I am an old woman, named after my mother
@heypaulaj.bsky.social
Grew up in beautiful Altadena; now aging in place in the great damp PNW.
Pinned
No, the Democratic Party isn't losing because it's Too Woke:
old guy:
"How 'bout... get less Woke?"
young human:
"Yeah absolutely not."
"How 'bout... get less Woke?"
young human:
"Yeah absolutely not."
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Thrilled to report I’ve just about had it
September 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Thrilled to report I’ve just about had it
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My God, I just remembered that we die. But---me too?
--Clarice Lispector
--Clarice Lispector
September 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
My God, I just remembered that we die. But---me too?
--Clarice Lispector
--Clarice Lispector
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Good morning
December 28, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Good morning
JFC and WTF 😡
Jim O'Neill's not just a Thiel lieutenant, he's a true acolyte, fervently pushing all Peter's fruitcake ideas: building government-free floating cities on the ocean. Achieving eternal life. Getting kids to drop out of college. And he thinks drug safety testing is for wimps. 3/
Meet Jim O’Neill, the longevity enthusiast who is now RFK Jr.’s right-hand man
The newest addition to Trump’s health agency wants to create new cities in the sea, extend human lifespan, and Make America Healthy Again.
www.technologyreview.com
September 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
JFC and WTF 😡
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I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag.
-Molly Ivins
-Molly Ivins
August 30, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag.
-Molly Ivins
-Molly Ivins
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"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm
June 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm
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I was just putting Orin to bed and he said, “I don’t know how to use my life,” so now there’s three of us in the house like this.
June 9, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I was just putting Orin to bed and he said, “I don’t know how to use my life,” so now there’s three of us in the house like this.
♥️
Mom was always casually sophisticated, even at age 15 (in 1945)
Mom was always casually sophisticated, even at age 15 (in 1945)
May 13, 2025 at 5:18 AM
♥️
Mom was always casually sophisticated, even at age 15 (in 1945)
Mom was always casually sophisticated, even at age 15 (in 1945)
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ICE says they will bring charges against the two Immigration Rapid Response Hotline volunteers who demanded that agents show their badges before seizing two men from the Charlottesville courthouse. dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
ICE promises bystanders who challenged Charlottesville raid will be prosecuted
After ICE raided a downtown Charlottesville courthouse and arrested two men, the federal agency is promising to prosecute the bystanders who challenged their authority.
dailyprogress.com
April 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
ICE says they will bring charges against the two Immigration Rapid Response Hotline volunteers who demanded that agents show their badges before seizing two men from the Charlottesville courthouse. dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
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A river to skate away on?
Joni Mitchell, skating on Lake Mendota, near Madison, Wisconsin, 1976.
Photo by Joel Bernstein.
Joni Mitchell, skating on Lake Mendota, near Madison, Wisconsin, 1976.
Photo by Joel Bernstein.
April 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
A river to skate away on?
Joni Mitchell, skating on Lake Mendota, near Madison, Wisconsin, 1976.
Photo by Joel Bernstein.
Joni Mitchell, skating on Lake Mendota, near Madison, Wisconsin, 1976.
Photo by Joel Bernstein.
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using "ither" and "ence" as suffixes suggests a whole alphabet of new words, xither we use them or not
www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...
www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...
April 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
using "ither" and "ence" as suffixes suggests a whole alphabet of new words, xither we use them or not
www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...
www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...
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Joan Crawford as Hamlet, 1929
April 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Joan Crawford as Hamlet, 1929
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Desert X
In Coachella Valley, CA every Spring, Desert X blooms with random art installations in random places. Sharing pictures from the Soul Service Station by @allisonsaar Do something random.
desertx.org/dx/dx-25-coa...
#DesertX #CoachellaValley #Randomart #Sun #Spring #Soulfilling. #AllisonSaar
In Coachella Valley, CA every Spring, Desert X blooms with random art installations in random places. Sharing pictures from the Soul Service Station by @allisonsaar Do something random.
desertx.org/dx/dx-25-coa...
#DesertX #CoachellaValley #Randomart #Sun #Spring #Soulfilling. #AllisonSaar
April 4, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Desert X
In Coachella Valley, CA every Spring, Desert X blooms with random art installations in random places. Sharing pictures from the Soul Service Station by @allisonsaar Do something random.
desertx.org/dx/dx-25-coa...
#DesertX #CoachellaValley #Randomart #Sun #Spring #Soulfilling. #AllisonSaar
In Coachella Valley, CA every Spring, Desert X blooms with random art installations in random places. Sharing pictures from the Soul Service Station by @allisonsaar Do something random.
desertx.org/dx/dx-25-coa...
#DesertX #CoachellaValley #Randomart #Sun #Spring #Soulfilling. #AllisonSaar
It's time for some intensive crafting, right?
Signs, banners, postcards...
Signs, banners, postcards...
April 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It's time for some intensive crafting, right?
Signs, banners, postcards...
Signs, banners, postcards...
"Oh, I'm alright... it's fine."
April 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"Oh, I'm alright... it's fine."
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People talking and peacefully demonstrating is not a threat to society; but stopping them is. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers call for rights to be restored after police raid on Westminster Meeting House
The police raid on Westminster Quaker meeting house last Thursday was a massively disproportionate response to the legitimate concerns of UK citizens.
www.quaker.org.uk
April 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
People talking and peacefully demonstrating is not a threat to society; but stopping them is. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
"It seems to me that whatever the charges facing the activists at the Quaker meeting house raid, their fundamental crime is dissent"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Vilified, arrested, held incommunicado: that's the price of protest in Britain today | George Monbiot
It seems to me that whatever the charges facing the activists at the Quaker meeting house raid, their fundamental crime is dissent, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
April 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"It seems to me that whatever the charges facing the activists at the Quaker meeting house raid, their fundamental crime is dissent"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We need new leaders in Washington. I’m running for Senate to be one. Let’s go.
April 2, 2025 at 10:04 AM
We need new leaders in Washington. I’m running for Senate to be one. Let’s go.
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I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I'm running for Congress.
March 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I'm running for Congress.
old guy:
"How 'bout... get less Woke?"
young human:
"Yeah absolutely not."
"How 'bout... get less Woke?"
young human:
"Yeah absolutely not."
No, the Democratic Party isn't losing because it's Too Woke:
April 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
old guy:
"How 'bout... get less Woke?"
young human:
"Yeah absolutely not."
"How 'bout... get less Woke?"
young human:
"Yeah absolutely not."
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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He Huaishuo. Night of the Forgotten Moon, 1983
April 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM
He Huaishuo. Night of the Forgotten Moon, 1983