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If you haven’t checked out Mountain Laurels with Jessica Miles you MUST. I’ve listened to every episode and learned so much about the women heroes of Appalachia. I’m proud to be an Appalachian, but learning about these heroes makes me even prouder.

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My friend @zombiespaceship on Instagram, who has her masters in library sciences and is damn good at organizing information, has put together a useful resource— a running list of all of Trump’s executive orders, sorted by subject category docs.google.com/file/d/11U3Q...

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I particularly love the Rockford Files-esque soundtrack.

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I love my carbon steel griddle but I just wish it didn’t have to come with a broomstick to silence my smoke alarm

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And there are sites like AbeBooks & Alibris where you can comparison shop to find the best price on a used book. (You can comparison shop on ebay, too, & sometimes get a better price, but the other sites let you easily sort by condition as well.)

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True story: a few years ago, I was being interviewed by a reporter for the New York Times. I mentioned the history of eviction statutes and how they tied into Jim Crow. The reporter asked "what's Jim Crow?" When I explained, the reporter didn't believe me and said the US wouldn't do that.

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Have you ever heard of a limnic eruption? Probably not, since only a few have occurred in recorded history. Here is a thread on one of the wildest natural disasters that almost never happen, and the “invisible tsunami” that claimed over 1,700 lives in the middle of the night, without a sound. 1/10🧵

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Dear Faculty, The super high-tech classrooms for hybrid teaching that we spent millions on are not working well. Please use your own phones to record your lectures. Sincerely, #HigherEd Admin

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There has been a half century attack on the industry, intellect, health and stability of these people, so denying their humanity and need to live now is really not understanding the moment at all. “They” is “we”. And the sooner we all understand this, the faster we can move forward together.

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Ok really interesting. More importantly, super hopeful!

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I maxed out my credit card, emptied my savings account, and took out a loan to move from Alabama to Bethesda, MD. I don’t even qualify for unemployment since I’ve only worked at NIH for a month. I will be financially and medically devastated. Seeking suggestions for anywhere that’s hiring!!

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Honestly this is a pretty place-appropriate crime.

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Another opening on an awesome team using #synapse! careers.dragos.com/jobs/2167

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Libraries need your support! Take action to support libraries at https://buff.ly/41eAGMI!

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First grade teacher is teaching fractions with a candy bar, splits it, and then starts to give it to two kids in the room. I complain that’s not fair, so she takes one half and shoves it in my mouth. It, however sadly, didn’t stop me from talking about unfairness all these years later.

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Lololol so funny how I was called stupid and crazy and a leftie loonie for saying this for a long ass time hahaha so funny oops I guess it's true lmao 🤣 Hits the launch all nukes button

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Brilliant thread.

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I have a weird question: how wide must a surface be before the amount of snow accumulating on it is an accurate representation of how many inches of snow have fallen? Shut up I swear this makes sense.

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If you wish to vote in New York City's mayoral Dem primary in JUNE (=the election that'll pretty much decide the next mayor), you must be registered as a Democrat BY FRIDAY. An insanely early deadline bound to leave people vote out. At least make sure you're not one of them if you're interested!

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Just learned that CFPB is/was responsible for making sure medical debt doesn’t impact your credit score. Seems kind of important for those of us with outstanding medical debt.

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saw another skeet full of replies from white liberals saying we should leave people in red states to die millions of Black, brown, and poor people live in red states and either don’t want to leave or can’t leave. disrespectfully, fuck all of you who leave people to drown. gross.

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tl;dr "No."

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The news remains shit so why not enjoy this video of someone trying to clean a water bowl for tortoises while the tortoises repeatedly try to get in it? (Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DF0jAMl... )

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I friend who has volunteered at food banks for more than 20 years once told me that if the cheapest places to eat in a neighborhood aren’t busy, it’s because people are going hungry. I think about that a lot. www.reuters.com/business/ret...

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Agreed. Instead of boycotting, go to your local board/town/city and demand more resources for the library! Better yet—run for your local library board!

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For those interested in our collective health. www.ama-assn.org/delivering-c...

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How much you want to bet all these boring commercials were scripted by LLMs?

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saying "go birds" but just rooting for birds in general, hope they're having fun and not catching that flu

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Just saw a farmer say, "you don't have to admit you were wrong, you have to admit you were lied to, " and idk that seems like a good framing to call people in

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Because in the United States, it’s legal to feed chicken shit to cattle. That’s why. That’s literally the reason www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

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Before you spread panic about imaginary issues with Signal, consider why these rumors might be going around right now and in whose interest it might be for them to do so

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This evening, every Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee backed the nomination of MAGA wingnut climate denier Brooke Rollins for Secretary of Agriculture, who admitted to a lack of basic knowledge of the department's workings. Every. Single. One. Led by @amyklobuchar.com. #Assistance

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