Curiosity Builds (aka Linda Brown)
@curiositybuilds.bsky.social
Question everything. Oh, and love as much as you can. It’s called grace. Way left of center. (And keep your snark out of my face.)
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Carpool Karaoke: The Series - The Muppets & Jason Sudeikis - Apple TV app
YouTube video by The Late Late Show with James Corden
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This brought me the biggest smile I’ve had in a couple weeks. Turn it up loud, sing along, dance if you want. Tomorrow, we’ll get back to the good fight. #thingsthatmakemesmile #muppets #underpressure
This.
August 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This.
I’m tickled to death that a post I made off the cuff in 🧵 has resonated with over 1200 people. I wrote: “Dear Folks in Kilmarnock (Scotland) area, please continue to give JD Vance your very best cowbells and bagpipes at dawn. Signed, a grateful American #ScottishAllies.
August 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I’m tickled to death that a post I made off the cuff in 🧵 has resonated with over 1200 people. I wrote: “Dear Folks in Kilmarnock (Scotland) area, please continue to give JD Vance your very best cowbells and bagpipes at dawn. Signed, a grateful American #ScottishAllies.
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Needing some R&B/Soul — and heard this artist on the radio on my drive to an appointment. Just right. #publicradio
Needing some R&B/Soul — and heard this artist on the radio on my drive to an appointment. Just right. #publicradio
Coming Home (Deluxe) by Leon Bridges on Apple Music
Album · 2015 · 15 Songs
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July 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Needing some R&B/Soul — and heard this artist on the radio on my drive to an appointment. Just right. #publicradio
Needing some R&B/Soul — and heard this artist on the radio on my drive to an appointment. Just right. #publicradio
I wasn’t feeling much like celebrating Independence Day. I was actually feeling pretty blue. But then yesterday I had the most wonderful telephone call with my dad (aka The Colonel) — and suddenly life seems a little brighter. #thingsthatmakemehappy #family
July 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I wasn’t feeling much like celebrating Independence Day. I was actually feeling pretty blue. But then yesterday I had the most wonderful telephone call with my dad (aka The Colonel) — and suddenly life seems a little brighter. #thingsthatmakemehappy #family
And now the tiger girl is 15 years old. #adventureswiththetigergirl #thisis15
June 30, 2025 at 4:54 AM
And now the tiger girl is 15 years old. #adventureswiththetigergirl #thisis15
I can’t recall exactly which native milkweed we planted a couple years back (from Theodore Payne Nursery), but it keeps coming back. I think it’s Narrowleaf Milkweed.
#californianativeplants
#thingsthatmakemehappy
#californianativeplants
#thingsthatmakemehappy
April 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I can’t recall exactly which native milkweed we planted a couple years back (from Theodore Payne Nursery), but it keeps coming back. I think it’s Narrowleaf Milkweed.
#californianativeplants
#thingsthatmakemehappy
#californianativeplants
#thingsthatmakemehappy
I can’t recall exactly which native milkweed we planted a couple years back (from Theodore Payne Nursery), but it keeps coming back.
Meanwhile, please ignore the invasive ivy from our neighbors yard. We shall prevail.
#thingsthatmakemehappy
Meanwhile, please ignore the invasive ivy from our neighbors yard. We shall prevail.
#thingsthatmakemehappy
April 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I can’t recall exactly which native milkweed we planted a couple years back (from Theodore Payne Nursery), but it keeps coming back.
Meanwhile, please ignore the invasive ivy from our neighbors yard. We shall prevail.
#thingsthatmakemehappy
Meanwhile, please ignore the invasive ivy from our neighbors yard. We shall prevail.
#thingsthatmakemehappy
Just what I needed to hear, gotta go pick up the tiger girl (which means game face on, she’s a teenager).
It's Friday--time for a musical pick-me-up. Love this band, love how they perform live, love the message of this tune ...
And what a great place to have a blues festival.
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And what a great place to have a blues festival.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_0U...
Southern Avenue – "Found A Friend In You" (Live at Bilbao Blues Festival 2024)
YouTube video by Southern Avenue 🎧
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April 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Just what I needed to hear, gotta go pick up the tiger girl (which means game face on, she’s a teenager).
Her English teacher saw the tiger girl had finished Handmaid’s Tale, and loaned her his copy of Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower. She is on a roll! #adventureswiththetigergirl #thingsthatmakemehappy #booklove
April 10, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Her English teacher saw the tiger girl had finished Handmaid’s Tale, and loaned her his copy of Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower. She is on a roll! #adventureswiththetigergirl #thingsthatmakemehappy #booklove
Americans Win
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Wisconsin voters can’t be bought. #voteblue #everyelectionmatters
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Wisconsin voters can’t be bought. #voteblue #everyelectionmatters
Americans Win
News Flash: You can’t buy a state supreme court election in Wisconsin.
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April 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Americans Win
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Wisconsin voters can’t be bought. #voteblue #everyelectionmatters
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Wisconsin voters can’t be bought. #voteblue #everyelectionmatters
On, Wisconsin!!!
Susan Crawford took on the richest man in the world — and won! “For justice!” #voteblue #everyelectionmatters
Susan Crawford took on the richest man in the world — and won! “For justice!” #voteblue #everyelectionmatters
April 2, 2025 at 4:36 AM
On, Wisconsin!!!
Susan Crawford took on the richest man in the world — and won! “For justice!” #voteblue #everyelectionmatters
Susan Crawford took on the richest man in the world — and won! “For justice!” #voteblue #everyelectionmatters
The tiger girl just finished Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. I asked her what she thought of it. “I wanted more.” More what? “More information. Where did the social security numbers go? What happened to all that data? What happened?!” #adventureswiththetigergirl #booklove
March 28, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The tiger girl just finished Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. I asked her what she thought of it. “I wanted more.” More what? “More information. Where did the social security numbers go? What happened to all that data? What happened?!” #adventureswiththetigergirl #booklove
Saw this at a glance and my first thought was: “TG is in prison orange already?! Awesome!” #signalgate
March 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Saw this at a glance and my first thought was: “TG is in prison orange already?! Awesome!” #signalgate
@duanenoland.com posted this closeup of California’s state flower, the glorious Eschscholzia californica (California Poppy). Beyond gorgeous. #thingsthatmakemesmile
March 21, 2025 at 4:23 AM
@duanenoland.com posted this closeup of California’s state flower, the glorious Eschscholzia californica (California Poppy). Beyond gorgeous. #thingsthatmakemesmile
This brought me the biggest smile I’ve had in a couple weeks. Turn it up loud, sing along, dance if you want. Tomorrow, we’ll get back to the good fight. #thingsthatmakemesmile #muppets #underpressure
Carpool Karaoke: The Series - The Muppets & Jason Sudeikis - Apple TV app
YouTube video by The Late Late Show with James Corden
youtube.com
March 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
This brought me the biggest smile I’ve had in a couple weeks. Turn it up loud, sing along, dance if you want. Tomorrow, we’ll get back to the good fight. #thingsthatmakemesmile #muppets #underpressure
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Facts: Putin is a dictator and murderer. Russia invaded Ukraine. Ukraine is fighting for their lives. America used to stand up against tyrants. This is not who we are as a nation. Disgraceful.
February 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Facts: Putin is a dictator and murderer. Russia invaded Ukraine. Ukraine is fighting for their lives. America used to stand up against tyrants. This is not who we are as a nation. Disgraceful.
Message for 2025. I am mortified by the current administration’s treatment of President Zelenskyy in the Oval Office earlier today. It was nothing less than bullying, and was entirely unworthy of the White House. #standwithukraine🇺🇦
March 1, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Message for 2025. I am mortified by the current administration’s treatment of President Zelenskyy in the Oval Office earlier today. It was nothing less than bullying, and was entirely unworthy of the White House. #standwithukraine🇺🇦
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I appreciate this response from Ed Yong on why he requests that people mask at his events. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...
February 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I appreciate this response from Ed Yong on why he requests that people mask at his events. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...
More Mood for 2025. #standwithukraine
February 21, 2025 at 12:47 AM
More Mood for 2025. #standwithukraine
I see news that many of the firefighting crews that came in to help from other cities, counties, states, and countries are heading home.
Whatever good you believe in, whatever source of life and hope, send up a prayer of thanks for those people.
Love, the DH, the tiger girl, Betty the Cat, and me.
Whatever good you believe in, whatever source of life and hope, send up a prayer of thanks for those people.
Love, the DH, the tiger girl, Betty the Cat, and me.
January 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I see news that many of the firefighting crews that came in to help from other cities, counties, states, and countries are heading home.
Whatever good you believe in, whatever source of life and hope, send up a prayer of thanks for those people.
Love, the DH, the tiger girl, Betty the Cat, and me.
Whatever good you believe in, whatever source of life and hope, send up a prayer of thanks for those people.
Love, the DH, the tiger girl, Betty the Cat, and me.
I don’t know what the news is telling friends and family back east, but I am happy and relieved to report the Palisades, Eaton, and Hughes fires, while active, are all over 95% contained.
I imagine the rains over the weekend helped. Certainly, we needed them… #lafires 1/
I imagine the rains over the weekend helped. Certainly, we needed them… #lafires 1/
January 30, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I don’t know what the news is telling friends and family back east, but I am happy and relieved to report the Palisades, Eaton, and Hughes fires, while active, are all over 95% contained.
I imagine the rains over the weekend helped. Certainly, we needed them… #lafires 1/
I imagine the rains over the weekend helped. Certainly, we needed them… #lafires 1/
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Post the amazing science things you have done with federal funding.
January 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Post the amazing science things you have done with federal funding.
This.
Local government officials around the U.S. signal they won't assist — and in some cases they'll actively oppose — the Trump administration's efforts to conduct a massive deportation of migrants.
Local governments across U.S. signal they won't aid Trump migrant crackdown
Local government officials around the U.S. signal they won't assist — and in some cases they'll actively oppose — the Trump administration's efforts to conduct a massive deportation of migrants.
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January 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This.