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Adrianne Black
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Advocate for antiracism. Book: THE KLANSMAN’S SON. She/her. Baltimore. Speaking: phoebe@lyceumagency.com
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I think it feels weird for people now to remember that something as horrible and era defining as the Indian Removal Act was decided by a razor-thin, polarizing vote in Congress
April 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Deeply unexpected that one of the best exhibits of extraterrestrial gems and minerals is in the terminal of the Portland, Maine airport??
Image of exhibit of minerals with descriptor: “Pallasites are the most beautiful extraterrestrial substance known, but they are exceedingly rare - only about 0.2% of all known meteorites are pallasites. Their rarity is due to having formed at the mahtle-core boundaries of asteroids. As the molten mantle cooled, the olivine crystallized and settled atop the liquid metal core. Olivine crystals ranging from amber to chartreuse hues were trapped as the metal solidified. These exquisite meteorites were launched into space when their parent body was shattered by a collision with another asteroid which liberated this material. Gem-quality olivine or peridot (the August birthstone) is seen in these examples.” Exhibit with descriptor: “Rocks from Mars are even rarer than Moon rocks. Like lunar meteorites, Martian meteorites land on our planet after having been ejected off the Martian surface by asteroid impacts. Martian meteorites are igneous rocks, evidence of the long history of volcanic activity on Mars Their Martian origin was confirmed by analyzing tiny voids within glassy inclusions within these rocks. The voids contain gas that perfectly matches the signature of the Martian atmosphere as reported by NASA's Viking Missions to Mars in 1976.” Exhibit with descriptor: “Vesta is the second largest asteroid in our solar system and the only one that can be seen with the naked eye. Vesta is considered a protoplanet because it has a crust, mantle, and core like Earth. Protoplanets were common in the early solar system, but all except Vesta were destroyed by collisions, and their remnants reside in the asteroid belt. Data transmitted from NASA's Dawn spacecraft identified Vesta as the source of three groups of meteorites found on Earth: eucrites from near the surface, diogenites from greater depths, and howardites— a mixture of the two.” Exhibit of with descriptor: “The Moon is among the rarest substances on our planet. All the pieces collected could fit in an SUV. While lunar samples were returned to Earth by Apollo astronauts, most are lunar meteorites - pieces of the Moon blasted off the lunar surface by asteroid impacts. Identified by their unique mineralogical and geochemical properties, these samples provide clues to the Moon's geological history. Some lunar minerals are unknown on Earth and many common minerals on our planet are rare or absent on the Moon. Featured below is the second largest piece of the Moon on Earth.”
April 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Seems like an odd omission that the Don’t Say Gay methods “resemble” not only Putin but also DeSantis.
Quote from article reading: “Hungary's methods resemble tactics by Putin, who in December 2022 expanded Russia's ban on "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations" from minors to adults, effectively outlawing any public endorsement of LGBTQ+ activities.”
March 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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It does limit one’s options for a podcast to play in the background when your daily feed randomly includes an interview with yourself
January 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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I feel like this prediction timeline has held up fairly well, but that makes me feel really worried.

Dems lost the house in 2022 by less than you’d have expected. The biggest surprise to me was that people still followed a 78-year-old child who would have already lost the election once.
Twitter post from March 5, 2020 of a format predicting what would happen with the presidency that reads: 1. Biden wins the 2020 nomination 2. Biden wins the election 3. No one believes us when we say Sanders also would have won the election 4. Dems lose the house in 2022 through apathy and low turnout 5. Someone whose name I bet we already know runs in 2024 to retake Trump's mantle 6. 2024 Dude wins under a more racially explicit white supremacist message than Trump's 7. Dems are roiled over their fears "the left" will scare potential persuadeables from 2024 Dude's following, they seek a moderate 8. Things get worse
November 26, 2024 at 5:01 PM