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Exactly

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"I want people to be safe and protected. I want to live on the right side of history. I am an immigrant. My parents are refugees from Chile. We fled a dictatorship and I was privileged enough to grow up in the United States after asylum in Denmark. I stand by those protections, always."

submitted 1 day ago • 316 comments

For The Week I wrote about six of my favorite books by or about women directors

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Since Donald Trump is freaking out about Bruce Springsteen calling this the most corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration, it would be a shame if this video was shared even more widely...

submitted 1 day ago • 25 comments

Evangelical terrorist immolates self and harms others in order to attack state-protected freedoms, THERE I FIXED IT FOR YOU

submitted 1 day ago • 69 comments

Dictionary.com Word Lists Gone!!! https://www.booksns.com/135163/ So.. just opened the dictionary.com app and it got a redesign. Nice! Well.. that was until I tried to favorite a word…. where's the button?? Apparently accounts are gone and lists have been deleted!! 😤 I've built up my list for …

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

There is no hell deep enough to contain the people involved with this

submitted 3 days ago • 964 comments

Everyone deserves legal representation, especially unaccompanied minors. History will judge this administration on its cruelty to the defenseless.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

This headline is screaming at me

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Excited to dive into this! @alexhanna.bsky.social @emilymbender.bsky.social

submitted 5 days ago • 20 comments

The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.

submitted 6 days ago • 1530 comments

:/

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Pretty wild that the US government is about to become responsible for the single largest act of piracy ever

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

episode xiv: a new pope

submitted 10 days ago • 7 comments

It’s never too late open the file on that writing project you’ve been neglecting and put some more words into it. Just because you’ve put it down doesn’t mean the window has closed on picking it back up.

submitted 11 days ago • 15 comments

And there it is. The law he's using to make all those tariffs literally excludes films (among other things) from the scope of his powers. He can't do shit here. It's 100% unenforceable even before the "how" of it all. Thanks to @nanosauromo.bsky.social for the info.

submitted 13 days ago • 36 comments

Happy heavenly birthday Walter. miss you my friend.

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Got my hair cut today at Monica West Salon in Weho by Ani. I feel great and best of all it was affordable.

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

No lande yn all of historye hath evir had merelye one language. Even the monolingual do not lyve wyth just one tongue. Take the lid off any language and see thousandes. Historye ys polyglot, culture ys a glorious babel of invention, and lyfe itself ys made out of translaciouns.

submitted 20 days ago • 2 comments

So long dog(e)

submitted 20 days ago • 6 comments

Well done, Canada 🇨🇦

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Exposure to smoke and debris from the wildfires could affect your health. The LA County Dept. of Public Health is offering free blood lead testing for fire-impacted communities. Read more about how you can get tested below:

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Songkran festival today in Thai town!! Hollywood Blvd from Western to Normandie. Visit link for information on scheduled events. ✌️

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

oof hmmmm www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/m...

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For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historyes, love of language, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye. We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART: H umanityes E thiques A rtes R hetorique & the crafte of T eaching

submitted 24 days ago • 3 comments

Fun night last night at the Kibitz listening to Sade.Smooth, they were so good! Check them out. www.instagram.com/reel/DIyMtDJ...

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

😳 what are we doing? gothamist.com/news/4-year-...

submitted 26 days ago • 267 comments

💥 BREAKING: Goldman Sachs shareholders voted today to reject two anti-DEI proposals, both by 98-2 percent. GS Board urged shareholders to vote to reject proposals. "We believe that diversity, including diversity of thought, experience and perspectives, is important to our commercial success."

submitted 25 days ago • 460 comments

Pierbattista Pizzaballa is a Gundam name.

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

So, besides me, who watched Conclave and is now really interested in the selection of the new pope.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

BREAKING: Education Department, into your homes

submitted 27 days ago • 20 comments

Pope Francis, the first Latin American and first Jesuit to ascend to the papacy, was a stalwart defender of the rights, dignity, and humanity of immigrants and refugees. More at @americasvoice.bsky.social: americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/pope-franc...

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Rest in peace Pope Francis. May the next one continue to move the church forward.