Seeking shelter
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Bicycle enthusiast, runner, fan of literary fiction, political thrillers and poetry. “for every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you”
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Seeking shelter
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· Apr 16
it is in the shelter of each other that the people live
ar scáth a chéile a mhaireas na daoine
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ar scáth a chéile a mhaireas na daoine
Pádraig Ó Tuama
Looks like we’ve arrived at January 7th
January 24, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Looks like we’ve arrived at January 7th
Year 1. Foer speaks for the important work of public employees. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Purged
Donald Trump’s destruction of the civil service is a tragedy not just for the roughly 300,000 workers who have been discarded, but for an entire nation.
www.theatlantic.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Year 1. Foer speaks for the important work of public employees. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
I'm thinking about National Poetry Month this April and starting to plan a book display. Who are some of your favorite poets? Who inspires you? Is there a collection of poems that you turn to regularly. Thanks!
January 23, 2026 at 4:49 PM
I'm thinking about National Poetry Month this April and starting to plan a book display. Who are some of your favorite poets? Who inspires you? Is there a collection of poems that you turn to regularly. Thanks!
Mending the Nation (ILLUZZI) "The Oath Keepers’ Declaration is disturbing. It calls its followers to war against the state. It suggests God is on their side. The stakes are almost apocalyptic, with failure resulting in enslavement, pillaging, and death. "
January 23, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Mending the Nation (ILLUZZI) "The Oath Keepers’ Declaration is disturbing. It calls its followers to war against the state. It suggests God is on their side. The stakes are almost apocalyptic, with failure resulting in enslavement, pillaging, and death. "
Remember when the leader of Cuba gave hours long screeds to tell the story of how important he was to his country’s success? Before the internet so information travelled differently. Just some loud guy on an island.
January 21, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Remember when the leader of Cuba gave hours long screeds to tell the story of how important he was to his country’s success? Before the internet so information travelled differently. Just some loud guy on an island.
Meltdown in Davos?
January 21, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Meltdown in Davos?
Send in the UN peacekeepres to Minnesota? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peaceke...
Peacekeeping - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Send in the UN peacekeepres to Minnesota? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peaceke...
“How to escape the demands of unreasonable men?” Hisham Matar, My Friends
January 12, 2026 at 1:28 PM
“How to escape the demands of unreasonable men?” Hisham Matar, My Friends
When starting a public statement with "that woman" one can imagine its not going to go well.
January 8, 2026 at 10:08 PM
When starting a public statement with "that woman" one can imagine its not going to go well.
Book mark for future reference. Key indicator for success.
“We are going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition, and it has to be judicious, because that is what we are all about,” Pres Trump
“We are going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition, and it has to be judicious, because that is what we are all about,” Pres Trump
January 3, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Book mark for future reference. Key indicator for success.
“We are going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition, and it has to be judicious, because that is what we are all about,” Pres Trump
“We are going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition, and it has to be judicious, because that is what we are all about,” Pres Trump
"Ah, the deeper I spin
Ah, the hunter will sin for your ivory skin.
Took a drive in the dirty rain
To a place where the wind calls your name
Under the trees, the river laughing at you and me.
Hallelujah! Heaven's white rose
The doors you open I just can't close."
Ah, the hunter will sin for your ivory skin.
Took a drive in the dirty rain
To a place where the wind calls your name
Under the trees, the river laughing at you and me.
Hallelujah! Heaven's white rose
The doors you open I just can't close."
January 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
"Ah, the deeper I spin
Ah, the hunter will sin for your ivory skin.
Took a drive in the dirty rain
To a place where the wind calls your name
Under the trees, the river laughing at you and me.
Hallelujah! Heaven's white rose
The doors you open I just can't close."
Ah, the hunter will sin for your ivory skin.
Took a drive in the dirty rain
To a place where the wind calls your name
Under the trees, the river laughing at you and me.
Hallelujah! Heaven's white rose
The doors you open I just can't close."
"Every generation throws a hero up the pop charts," Paul Simon (the singer/songwriter)
December 30, 2025 at 1:20 AM
"Every generation throws a hero up the pop charts," Paul Simon (the singer/songwriter)
Just finished watching "The Return of the King", the last of Pete Jackson's Lord of the Rings movie. Following our heroes in their effort to save Middle Earth was exhausting! Let's hope we don't have to face Sauron anytime soon.
December 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Just finished watching "The Return of the King", the last of Pete Jackson's Lord of the Rings movie. Following our heroes in their effort to save Middle Earth was exhausting! Let's hope we don't have to face Sauron anytime soon.
Funny the government wants to shift through visa applicants social media feeds but not release the Epstein files
December 15, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Funny the government wants to shift through visa applicants social media feeds but not release the Epstein files
Struck me kinda funny
Funny yeah, indeed
How at the end of every hard-earned day
People find some reason to believe
Funny yeah, indeed
How at the end of every hard-earned day
People find some reason to believe
December 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Struck me kinda funny
Funny yeah, indeed
How at the end of every hard-earned day
People find some reason to believe
Funny yeah, indeed
How at the end of every hard-earned day
People find some reason to believe
Fallacies and arguments. Its good to have language and framework to navigate our world . yea to philosophy! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informa...
Informal fallacy - Wikipedia
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December 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Fallacies and arguments. Its good to have language and framework to navigate our world . yea to philosophy! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informa...
It’s really hard to be an oppressed minority
December 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
It’s really hard to be an oppressed minority
They’ve come for the shire
December 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
They’ve come for the shire
Like “waiting for the man” music.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-m...
Handshake Drugs
YouTube video by Wilco - Topic
music.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Like “waiting for the man” music.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-m...
Saw the Venezuelan boat destroyed on tv today. Hard to shake the death caused by government action. It feels like an opening shot into a new age. But also part of violent history. Trying to build peace within my community.
December 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Saw the Venezuelan boat destroyed on tv today. Hard to shake the death caused by government action. It feels like an opening shot into a new age. But also part of violent history. Trying to build peace within my community.
Gonna start calling everything I don’t like a scam. Kinda like Holden Caufield!
December 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Gonna start calling everything I don’t like a scam. Kinda like Holden Caufield!