Laura
@lkblivewell.bsky.social
I like books and rain and justice.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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@kaine.senate.gov & @markwarner.bsky.social - no one is answering your phones. Hell, Tim doesn't even have voicemail. Sure, it's Sunday, but it's a Sunday when you might be about to vote. Don't cave. If you do, know that your constituents here in VA are prepared to support anyone that primaries you
November 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
@kaine.senate.gov & @markwarner.bsky.social - no one is answering your phones. Hell, Tim doesn't even have voicemail. Sure, it's Sunday, but it's a Sunday when you might be about to vote. Don't cave. If you do, know that your constituents here in VA are prepared to support anyone that primaries you
Mamdani is going to implement Maria law. We will all feel pretty.
Mamdani is going to implement Shania law. That don't impress me much.
Mamdani is going to implement Shisha law. Everyone gets their own pipe and the smog will smell of mango.
November 9, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Mamdani is going to implement Maria law. We will all feel pretty.
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Thank you, Charlottesville.
With over 80 volunteers since March, including 27 on Election Day, and 153 donations, I truly believe we built a people-powered campaign.
A thousand thank-yous would be insufficient, but I’ll keep saying it because I couldn’t have done it without you all.
With over 80 volunteers since March, including 27 on Election Day, and 153 donations, I truly believe we built a people-powered campaign.
A thousand thank-yous would be insufficient, but I’ll keep saying it because I couldn’t have done it without you all.
November 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Thank you, Charlottesville.
With over 80 volunteers since March, including 27 on Election Day, and 153 donations, I truly believe we built a people-powered campaign.
A thousand thank-yous would be insufficient, but I’ll keep saying it because I couldn’t have done it without you all.
With over 80 volunteers since March, including 27 on Election Day, and 153 donations, I truly believe we built a people-powered campaign.
A thousand thank-yous would be insufficient, but I’ll keep saying it because I couldn’t have done it without you all.
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5 days until election day! Make a plan to vote early or on Nov. 4th.
October 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
5 days until election day! Make a plan to vote early or on Nov. 4th.
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Here’s the thing about the Civil Rights Movement people don’t realize, shit was messy.
October 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Here’s the thing about the Civil Rights Movement people don’t realize, shit was messy.
My first thought:
I have no memory of a US leader accepting responsibility in public like this. No spin.
I have no memory of a US leader accepting responsibility in public like this. No spin.
The director of the Louvre Museum acknowledges a ''terrible failure'' after crown jewel heist and says she offered to resign.
The Louvre reopens 3 days after thieves took French crown jewels in daylight heist
The Louvre reopened Wednesday morning, three days after thieves forced open a window and stole French crown jewels in a daring, daylight raid on the musuem.
bit.ly
October 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
My first thought:
I have no memory of a US leader accepting responsibility in public like this. No spin.
I have no memory of a US leader accepting responsibility in public like this. No spin.
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From the very beginning, I’ve said that the solutions to the challenges facing our schools must be intergenerational. We all bring something to the table, & when we all work together, we can create lasting change.
16 days! Vote early or on November 4th for a brighter future! zyahnabryantforccs.com
16 days! Vote early or on November 4th for a brighter future! zyahnabryantforccs.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
From the very beginning, I’ve said that the solutions to the challenges facing our schools must be intergenerational. We all bring something to the table, & when we all work together, we can create lasting change.
16 days! Vote early or on November 4th for a brighter future! zyahnabryantforccs.com
16 days! Vote early or on November 4th for a brighter future! zyahnabryantforccs.com
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My name is Zyahna Bryant, I’m 24, and I’m running for the Charlottesville School Board! I believe that young people are powerful & we have a lot to say. Now is the time for our community to lean in & support the next generation of leadership.
Early voting begins THIS Friday!
zyahnabryantforccs.com
Early voting begins THIS Friday!
zyahnabryantforccs.com
September 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
My name is Zyahna Bryant, I’m 24, and I’m running for the Charlottesville School Board! I believe that young people are powerful & we have a lot to say. Now is the time for our community to lean in & support the next generation of leadership.
Early voting begins THIS Friday!
zyahnabryantforccs.com
Early voting begins THIS Friday!
zyahnabryantforccs.com
Hey local friends, is it me or is UVA nearly doubling health care costs and hoping we don't notice?!
Unlike other years, today's UVA Open Enrollment announcement buries and obscures the increases.
It's no wonder when now, In 2025, my out-of-pocket cost is $2953.
In 2026, it will be $5445.
Unlike other years, today's UVA Open Enrollment announcement buries and obscures the increases.
It's no wonder when now, In 2025, my out-of-pocket cost is $2953.
In 2026, it will be $5445.
September 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Hey local friends, is it me or is UVA nearly doubling health care costs and hoping we don't notice?!
Unlike other years, today's UVA Open Enrollment announcement buries and obscures the increases.
It's no wonder when now, In 2025, my out-of-pocket cost is $2953.
In 2026, it will be $5445.
Unlike other years, today's UVA Open Enrollment announcement buries and obscures the increases.
It's no wonder when now, In 2025, my out-of-pocket cost is $2953.
In 2026, it will be $5445.
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It takes a lot of courage to organize. It also takes a lot of humility. To say, I can’t solve this problem or challenge this system by myself and I gotta work with others. And we don’t know if this is gonna work, but it’s worth trying.
August 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
It takes a lot of courage to organize. It also takes a lot of humility. To say, I can’t solve this problem or challenge this system by myself and I gotta work with others. And we don’t know if this is gonna work, but it’s worth trying.
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"Dance? You mean, like, moving your body vigorously while producing nothing? Wait? Humans are still dancing? Why? We have robots that can dance. Do you know how inefficient it is for human bodies to dance?"
How I Learned to Stop Teaching and Love AI
Like a fool, I used to resist, but no more. In the past, I railed against the rise of AI. I preached small-minded sermons to students who had to si...
buff.ly
August 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"Dance? You mean, like, moving your body vigorously while producing nothing? Wait? Humans are still dancing? Why? We have robots that can dance. Do you know how inefficient it is for human bodies to dance?"
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You have to organize. I don't know what else to tell people. And organizing is not sexy and it is difficult and it matters that you be persistent. We need long-distance runners right now.
August 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
You have to organize. I don't know what else to tell people. And organizing is not sexy and it is difficult and it matters that you be persistent. We need long-distance runners right now.
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Quite possibly the most fitting deal ever rockthebells.com/news/big-boi...
Whirlpool And Big Boi Partner On 'So Fresh, So Clean' Washing Machine
Whirlpool and Big Boi of Outkast have partnered on a washing machine that plays the Outkast hit, "So Fresh, So Clean".
rockthebells.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Quite possibly the most fitting deal ever rockthebells.com/news/big-boi...
Glad there's new data. Sincerely glad for renewed conversation.
And I'd like to note that @dem8z.bsky.social, as long as I've known her, has reminded us that the English Department has *always* turned a profit.
#weAlreadyKnowThis
And I'd like to note that @dem8z.bsky.social, as long as I've known her, has reminded us that the English Department has *always* turned a profit.
#weAlreadyKnowThis
July 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Glad there's new data. Sincerely glad for renewed conversation.
And I'd like to note that @dem8z.bsky.social, as long as I've known her, has reminded us that the English Department has *always* turned a profit.
#weAlreadyKnowThis
And I'd like to note that @dem8z.bsky.social, as long as I've known her, has reminded us that the English Department has *always* turned a profit.
#weAlreadyKnowThis
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A few folks have DM’d me abt the Frederick Douglass passage I excerpted at the rally. Here it is:
“Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; 1/
“Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; 1/
June 28, 2025 at 4:17 AM
A few folks have DM’d me abt the Frederick Douglass passage I excerpted at the rally. Here it is:
“Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; 1/
“Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; 1/
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We need less of the “kind of capitalism that produced the plantation, the kind of capitalism that keeps Black wages at the bottom of the wage scale, the kind of capitalism that subsidizes the rich at the expense of the poor. … 1/
June 27, 2025 at 3:47 AM
We need less of the “kind of capitalism that produced the plantation, the kind of capitalism that keeps Black wages at the bottom of the wage scale, the kind of capitalism that subsidizes the rich at the expense of the poor. … 1/
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Julian Bond's words remain alive and resonant for practically every urgency of this moment. He remained invested in youth activism throughout his career. Writing in "The Kent State Massacre," he notes:
"It is particularly important that young people involve themselves 1/
"It is particularly important that young people involve themselves 1/
June 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Julian Bond's words remain alive and resonant for practically every urgency of this moment. He remained invested in youth activism throughout his career. Writing in "The Kent State Massacre," he notes:
"It is particularly important that young people involve themselves 1/
"It is particularly important that young people involve themselves 1/
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From the archives today: the ever hilarious Julian Bond!!
June 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
From the archives today: the ever hilarious Julian Bond!!
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Hall & Oats never went by "Hall & Oats."
All of their albums say "Daryl Hall and John Oates."
We can't go for that (no can do).
All of their albums say "Daryl Hall and John Oates."
We can't go for that (no can do).
June 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Hall & Oats never went by "Hall & Oats."
All of their albums say "Daryl Hall and John Oates."
We can't go for that (no can do).
All of their albums say "Daryl Hall and John Oates."
We can't go for that (no can do).
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The Julian Bind Papers Project unearthed these gems today from the Julian Bond Archive. Here, Bond is answering an elementary school teacher. Evergreen, his words about 1970s electoral politics are especially resonant—and powerful— right now.
February 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The Julian Bind Papers Project unearthed these gems today from the Julian Bond Archive. Here, Bond is answering an elementary school teacher. Evergreen, his words about 1970s electoral politics are especially resonant—and powerful— right now.