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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Yesterday, in the quiet beauty of a late fall afternoon, I happened by the Gunpowder Friends Meeting.
More Celebration of the Music of Aaron Copland!
(November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990)
… and here, the breathtaking moment, when Copland introduces the Shaker hymn, “Simple Gifts,” into his great ballet, Appalachian Spring (1944):
youtu.be/8e3rVcSy3IQ?...
Appalachian Spring
YouTube video by Leonard Bernstein - Topic
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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'That time of year thou mayst in me behold. Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.'

Shakespeare, Sonnet 73
November 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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i wish i could have been in the room when they were brainstorming how to solve the housing crisis and someone raised their hand and said "what about 50 year mortgages?"
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Herman Melville’s Moby Dick was first published in the U.S. on November 14, 1851
Spoken by Ishmael
November 15, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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And so it shall be
And so it was.
November 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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The “Epstein Files” saga shows that Republicans were only ever interested in using sexual assault as a pretext to smear political rivals and deprive LGBT people of their constitutional rights www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The President Who Cried ‘Hoax’
Republicans went after Epstein only when it was politically useful.
www.theatlantic.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%

Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%

Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.

As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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“Europeans dealt with African Nations as equals when establishing the slave trade because they could not at the time overpower them” is the actually not widely known part of the story. This part is told all the time by people trying to pretend plantation slavery was a universal model
November 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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In fairness, McWhorter did not write the title and does cite Thornton, whose book came out in 1992. I have it, by chance in arms reach, the copy I bought in 1994 in college. In unfairness, "The history of Black involvement in the slave trade has often been treated as off limits" is passive voice.
Man, I learned this in history class 25 years ago. It's not hidden. It's fair to say that it's hard for many people to learn about and uncomfortable to talk about, but it's not hidden and it's not untold. (gift link.)
Opinion | One Horror of Slavery That Until Recently Could Not Be Told
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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📍Senator Fetterman had a VFIB—the leading cause of cardiac arrest—he almost died if not for his implanted defibrillator, which can cost $34,000 to over $51,000. Days ago, he also just voted with GOP to gut health insurance tax credits for millions. Hope he has a change of heart.
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938

zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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I love visiting big cities, but it's also nice to come home to dark skies. I saw Orion hanging over the horizon on my drive back, with Sirius and Procyon nearby. Jupiter hung in the sky like a beacon, welcoming me back.
November 14, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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whether by gender, race, size, or medical condition

the dehumanization is disgusting
November 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Michael Wolff, Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein taking time out of their day covering up the world's most famous pedophile ring to complain about Ta-Nehesi Coates.
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
@rascality.bsky.social, might you take issue with #6?

“In Intro to Philosophy, we just discussed Heidegger’s Correspondence Theory of Truth, and I’d like to hear your take on it.”
Twelve Things Your College Freshman Son Will Never Say During His Weekly Call Home
1. “How are you?” 2. “I vacuumed my room.” 3. “You were right—Clash Royale is a waste of time.” 4. “I set up my own Amazon account, so you don’t ha...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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A Happy 175th Birthday to...

• Robert Louis Stevenson •
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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The Epstein Files… otherwise known as the Trump Pardon List
November 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Shinkichi Takahashi
(tr. Lucien Stryk & Takashi Ikemoto)
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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The golden hour brings all the ghost signs to the yard
November 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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1. BREAKING

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement admonishing the Trump administration’s immigration actions.

The last time they issued such a statement was in 2013 in response to contraception mandates.
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Ken Starr signed an email to Jeffery Epstein with "hugs"
November 13, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”

~Winston Churchill
Republicans are bracing for a significant chunk of the conference to vote for Khanna and Massie’s Epstein file disclosure bill once it lands on the House floor.
Republicans expecting mass defections on Epstein vote
Democrats pushing the discharge petition predicted that Republicans would rush to support the measure once it hit the floor.
www.politico.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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William Golding from his 1962 essay “Fables” on the intended meaning of his “Lord Of The Flies”.
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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the biggest lesson from the emails today is that powerful people are so unafraid of consequences for crimes as bad as “raping children” that they will just talk about it openly in emails

the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM