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Writer, poet, actor, very occasional filmmaker.
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10 days ago a guy lost in Anti-Vax madness fired **500 bullets** at the Centers for Disease Control and killed the first cop who came to stop him.
The cop was Marine Veteran David Rose, whose name has somehow NOT been a national story since the day he was killed. taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-...
The cop was Marine Veteran David Rose, whose name has somehow NOT been a national story since the day he was killed. taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-...
August 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
10 days ago a guy lost in Anti-Vax madness fired **500 bullets** at the Centers for Disease Control and killed the first cop who came to stop him.
The cop was Marine Veteran David Rose, whose name has somehow NOT been a national story since the day he was killed. taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-...
The cop was Marine Veteran David Rose, whose name has somehow NOT been a national story since the day he was killed. taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-...
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On this day in 1983, Gabrielle Roy died in Quebec City. Born in Saint Boniface, Manitoba, she became one of Canada's most celebrated authors. Her 1945 book Bonheur d'occasion (The Tin Flute) was a landmark work in Canadian literature. She has seven schools named for her.
July 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
On this day in 1983, Gabrielle Roy died in Quebec City. Born in Saint Boniface, Manitoba, she became one of Canada's most celebrated authors. Her 1945 book Bonheur d'occasion (The Tin Flute) was a landmark work in Canadian literature. She has seven schools named for her.
ceasefire / lease expires
June 24, 2025 at 5:12 AM
ceasefire / lease expires
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I rarely post personal things. But I need to talk about my 4-year-old niece, Hope.
She has a rare disease. A drug called elamipretide has helped her survive.
But the FDA recently denied its approval.
Now, her health hangs in the balance.
Please share her story & urge the FDA to reconsider. 🧵
She has a rare disease. A drug called elamipretide has helped her survive.
But the FDA recently denied its approval.
Now, her health hangs in the balance.
Please share her story & urge the FDA to reconsider. 🧵
June 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I rarely post personal things. But I need to talk about my 4-year-old niece, Hope.
She has a rare disease. A drug called elamipretide has helped her survive.
But the FDA recently denied its approval.
Now, her health hangs in the balance.
Please share her story & urge the FDA to reconsider. 🧵
She has a rare disease. A drug called elamipretide has helped her survive.
But the FDA recently denied its approval.
Now, her health hangs in the balance.
Please share her story & urge the FDA to reconsider. 🧵
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We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.
June 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.
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Land expropriations and early work are underway on Highway 413. With Ontario passing Bill 5, and the federal government's tone on the highway project seemingly shifting, here's what we know about the Ford government's prized road project: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-high...
What’s going on with Ontario’s Highway 413? | The Narwhal
From Bill 5 to Mark Carney’s government set on fast-tracking development, here’s what we know about the Ontario government’s Highway 413
thenarwhal.ca
June 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Land expropriations and early work are underway on Highway 413. With Ontario passing Bill 5, and the federal government's tone on the highway project seemingly shifting, here's what we know about the Ford government's prized road project: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-high...
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The deal ends the Sacklers’ control of Purdue, bars them from selling opioids in the U.S. and delivers funding across the country to support opioid-addiction treatment and prevention.
Attorneys General Sign $7.4B Purdue Pharma Opioid Settlement
The deal ends the Sacklers’ control of Purdue, bars them from selling opioids in the U.S. and delivers funding across the country to support opioid-addiction treatment and prevention.
on.wsj.com
June 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The deal ends the Sacklers’ control of Purdue, bars them from selling opioids in the U.S. and delivers funding across the country to support opioid-addiction treatment and prevention.
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Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.
June 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.
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"The Worst It's Ever Been": U.K. Surgeon in Gaza Warns Kids Are Bearing Brunt as Israel Widens Assault
“The Worst It’s Ever Been”: U.K. Surgeon in Gaza Warns Kids Are Bearing Brunt as Israel Widens Assault
We speak with Dr. Victoria Rose, a British plastic and reconstructive surgeon who has been on three medical missions to Gaza since the start of Israel’s war on the territory. She joins us from Nasser...
www.democracynow.org
May 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"The Worst It's Ever Been": U.K. Surgeon in Gaza Warns Kids Are Bearing Brunt as Israel Widens Assault
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Canada has more than enough homes for citizens and non-citizens alike—all 40 million of us. The trouble isn’t that there are too many people or too few houses, the trouble is who owns the houses and why.
Why the housing crisis is not an immigration problem
We cannot allow ourselves to be misled by property hoarders who want to blame the housing crisis on economically precarious temporary residents while they collect the rent. As Laurence Braun-Woodbury ...
canadiandimension.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Canada has more than enough homes for citizens and non-citizens alike—all 40 million of us. The trouble isn’t that there are too many people or too few houses, the trouble is who owns the houses and why.
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A landscape transformed: As it responds to cuts in federal programs, the arts community reels (United States)
A landscape transformed: As it responds to cuts in federal programs, the arts community reels - World News
Poet Marie Howe, one of this year's winners of the Pulitzer Prize, says being a writer is often less a career than a vocation. You rely on teaching and other outside work and seek support from foundations or from a government agency, like the National Endowment for the Arts.
www.castanet.net
May 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A landscape transformed: As it responds to cuts in federal programs, the arts community reels (United States)
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ART OF THE FOLD........
May 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
ART OF THE FOLD........
April 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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In 897, during a period of political instability, Pope Stephen VI put a predecessor, Pope Formosus, on trial, seven months after his death. Formosus’ body was exhumed, dressed in papal robes, and seated in the Basilica of St. John Lateran. A deacon was assigned to “defend” the corpse. 🧵⬇️(1/3)
April 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
In 897, during a period of political instability, Pope Stephen VI put a predecessor, Pope Formosus, on trial, seven months after his death. Formosus’ body was exhumed, dressed in papal robes, and seated in the Basilica of St. John Lateran. A deacon was assigned to “defend” the corpse. 🧵⬇️(1/3)
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Xi Xi's Mourning a Breast, translated by Jennifer Feeley, is on the shortlist of the Baifang Schell prize for Translated Literature from Chinese.
This is a much-needed prize. Congrats to the authors, translators, and jury. Check out the list!
@chinabksreview.bsky.social @asiasociety.org
This is a much-needed prize. Congrats to the authors, translators, and jury. Check out the list!
@chinabksreview.bsky.social @asiasociety.org
Shortlist: 2024 Translated Literature Award | China Books Review
Presenting the jury’s shortlist of five books for the Baifang Schell Book Prize: Award for Outstanding Translated Literature from Chinese Language.
chinabooksreview.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Xi Xi's Mourning a Breast, translated by Jennifer Feeley, is on the shortlist of the Baifang Schell prize for Translated Literature from Chinese.
This is a much-needed prize. Congrats to the authors, translators, and jury. Check out the list!
@chinabksreview.bsky.social @asiasociety.org
This is a much-needed prize. Congrats to the authors, translators, and jury. Check out the list!
@chinabksreview.bsky.social @asiasociety.org
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April 3, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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I'm no good with patterns. Can someone help me out here?
April 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I'm no good with patterns. Can someone help me out here?
March 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Just sneezed at the exact same moment as another library patron. Exact. Must be some folkloric aphorism that makes us both omnipotent or something, right? At least magically make us speed readers.
March 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Just sneezed at the exact same moment as another library patron. Exact. Must be some folkloric aphorism that makes us both omnipotent or something, right? At least magically make us speed readers.
The mayors across America should join forces against this admin. It can be risky, as evidenced by the recent arrest of Istanbul mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, but standing together as mayors could be the strongest approach at a grassroots level, I believe.
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston blasted the Trump administration for the reported arrest of Jeanette Vizguerra, an immigration and labor activist.
Woman who had sought protection from deportation in Colorado churches is detained, advocates say
DENVER (AP) — News of her detention prompted a protest outside an ICE detention center in the Denver suburb of Aurora, where her family said she is being held.
religionnews.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The mayors across America should join forces against this admin. It can be risky, as evidenced by the recent arrest of Istanbul mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, but standing together as mayors could be the strongest approach at a grassroots level, I believe.