Liz Bicknell
@lizbick25.bsky.social
Gardener, editor, Vermonter, married to the love of my life 🏳️🌈
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To be clear, “Vance skis in jeans” is Vermont’s highest insult. This is Final Boss Nuclear Insult level in the Vermont linguistic hierarchy.
Wow: JD Vance is apparently skiing in Vermont this weekend and the locals aren’t having it. Thousands have lined the streets in protest.
March 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
To be clear, “Vance skis in jeans” is Vermont’s highest insult. This is Final Boss Nuclear Insult level in the Vermont linguistic hierarchy.
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“Despite the demands of Trump, Leavitt, and Big Brother, the AP is not changing their style to suit the whims of a would-be tinpot dictator. And by defying Trump, the AP has created a rallying point for other organizations and individuals to find their spines and defy him as well.”
The AP provides a model of effective press resistance
Credibility is more important than access.
www.publicnotice.co
February 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“Despite the demands of Trump, Leavitt, and Big Brother, the AP is not changing their style to suit the whims of a would-be tinpot dictator. And by defying Trump, the AP has created a rallying point for other organizations and individuals to find their spines and defy him as well.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/a...
Her father was one of my professors at Bedford College, London, in 1970s. In our first class Dr Faithfull announced that yes, he was her father, and no, the mars bar story was not true.
I didn’t know he was a spy in WW2!
Loved Marianne 🩵
Her father was one of my professors at Bedford College, London, in 1970s. In our first class Dr Faithfull announced that yes, he was her father, and no, the mars bar story was not true.
I didn’t know he was a spy in WW2!
Loved Marianne 🩵
Marianne Faithfull, a Pop Star Turned Survivor, Is Dead at 78 (Gift Article)
A fresh-faced singer in the 1960s, she went on to experience more than her share of hard times before emerging triumphant in the ’70s.
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 1:16 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/a...
Her father was one of my professors at Bedford College, London, in 1970s. In our first class Dr Faithfull announced that yes, he was her father, and no, the mars bar story was not true.
I didn’t know he was a spy in WW2!
Loved Marianne 🩵
Her father was one of my professors at Bedford College, London, in 1970s. In our first class Dr Faithfull announced that yes, he was her father, and no, the mars bar story was not true.
I didn’t know he was a spy in WW2!
Loved Marianne 🩵