Good news: beautiful creatures older than any of us.
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Galapagos tortoises at Philadelphia Zoo become first-time parents at nearly 100
A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time parents.
apnews.com
April 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Good news: beautiful creatures older than any of us.
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apnews.com/article/tort...
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March 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
A week ago it was 14 degrees here as a high, and now it's 79. There must be an 80s song that fits my mood about this.
February 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
A week ago it was 14 degrees here as a high, and now it's 79. There must be an 80s song that fits my mood about this.
The MMR vaccine is the best way to avoid getting the measles. (And an unfortunate line break exists in the original headline) bsky.app/profile/pbsn...
The best way to avoid measles is to get the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.
What to know about highly contagious measles and how to protect yourself
Measles is rarely seen in the United States, but Americans are growing more concerned about the preventable virus as cases continue to rise in rural West Texas.
buff.ly
February 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The MMR vaccine is the best way to avoid getting the measles. (And an unfortunate line break exists in the original headline) bsky.app/profile/pbsn...
I sang at Boren's inauguration at OU, just about 30 years ago. Never got to take his Honors Freshman political science class, but he was well-known for teaching it each year. This little 15 person class. Wish I could have. One of Oklahoma's very best. May he be in peace.
www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
David Boren, longtime Oklahoma statesman, dies at 83
Throughout David Boren’s political career, the lifelong Democrat served as a state legislator, a U.S. senator, the governor of Oklahoma and the president of the University of Oklahoma.
www.kosu.org
February 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
I sang at Boren's inauguration at OU, just about 30 years ago. Never got to take his Honors Freshman political science class, but he was well-known for teaching it each year. This little 15 person class. Wish I could have. One of Oklahoma's very best. May he be in peace.
www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
Somebody, I can't remember who, posted the first part of this on a different SM site. Here's the whole thing. It's fantastic. www.newyorker.com/magazine/200...
“My Father Addresses Me on the Facts of Old Age,” by Grace Paley
Fiction, from 2002: “Please don’t start in. I’m in the middle of telling you some things you don’t know.”
www.newyorker.com
February 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Somebody, I can't remember who, posted the first part of this on a different SM site. Here's the whole thing. It's fantastic. www.newyorker.com/magazine/200...
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Reading for the vast beauty of individuals in the world, which we learn about in tragedy, and in that tragedy to wish for a better humanity.
poets.org/poem/good-bo...
poets.org/poem/good-bo...
January 31, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Reading for the vast beauty of individuals in the world, which we learn about in tragedy, and in that tragedy to wish for a better humanity.
poets.org/poem/good-bo...
poets.org/poem/good-bo...
More Ai, not AI: poets.org/poem/grandfa...
Grandfather Says
"Sit in my hand."
poets.org
January 26, 2025 at 4:29 AM
More Ai, not AI: poets.org/poem/grandfa...
Motherhood, 1951
Dear Saint Patrick, this is Peggy
poets.org
January 26, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Good sources for fair journalism: I pay attention to Reuters and AP. The Guardian a lot of times. And recently: Le Monde in English translation found here: www.lemonde.fr/en/
Le Monde - World news, culture and opinion from the unique perspective of the leading French newspaper
Le Monde - World news, culture and opinion from the unique perspective of the leading French newspaper
www.lemonde.fr
January 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Good sources for fair journalism: I pay attention to Reuters and AP. The Guardian a lot of times. And recently: Le Monde in English translation found here: www.lemonde.fr/en/
Good to know/consider: www.gov.uk/government/n...
Avian Influenza Prevention Zone declared for whole of England
Mandatory enhanced biosecurity will now be required and the housing order extended to cover York, North Yorkshire and Shropshire.
www.gov.uk
January 25, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Good to know/consider: www.gov.uk/government/n...
A good source for MLK, Jr speeches (Give Us the Ballot is a must-hear): www.npr.org/2024/02/07/1...
5 MLK speeches you should know. Spoiler: 'I Have a Dream' isn't on the list
Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech is well known, but there are several other key speeches that also resonate as historical signposts of the Civil Rights Movement.
www.npr.org
January 20, 2025 at 2:22 AM
A good source for MLK, Jr speeches (Give Us the Ballot is a must-hear): www.npr.org/2024/02/07/1...