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Author of Timberline (https://timberlinethenovel.com) "I believe all Southern liberals come from the same starting point -- race. Once you figure out they are lying to you about race, you start to question everything.' ~ Molly Ivins
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Change is inevitable — except from a vending machine" Robert C. Gallagher.
February 14, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Change is inevitable — except from a vending machine" Robert C. Gallagher.
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There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.
February 14, 2026 at 12:31 AM
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.
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“Books have to be read (worse luck, for it takes a long time); it is the only way of discovering what they contain.”
― E.M. Forster, Aspects of the Novel
― E.M. Forster, Aspects of the Novel
February 14, 2026 at 12:51 AM
“Books have to be read (worse luck, for it takes a long time); it is the only way of discovering what they contain.”
― E.M. Forster, Aspects of the Novel
― E.M. Forster, Aspects of the Novel
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NYT: The Environmental Protection Agency rejected the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being. It means the agency can no longer regulate them.
#TimeCapsule2076 #KidsGaze
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www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
#TimeCapsule2076 #KidsGaze
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www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
The Trump EPA has fully abandoned its duty to protect the American people from greenhouse gas pollution and climate change.
The only winners today are Trump’s fossil fuel megadonors.
The only winners today are Trump’s fossil fuel megadonors.
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:51 AM
NYT: The Environmental Protection Agency rejected the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being. It means the agency can no longer regulate them.
#TimeCapsule2076 #KidsGaze
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www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
#TimeCapsule2076 #KidsGaze
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www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
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www.aol.com/articles/mex... Start digging to bring closure for the victims.
New Mexico official seeks search near Epstein ranch over claim of buried girls
A top New Mexico official is calling for an investigation into public land near Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch after a newly released email alleged that two foreign girls were buried there.
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February 14, 2026 at 12:53 AM
www.aol.com/articles/mex... Start digging to bring closure for the victims.
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February 14, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Post the cover of a book you love from the 90s. (Any century!)
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
February 14, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Post the cover of a book you love from the 90s. (Any century!)
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
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— Snitter in "Plague Dogs," by Richard Adams
February 13, 2026 at 7:58 PM
— Snitter in "Plague Dogs," by Richard Adams
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‘It don’t do you no nevermind to tell nobody nothing. After all, this was a God damn ranch.’
Cowboy, short story by Thomas McGuane. #booksky
Cowboy, short story by Thomas McGuane. #booksky
February 13, 2026 at 8:01 PM
‘It don’t do you no nevermind to tell nobody nothing. After all, this was a God damn ranch.’
Cowboy, short story by Thomas McGuane. #booksky
Cowboy, short story by Thomas McGuane. #booksky
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"The big trouble with dumb bastards is that they are too dumb to believe there is such a thing as being smart." - Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
February 13, 2026 at 8:03 PM
"The big trouble with dumb bastards is that they are too dumb to believe there is such a thing as being smart." - Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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"The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?"
Edgar Allan Poe
The Premature Burial
Edgar Allan Poe
The Premature Burial
February 13, 2026 at 8:23 PM
"The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?"
Edgar Allan Poe
The Premature Burial
Edgar Allan Poe
The Premature Burial
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“Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced older woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.” Dorothy L. Sayers
and one more:
“There’ll be plenty of time for propriety after I’m dead.” Judith Viorst
and one more:
“There’ll be plenty of time for propriety after I’m dead.” Judith Viorst
February 13, 2026 at 9:35 PM
“Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced older woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.” Dorothy L. Sayers
and one more:
“There’ll be plenty of time for propriety after I’m dead.” Judith Viorst
and one more:
“There’ll be plenty of time for propriety after I’m dead.” Judith Viorst
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The wonder is that you could start life with nothing, end with nothing, and lose so much in between.
Barbara Kingsolver
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
Demon Copperhead
February 13, 2026 at 9:54 PM
The wonder is that you could start life with nothing, end with nothing, and lose so much in between.
Barbara Kingsolver
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
Demon Copperhead
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Nothing encapsulates a scene/situation better than
“When he coughed he shit thin gruel.”
— Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse 5
“When he coughed he shit thin gruel.”
— Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse 5
February 13, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Nothing encapsulates a scene/situation better than
“When he coughed he shit thin gruel.”
— Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse 5
“When he coughed he shit thin gruel.”
— Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse 5
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"Drink coffee! Do stupid things faster and with more energy." — Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet by Darynda Jones
February 13, 2026 at 10:16 PM
"Drink coffee! Do stupid things faster and with more energy." — Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet by Darynda Jones
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LORD GORING. I am glad you have called. I am going to give you some good advice.
MRS. CHEVELEY. Oh! pray don't. One should never give a woman anything that she can't wear in the evening.
An ideal husband
Oscar Wilde
MRS. CHEVELEY. Oh! pray don't. One should never give a woman anything that she can't wear in the evening.
An ideal husband
Oscar Wilde
February 13, 2026 at 10:18 PM
LORD GORING. I am glad you have called. I am going to give you some good advice.
MRS. CHEVELEY. Oh! pray don't. One should never give a woman anything that she can't wear in the evening.
An ideal husband
Oscar Wilde
MRS. CHEVELEY. Oh! pray don't. One should never give a woman anything that she can't wear in the evening.
An ideal husband
Oscar Wilde
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I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.
PG Wodehouse
Makes me chuckle every time I think of it.
PG Wodehouse
Makes me chuckle every time I think of it.
February 13, 2026 at 10:19 PM
I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.
PG Wodehouse
Makes me chuckle every time I think of it.
PG Wodehouse
Makes me chuckle every time I think of it.
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When they had finished, when they had told each other everything, she laid her head on his shoulder, and asked him: "What is your name?"
My name is Marius," he said. "And yours?"
My name is Cosette.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
My name is Marius," he said. "And yours?"
My name is Cosette.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
February 13, 2026 at 10:32 PM
When they had finished, when they had told each other everything, she laid her head on his shoulder, and asked him: "What is your name?"
My name is Marius," he said. "And yours?"
My name is Cosette.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
My name is Marius," he said. "And yours?"
My name is Cosette.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
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My mother is a fish.
February 13, 2026 at 10:33 PM
My mother is a fish.
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this goes hard
February 13, 2026 at 10:34 PM
this goes hard
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To root out propaganda, don’t mistake ‘truth’ for advantage
February 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
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“I hope to arrive at my death, late, in love, and a little drunk. ”
― Atticus Poetry, quote from Love Her Wild
― Atticus Poetry, quote from Love Her Wild
February 13, 2026 at 10:44 PM
“I hope to arrive at my death, late, in love, and a little drunk. ”
― Atticus Poetry, quote from Love Her Wild
― Atticus Poetry, quote from Love Her Wild
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"You have to live until you die"
from Joseph Anton: a Memoir by Salmon Rushdie
from Joseph Anton: a Memoir by Salmon Rushdie
February 13, 2026 at 10:49 PM
"You have to live until you die"
from Joseph Anton: a Memoir by Salmon Rushdie
from Joseph Anton: a Memoir by Salmon Rushdie
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Not from a book, but it should be.
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, ..."
Lord Acton (John Emerich Edward Dalberg)
Letter to Archbishop Mandell Creighton, (Apr. 5, 1887)
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, ..."
Lord Acton (John Emerich Edward Dalberg)
Letter to Archbishop Mandell Creighton, (Apr. 5, 1887)
February 13, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Not from a book, but it should be.
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, ..."
Lord Acton (John Emerich Edward Dalberg)
Letter to Archbishop Mandell Creighton, (Apr. 5, 1887)
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, ..."
Lord Acton (John Emerich Edward Dalberg)
Letter to Archbishop Mandell Creighton, (Apr. 5, 1887)
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"Only connect."
February 13, 2026 at 10:57 PM
"Only connect."