54% of Americans read below a 6th grade level and guns are the leading cause of death for American children and I don’t know where I’m going with this I’m just super sad.

Brilliant observation by @maxkennerly.bsky.social to a whole pot-full of parboiled frogs.

I've been thinking about this poem by Langston Hughes recently and although it was published in 1931, it remains relevant as ever.

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