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The 'lady' in 'ladybugs' refers to the Virgin Mary.
First of all, there are over 5,000 varieties of ladybugs.
However, the first type of these beetles to be called a 'ladybug' had 7 spots which were thought to symbolize the 7 sorrows she suffered.
First of all, there are over 5,000 varieties of ladybugs.
However, the first type of these beetles to be called a 'ladybug' had 7 spots which were thought to symbolize the 7 sorrows she suffered.
November 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The 'lady' in 'ladybugs' refers to the Virgin Mary.
First of all, there are over 5,000 varieties of ladybugs.
However, the first type of these beetles to be called a 'ladybug' had 7 spots which were thought to symbolize the 7 sorrows she suffered.
First of all, there are over 5,000 varieties of ladybugs.
However, the first type of these beetles to be called a 'ladybug' had 7 spots which were thought to symbolize the 7 sorrows she suffered.
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Wan o the 1%:
Ian Hamilton Finlay
FOX
see me
wan time
ah wis a fox
an wis ah sleekit! ah
gaed slinkin
heh
an snappin
yeh
the blokes
aa sayed ah wis a GREAT fox
aw nae kiddin
ah wis pretty good
had a whole damn wood
in them days
hen
Ian Hamilton Finlay
FOX
see me
wan time
ah wis a fox
an wis ah sleekit! ah
gaed slinkin
heh
an snappin
yeh
the blokes
aa sayed ah wis a GREAT fox
aw nae kiddin
ah wis pretty good
had a whole damn wood
in them days
hen
Heads up: if you are describing a fox, there’s like a 99% chance that you will use the adjective ‘sly.’
November 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Wan o the 1%:
Ian Hamilton Finlay
FOX
see me
wan time
ah wis a fox
an wis ah sleekit! ah
gaed slinkin
heh
an snappin
yeh
the blokes
aa sayed ah wis a GREAT fox
aw nae kiddin
ah wis pretty good
had a whole damn wood
in them days
hen
Ian Hamilton Finlay
FOX
see me
wan time
ah wis a fox
an wis ah sleekit! ah
gaed slinkin
heh
an snappin
yeh
the blokes
aa sayed ah wis a GREAT fox
aw nae kiddin
ah wis pretty good
had a whole damn wood
in them days
hen
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📢Poets! If you value a respectful vibe, do submit to THE MADRID REVIEW next time, your work will be treated with care. Thrilled to be in their latest issue, dropping on NOVEMBER THE 28th! 🔆🔆🔆
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#GreatLitMags
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#NewPoetry
#CrossBorderPoetry
#BilingualPoetry
#Poems
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#GreatLitMags
#RespectfulEditors
#NewPoetry
#CrossBorderPoetry
#BilingualPoetry
#Poems
All Hail The Amazing Issue 6 Poets! Among them @oyoguhito.bsky.social @ewenglass.bsky.social @carmellapoetry.bsky.social @josehernandezdz.bsky.social @lauracamacho.bsky.social @samszanto.bsky.social and @ciaranbuckley.bsky.social #Poets #poems #Amazing #sensational #gorgeous #newpoetry
November 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
📢Poets! If you value a respectful vibe, do submit to THE MADRID REVIEW next time, your work will be treated with care. Thrilled to be in their latest issue, dropping on NOVEMBER THE 28th! 🔆🔆🔆
#TheMadridReview
#GreatLitMags
#RespectfulEditors
#NewPoetry
#CrossBorderPoetry
#BilingualPoetry
#Poems
#TheMadridReview
#GreatLitMags
#RespectfulEditors
#NewPoetry
#CrossBorderPoetry
#BilingualPoetry
#Poems
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You didn’t hear this from us, but the Old English word 'sibb' meant “related by blood.”
This is where we get the 'sibling.'
And 'godsibb' essentially meant “godparent.”
Over time, it came to mean "close friend."
Now it is something we share w/ close friends...
'gossip.'
This is where we get the 'sibling.'
And 'godsibb' essentially meant “godparent.”
Over time, it came to mean "close friend."
Now it is something we share w/ close friends...
'gossip.'
October 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
You didn’t hear this from us, but the Old English word 'sibb' meant “related by blood.”
This is where we get the 'sibling.'
And 'godsibb' essentially meant “godparent.”
Over time, it came to mean "close friend."
Now it is something we share w/ close friends...
'gossip.'
This is where we get the 'sibling.'
And 'godsibb' essentially meant “godparent.”
Over time, it came to mean "close friend."
Now it is something we share w/ close friends...
'gossip.'
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At some point, shouldn't the entire Dodgers and Blue Jays teams line up and have everyone shoot penalty kicks to determine who wins?
October 28, 2025 at 5:38 AM
At some point, shouldn't the entire Dodgers and Blue Jays teams line up and have everyone shoot penalty kicks to determine who wins?
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The post from the Reagan Foundation is just complete gibberish.
The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy
The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy
October 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The post from the Reagan Foundation is just complete gibberish.
The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy
The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy
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There is a full-on push in NYC right now to use "Mamdani doesn't make Jews 'feel safe'" as a cudgel to get Cuomo into office, and it is utterly disgusting. You know what makes me feel unsafe? People who casually characterize us as a trembling single-issue monolith scared of the big bad Muslim.
October 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
There is a full-on push in NYC right now to use "Mamdani doesn't make Jews 'feel safe'" as a cudgel to get Cuomo into office, and it is utterly disgusting. You know what makes me feel unsafe? People who casually characterize us as a trembling single-issue monolith scared of the big bad Muslim.
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This month I announced that London has met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide for the first time ever.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than predicted.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than predicted.
London Ulez reduced nitrogen dioxide to legal limit, mayor says
The mayor of London says the fall in airborne toxins is due to the Ultra low emission zone expansion.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This month I announced that London has met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide for the first time ever.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than predicted.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than predicted.
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“The Hindus of Eastern India and Bangladesh generally, celebrate Diwali by worshipping the goddess Kali.” Really, Wikipedia? Lol. No. Kali Puja, which is also today, is NOT a Diwali celebration.
October 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
“The Hindus of Eastern India and Bangladesh generally, celebrate Diwali by worshipping the goddess Kali.” Really, Wikipedia? Lol. No. Kali Puja, which is also today, is NOT a Diwali celebration.
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On Tuesday, October 21st—Ursula's birthday—we'll announce the recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! Join Theo Downes-Le Guin and guest host Ebon Moss-Bachrach on YouTube for a live announcement at 9 am PDT.
The announcement will happen here: www.youtube.com/@ursula.k.le...
The announcement will happen here: www.youtube.com/@ursula.k.le...
October 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
On Tuesday, October 21st—Ursula's birthday—we'll announce the recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! Join Theo Downes-Le Guin and guest host Ebon Moss-Bachrach on YouTube for a live announcement at 9 am PDT.
The announcement will happen here: www.youtube.com/@ursula.k.le...
The announcement will happen here: www.youtube.com/@ursula.k.le...
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Wikipedia is seeing a significant decline in human traffic because more people are getting the information that’s on Wikipedia via generative AI chatbots that were trained on its articles and search engines that summarize them without actually clicking to the site
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Wikipedia is seeing a significant decline in human traffic because more people are getting the information that’s on Wikipedia via generative AI chatbots that were trained on its articles and search engines that summarize them without actually clicking to the site
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
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'Avenue de la Republique, Paris.' A contemporary writer (this is from 1915) noted of Luigi Loir, ‘One can say of this master that he created a genre: ‘parisianism’...he is, in effect, the painter of Paris par excellence, often momentary and fleeting scenes are no secret to him.’
October 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM
'Avenue de la Republique, Paris.' A contemporary writer (this is from 1915) noted of Luigi Loir, ‘One can say of this master that he created a genre: ‘parisianism’...he is, in effect, the painter of Paris par excellence, often momentary and fleeting scenes are no secret to him.’
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Oh, the end stop in the penultimate line and the caesura in final line...
How it slows you down, how it makes you think
#poetry
#poemoftheday
How it slows you down, how it makes you think
#poetry
#poemoftheday
October 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Oh, the end stop in the penultimate line and the caesura in final line...
How it slows you down, how it makes you think
#poetry
#poemoftheday
How it slows you down, how it makes you think
#poetry
#poemoftheday
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“Censorship and the suppression of reading materials are rarely about family values and almost always about control.”
— Stephen King
— Stephen King
October 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
“Censorship and the suppression of reading materials are rarely about family values and almost always about control.”
— Stephen King
— Stephen King
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Printing presses kept their letters in cases.
Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.
This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’
Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?
MAJUSCULE and minuscule.
Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.
This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’
Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?
MAJUSCULE and minuscule.
October 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Printing presses kept their letters in cases.
Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.
This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’
Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?
MAJUSCULE and minuscule.
Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.
This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’
Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?
MAJUSCULE and minuscule.
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We've put together a quiz for National Poetry Day with questions provided by an array of playful poets! Successful participants will be entered to win a free Poetry Society year-long membership or 1-2-1 session with a poet of their choice. 👀
Want to try your hand? bit.ly/PlayPopQuiz
Want to try your hand? bit.ly/PlayPopQuiz
October 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
We've put together a quiz for National Poetry Day with questions provided by an array of playful poets! Successful participants will be entered to win a free Poetry Society year-long membership or 1-2-1 session with a poet of their choice. 👀
Want to try your hand? bit.ly/PlayPopQuiz
Want to try your hand? bit.ly/PlayPopQuiz
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an extraordinary person with an extraordinary legacy who nevertheless didn’t take herself too seriously
when Gary Larson published this cartoon, she was in Africa and her institute was horribly offended and drafted a complaint
the whole thing was defused when she returned - she found it funny
when Gary Larson published this cartoon, she was in Africa and her institute was horribly offended and drafted a complaint
the whole thing was defused when she returned - she found it funny
October 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
an extraordinary person with an extraordinary legacy who nevertheless didn’t take herself too seriously
when Gary Larson published this cartoon, she was in Africa and her institute was horribly offended and drafted a complaint
the whole thing was defused when she returned - she found it funny
when Gary Larson published this cartoon, she was in Africa and her institute was horribly offended and drafted a complaint
the whole thing was defused when she returned - she found it funny
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For want o luve we live on hate,
For want o Heven praise the State,
For want o richts we worship rules,
For want o gods the glibbest fules…
—Sydney Goodsir Smith, “Prolegomenon: The Deevil’s Waltz”
in A KIST O SKINKLAN THINGS
#Scots #poem #poetry #Scotstober #richts
asls.org.uk/publications...
For want o Heven praise the State,
For want o richts we worship rules,
For want o gods the glibbest fules…
—Sydney Goodsir Smith, “Prolegomenon: The Deevil’s Waltz”
in A KIST O SKINKLAN THINGS
#Scots #poem #poetry #Scotstober #richts
asls.org.uk/publications...
October 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
For want o luve we live on hate,
For want o Heven praise the State,
For want o richts we worship rules,
For want o gods the glibbest fules…
—Sydney Goodsir Smith, “Prolegomenon: The Deevil’s Waltz”
in A KIST O SKINKLAN THINGS
#Scots #poem #poetry #Scotstober #richts
asls.org.uk/publications...
For want o Heven praise the State,
For want o richts we worship rules,
For want o gods the glibbest fules…
—Sydney Goodsir Smith, “Prolegomenon: The Deevil’s Waltz”
in A KIST O SKINKLAN THINGS
#Scots #poem #poetry #Scotstober #richts
asls.org.uk/publications...
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I want answers, but there are only the wild geese
Calling, high in the almost-dark, bearing south,
And me, stopped short, clutching a bag of groceries
On the doorstep of my not-quite home…
—Susan Mansfield, “Bearing South”
from The Rooftop Busker: New Writing Scotland 33 (ASL, 2015)
#poetry #poem
Calling, high in the almost-dark, bearing south,
And me, stopped short, clutching a bag of groceries
On the doorstep of my not-quite home…
—Susan Mansfield, “Bearing South”
from The Rooftop Busker: New Writing Scotland 33 (ASL, 2015)
#poetry #poem
September 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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These days I think a lot about artist George Grosz, who barely escaped from Germany to the US in 1930s as the Nazis rose to power. His scathing critiques of the rise of a fascist society put him at real risk of retribution. This is his "A Little Child Shall Lead Them (Family)" from 1932
September 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
These days I think a lot about artist George Grosz, who barely escaped from Germany to the US in 1930s as the Nazis rose to power. His scathing critiques of the rise of a fascist society put him at real risk of retribution. This is his "A Little Child Shall Lead Them (Family)" from 1932
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‘Nickname’ is not ‘nick’ + ‘name.’
It was originally ‘ekename.’
‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”
Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.
Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'
It was originally ‘ekename.’
‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”
Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.
Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'
September 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
‘Nickname’ is not ‘nick’ + ‘name.’
It was originally ‘ekename.’
‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”
Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.
Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'
It was originally ‘ekename.’
‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”
Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.
Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'
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"That year, we survived for seven hundred days.
Thousands of hours of cold for a single night."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Winter by Jorge Galán, translated by @janethendrickson.bsky.social (2025 Academy of American Poets) poets.org/poem/winter-7
Thousands of hours of cold for a single night."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Winter by Jorge Galán, translated by @janethendrickson.bsky.social (2025 Academy of American Poets) poets.org/poem/winter-7
Winter
That year, we knew the sky existed
poets.org
September 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"That year, we survived for seven hundred days.
Thousands of hours of cold for a single night."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Winter by Jorge Galán, translated by @janethendrickson.bsky.social (2025 Academy of American Poets) poets.org/poem/winter-7
Thousands of hours of cold for a single night."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Winter by Jorge Galán, translated by @janethendrickson.bsky.social (2025 Academy of American Poets) poets.org/poem/winter-7
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We are in an all-hands-on-deck moment for women across the world.
I spoke to the @nytimes.com about the strong forces trying to turn the clocks back and how we can all fight for women's rights and futures.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...
I spoke to the @nytimes.com about the strong forces trying to turn the clocks back and how we can all fight for women's rights and futures.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...
Hillary Clinton Sees a Dangerous Moment for Women’s Rights, and Democracy
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
We are in an all-hands-on-deck moment for women across the world.
I spoke to the @nytimes.com about the strong forces trying to turn the clocks back and how we can all fight for women's rights and futures.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...
I spoke to the @nytimes.com about the strong forces trying to turn the clocks back and how we can all fight for women's rights and futures.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...