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Acrobat. Translator. Editor. Handbalancer. Fencer. Skater. Painter. Cocker Spaniel. Tree. Food. Window. Random words.
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The power of on-screen representation 😻🐈‍⬛
March 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Y’all ever just stop and realize we’re floating through endless space on a giant rock, paying bills? Like, why?
March 2, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Oh yes, Homer’s famous “Tes Thdpssssps.”

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February 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Storytelling started as an oral tradition. Audiobooks are just taking us back to our roots. 📖
February 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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The mind/body revolution: how the division between ‘mental’ and ‘physical’ illness fails us all
The mind/body revolution: how the division between ‘mental’ and ‘physical’ illness fails us all
New research shows western medicine’s traditional split between brain and body is, in fact, far from clear cut – and could provide a breakthrough for many complex conditions Some years ago Camilla Nord suffered such persistent pain at the site of an old…
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
January 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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I teach a class called "Politics of the Internet," and one thing I end up talking about is internet adages. The list I cover:

Godwin's Law
Poe's Law
The Streisand Effect
Don't feed the trolls
The Rule of Goats

Any big ones I missed? Things along those lines I should add?
January 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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A linguistics professor was lecturing his class. "In English, a double negative is a positive. In some languages, like Russian, a double negative is still a negative. But, there is no language wherein a double positive can be a negative."

A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."
January 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Ok #booksky, let’s talk.

👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.

👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!
January 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Who's going to tell them?
November 26, 2024 at 5:46 PM