.
Memorial Sites
I’m currently in the process of culling my 30-year accumulation of digital keepsakes and deciding what to stash in the ‘online forever’ Knot2bUndone WordPress vault before letting…
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January 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I come from a family of unapologetic rhymers, and have adopted a slew of honorary cybercousins along the way.
Reposted by Mary Boren
Reposted by Mary Boren
There is literally no one suffering in the world who is sitting there thinking, "I wish *more* people were as miserable and helpless as I am."
They want help, and if you can't help them, they literally do not care what you do, feel, or think about, because they are too busy trying to get help.
They want help, and if you can't help them, they literally do not care what you do, feel, or think about, because they are too busy trying to get help.
January 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
There is literally no one suffering in the world who is sitting there thinking, "I wish *more* people were as miserable and helpless as I am."
They want help, and if you can't help them, they literally do not care what you do, feel, or think about, because they are too busy trying to get help.
They want help, and if you can't help them, they literally do not care what you do, feel, or think about, because they are too busy trying to get help.
Reposted by Mary Boren
Reposted by Mary Boren
This is still the greatest email ever.
January 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This is still the greatest email ever.
"We're all just walking each other home." - Ram Dass
Passing Through, a poem by Mary Boren
YouTube video by Poets Collective
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January 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
"We're all just walking each other home." - Ram Dass
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Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Anyone know the difference between free and blank?
Squinting at the Horizon & Drawing a Blank
I migrated to a different writers community in 2024. Its June Poetry Challenge, “Mirage”, prompted the following poem soon after my arrival on the site. However, my motivation to share …
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January 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Anyone know the difference between free and blank?
"Remember a confederacy of bullies will eventually be torn apart simply for its lack of principle. Remember that those who build their empire on lies will eventually be destroyed by truth." -Jim Rigby
January 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"Remember a confederacy of bullies will eventually be torn apart simply for its lack of principle. Remember that those who build their empire on lies will eventually be destroyed by truth." -Jim Rigby