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happy bday Mexican poet Pita Amor, b.1918. "They are my old, dusty roots The strange code of my captivity; Tied am I to the dust and its mystery, I bring strange, unknown essences. In my pores they are already outlined The scars of an eternal empire; The dust has marked its cauterization,...

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happy bday writer Countee Cullen, b.1903. "Love, leave me like the light, The gently passing day; We would not know, but for the night, When it has slipped away. Go quietly; a dream, When done, should leave no trace That it has lived, except a gleam Across the dreamer's face.”

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On this day in 1967, Gabriel Garcia Márquez's Cien años de soledad, or One Hundred Years of Solitude, is first published “It's enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment.” “There is always something left to love.” “All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret.”

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this exact sentiment is what led to the destruction of the Inquisition, the Crusades, and colonialism.

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@matthewjdowd.bsky.social Wishing a very happy birthday to Matthew - a voice of intelligence, reason and kindness in a chaotic time. Grateful for the clarity and integrity you bring to the conversation. Hope it’s a great year ahead.💙

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In the 10 years since Pope Francis released Laudato Si', dioceses across the United States have responded to varying degrees to the encyclical's call to care for the planet and its people. Here are 10 of those stories.

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IMAGINE THE NATION SAYING IT.

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MLB announced that it is making a multi-year financial investment in the AUSL, a new pro softball league. 🥎 Games start June 7 🥎 24-game regular season 🥎 Four teams 🥎 Airing on MLB Network, ESPN 🥎 Includes college stars 🔗: http://dlvr.it/TL37xG

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first i want to give heartfelt thanks to all who have sent me birthday wishes today. second, i enjoy sharing a birthday with JFK who was born today in 1917, both of us born into large Irish Catholic families, though i am one of 11 siblings and was born in Detroit.

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happy bday English writer G.K. Chesterton, b.1874. "It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem." “The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”

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We could all use a little Sojourner Truth these days 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

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I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t. Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...

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on this day in 1851 at the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, OH, at the Old Stone Church, former slave and equal rights icon Sojourner Truth gives her famous speech Ain't I A Woman. "We'll have our rights; see if we don't; and you can't stop us from them; see if you can."

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@matthewjdowd.bsky.social Happy Birthday, Matthew!

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Happy Birthday Bob Hope, John F. Kennedy & @matthewjdowd.bsky.social All born OTD 🎊🎁🎈🎂🎉

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i just heard the anchor on ESPN NBA coverage tonight say Stephen A. Smith is the king of morning television. His show First Take on avg gets 450k viewers. NBC and ABC morning shows get 2.7 million viewers, CBS gets 2.0 million. And Fox, MSNBC, and CNN all out do Smith. Lordy Moses.

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consider this fact: Elon Musk has found less true waste, fraud and abuse in government spending than the total amount of money he and his company scam off the government.

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Maya Angelou died on this day in 2014. “History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” ~Maya Angelou

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Courage, courage and more courage 👇🏼🙌🏼👇🏼

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on this day in 1892, the Sierra Club is founded in San Francisco, by John Muir. their stated mission: "To explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth; To practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources; To educate and enlist humanity to protect...

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RIP the iconic Maya Angelou, died this day 2014. “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.” “Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.”

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happy bday one of the greatest all around athletes ever Jim Thorpe, b.1887, first Native American to win gold for the U.S. in the Olympics, played professional football, baseball and basketball, and suffered from bigotry his whole life.

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happy bday writer John Barth, b.1930, Cambridge, MD. “Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.” “Every artist joins a conversation that's been going on for generations, even millennia, before he or she joins the scene.” “not every boy thrown to the wolves becomes a hero.”

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happy bday marine biologist/writer Rachel Carson, b.1907, Springdale, PA, best known for Silent Spring. “The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.” “In nature nothing exists alone.”

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