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wordsmithy.bsky.social
Emerita Professor of Japanese history, essayist, ecosystem restoration gardener, beekeeper, textile artist, and all manners of nerd
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Preserve your capacity for joy in these perilous times. youtu.be/oHs98TEYecM?...

submitted 125 days ago • 1 comment

The elephant in the middle of the room is that MAGA is an anti-education movement. Muscular, belligerent mediocrity is the MAGA brand. Tell Vivek the call is coming from inside the house. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

submitted 128 days ago • 50 comments

Guinea worm used to afflict 3.5 million people each year. This year, thanks in part to Jimmy Carter, there have been 7 cases. He negotiated the longest humanitarian cease-fire in history to distribute water filters & larvicides www.scientificamerican.com/article/jimm... via @tanyalewis.bsky.social

submitted 128 days ago • 34 comments

Dear Jimmy Carter.... Rest in Peace.....

submitted 128 days ago • 9 comments

When people say 'run government like a business,' they mean cut services, raise prices, and pay the CEO 400 times more than the workers.

submitted 136 days ago • 283 comments

Elon is such a Boer.

submitted 137 days ago • 1 comment

Maybe it’s time to talk about white-on-white crime, the white community’s violent culture and why Caucasian America is ALWAY in its angry era thegrio.com/2024/12/16/w...

submitted 141 days ago • 26 comments

I'm confused: are we supposed to feel for C-Suite execs afraid to return to their offices?

submitted 142 days ago • 0 comments

We're investigating health insurance denials. If you want to share your insights, here's how:

submitted 143 days ago • 352 comments

Ok .. this made me LOL ...

submitted 144 days ago • 32 comments

It's strange encountering British folks who feel a great deal of moral superiority for England having outlawed slavery. The government compensated slave holders for their lost human capital using revenue generated from narco-trafficking. Hmmm.

submitted 144 days ago • 0 comments

seeing the wealth class be like “what if we just stole everyone’s money?” while at the same time seeing everyone else be like “maybe murdering ceos is good?” is certainly an interesting intersection at this point in history

submitted 145 days ago • 1 comment

NEW: Jim Jordan and Jim Comer's "star witness" Alexander Smirnov has pled GUILTY to lying to the FBI about a Joe Biden "bribery" scheme with Burisma. www.cbsnews.com/news/alexand...

submitted 146 days ago • 436 comments

I had the great good fortune to workshop poetry with her many years ago. A generous expansive heart and mind. Rest well. Thank you for sharing your gifts. #blacksky

submitted 148 days ago • 0 comments

Imagine if law enforcement spent that much in resources for missing/trafficked indigenous women

submitted 149 days ago • 2 comments

Truth.

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