Mike Donohue
@mdonohue.bsky.social
Public affairs/comms professional. VT Economic Progress Council member & VT Human Services Board chair. Justice of the Peace. Recovering politico. Book hoarder. GWU grad. Proud Down syndrome dad. Bemused Catholic. Shelburne VT ⇦ Washington DC ⇦ Congers NY
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Review: Vince Vaughn, in the sincere dramedy "Nonnas," plays a man who opens a restaurant that aims to offer authentic flavors by employing Italian grandmothers
‘Nonnas’ Review: Vince Vaughn’s Healing Recipe
Vince Vaughn, in this sincere dramedy, plays a man who opens a restaurant that aims to offer authentic flavors by employing Italian grandmothers.
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May 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Review: Vince Vaughn, in the sincere dramedy "Nonnas," plays a man who opens a restaurant that aims to offer authentic flavors by employing Italian grandmothers
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Kitty pastry mold we saw today at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, VT.
May 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Kitty pastry mold we saw today at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, VT.
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Pope Leo spotted on the 2005 World Series broadcast
May 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Pope Leo spotted on the 2005 World Series broadcast
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In 1960, John Updike wrote about Ted Williams’s last game at Fenway Park. “So much of the best sportswriting since then bears the hallmarks of Updike’s example: an elegant, natural tone; precise, surprising descriptions,” Louisa Thomas writes.
Louisa Thomas on John Updike’s “Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu”
The article, about Ted Williams’s final game, was described as the best piece about baseball The New Yorker ever printed—which, Updike later allowed, was small praise.
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March 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
In 1960, John Updike wrote about Ted Williams’s last game at Fenway Park. “So much of the best sportswriting since then bears the hallmarks of Updike’s example: an elegant, natural tone; precise, surprising descriptions,” Louisa Thomas writes.
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The closer a chimp is to the first urinator, the more likely it is to follow suit
https://go.nature.com/4hvR00T
https://go.nature.com/4hvR00T
All together now: chimps engage in contagious peeing
If one animal urinates, others are likely follow, according to a study of captive apes.
go.nature.com
January 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The closer a chimp is to the first urinator, the more likely it is to follow suit
https://go.nature.com/4hvR00T
https://go.nature.com/4hvR00T
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We've put together a collection of the writers and editors who work on news, features, opinion and research at Nature magazine. Follow them all here:
go.bsky.app/JARysRt 🧪
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January 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We've put together a collection of the writers and editors who work on news, features, opinion and research at Nature magazine. Follow them all here:
go.bsky.app/JARysRt 🧪
go.bsky.app/JARysRt 🧪
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Childhood vaccination rates are down, and that's terrible.
Public-health authorities have themselves to blame.
Karol Markowicz makes her UnHerd debut!
unherd.com/2025/01/how-...
Public-health authorities have themselves to blame.
Karol Markowicz makes her UnHerd debut!
unherd.com/2025/01/how-...
‘Experts’ killed trust in vaccines
unherd.com
January 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Childhood vaccination rates are down, and that's terrible.
Public-health authorities have themselves to blame.
Karol Markowicz makes her UnHerd debut!
unherd.com/2025/01/how-...
Public-health authorities have themselves to blame.
Karol Markowicz makes her UnHerd debut!
unherd.com/2025/01/how-...
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The catastrophic response to the LA fire reflects the failure of one-party progressivism.
While the fire may not reverse this mentality, it has demolished the reputations of two major adherents: LA Mayor Karen Bass and California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Joel Kotkin for UnHerd unherd.com/2025/01/las-...
While the fire may not reverse this mentality, it has demolished the reputations of two major adherents: LA Mayor Karen Bass and California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Joel Kotkin for UnHerd unherd.com/2025/01/las-...
LA's dreams went up in flames
unherd.com
January 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The catastrophic response to the LA fire reflects the failure of one-party progressivism.
While the fire may not reverse this mentality, it has demolished the reputations of two major adherents: LA Mayor Karen Bass and California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Joel Kotkin for UnHerd unherd.com/2025/01/las-...
While the fire may not reverse this mentality, it has demolished the reputations of two major adherents: LA Mayor Karen Bass and California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Joel Kotkin for UnHerd unherd.com/2025/01/las-...
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These are most of the Tolkien-related books I read or re-read this year. Here’s a thread with some mini-reviews and recommendations: 1/x
December 15, 2024 at 5:16 PM
These are most of the Tolkien-related books I read or re-read this year. Here’s a thread with some mini-reviews and recommendations: 1/x
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'A good vocabulary is not acquired by reading books written according to some notion of the vocabulary of one's age-group. It comes from reading books above one'
Tolkien, 1959 (Letter 215)
#Tolkien
Tolkien, 1959 (Letter 215)
#Tolkien
November 14, 2024 at 8:12 PM
'A good vocabulary is not acquired by reading books written according to some notion of the vocabulary of one's age-group. It comes from reading books above one'
Tolkien, 1959 (Letter 215)
#Tolkien
Tolkien, 1959 (Letter 215)
#Tolkien
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I’m still completely in awe of all the amazing snippets of information we were given in The Nature of Middle-earth. I mean, #Tolkien considered atoms, molecules and the concept of isotopes in his metaphysical writings, and had Quenya terms for them!
#LOTR #LordoftheRings
#LOTR #LordoftheRings
November 15, 2024 at 3:52 PM
I’m still completely in awe of all the amazing snippets of information we were given in The Nature of Middle-earth. I mean, #Tolkien considered atoms, molecules and the concept of isotopes in his metaphysical writings, and had Quenya terms for them!
#LOTR #LordoftheRings
#LOTR #LordoftheRings
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It’s December - that can only mean one thing! It’s time for Letters from Father Christmas!🎄
#Tolkien #LOTR #LordOfTheRings #TheHobbit
#Tolkien #LOTR #LordOfTheRings #TheHobbit
December 3, 2024 at 2:44 PM
It’s December - that can only mean one thing! It’s time for Letters from Father Christmas!🎄
#Tolkien #LOTR #LordOfTheRings #TheHobbit
#Tolkien #LOTR #LordOfTheRings #TheHobbit
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The amount of work that Tolkien put into the timelines and chronologies for The Lord of the Rings is breathtaking. I think one of the reasons we love this work so much is because the care and love of the author shines through with every word.
#Tolkien #LOTR #LordoftheRings
#Tolkien #LOTR #LordoftheRings
December 8, 2024 at 5:13 PM
The amount of work that Tolkien put into the timelines and chronologies for The Lord of the Rings is breathtaking. I think one of the reasons we love this work so much is because the care and love of the author shines through with every word.
#Tolkien #LOTR #LordoftheRings
#Tolkien #LOTR #LordoftheRings
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The sheer elegance of this dinosaur vomit must be celebrated! Thanks to artist Marcin Ambrozik for perfecting it on this week's cover, to go with this paper on fossilized poo and vomit www.nature.com/articles/s41... (Lacked the courage to ask for more poo, @endofthepier.bsky.social!) #sciart #art
December 13, 2024 at 7:06 PM
The sheer elegance of this dinosaur vomit must be celebrated! Thanks to artist Marcin Ambrozik for perfecting it on this week's cover, to go with this paper on fossilized poo and vomit www.nature.com/articles/s41... (Lacked the courage to ask for more poo, @endofthepier.bsky.social!) #sciart #art
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That's $51M/year for Juan Soto, who had 576 ABs in 2024. Assuming he keeps that pace (which he won't as he ages), that's $88,541 per at-bat. That's $8k more than the median US household income.
Juan Soto reportedly signs $765m deal with Mets, richest contract in sports history
Juan Soto reportedly signs $765m deal with Mets, richest contract in sports history
* 26-year-old chooses Mets over rivals Yankees
* Contract will keep Soto with Mets for 15 years
The New York Mets have reportedly signed superstar outfielder Juan Soto, holding off competition from the cross-city rival Yankees, in a deal worth $765m,…
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2024 at 11:52 AM
That's $51M/year for Juan Soto, who had 576 ABs in 2024. Assuming he keeps that pace (which he won't as he ages), that's $88,541 per at-bat. That's $8k more than the median US household income.
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"Star Trek II" and "Dirty Dancing" are among the 25 films selected for preservation this year in the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry, the library announced on Tuesday. Here are the other new additions.
‘Star Trek II’ and ‘Dirty Dancing’ Join National Film Registry
The movies, along with “Uptown Saturday Night,” “Mi Familia” and “The Social Network,” are among the 25 selected by the Librarian of Congress.
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2024 at 1:16 PM
"Star Trek II" and "Dirty Dancing" are among the 25 films selected for preservation this year in the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry, the library announced on Tuesday. Here are the other new additions.
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Pope Francis warned against reducing faith to a "private affair" during a visit to Corsica, a French isle where as many as 90% of residents identify as Catholic and where adult baptisms and confirmations are on the rise.
In secular France, pope warns against reducing faith to 'private affair'
Pope Francis warned against reducing faith to a "private affair" during a visit to Corsica, a French isle where as many as 90% of residents identify as Catholic and where adult baptisms and confirmati...
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December 16, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Pope Francis warned against reducing faith to a "private affair" during a visit to Corsica, a French isle where as many as 90% of residents identify as Catholic and where adult baptisms and confirmations are on the rise.
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If you call yourself a conservative, Lee Edwards is the kind of person you should aspire to be. | Donald Devine bit.ly/3VJJPtn
Remembering Lee Edwards | National Review
If you call yourself a conservative, Lee is the kind of person you should aspire to be.
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December 16, 2024 at 9:18 PM
If you call yourself a conservative, Lee Edwards is the kind of person you should aspire to be. | Donald Devine bit.ly/3VJJPtn
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#Advent is a time of grace to free ourselves from the false belief that we are self-sufficient, to confess our sins and welcome God’s pardon, and to ask forgiveness from those we have offended.
December 14, 2024 at 2:43 PM
#Advent is a time of grace to free ourselves from the false belief that we are self-sufficient, to confess our sins and welcome God’s pardon, and to ask forgiveness from those we have offended.
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Just generally seems like time to post that Carl Sagan passage again
December 15, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Just generally seems like time to post that Carl Sagan passage again
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More than five years ago, Parisians and the world watched in horror as a devastating fire tore through the centuries-old Notre Dame cathedral.
As the cathedral reopens, here’s a look at what survived, what was restored and what’s new.
As the cathedral reopens, here’s a look at what survived, what was restored and what’s new.
Notre Dame unveiled
As the cathedral reopens, take our interactive graphics tour of the interior and exterior to see what was saved, what was rebuilt and what’s new.
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December 6, 2024 at 1:38 PM
More than five years ago, Parisians and the world watched in horror as a devastating fire tore through the centuries-old Notre Dame cathedral.
As the cathedral reopens, here’s a look at what survived, what was restored and what’s new.
As the cathedral reopens, here’s a look at what survived, what was restored and what’s new.
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Hal Lindsey died last week. If you don't know who he is, you NEED TO. His success elevating a specific Christianity, a very black and white one, fueled by the urgency of prophesy and the idea that the world's end is near, shaped the culture we now live in
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The late great Hal Lindsey
(RNS) — The ideas he popularized will continue to shape evangelicalism for generations to come.
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December 6, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Hal Lindsey died last week. If you don't know who he is, you NEED TO. His success elevating a specific Christianity, a very black and white one, fueled by the urgency of prophesy and the idea that the world's end is near, shaped the culture we now live in
religionnews.com/2024/12/05/t...
religionnews.com/2024/12/05/t...
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A legend in Jewish journalism is retiring -- @kampeas.bsky.social -- and I have the good fortune to be in dialogue with him, which you can watch live, next week. We'll talk about Jews in America, pride, terror, and Ron's worry about the state of our melting pot docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
What Kampeas Covered: JTA's long-running Washington bureau chief reflects on his career
Please join JTA to celebrate the remarkable journalism career of our long-running Washington bureau chief, Ron Kampeas, upon his retirement.
Ron will reflect on his career in a conversation with Miche...
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December 12, 2024 at 9:46 PM
A legend in Jewish journalism is retiring -- @kampeas.bsky.social -- and I have the good fortune to be in dialogue with him, which you can watch live, next week. We'll talk about Jews in America, pride, terror, and Ron's worry about the state of our melting pot docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...