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Just found out that, before the Civil War, it was more common to refer to the U.S. as a plural, "The United States are..." but gradually, after the Civil War, we switched to referring to the U.S. in the singular, which is kinda grammatically incorrect, but better reflects the political reality.
March 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Just found out that, before the Civil War, it was more common to refer to the U.S. as a plural, "The United States are..." but gradually, after the Civil War, we switched to referring to the U.S. in the singular, which is kinda grammatically incorrect, but better reflects the political reality.
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They hate "DEI" because more diversity reveals mediocrity.
February 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
They hate "DEI" because more diversity reveals mediocrity.
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Wild that people who suffered as children and are now in power want to make children today experience what they went through instead of working to make sure that no children have to suffer or go hungry
January 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Wild that people who suffered as children and are now in power want to make children today experience what they went through instead of working to make sure that no children have to suffer or go hungry
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When the new administration takes power I will continue to do my job to connect people with the information & resources they need to survive and thrive. I will strive to be one of the helpers that kids are told to look out for and I will be kind - to myself & to those that I encounter on my journey!
January 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
When the new administration takes power I will continue to do my job to connect people with the information & resources they need to survive and thrive. I will strive to be one of the helpers that kids are told to look out for and I will be kind - to myself & to those that I encounter on my journey!
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Whatever happens, never forget: READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. So always make time to share books with kids, and help them find books to love. Make reading central to everything you do. It will change their lives forever!
#literacy
#literacy
January 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Whatever happens, never forget: READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. So always make time to share books with kids, and help them find books to love. Make reading central to everything you do. It will change their lives forever!
#literacy
#literacy
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This shake down of TikTok is Trump’s long con.
Trump started the TikTok ban, but has now flipped-flopped to play the hero while looking to enrich new owners (his donors).
There is nothing in this post about protecting American’s data, Trump’s original justification for the ban.
Trump started the TikTok ban, but has now flipped-flopped to play the hero while looking to enrich new owners (his donors).
There is nothing in this post about protecting American’s data, Trump’s original justification for the ban.
January 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This shake down of TikTok is Trump’s long con.
Trump started the TikTok ban, but has now flipped-flopped to play the hero while looking to enrich new owners (his donors).
There is nothing in this post about protecting American’s data, Trump’s original justification for the ban.
Trump started the TikTok ban, but has now flipped-flopped to play the hero while looking to enrich new owners (his donors).
There is nothing in this post about protecting American’s data, Trump’s original justification for the ban.
January 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I am but a mirror to the hollowness
residing in the corners of your soul—
a reflection of the void you chase
but seldom seem to reach.
A form you may never truly hold,
for what is sight through a lens
that seeks to consume
all that it cannot possess?
#writersofbluesky #amwriting
#blueskypoetry
residing in the corners of your soul—
a reflection of the void you chase
but seldom seem to reach.
A form you may never truly hold,
for what is sight through a lens
that seeks to consume
all that it cannot possess?
#writersofbluesky #amwriting
#blueskypoetry
January 19, 2025 at 6:32 AM
I am but a mirror to the hollowness
residing in the corners of your soul—
a reflection of the void you chase
but seldom seem to reach.
A form you may never truly hold,
for what is sight through a lens
that seeks to consume
all that it cannot possess?
#writersofbluesky #amwriting
#blueskypoetry
residing in the corners of your soul—
a reflection of the void you chase
but seldom seem to reach.
A form you may never truly hold,
for what is sight through a lens
that seeks to consume
all that it cannot possess?
#writersofbluesky #amwriting
#blueskypoetry
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Snoop Dogg is a notorious fence straddler. He did it with Tupac and the whole east coast west coast thing, the kdot drake beef, now this. I’m not even surprised. If you can throw some money at snoop you got his ass lol
January 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Snoop Dogg is a notorious fence straddler. He did it with Tupac and the whole east coast west coast thing, the kdot drake beef, now this. I’m not even surprised. If you can throw some money at snoop you got his ass lol
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to be fair they did used to have an episode of crash course.
January 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
to be fair they did used to have an episode of crash course.
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People being more upset about losing TikTok than the loss of democracy is pretty telling.
January 19, 2025 at 3:42 AM
People being more upset about losing TikTok than the loss of democracy is pretty telling.
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"I think we have this idea that we're gonna make friends with bad guys and bend them to our will, and really we're just...friends with bad guys."
--The Diplomat, S2 E4
(I've been binge-watching this, and it is excellent.)
--The Diplomat, S2 E4
(I've been binge-watching this, and it is excellent.)
January 18, 2025 at 2:44 AM
"I think we have this idea that we're gonna make friends with bad guys and bend them to our will, and really we're just...friends with bad guys."
--The Diplomat, S2 E4
(I've been binge-watching this, and it is excellent.)
--The Diplomat, S2 E4
(I've been binge-watching this, and it is excellent.)
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Has anyone a full reference to this poem (?) by James Baldwin?
January 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Has anyone a full reference to this poem (?) by James Baldwin?
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I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.
James Baldwin
photographed by
Mark Gerson, 1971
James Baldwin
photographed by
Mark Gerson, 1971
January 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.
James Baldwin
photographed by
Mark Gerson, 1971
James Baldwin
photographed by
Mark Gerson, 1971