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Last night @60minutes.bsky.social opened an otherwise superb segment on Germany’s approach to online hate speech by saying “in the U.S., most of what’s said on online [social media] platforms is protected by the First Amendment.” No.The First Amend protects us against GOVT infringements on speech.

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Embrace graphic novels 1/ ?

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I'm going to say it again: Immigration is good, actually. There are no qualifications on this statement other than "don't be a comemierda" and that goes no matter what. "Legal" and "illegal" are artificial categories imposed by States with arbitrary rules, usually with suboptimal outcomes.

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(1/x) So much of what is happening in our present stems from what we have not resolved in our past.

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For the last couple of years, library workers have been begging and pleading for attention on this. If you think this won't happen in your community, guess what, it will. You have to get involved. Now. Don't wait until the ban is in place.

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You just don’t need to use AI! Not for ugly pictures or made up facts or email summaries, for so many reasons, but water use is one.

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1775. An editor comes into work on Christmas eve to find a manuscript on his desk. The title: A HISTORY OF PYRATES by Charles Johnson. (We have no budget so we’ll say the editor is played by Michael Stuhlbarg).

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THIS will fix things next year, I know it. (Or at least will be really lovely to spend time with next year)

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This is an absolutely wild interpretation.

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Bookish checkpoint! ✧ last book you read: Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman ✧ your current read: The Duke at Hazard by KJ Charles (audio reread) ✧last book added to my TBR: Time and Tide by JM Frey ✧ next anticipated read: Little Moons by Jen Storm, Ryan Howe, Alice Rl #BookSky

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for the @inquirer.com, I wrote about the importance of a free press to democracy and how it's not just investigation, scandals, & poll-driven predicting. Authoritarians don't care about scandals. We need to focus on bearing witness, humanizing, and contextualizing. Now with gift link ⬇️

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This tree has lost all its leaves now but look how beautiful it was a few weeks ago — Nova found a bug lots more interesting.

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Frog’s eye view

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Still grateful for this little pond — I admit I spend a fair amount of time lying out and peering into the water to see what wildlife shows up. The frogs are very welcome visitors, but there are also a lot of fun invertebrates to watch zooming around in the water!

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I tell you what, adding a little pond into your backyard isn’t super practical but is really, really lovely.

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Biiiig streeeetchhhh

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Ladybug patrol

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This week I learned about Operation Olive Branch, which collects verified gofundmes to help evacuate people and families from Gaza:

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Cats cats cats everywhere I go around the house (the same cats, but they are good little shadows)

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Having a cozy time hearing about comfort reads from some favorite authors - Martha Wells, KJ Charles, T Kingfisher and Malka Older! Aternated between sewing, petting the cats, and writing down so many recommended books/shows/movies.

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Currently reading For Her Consideration and it is so hard to put down — I love the main character Nina and want to give her a giant hug. First person single point of view romance but Nina’s voice feels so real that it works.

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Maybe this will be the year I post here?

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Nova is very good at snoozing on me.

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Beautiful place to get to get to camp, loved waking up and going to sleep and seeing this.

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Appreciating this sunflower and the bee buddies and their stuffed pollen pockets.

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Working on a project in the backyard and enjoying the bird calls and cicadas and an audiobook — pattern from Arounna Khounnoraj’s Embroidery book

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Moving in and seeing what’s going on… 👀

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