Molly Lenore
@wellhellomolly.bsky.social
It’s so nice to have me back where I belong
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massive respect to gordon lightfoot, writing an entire song because of a typo
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
massive respect to gordon lightfoot, writing an entire song because of a typo
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Here is the Newsweek magazine article that led to the song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," marked up to show key passages that Lightfoot borrowed. Short thread at quoted post. Thanks to @bikeguy.bsky.social for reminding me about this. #EdmundFitzgerald50
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Here is the Newsweek magazine article that led to the song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," marked up to show key passages that Lightfoot borrowed. Short thread at quoted post. Thanks to @bikeguy.bsky.social for reminding me about this. #EdmundFitzgerald50
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listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly
October 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly
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WLOL radio building at 1021 LaSalle Ave in Minneapolis in 1966. From the MN Historical Society, posted recently on the Historic Minneapolis Minnesota FB page.
LOL apparently stood for “Land of Lakes.” The sign for Harry’s Cafe at 11th & Nicollet is visible in the background.
LOL apparently stood for “Land of Lakes.” The sign for Harry’s Cafe at 11th & Nicollet is visible in the background.
September 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
WLOL radio building at 1021 LaSalle Ave in Minneapolis in 1966. From the MN Historical Society, posted recently on the Historic Minneapolis Minnesota FB page.
LOL apparently stood for “Land of Lakes.” The sign for Harry’s Cafe at 11th & Nicollet is visible in the background.
LOL apparently stood for “Land of Lakes.” The sign for Harry’s Cafe at 11th & Nicollet is visible in the background.
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Three of my favorite historians are teaching a course together at Yale to mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of this nation. Here is a preview of the course from all three: @jbf1755.bsky.social, @dblight.bsky.social and Beverly Gage. 🗃️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwJq...
A Look Inside America at 250: A History
YouTube video by Yale University
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August 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Three of my favorite historians are teaching a course together at Yale to mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of this nation. Here is a preview of the course from all three: @jbf1755.bsky.social, @dblight.bsky.social and Beverly Gage. 🗃️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwJq...
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This is such a great thread, especially for garden heads. I once heard the North American Prairie described as an upside down rainforest, meaning quite a bit of a plant’s growth is underground. Also like a true midwestern garden nerd, I love this chart 💚🌸
There’s a famous chart from the Conservation Research Institute, which demonstrates this. GAZE UPON THESE ROOTS, YE MIGHTY AND DESPAIR.
July 26, 2025 at 4:59 AM
This is such a great thread, especially for garden heads. I once heard the North American Prairie described as an upside down rainforest, meaning quite a bit of a plant’s growth is underground. Also like a true midwestern garden nerd, I love this chart 💚🌸
Jacques Pepin and Lidia Bastianich! Multiple rewatches of Wolf Hall! Several seasons of Finding Your Roots! All the Rick Steves and Ken Burns you can dream of!
btw did you know you can subscribe to PBS for only like $5/mo or a $60 one-time for a year donation, and get access to their Passport streaming service? They mail you a little live programming guide and everything, too. The 40-something seasons of NOVA alone are worth it.
Donate to your local PBS/NPR stations. It's up to us now.
July 19, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Jacques Pepin and Lidia Bastianich! Multiple rewatches of Wolf Hall! Several seasons of Finding Your Roots! All the Rick Steves and Ken Burns you can dream of!
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The evil that men do lives after them
July 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The evil that men do lives after them
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*WHEEZING*
"The Court did so over defense counsel's objection that had no apparent legal basis to support it!"
"The Court did so over defense counsel's objection that had no apparent legal basis to support it!"
![When the Court held oral argument on the PI motion on April 30, 2025, it conferred with the parties and, given the imminent firings, plaintiffs moved to convert the PI motion into a motion for a temporary restraining order ("TRO"). The Court agreed to do so.[1] See
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May 2, 2025 at 1:31 AM
*WHEEZING*
"The Court did so over defense counsel's objection that had no apparent legal basis to support it!"
"The Court did so over defense counsel's objection that had no apparent legal basis to support it!"
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This weekend is National Historic Marker Weekend. This event, created by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation, brings people and communities together to clean local history markers. Learn how you can get involved at tinyurl.com/4zzzw8pk.
National Historic Marker Weekend | William G. Pomeroy Foundation
The William G. Pomeroy Foundation® presents National Historic Marker Weekend. This year, we invite you to volunteer for the fifth annual National Historic Marker Day on Friday, April 25 and all weekend long.
www.wgpfoundation.org
April 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This weekend is National Historic Marker Weekend. This event, created by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation, brings people and communities together to clean local history markers. Learn how you can get involved at tinyurl.com/4zzzw8pk.
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If Mark Rylance, in character as Thomas Cromwell from Wolf Hall, silently stared at me for a lengthy period of time, I would simply wither and turn into dust (complimentary)
April 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
If Mark Rylance, in character as Thomas Cromwell from Wolf Hall, silently stared at me for a lengthy period of time, I would simply wither and turn into dust (complimentary)
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This can be one of the biggest mental blocks to starting creative work—you want to write, but your words don’t come out like your faves. You want to draw, but your lines aren’t nice like the pros. Well no shit, 1) they come out like you (which is good!) and 2) everyone’s rough to start. Practice.
And I have never been able to write like the people who inspired me--I am nothing like Tolkien, Adams, or King. But I am so grateful that they helped me become myself.
Sounds right. I thought, Maybe I can do that, and I started trying.
April 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This can be one of the biggest mental blocks to starting creative work—you want to write, but your words don’t come out like your faves. You want to draw, but your lines aren’t nice like the pros. Well no shit, 1) they come out like you (which is good!) and 2) everyone’s rough to start. Practice.
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Quite literally whitewashing the purpose of the Underground Railroad www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
April 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Quite literally whitewashing the purpose of the Underground Railroad www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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This is a video of PBS travel guy Rick Steves at the Edmonds WA Hands Off event, giving a speech which I think is one of the BEST explanations I've seen for the average person of what is going on now and it is 🔥🔥🔥. You are going to want to watch this. youtu.be/86hnPrWozUo?...
Hands Off National Day of Protest - Edmonds, WA
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April 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is a video of PBS travel guy Rick Steves at the Edmonds WA Hands Off event, giving a speech which I think is one of the BEST explanations I've seen for the average person of what is going on now and it is 🔥🔥🔥. You are going to want to watch this. youtu.be/86hnPrWozUo?...
April 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Library grants terminated after DOGE takeover of Institute of Museum and Library Services
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Library grants terminated after DOGE takeover of Institute of Museum and Library Services
Several states received notifications today that their library grants have been cancelled, according to a new statement from the American Library Association.
www.nbcnews.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Library grants terminated after DOGE takeover of Institute of Museum and Library Services
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www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Can’t even begin to imagine how they’re going to vandalize the National Museum of African American History and Culture and the American Women’s History Museum.
Last week, while visiting several Smithsonian museums, I kept wondering how long it would take for this administration to direct exhibits to be pulled. Not long, it turns out. 🗃️ www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores Truth and Sanity to American History
RESTORING TRUTH IN AMERICAN HISTORY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order restoring truth and sanity to American history by
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March 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Can’t even begin to imagine how they’re going to vandalize the National Museum of African American History and Culture and the American Women’s History Museum.
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To anyone living in a state that doesn't respect you for who you love or who you are: Illinois has a place for you.
You are seen, you are celebrated, you are protected, and you are welcome here in our state.
You are seen, you are celebrated, you are protected, and you are welcome here in our state.
March 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
To anyone living in a state that doesn't respect you for who you love or who you are: Illinois has a place for you.
You are seen, you are celebrated, you are protected, and you are welcome here in our state.
You are seen, you are celebrated, you are protected, and you are welcome here in our state.
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It has always been a problem with the use of the phrase “machine learning” that models like these, unlike human beings, cannot actually learn anything. If the status quo is racist, they will remain racist. They can parrot antiracism, not because they have learned it, but because someone else did.
WIRED tested the popular AI video generator from OpenAI and found that it amplifies sexist stereotypes and ableist tropes, perpetuating the same biases already present in AI image tools.
OpenAI’s Sora Is Plagued by Sexist, Racist, and Ableist Biases
WIRED tested the popular AI video generator from OpenAI and found that it amplifies sexist stereotypes and ableist tropes, perpetuating the same biases already present in AI image tools.
wrd.cm
March 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
It has always been a problem with the use of the phrase “machine learning” that models like these, unlike human beings, cannot actually learn anything. If the status quo is racist, they will remain racist. They can parrot antiracism, not because they have learned it, but because someone else did.
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Funny how "erasing history" only applies to tearing down Confederate monuments, emphasizing the role of enslavement in the development of the U.S., & renaming military bases named after Confederates, but not to acknowledging historical Black, Brown, queer, and trans folks
March 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Funny how "erasing history" only applies to tearing down Confederate monuments, emphasizing the role of enslavement in the development of the U.S., & renaming military bases named after Confederates, but not to acknowledging historical Black, Brown, queer, and trans folks