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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
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."
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?...
(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
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November 15, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Yesterday, in the quiet beauty of a late fall afternoon, I happened by the Gunpowder Friends Meeting.
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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
Shakespeare, Sonnet 73
November 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
'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
Shakespeare, Sonnet 73
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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
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?"
Herman Melville’s Moby Dick was first published in the U.S. on November 14, 1851
Spoken by Ishmael
Spoken by Ishmael
November 15, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Herman Melville’s Moby Dick was first published in the U.S. on November 14, 1851
Spoken by Ishmael
Spoken by Ishmael
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And so it shall be
And so it was.
November 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
And so it shall be
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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
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...
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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.
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
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.
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.
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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
“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
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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
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.
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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
📍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.
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
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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
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.
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whether by gender, race, size, or medical condition
the dehumanization is disgusting
the dehumanization is disgusting
U.S. visas can be denied for obesity, cancer and diabetes, Rubio says.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
U.S. visas can be denied for obesity, cancer and diabetes, Rubio says
The Trump administration has directed visa officers to consider obesity and other chronic health conditions when deciding whether to grant visas to immigrants.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
whether by gender, race, size, or medical condition
the dehumanization is disgusting
the dehumanization is disgusting
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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.
![From: Steve Bannon I
Sent: 4/23/2019 4:06:36 PM
To: Michael Wolff _________________________________1
CC: Jeffrey Epstein [jeevacation@gmail.com]
Subject: Re: Announcing the 2019 Hillman Prize winners
Importance: High
Fix always in
On Apr 23, 2019, at 9:06 AM, Michael Wolff <
> wrote:
Look at the judges on this thing: the right-thinking establishment to a tee (to a Ta-Nihisi).
On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 2:57 PM Steve Bannon < wrote:
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November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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.
@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.”
“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...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:27 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.”
“In Intro to Philosophy, we just discussed Heidegger’s Correspondence Theory of Truth, and I’d like to hear your take on it.”
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A Happy 175th Birthday to...
• Robert Louis Stevenson •
• Robert Louis Stevenson •
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
A Happy 175th Birthday to...
• Robert Louis Stevenson •
• Robert Louis Stevenson •
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The Epstein Files… otherwise known as the Trump Pardon List
November 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The Epstein Files… otherwise known as the Trump Pardon List
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Shinkichi Takahashi
(tr. Lucien Stryk & Takashi Ikemoto)
(tr. Lucien Stryk & Takashi Ikemoto)
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Shinkichi Takahashi
(tr. Lucien Stryk & Takashi Ikemoto)
(tr. Lucien Stryk & Takashi Ikemoto)
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The golden hour brings all the ghost signs to the yard
November 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The golden hour brings all the ghost signs to the yard
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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.
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
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.
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.
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Ken Starr signed an email to Jeffery Epstein with "hugs"
![From:
Sent:
To:
Subject:
Starr, Ken
8/22/2018 7:17:35 PM
jeffrey E. [jeevacation@gmail.com]
Re: Jed Rubenfeld
Importance: High
Wise counsel. The!
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 22, 2018, at 1:49 PM, jefirey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
I think scholarly but not too much so. no one above the law.. we began leaving a kingdom. . unlikely to give king like powers to a president. on one above the law.
I would like lunch pail joe to come away and
think, this guy is smart. I understood. lets see what he writes about the clintons. someone suggested that trump could shoot someone on fifth avenue and not lose a vote. that is true, but would make little sense for him not to suffer an immediate consequence. the allowed civil depo setting precedent for criminal process, is a lawyers outline I might think of dumbing it down, again, and suggesting that you can sue your neighbor, even if you neighbor is the president. makes little sense that the you can be indicted for assaulting him but he cannot if he assaults you.
low bar for civil higher bar for criminal. . at
some point on your book tour I might point out how disappointed you were that the clinton and betty curries' trashean story, was reopened. .
On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 2:08 PM, jeffrey E. < jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
i vote yes as it makes you relevant to today rather than merely re- reciting an old tale. :) or tail?
On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 12:07 PM, Starr, Ken < Can you talk? Impt.
WrOte:
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 17, 2018, at 9:18 AM, jeftrey E. -jeevacation@gmail.com› wrote:
tha
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 10:14 AM, Starr, Ken
wrote:
Good morning!
Jed teaches crim law at Yale. Outspokenly strong on the need for procedural fairness in campus adjudicatory proceedings. Relevant to your friend's unhappy situation? If so, happy to make the connection.
Hugs, Ken
Sent from my iPhone
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November 13, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Ken Starr signed an email to Jeffery Epstein with "hugs"
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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
~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
“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
~Winston Churchill
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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
William Golding from his 1962 essay “Fables” on the intended meaning of his “Lord Of The Flies”.
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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
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true