Not Opossums
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Librarian, reader, knitter, gardener. Too many degrees for my own good. Definitely not three opossums in a trenchcoat.
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The year is 2003. I’m 17 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
The year is 2026. I’m 40 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
The year is 2026. I’m 40 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
January 3, 2026 at 9:32 PM
The year is 2003. I’m 17 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
The year is 2026. I’m 40 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
The year is 2026. I’m 40 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
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Welcome, all, to the Year of the Curious Squid.
January 1, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Welcome, all, to the Year of the Curious Squid.
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Did you know Virginia opossums are the only marsupials native to North America? They help maintain ecological balance by acting as nature’s built-in cleanup crew. They're also relatively disease-free, and it's very rare for them to carry rabies, parvovirus or distemper.
July 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Did you know Virginia opossums are the only marsupials native to North America? They help maintain ecological balance by acting as nature’s built-in cleanup crew. They're also relatively disease-free, and it's very rare for them to carry rabies, parvovirus or distemper.
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This is a dangerous expansion of the police state for nearly 180,000 people.
Placing those going through the legal process — our neighbors and loved ones — under 24/7 government surveillance is a gross violation of our civil liberties.
Placing those going through the legal process — our neighbors and loved ones — under 24/7 government surveillance is a gross violation of our civil liberties.
ICE moves to shackle some 180,000 immigrants with GPS ankle monitors
A June 9 memo directed ICE field officers to significantly expand the number of immigrants under round-the-clock surveillance.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This is a dangerous expansion of the police state for nearly 180,000 people.
Placing those going through the legal process — our neighbors and loved ones — under 24/7 government surveillance is a gross violation of our civil liberties.
Placing those going through the legal process — our neighbors and loved ones — under 24/7 government surveillance is a gross violation of our civil liberties.
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The craziest thing about this fight between Trump and Elon Musk is that Republicans are trying to take away health care from 16 million people to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
June 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The craziest thing about this fight between Trump and Elon Musk is that Republicans are trying to take away health care from 16 million people to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
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At the start of this year, three of the institutions most important to American cultural preservation—the National Archives, the Library of Congress, and the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History—were run by women for the first time.
As of today, Trump has fired two of those three.
As of today, Trump has fired two of those three.
May 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
At the start of this year, three of the institutions most important to American cultural preservation—the National Archives, the Library of Congress, and the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History—were run by women for the first time.
As of today, Trump has fired two of those three.
As of today, Trump has fired two of those three.
In both these recent cases, the ability to put documents in front of a judge kept a U.S. citizen from being (further) detained and wrongly deported. Due process is the only defense we have against disappearance.
U.S. citizen in Arizona detained by immigration officials for 10 days
www.azpm.org
April 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
In both these recent cases, the ability to put documents in front of a judge kept a U.S. citizen from being (further) detained and wrongly deported. Due process is the only defense we have against disappearance.
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Thousands of trans rights protesters gathered in central London, days after the U.K.‘s Supreme Court ruled that a woman is someone born biologically female and that transgender women are excluded from that legal definition.
Thousands gather in London to support trans rights following UK ruling over definition of woman
Thousands of trans rights protesters gathered in central London, days after the U.K.‘s Supreme Court ruled that a woman is someone born biologically female and that transgender women are excluded from that legal definition.
bit.ly
April 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Thousands of trans rights protesters gathered in central London, days after the U.K.‘s Supreme Court ruled that a woman is someone born biologically female and that transgender women are excluded from that legal definition.
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Horrified Woman Swears Off Ambien After Seeing Number Of Library Books She Reserved Last Night
Horrified Woman Swears Off Ambien After Seeing Number Of Library Books She Reserved Last Night
COLUMBUS, OH—Reeling as she took stock of the damage done in her debilitated state, area woman Brittany Marino told reporters Wednesday she had sworn off Ambien for good after she woke up and saw how ...
theonion.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Horrified Woman Swears Off Ambien After Seeing Number Of Library Books She Reserved Last Night
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"We're all so much alike... and yet we're all so different! I find myself rejoicing at the endless variety of human beings, and that's partly, I know, because your differences from one another tell me that it's alright for me to be different in many ways, too."
- Fred Rogers
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- Fred Rogers
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February 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"We're all so much alike... and yet we're all so different! I find myself rejoicing at the endless variety of human beings, and that's partly, I know, because your differences from one another tell me that it's alright for me to be different in many ways, too."
- Fred Rogers
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- Fred Rogers
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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library exists with her own funding, in addition to state funding. States, such as Indiana, are beginning to cut such funding. Her library program gifts FREE BOOKS TO CHILDREN.
We ride at dawn for Dolly Parton, always. Thank you for your book joy💛
tinyurl.com/DollyYahoo
We ride at dawn for Dolly Parton, always. Thank you for your book joy💛
tinyurl.com/DollyYahoo
Dolly Parton Responded to Indiana’s Threat To Cut Funding of Her Children’s Literacy Program With This Smart Instagram Move
Do you remember the part in Elf where the nun cries, “But the children love the books!” as Buddy’s real-life father, Walter, delivers the ruthless news that the orphanage has missed its rental payment...
www.yahoo.com
February 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library exists with her own funding, in addition to state funding. States, such as Indiana, are beginning to cut such funding. Her library program gifts FREE BOOKS TO CHILDREN.
We ride at dawn for Dolly Parton, always. Thank you for your book joy💛
tinyurl.com/DollyYahoo
We ride at dawn for Dolly Parton, always. Thank you for your book joy💛
tinyurl.com/DollyYahoo