Karen Lewis Taylor
@karenlewistaylor.bsky.social
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STORYTIME.
At our wedding, my astronomer husband and I had a planetarium show (YES NERDS WE KNOW). The MC told everyone to get drunk first. During the show my drunk aunt-in-law shouted "SHOW US URANUS" and he had a whole BIT about how Uranus got rammed by something hard and let out a lot of gas. 😂
At our wedding, my astronomer husband and I had a planetarium show (YES NERDS WE KNOW). The MC told everyone to get drunk first. During the show my drunk aunt-in-law shouted "SHOW US URANUS" and he had a whole BIT about how Uranus got rammed by something hard and let out a lot of gas. 😂
OR we should all laugh about Uranus as well. I'm on the side of more laughter these days.
May 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
STORYTIME.
At our wedding, my astronomer husband and I had a planetarium show (YES NERDS WE KNOW). The MC told everyone to get drunk first. During the show my drunk aunt-in-law shouted "SHOW US URANUS" and he had a whole BIT about how Uranus got rammed by something hard and let out a lot of gas. 😂
At our wedding, my astronomer husband and I had a planetarium show (YES NERDS WE KNOW). The MC told everyone to get drunk first. During the show my drunk aunt-in-law shouted "SHOW US URANUS" and he had a whole BIT about how Uranus got rammed by something hard and let out a lot of gas. 😂
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There are numerous calls to investigate whether Trump and his cronies engaged in insider trading, pump and dumps, etc.
But it won't be DOJ.
It won't be the SEC.
It won't be Congress.
You know who CAN investigate this?
NY AG Letitia James - who has jurisdiction over Wall St.
But it won't be DOJ.
It won't be the SEC.
It won't be Congress.
You know who CAN investigate this?
NY AG Letitia James - who has jurisdiction over Wall St.
April 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
There are numerous calls to investigate whether Trump and his cronies engaged in insider trading, pump and dumps, etc.
But it won't be DOJ.
It won't be the SEC.
It won't be Congress.
You know who CAN investigate this?
NY AG Letitia James - who has jurisdiction over Wall St.
But it won't be DOJ.
It won't be the SEC.
It won't be Congress.
You know who CAN investigate this?
NY AG Letitia James - who has jurisdiction over Wall St.
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Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH
The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ...
www.latimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
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Proud of @booker.senate.gov for breaking the record for longest time holding the Senate floor. Today you’ve lifted up all Americans injured by MAGA’s billionaire crusade against voting rights, Social Security, Medicaid and health care. Keep walking, keep talking, keep fighting.
April 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Proud of @booker.senate.gov for breaking the record for longest time holding the Senate floor. Today you’ve lifted up all Americans injured by MAGA’s billionaire crusade against voting rights, Social Security, Medicaid and health care. Keep walking, keep talking, keep fighting.
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This pointless stunt by Cory Booker is accomplishing nothing but drawing attention to the Trump administration’s wrongdoing and delaying the work of the Senate and energizing the Democratic base and, wait, hang on, let me come in again
April 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This pointless stunt by Cory Booker is accomplishing nothing but drawing attention to the Trump administration’s wrongdoing and delaying the work of the Senate and energizing the Democratic base and, wait, hang on, let me come in again
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There’s a lot of shit in the world, but if I can convince the Coen Brothers to do a sequel to Raising Arizona with Gosling and Cage, all will be well
He is so goddamn good in this.
In an alternate universe, we got a follow up to Raising Arizona where he plays HI McDonough Jr alongside Nic Cage
In an alternate universe, we got a follow up to Raising Arizona where he plays HI McDonough Jr alongside Nic Cage
March 31, 2025 at 12:12 AM
There’s a lot of shit in the world, but if I can convince the Coen Brothers to do a sequel to Raising Arizona with Gosling and Cage, all will be well
Ah, springtime in the South! Warm weather, beautiful flowers and a thick layer of yellow-green pollen covering all of it! (Cough, cough!)
March 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Ah, springtime in the South! Warm weather, beautiful flowers and a thick layer of yellow-green pollen covering all of it! (Cough, cough!)
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I have been hearing from people that they have been having issues accessing their Social Security accounts. INSTEAD of going to a branch which may be hundreds or 1Ks+ of miles away from you, call your members of Congress. They have constituent services that will help you regain access. Please share!
March 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I have been hearing from people that they have been having issues accessing their Social Security accounts. INSTEAD of going to a branch which may be hundreds or 1Ks+ of miles away from you, call your members of Congress. They have constituent services that will help you regain access. Please share!
As a literature nerd (and one who wrote her master’s thesis on postmodern Arthurian adaptations), this story thrills me. To go to such lengths to recover a rare medieval manuscript—something is still right in this world!
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/w...
Medieval Tales of Merlin and Arthur, Hidden for Centuries, Return to Light (Gift Article)
Cambridge University researchers found a manuscript with rare Arthurian tales bound into a ledger more than 400 years old and used advanced technology to reveal its contents.
www.nytimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 12:53 AM
As a literature nerd (and one who wrote her master’s thesis on postmodern Arthurian adaptations), this story thrills me. To go to such lengths to recover a rare medieval manuscript—something is still right in this world!
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Do NOT drop this story. Keep hitting it hard. They could have killed our pilots.
YouGov poll:
74% Americans — including 60% of Republicans — say the Trump admin's use of the Signal chat to discuss military strikes is a serious problem.
74% Americans — including 60% of Republicans — say the Trump admin's use of the Signal chat to discuss military strikes is a serious problem.
March 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Do NOT drop this story. Keep hitting it hard. They could have killed our pilots.
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Gift link
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Gift link
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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There should be a term for seeing a word often rendered incorrectly rendered correctly and, for a moment, being certain that it's wrong, simply because your gotcha instincts go into overdrive:
e.g., my certainty just now, for a good 7 seconds till I came to my senses, that "minuscule" was a typo
e.g., my certainty just now, for a good 7 seconds till I came to my senses, that "minuscule" was a typo
March 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
There should be a term for seeing a word often rendered incorrectly rendered correctly and, for a moment, being certain that it's wrong, simply because your gotcha instincts go into overdrive:
e.g., my certainty just now, for a good 7 seconds till I came to my senses, that "minuscule" was a typo
e.g., my certainty just now, for a good 7 seconds till I came to my senses, that "minuscule" was a typo
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meme | noun | an amusing or interesting item (such as a captioned picture or video) or genre of items that is spread widely online especially through social media
March 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
meme | noun | an amusing or interesting item (such as a captioned picture or video) or genre of items that is spread widely online especially through social media
What do you think about this list? I think 3, 4 and 5 are hard to say mostly if you’re trying to *read* them aloud.
A list of the ten most difficult words to say aloud…
10. Specificity
9. Ignominious
8. Statistics
7. Defibrillator
6. Magnanimity
5. Pulchritude
4. Worcestershire
3. Anaesthetist
2. Asterisk
1. Sorry*
* Seems to be the hardest word
10. Specificity
9. Ignominious
8. Statistics
7. Defibrillator
6. Magnanimity
5. Pulchritude
4. Worcestershire
3. Anaesthetist
2. Asterisk
1. Sorry*
* Seems to be the hardest word
March 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
What do you think about this list? I think 3, 4 and 5 are hard to say mostly if you’re trying to *read* them aloud.
Our area is facing severe weather today: severe thunderstorms, tornado watch, flash flood watch and risk of high wind. It’s a good day to sit tight at home and keep my cell phone close! This line of storms has been destructive; thinking of communities west of us that have been hit hard.
March 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Our area is facing severe weather today: severe thunderstorms, tornado watch, flash flood watch and risk of high wind. It’s a good day to sit tight at home and keep my cell phone close! This line of storms has been destructive; thinking of communities west of us that have been hit hard.
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‘Sooth’ is an archaic word that means “truth” or “reality.”
It primarily lives on in the verb ‘soothe’ which originally meant "to show, assert, or confirm the truth of.”
‘forsooth’ = for truth (indeed)
‘soothsayer’ = truth sayer (someone who can predict the future)
It primarily lives on in the verb ‘soothe’ which originally meant "to show, assert, or confirm the truth of.”
‘forsooth’ = for truth (indeed)
‘soothsayer’ = truth sayer (someone who can predict the future)
March 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
‘Sooth’ is an archaic word that means “truth” or “reality.”
It primarily lives on in the verb ‘soothe’ which originally meant "to show, assert, or confirm the truth of.”
‘forsooth’ = for truth (indeed)
‘soothsayer’ = truth sayer (someone who can predict the future)
It primarily lives on in the verb ‘soothe’ which originally meant "to show, assert, or confirm the truth of.”
‘forsooth’ = for truth (indeed)
‘soothsayer’ = truth sayer (someone who can predict the future)
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"They are looking to their leaders for courage and for conviction, and what they are finding instead is collaboration. That is unacceptable."
MORE OF THIS PLEASE
MORE OF THIS PLEASE
Wow. Watch this from Zohran Mamdani. It looks like the exact "fight" and "conviction" people are hopelessly asking for from the people in charge of the Democratic party:
March 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"They are looking to their leaders for courage and for conviction, and what they are finding instead is collaboration. That is unacceptable."
MORE OF THIS PLEASE
MORE OF THIS PLEASE
Remembering what the ADA and IDEA have done for Americans and especially children with disabilities. The dismantling of federal oversight ensuring their equal and equitable access to things many of us take for granted is a travesty.
Today is the 35th anniversary of the Capitol Crawl, in which disabled activists discarded their mobility aids at the foot of the Capitol steps to climb them in support of passage of the Americans with Disabilities Ac. Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, 8, told reporters "I'll take all night if I have to!"
March 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Remembering what the ADA and IDEA have done for Americans and especially children with disabilities. The dismantling of federal oversight ensuring their equal and equitable access to things many of us take for granted is a travesty.
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Yes, exactly. Where I live and work, millions in fully appropriated federal spending has simply vanished. Contracts breached, grants rescinded. Government service offices are closing, important personnel laid off.
There is already a shutdown based on Trump's & Musk's whims. Don't endorse it.
There is already a shutdown based on Trump's & Musk's whims. Don't endorse it.
If we can "avoid a government shutdown" by voting for this CR, then why is the entire Department of Education closed today? Why is USAID closed? Why are hundreds of billions in grant contracts frozen?
We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.
We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.
March 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Yes, exactly. Where I live and work, millions in fully appropriated federal spending has simply vanished. Contracts breached, grants rescinded. Government service offices are closing, important personnel laid off.
There is already a shutdown based on Trump's & Musk's whims. Don't endorse it.
There is already a shutdown based on Trump's & Musk's whims. Don't endorse it.
When you get halfway through the day before discovering the dryer sheet balled up inside one of your pants legs… 👀
March 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
When you get halfway through the day before discovering the dryer sheet balled up inside one of your pants legs… 👀
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Please sign this petition organized by Deportation Defense, which will send a letter on your behalf to relevant US officials and university employees, demanding the release of Mahmoud Khalil from ICE detention. a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=67ceb851...
Demand the Immediate Release of Palestinian Student Activist Mahmoud Khalil from DHS detention
On the evening of March 8, 2025, Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil was detained by the Department of Homeland Security. The arrest comes on the heels of the Department of State’s ann...
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March 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Please sign this petition organized by Deportation Defense, which will send a letter on your behalf to relevant US officials and university employees, demanding the release of Mahmoud Khalil from ICE detention. a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=67ceb851...
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Free Mahmoud Khalil!
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
Free Mahmoud Khalil!
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
Free Mahmoud Khalil!
March 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Free Mahmoud Khalil!
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
I developed a case of measles when I was 8 or 9. I had been vaccinated and the county health department did not have any other reported cases, so how I got sick was a mystery. No one else in my family got sick. My home was quarantined for several weeks.
March 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I developed a case of measles when I was 8 or 9. I had been vaccinated and the county health department did not have any other reported cases, so how I got sick was a mystery. No one else in my family got sick. My home was quarantined for several weeks.
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#copyediting
OK, one more time (ha), because apparently I'm in the mood to irritate people.
If you're an American, use the spelling "theater" for generic references to buildings in which plays are performed, movies are shown, etc., what you're majoring in in school, also etc.
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OK, one more time (ha), because apparently I'm in the mood to irritate people.
If you're an American, use the spelling "theater" for generic references to buildings in which plays are performed, movies are shown, etc., what you're majoring in in school, also etc.
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March 7, 2024 at 6:27 PM
#copyediting
OK, one more time (ha), because apparently I'm in the mood to irritate people.
If you're an American, use the spelling "theater" for generic references to buildings in which plays are performed, movies are shown, etc., what you're majoring in in school, also etc.
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OK, one more time (ha), because apparently I'm in the mood to irritate people.
If you're an American, use the spelling "theater" for generic references to buildings in which plays are performed, movies are shown, etc., what you're majoring in in school, also etc.
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