Carole Trainor
@ctrain.bsky.social
(Book-ish Canadian 🍁)
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A Jane Austen character said it best
I am half agony, half hope
NO DM'S
A Jane Austen character said it best
I am half agony, half hope
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Yesterday I learned that US lighthouses would get a delivery of a library box every few months so the lighthouse keeper would have something to do. Can you imagine how exciting the darn thing’s arrival would have been?
doorcountypulse.com/culture-club....
doorcountypulse.com/culture-club....
Culture Club: The Legacy of Lighthouse Libraries: A Beacon of Solace and Knowledge - Door County Pulse
by AMY FRANK, Executive Director, Door County Historical Society Before lighthouses were automated, lightkeepers were responsible for maintaining a guiding light along treacherous shores. Their role w...
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July 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Yesterday I learned that US lighthouses would get a delivery of a library box every few months so the lighthouse keeper would have something to do. Can you imagine how exciting the darn thing’s arrival would have been?
doorcountypulse.com/culture-club....
doorcountypulse.com/culture-club....
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"...affordability is a freedom issue, because you're not truly free when you can't afford to live."
Run on Vision, Not Just Resistance: Mamdani's NYC strategy
"Mamdani didn't just offer policies. He offered hope and vision wrapped in specifics."
Run on Vision, Not Just Resistance: Mamdani's NYC strategy
"Mamdani didn't just offer policies. He offered hope and vision wrapped in specifics."
Mamdani’s NYC Win: Run on Vision, Not Just Resistance
Mamdani won by framing government as care—not just listing policies. Vision beats resistance when voters see dignity in action.
www.theframelab.org
June 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"...affordability is a freedom issue, because you're not truly free when you can't afford to live."
Run on Vision, Not Just Resistance: Mamdani's NYC strategy
"Mamdani didn't just offer policies. He offered hope and vision wrapped in specifics."
Run on Vision, Not Just Resistance: Mamdani's NYC strategy
"Mamdani didn't just offer policies. He offered hope and vision wrapped in specifics."
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Download 1,600+ Publications from the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Books, Guides, Magazines & More
Download 1,600+ Publications from the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Books, Guides, Magazines & More
Many of us in these past few generations first heard of the Metropolitan Museum of Art while reading E. L. Konigsburg's novel From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
www.openculture.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Download 1,600+ Publications from the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Books, Guides, Magazines & More
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Correct, Harvard today the rest of the universities tomorrow
HARVARD PROF David Armitage: “We’re being made an example of by Trump — authoritarians across the world go for the universities first, because they’re set up for freedom of thought and provide critical opposition.”
May 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Correct, Harvard today the rest of the universities tomorrow
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Great to see the plaque to Madeleine ffrench Mullen at her childhood home - feminist, trade union actvist, rebel, social canpaigner and life long partner of Dr Kathleen Lynn - they lived together for about 4 decades at 9 Belgrave Rd., Rathmines #speirgorm www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...
'Long time coming' - plaque honours Irish revolutionary
A plaque commemorating Irish revolutionary, social activist and co-founder of Dublin's first children's hospital, Madeleine ffrench-Mullen has been unveiled in the capital.
www.rte.ie
May 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Great to see the plaque to Madeleine ffrench Mullen at her childhood home - feminist, trade union actvist, rebel, social canpaigner and life long partner of Dr Kathleen Lynn - they lived together for about 4 decades at 9 Belgrave Rd., Rathmines #speirgorm www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...
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Mother and daughter and mother and daughter? Unfortunately I have no info about this photo from my collection but it’s sweet nonetheless.
May 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Mother and daughter and mother and daughter? Unfortunately I have no info about this photo from my collection but it’s sweet nonetheless.
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Fintan O’Toole: Ireland is running out of priests. There is an obvious solution www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Fintan O’Toole: Ireland is running out of priests. There is an obvious solution
Women priests: The Catholic Church is like a farmer complaining of a poor crop while ploughing only one depleted field and leaving the rest fallow
www.irishtimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Fintan O’Toole: Ireland is running out of priests. There is an obvious solution www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Walz: We don’t need to run government like a business, because we’re not in the profit-making business. We’re in the business of improving lives and looking toward the future.
And second, this guy has a proven track record of being an absolute failure.
And second, this guy has a proven track record of being an absolute failure.
May 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Walz: We don’t need to run government like a business, because we’re not in the profit-making business. We’re in the business of improving lives and looking toward the future.
And second, this guy has a proven track record of being an absolute failure.
And second, this guy has a proven track record of being an absolute failure.
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Writing:
This sucks
This sucks
This sucks
This sucks
Oh man this slaps. I’ve never felt more high on life
This sucks.
And that’s why we masochists do it
This sucks
This sucks
This sucks
This sucks
Oh man this slaps. I’ve never felt more high on life
This sucks.
And that’s why we masochists do it
April 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Writing:
This sucks
This sucks
This sucks
This sucks
Oh man this slaps. I’ve never felt more high on life
This sucks.
And that’s why we masochists do it
This sucks
This sucks
This sucks
This sucks
Oh man this slaps. I’ve never felt more high on life
This sucks.
And that’s why we masochists do it
Mark Carney's thoughts translated into the French language
a close up of a man making a funny face while looking at another man .
ALT: a close up of a man making a funny face while looking at another man .
media.tenor.com
May 8, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Mark Carney's thoughts translated into the French language
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Linda McMahon wrote Harvard a letter to which they responded by noting areas that are in need of corrections and then posted it on social media.
Great job Harvard!👏👏👏
Great job Harvard!👏👏👏
May 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Linda McMahon wrote Harvard a letter to which they responded by noting areas that are in need of corrections and then posted it on social media.
Great job Harvard!👏👏👏
Great job Harvard!👏👏👏
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Currently listening to this beautiful new recording of Scottish songs in English and Gaelic that survived and sometimes changed in Nova Scotia, where they were collected by the late Helen Creighton. 🇨🇦🏴
May 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Currently listening to this beautiful new recording of Scottish songs in English and Gaelic that survived and sometimes changed in Nova Scotia, where they were collected by the late Helen Creighton. 🇨🇦🏴
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When the topic is women the conflict is that women are failing society. When the topic is men it's that society is failing them.
May 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
When the topic is women the conflict is that women are failing society. When the topic is men it's that society is failing them.
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🧵 New results on which are the freest countries in the world. Ireland ranks no 7, being held back by racism towards Travellers & Roma, as well as police corruption. The UK ranks ~33rd & USA is ~57th. Finland is the most free. The results are similar to the previous year. [1]
May 5, 2025 at 12:26 AM
🧵 New results on which are the freest countries in the world. Ireland ranks no 7, being held back by racism towards Travellers & Roma, as well as police corruption. The UK ranks ~33rd & USA is ~57th. Finland is the most free. The results are similar to the previous year. [1]
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Thou shalt demand retailers tell you how much prices have gone up because of tariffs.
April 30, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Thou shalt demand retailers tell you how much prices have gone up because of tariffs.
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I spoke with UN Secretary-General António Guterres today. In this time of rising conflict, Canada is ready to lead.
We will build coalitions, defend democracy, and stand up for our values on the world stage. As others step back from global leadership, Canada is stepping up.
We will build coalitions, defend democracy, and stand up for our values on the world stage. As others step back from global leadership, Canada is stepping up.
May 1, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I spoke with UN Secretary-General António Guterres today. In this time of rising conflict, Canada is ready to lead.
We will build coalitions, defend democracy, and stand up for our values on the world stage. As others step back from global leadership, Canada is stepping up.
We will build coalitions, defend democracy, and stand up for our values on the world stage. As others step back from global leadership, Canada is stepping up.
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To call Francis “the peoples pope“ implies that the Catholic Church knows that previous popes weren’t that into people
April 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
To call Francis “the peoples pope“ implies that the Catholic Church knows that previous popes weren’t that into people
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And when wind and winter harden
All the loveless land, It will whisper of the garden,
You will understand.
Dubliner, Oscar Wilde
All the loveless land, It will whisper of the garden,
You will understand.
Dubliner, Oscar Wilde
April 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
And when wind and winter harden
All the loveless land, It will whisper of the garden,
You will understand.
Dubliner, Oscar Wilde
All the loveless land, It will whisper of the garden,
You will understand.
Dubliner, Oscar Wilde
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I've always marveled at the unpredictability of education in the humanities—there's something crucial in thinking that what can be gained from reading a work of literature or encountering a work of art isn't a precept or a skill but maybe a new idea altogether—maybe emerging years later!
April 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I've always marveled at the unpredictability of education in the humanities—there's something crucial in thinking that what can be gained from reading a work of literature or encountering a work of art isn't a precept or a skill but maybe a new idea altogether—maybe emerging years later!
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Booksellers have faced censorship and harassment defending the freedom to read. Celebrate your local bookstore and support their ongoing role in safeguarding intellectual freedom.
press.princeton.edu/ideas/bookst...
#BookstoreDay
press.princeton.edu/ideas/bookst...
#BookstoreDay
April 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Booksellers have faced censorship and harassment defending the freedom to read. Celebrate your local bookstore and support their ongoing role in safeguarding intellectual freedom.
press.princeton.edu/ideas/bookst...
#BookstoreDay
press.princeton.edu/ideas/bookst...
#BookstoreDay
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The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
April 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.