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Hope needs compassionate action. Best to be compassionate anyway.

Many self-avowed 'critical thinkers' seem to not think critically.

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neal 🌻🇺🇦🇨🇦🌳⚖️☮📚 @nealfig.bsky.social · Nov 10
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (1954)
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Bonnie Dobson, Canadian songwriter, singer, and guitarist, was born on Nov. 13, 1940. #BonnieDobson

"Morning Dew" was later recorded by others, including the Grateful Dead and Nazareth.

Bonnie Dobson - "Morning Dew" (Bonnie Dobson) (1962, Remastered 2019)
#Music
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Morning Dew (Remastered 2019)
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November 13, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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I still have a jar of U.S. pennies; they used to make their way to the Canadian coinage pool.

Article: The last-ever penny was minted today in Philadelphia
By Chris Isidore, Vanessa Yurkevich
(Updated Nov 12, 2025, 1:59 PM ET Published Nov 12, 2025, 8:45 AM ET)

www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/b...
The last-ever penny was minted today in Philadelphia | CNN Business
The American penny passed away today after a prolonged illness. It was 238 years old.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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What veterans did today in Washington DC
Veterans Day
November 11th 2025

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“We Fought for the Constitution, Not Fascism”: Veterans Lead Fiery D.C. Protest Against Trump | AM1N
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November 12, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Neil Young, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, musician, and activist, was born on Nov. 12, 1945. #NeilYoung

Neil Young - "Helpless" (Neil Young) (Live at Massey Hall, 1971)
#Music
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Neil Young - Helpless (Live At Massey Hall - 1971)
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November 12, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Booker T. Jones, American musician, songwriter, record producer and arranger, was born on Nov. 12, 1944. #BookerTJones

Booker T. & The MG's - "Time Is Tight" (Booker T. Jones, Al Jackson Jr., Donald "Duck" Dunn, Steve Cropper) (Live, 1970)
#Music
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Booker T. & The MG's - Time Is Tight (Live, 1970)
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November 12, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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(Lester) Errol Brown, British-Jamaican singer and songwriter, the frontman of the soul/funk band Hot Chocolate, was born on Nov. 12, 1943 (d. 2015). #ErrolBrown

Hot Chocolate - "You Sexy Thing" (Errol Brown, Tony Wilson) (1976, ZDF Disco)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DwE...
Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing (ZDF Disco, 24.04.1976)
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November 12, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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John Walker [John Maus], American singer, songwriter and guitarist, founder of the Walker Brothers, was born on Nov. 12, 1943 (d. 2011). #JohnWalker

The Walker Brothers - "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" (Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio) (1966)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTlj...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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Bob Crewe, American songwriter, singer, and record producer, who wrote/produced hits with Bob Gaudio for the Four Seasons, was born on Nov. 12, 1930 (d. 2014). #BobCrewe

Jay and the Americans - "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" (B. Crewe, B. Gaudio) (1966)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=blSi...
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
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November 12, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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Jo Stafford, American singer, was born on Nov. 12, 1917 (d. 2008). #JoStafford

From the immediate post-war years but a song and recording for all time:

Jo Stafford - "You Belong to Me" (Chilton Price, Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart) (1952)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQfF...
Jo Stafford - You Belong To Me
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November 12, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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Booker T. Washington "Bukka" White, American Delta blues guitarist and singer, was born on Nov. 12, 1906 (d. 1977). #BukkaWhite

Bukka White - "Fixin' to Die Blues" (Bukka White) (1940)
#Music #Blues
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDjB...
Fixin' to Die Blues
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November 12, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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No words. 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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#RemembranceDay #LestWeForget

In Flanders Fields
by John McCrae (1915)

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November 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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On May 2, 1963, thousands of brave Black students—some as young as 8—marched from Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church to protest segregation. Trained in nonviolence, they faced fire hoses, dogs, beatings, and arrests.
"THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE" - 1963: A PIVOTAL YEAR FOR CIVIL RIGHTS Pt. III [AAHIAH ep. #33]
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November 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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New Yorkers know how to hit Trump where it hurts: his real estate #DailyShow #Trump #NewYorkCity
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November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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"If Jesus saves / Well, he'd better save Himself / From the gory glory seekers / Who use His name in death"

Jethro Tull - "Hymn 43" (Ian Anderson) (2005, Lugano Estival Jazz Fertival)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcTL...
Jethro Tull - Hymn 43 (Live At Lugano Estival Jazz Fertival 2005)
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November 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Jethro Tull - "Teacher" (Ian Anderson) (UK Single Version, March 1970 Promo Film)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mzN...
Jethro Tull - Teacher (UK Single Version, March 1970 Promo Film)
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November 11, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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"But there's one thing I know / Though I'm younger than you / That even Jesus would never / Forgive what you do."

Bob Dylan - "Masters of War" (Bob Dylan) (1963) #RemembranceDay #Peace
#Music
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Bob Dylan - Masters of War (Official Audio)
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November 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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Andy Partridge, English singer, songwriter, and record producer who founded the band XTC, was born on Nov. 11, 1953. #AndyPartridge

XTC - "Dear God" (Andy Partridge) (1988)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p554...
XTC - Dear God
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November 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Chris Dreja, English musician, rhythm guitarist and bassist for the Yardbirds, was born on Nov. 11, 1945. #ChrisDreja

The Yardbirds - "Heart Full of Soul" (Graham Gouldman) (1965)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kKJ...
The Yardbirds - "Heart Full Of Soul" (1965)
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November 11, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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(Delores) LaVern Baker, American R&B singer "who had several hit records on the pop chart in the 1950s and early 1960s" (Wikipedia), was born on Nov. 11, 1929 (d. 1997). #LaVernBaker

Lavern Baker - "Jim Dandy" (Lincoln Chase) (1956)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywho...
1957 HITS ARCHIVE: Jim Dandy - Lavern Baker
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November 11, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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Ernestine Anderson, American jazz and blues singer, was born on Nov. 11, 1928 (d. 2016). #ErnestineAnderson

"Never Make Your Move Too Soon" (Will Jennings, Stix Hooper) (1981)
#Music #Jazz #Blues
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8Oo...
Never Make Your Move Too Soon
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November 11, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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Mose Allison, American jazz and blues pianist, singer, and songwriter, was born on Nov. 11, 1927 (d. 2016). #MoseAllison

"V-8 Ford Blues" (W. Love) (1962)
#Music #Jazz
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmhn...
V-8 Ford Blues
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November 11, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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2/ “[W]e have fought to preserve ISI’s longstanding mission from falling victim to a post-liberal hijacking. That battle was lost at a board meeting held last Friday, at the conclusion of which we tendered our resignations.”
November 11, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Tomorrow is veterans Day

#VeteransDay
#VetsSayNo
rweingarten.bsky.social Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 3d
Tomorrow, veterans across the country are standing up to say no to corruption, to authoritarianism, and to cuts that betray our servicemembers and their communities. You can find an event to join near you here ⬇️
www.vetssayno.org
TAKE ACTION VETERAN'S DAY
www.vetssayno.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM