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Writer, mother, teacher, baker, Baldwin acolyte and aspiring waterbender. Latest book is EVERY DAY SOMETHING HAS TRIED TO KILL ME AND HAS FAILED and, child, I know you know what I mean. kimmclarin.com
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I just repeat this over and over, like a mantra. It helps keep me sane. Sorta. “People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state on innocence long after that innocence is dead turns himself into a monster.” ― James Baldwin

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For me .... and more for me. (Thee? Hahahahahaha! Get outta here.)

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Come on, Maine! I might have to reconsider y'all.

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Community I know I said I was gonna shut up but I lied. Anyway, a confession: I haven't been to church in awhile. Covid broke the habit, and the world broke what final shards of belief I had managed to hang on to all these years. More to say about that but not now. Anyway, I went back last Sunday.…

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heartbreaking

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This is an excellent template and should be disseminated widely

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Pure insanity.

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It took me 60 years to realize the frightening, robin's egg fragility of so many male egos. I grew up believing in the idea of masculine strength. Now i fear these fragile egos will kill us all.

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The terrifying part is how predictable it all is / and how the treacherous SC paved the way

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Dick rockets.

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There are two people in Congress-the chairs of the Senate & House Appropriations Committees-who have enormous power over the illegal impoundment of funds appropriated by Congress, which is sowing chaos across the US. They need to be relentlessly contacted at their offices, in person and by phone. 1/

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The notion that Trump's "I'm king" tweet is "just trolling" or "a joke" presents an opportunity to recreate my just-joking thread (porting it over from the Bad Place): 1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."

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REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

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Y'all are exhausting.

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BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years

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Meritocracy.

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I try not to hate people, even those I know I need to oppose, even those I consider deeply and profoundly evil, because I know, from lived experience, that hate rots from the inside. This man, perhaps even more than Musk, makes it very, very challenging to remain true to that principle.

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It always devolves to destroying Black people.

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People need to understand this is a smash and grab. The billionaire oligarchs are looting the government right now. While most services and functions will be privatized and made worse, the real valuable heist is the data government has that Elon is stealing to feed his AI company.

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This was clear before the election. I wrote in my blog that Trump would fall out a window after being sworn in and Musk would become VP with Vance as figurehead prez and run the country with Putin. Obviously, I was wrong about Trump needing to be physically pushed aside. But otherwise...

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Read this.

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soon enough, the mere presence of black and latino students on campus will be illegal racial discrimination against white students www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...

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