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Retired 2025. Writing a play, watching zookeeper shows, and helping where I can. I never got paid to protest, I did it for free.
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You never thought wanting a nice, peaceful, inclusive, creative and prosperous world around you was revolutionary, did you?
Here we are.
Here we are.
"You'll never have to vote again" - presidential candidate
#PuertoRico #votingmachines
How do we know the machines weren't tampered with by her team?
#PuertoRico #votingmachines
How do we know the machines weren't tampered with by her team?
February 5, 2026 at 1:26 PM
"You'll never have to vote again" - presidential candidate
#PuertoRico #votingmachines
How do we know the machines weren't tampered with by her team?
#PuertoRico #votingmachines
How do we know the machines weren't tampered with by her team?
Hey tech news readers, give this guy a follow. See where he goes, you might like it. #technics #WaPo #layoffs
Most of the Washington Post’s tech reporters were laid off today, including me. I have loved my time at the paper, which is where I wanted to work from age 15. I take some consolation in not being among the survivors who will have to work harder with less for fewer readers. On to better things.
February 4, 2026 at 7:45 PM
In today's world, reading a book is like having a slow, five course meal with the smartest, most fascinating people in your country. Around the 3rd course, wine and ideas begin to flow freely and connections are sparked. #education #reading #bookthreads
“At some point over the past 15 years, kids stopped reading”—but that’s because not enough teachers are asking them to, Walt Hunter writes:
C’mon, Professors, Assign the Hard Reading
College kids aren’t reading novels—but that’s because not enough teachers are asking them to.
bit.ly
February 4, 2026 at 1:52 PM
In today's world, reading a book is like having a slow, five course meal with the smartest, most fascinating people in your country. Around the 3rd course, wine and ideas begin to flow freely and connections are sparked. #education #reading #bookthreads
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Ah, yes, the well-known "but it's so inconvenient" exception to constitutional provisions, from the landmark case of Why vs. Because I Said So.
February 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Ah, yes, the well-known "but it's so inconvenient" exception to constitutional provisions, from the landmark case of Why vs. Because I Said So.
February 3, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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It’s very loud in Kyiv.
russia is attacking us with ballistic missiles.
Let the world know.
russia is attacking us with ballistic missiles.
Let the world know.
February 2, 2026 at 11:43 PM
It’s very loud in Kyiv.
russia is attacking us with ballistic missiles.
Let the world know.
russia is attacking us with ballistic missiles.
Let the world know.
Kennedy Center set to close. Uh oh, has anyone checked for a bulldoze order?
President Donald J. Trump Announces Two-Year Closure of Kennedy Center
President Trump Announces Two-Year Closure of Kennedy Center
President Donald J. Trump announced plans to temporarily close the Kennedy Center starting July 4, 2026, for an approximately two-year reconstruction, pending board approval.
www.broadwayworld.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Kennedy Center set to close. Uh oh, has anyone checked for a bulldoze order?
You never thought wanting a nice, peaceful, inclusive, creative and prosperous world around you was revolutionary, did you?
Here we are.
Here we are.
February 1, 2026 at 2:57 AM
You never thought wanting a nice, peaceful, inclusive, creative and prosperous world around you was revolutionary, did you?
Here we are.
Here we are.
5 jobs I've had
1. Bookseller
2. Concert gate supervisor
3. Something something broadcast news
4. Punk rock girl (unpaid)
5. Stuff I don't feel like telling you
1. Bookseller
2. Concert gate supervisor
3. Something something broadcast news
4. Punk rock girl (unpaid)
5. Stuff I don't feel like telling you
January 31, 2026 at 6:18 PM
5 jobs I've had
1. Bookseller
2. Concert gate supervisor
3. Something something broadcast news
4. Punk rock girl (unpaid)
5. Stuff I don't feel like telling you
1. Bookseller
2. Concert gate supervisor
3. Something something broadcast news
4. Punk rock girl (unpaid)
5. Stuff I don't feel like telling you
Lion cubs!
#zoo fanatics and animal lovers
#zoo fanatics and animal lovers
New lion cub pics just dropped for CATURDAY! The two females, born Jan 14, got a quick scale check this week—weighing in at 6.5 and 6.8lbs. They're nursing and bonding with mom Ilanga in a quiet off-view maternity den and it'll be a few weeks before they're ready to venture outside. Stay tuned! 🦁❤️
January 31, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Lion cubs!
#zoo fanatics and animal lovers
#zoo fanatics and animal lovers
That day we grabbed our water bottles
Drowned our fears
Cancelled our other plans
Steeled ourselves against rain
And maybe, for running from teargas.
Young and unsure
We joined the crowd, then throngs of footsteps
Chants and songs,
And knowing smiles
Concealing desperation.
But strong together.
Drowned our fears
Cancelled our other plans
Steeled ourselves against rain
And maybe, for running from teargas.
Young and unsure
We joined the crowd, then throngs of footsteps
Chants and songs,
And knowing smiles
Concealing desperation.
But strong together.
January 31, 2026 at 1:26 PM
That day we grabbed our water bottles
Drowned our fears
Cancelled our other plans
Steeled ourselves against rain
And maybe, for running from teargas.
Young and unsure
We joined the crowd, then throngs of footsteps
Chants and songs,
And knowing smiles
Concealing desperation.
But strong together.
Drowned our fears
Cancelled our other plans
Steeled ourselves against rain
And maybe, for running from teargas.
Young and unsure
We joined the crowd, then throngs of footsteps
Chants and songs,
And knowing smiles
Concealing desperation.
But strong together.
Throwing gasoline on a fire.
Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
January 30, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Throwing gasoline on a fire.
Here's the lowdown on the FBI raid of the Fulton County elections office.
January 29, 2026 at 6:39 PM
We came here over generations to become American. The American spirit cannot not be crushed. Signed, all of us.
January 29, 2026 at 1:09 PM
We came here over generations to become American. The American spirit cannot not be crushed. Signed, all of us.
Why is the FBI investigating Fulton County voting office for 2020. What a waste of our money. There were several recounts and now Tump is sending them to investigate. This is insane. There was no fraud and he lost every swing state. IS THIS A PLOY TO STEAL THE VOTER ROLES?
January 29, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Curious what you think about this. #teaching #AIeducation #analog #literature #AIinschool ?
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
To keep AI out of her classroom, this high school English teacher went analog
Forth Worth teacher Chanea Bond says sticking with pen and paper keeps generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature classes.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Curious what you think about this. #teaching #AIeducation #analog #literature #AIinschool ?
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
Yes and yes #AItraining #medialitteracy
if they can offer free AI training they could offer free media literacy training too. i know which of those would do more for the public good
January 28, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Yes and yes #AItraining #medialitteracy
Good morning. 🦢 Choose your promises carefully, and then keep them. Including the ones you make to yourself.
January 28, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Good morning. 🦢 Choose your promises carefully, and then keep them. Including the ones you make to yourself.
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Street art memorializing Alex Pretti in Seattle. Per r/Seattle, it was painted on a building facing Swedish Hospital in the First Hill neighborhood www.reddit.com/r/nursing/co...
January 27, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Street art memorializing Alex Pretti in Seattle. Per r/Seattle, it was painted on a building facing Swedish Hospital in the First Hill neighborhood www.reddit.com/r/nursing/co...
It took me more than 4 years to capture a scene I could only dream of. A magnificent Condor soars above the peaks of Argentina's Mount Fitz Roy, as they are spot lit in beautiful morning light.
#bluesky #photography #landscape #birds #nature #art
#landscapephotography #naturephotography #sunrise
#bluesky #photography #landscape #birds #nature #art
#landscapephotography #naturephotography #sunrise
January 26, 2026 at 3:03 PM
That wrecking ball is gonna hurt when it swings back.
January 26, 2026 at 12:28 AM
That wrecking ball is gonna hurt when it swings back.