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Academic librarian, fencer, lifelong learner, and nerd (he/him). Hi! What are you working on?
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Good Night World

Ok I am completely broken by this. The Hague and UN need to see this. #Texas

We can do it!

The dress code said β€œwear a tuxedo”. Photo from my collection, no documented date/info.

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'Of the president and Republicans, Harris said, β€œThey are counting on the notion that if they can make some people afraid, it will have a chilling effect on others. What they’ve overlooked is that fear isn’t the only thing that’s contagious. Courage is contagious.”' www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

Doomscroll respite: bluebells on Bluesky

Walz: I do want to give a huge shout out to our Canadian neighbors, they know that this is wrong. They stood up to it

Wordle 1,411 4/6* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #689 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦πŸŸͺ🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Strands #423 β€œBest in class” πŸ”΅πŸ’‘πŸ”΅πŸ”΅ πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸŸ‘πŸ”΅ πŸ”΅

We fought for our independence. We fought to end slavery. We fought against the rise of fascism in Europe. We fought for civil rights. I refuse to believe we have lost the will to fight for what is right and just.

While the 100-day mark of a presidency is a made-up milestone, it's still worthwhile to take stock of a new administration. Here's where Trump stands on 10 key benchmarks.

I am really starting to lose my patience with this obtuse individual. 🀬 I wish HE was a preventable disease.

These are important to remember and to teachπŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡

Project 2025 thinks we’ll break. They drown us in cruelty and chaos to crush our hope. But we rise furious. We rise hurting. We rise anyway. We fight because we love. We fight because we must. We are the storm they fear. #MomSky

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Wordle 1,408 4/6* β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #686 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Strands #420 β€œSleep tight” πŸ”΅πŸŸ‘πŸ”΅πŸ’‘ πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅ I needed help with this one

No song for this shit show.

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To really reform America, we need to address the hatred and bias still ingrained in its people

Video of a student in my town who wrote a political op-ed being grabbed off the street by government agents bsky.app/profile/pale...

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

Wordle 1,406 3/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #684 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Strands #418 β€œIt's in the stars” πŸ”΅πŸŸ‘πŸ”΅πŸ”΅ πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅

Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.

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"A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else." -Β JohnΒ Burroughs

This Secretary doesn’t seem to make the Homeland very secure.

BREAKING NEWS: The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.

People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative. A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.

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This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.

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Honestly, me too.

Tonight is the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s midnight ride. May his memory remind us all to resist the tyranny forming in our government.

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Isn't she cute? She's not even allowed in that room, let alone being on the bed. #HarveyTheCat

Here's a reminder that you can actually buy US citizenship.

Why does this echidna look like he’s about to drop the hottest jazz piano album OF THE YEAR

they want us poor, sick and desperate

Wordle 1,399 3/6* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #677 πŸŸͺ🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Strands #411 β€œOn the board” πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸŸ‘πŸ”΅ πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅