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Once-upon-a-time NYer now living in Canada. Knitter & crafter, reader, writer, daydreamer. AKA Lydia if you're medieval. Ask me about poutine, maple syrup, and becoming bilingual.
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Starting to think the thing I should give up for Lent this year is social media, and that maybe I don't need to wait for Wednesday.

....ate they seriously threatening terminated employees with...more termination?

it’s not just that Cardinal Pizzaballa has a cool name, or that he’s a friend of the Palestinians — he’s also a holy man and a profound preacher. here’s part of his homily for this Sunday:

Canadian hockey fans rn

If you go to Battery Park and walk up to the fence, you can touch the finials and feel where the little crowns once were, before they were sawed off by the angry crowd that pulled down the statue of George III and melted it down for bullets. Go and feel the history literally beneath your fingers.

No LGB Q without the T. Periodt.

If I were a Catholic and I were called out so explicitly by the POPE I would dig myself a hole, climb in it, and crawl to the center of the Earth to immolate myself in shame.

I did not know this origin behind the Eagles name. It makes their win tonight all the sweeter.

Very much here for thus today.

Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated World War II pilot who broke racial barriers as a Tuskegee Airmen and earned honors for his combat heroism, has died. He was 100. cnn.it/42Q7FIs

An American flag built on the backs of Black people... Black music protesting white political terror in registers they never hear; reminiscent of ancestral spirituals embedded with instructions for runaways All this in New Orleans... What a moment

WELCOME TO BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Do Not Comply In Advance: bossy, already a cliche, implies permission to comply later Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner

At a time where it feels like we're losing, we need to remember our victories that not only have happened in the past, but continue to exist today. Thus I give you, California Condor 926 of the SoCal flock. Great grandchild of Condor # 1. We as humanity can still do good things. #birds

Today I worked on some stuff for my new volunteer position. Played some music on my new recorder. And went to my medieval dance class. My new goal is to actively curate joy. Somehow. Every day.