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A daily podcast about writing and writers that changed things, like minds, the world, etc.
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-Talk about writers and writing that made the world better
-Every episode should include women and people of color
-Feminism is equality for all
-Stay woke
-Encourage reading
-Respect short attention spans
-Find joy and share it
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I don't think I've ever been this mad at Democrats.

Those eight fucking senators who caved BETRAYED us.

They're responsible for 15 MILLION people losing their health insurance.

And for what? A "promise" of a vote? From the least trustworthy shit stains to ever put on a suit and hold a gavel?
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Good summation:
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit

this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
On this day in 1969 the very first episode of Sesame Street aired on National Educational Television, the channel that became PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service.
#History #OTD
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
On November 10th, 1951, people in the U.S. could call anyone, coast-to-coast, by dialing directly. It's (now) like saying water was wet. But this was a big deal.
#History #OTD
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
This statement is demonstrably false - and shockingly stupid.

If Kaine believes this, he's too stupid to hold the office he has.

The only alternative is that he's too dishonest to hold his position.

Either way, he needs to get the fuck out.

#Unconscionable #Capitulation #Shitstain
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I really have only one question for these people:

How the fuck could you cave like this - for nothing?!
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
On this day in 1918, a top-secret, coded message was sent from Europe to Ottawa and Washington, D.C. saying all combat between the nations of Europe, Asia, and North America would stop on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.
#Armistice #History #OTD
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Once again, The Onion sums it up perfectly:
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
On this day in 1793, French lawmakers established a state-sponsored religion to replace Roman Catholicism. They wanted something really different: a religion that had none of the trappings of the metaphysical or supernatural.
#History #Religion #OTD
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
It wasn’t cowardice.
It was greed.
Each of the eight senators who betrayed us took money and guidance from airlines.
We have to get money out of our politics.
There’s no reason electeds should get any money beyond their salaries.

If money is speech, then speech isn’t free.
We are being led by absolute cowards
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.

We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.

We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I contacted my Senators, Schumer and Gillibrand - and asked them to NOT vote to end the shutdown until the gop agrees to restore ACA subsidies and SNAP benefits.
I said I’ve voted for them every time their names were on the ballot. But if they cave, I’ll vote for anyone but them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Absolutely insane goal in insane conditions in the CPL final. Absurd.
November 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This.

A thousand times this:
November 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This is awful and terrifying.

It is interesting, though, that trimp and his minions clawed back more than $1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and NPR (which is public broadcasting) is reporting on the gop's incompetence and idiocy.

Your move, slimy little skid marks.
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Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.
Grocery prices have jumped up, and there's no relief in sight
Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.
n.pr
November 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I honestly don't know if we're collectively getting better at describing the horrors or there are so many horrors it's like shooting fish in a barrel.

Either way, I like the succinct summation here by [checks notes] God.
Thou Shalt Never Again Complain About Egg Prices If You Voted For The Guy Who Canceled Food.
November 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I don't think he knows what that word (or any word) means.

#SHPOS #Skid #Mark
November 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Imagine being THIS CLOSE to getting it.

And then IGNORING the fact that oppressors have divided New Yorkers into an in group and the oppressed FOR CENTURIES.

This is Jeff Bezos' editorial board. They and their ignorant ideology need to be swept into the ash can of history.

#Horse'sAss
November 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
It is the birthday of the musician who sang,
“Gimme brains for breakfast baby / And gimme more for lunch / Throw me a bone for dinner yeah yeah / A girl could starve on a boy like you”
American singer songwriter Allison Wolfe was born on this day in 1969.
#MusicSky #RiotGrrl #BOTD
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It is the birthday of the musician who sang,
“If you missed the train I'm on / You will know that I am gone / You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.”
American singer-songwriter Mary Travers was born on this day in 1936. She was 1/3 of the 1960s folk group Peter, Paul, and Mary.
#MusicSky
November 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It is the birthday in 1854 of American activist and author Maud Howe Elliott. She is best known as the co-author – with her sisters – of their mother's biography, "The Life of Julia Ward Howe." Maud Howe Elliott wrote many other books and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1917.
#WriterSky #BookSky
November 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM