Timea K. Széll
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Timea K. Széll
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Retiredwoman (as my spouse calls me, and it *is* one word), taught at Barnard College for decades, looking for “use,” and mercilessly hounding my beloved family AND friends. Eleven (means “alive” in my native Hungarian) is my favorite number.
Lying AND Dementia….
Another exciting round of Lying or Dementia
LOL -- Trump is now claiming he's about to secure 21 TRILLION DOLLARS of investments so far in his second term. His fake number keeps going up and up almost daily, and the entire US GDP is $30 trillion, so yeah, he's full of it.
October 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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I almost forgot to do my annual (re)post of my Christopher Columbus essay. Enjoy! open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
How Christopher Columbus Ruined My Life
I have to explain to my children the difference between Native Americans and Indians simply because one man got lost one time.
open.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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October 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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August 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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the blackbird in the garden before he attacks the flower bed
Good morning Monday! I hope the week ahead rises up to greet you with joy
July 14, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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I try not to tell people how to write, but I do note that people often talk, angrily and insultingly, over/beyond a poster at whomever the poster is posting about but it reads as if the responder is angrily insulting the original poster and, well, it's a good way to get blocked.

If you follow me.
July 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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July 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Is this what it means to make America great again?
The Dollar Has Its Worst Start to a Year Since 1973
www.nytimes.com
July 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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A transcendent being with extensive powers and the highest manifestation of wisdom. Sat next to Buddha.
May 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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If only the GOP could read
May 27, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Today marks five years since George Floyd was killed by police. Our June 22, 2020 cover “Say Their Names,” by Kadir Nelson, illustrated how Floyd’s murder embodies the history of violence inflicted upon Black people in America. nyer.cm/UmfefJw
May 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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But you want to know something cool and weird and perhaps distressing?

The plural of series is series.

The possessive of the singular series is series's; the possessive of the plural series is series'.
#copyediting

the possessive of children is children's

just noting
May 22, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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They're presenting more pretexts of protection to justify cutting off funds. Every institution is in the crosshairs.
Trump administration freezes $175 million in federal funding to Penn
According to a White House tweet, Wednesday's decision is a result of Penn's
www.thedp.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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'Delete' comes from Latin 'deletus,' past participle of 'delēre' which means "to wipe out, destroy."

We'll probably wipe out/ destroy this later.
March 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Trump Recession Timeline:

1. This will be a Golden Age on Day 1! Prices will come down and economy will boom!

2. These policies won’t cause a recession. We know what we’re doing.

3. Ok, it will cause short-term pain but will be good in long term.

4. This is Biden’s recession!
March 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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If Gov. Pritzker has his eye on a White House run, I'll just say that I'm not at all opposed.
Pritzker: If we don’t want to repeat history, then for god’s sake, in this moment, we better be strong enough to learn from it.
February 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
February 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
February 3, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Mercy had watched a documentary on cats and hardly loved a muscle. She stared and sat still for almost
An hour
January 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Great “nice mushrooms”….
Here are some nice mushrooms
January 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Madly in love with this glorious (finally, finally) snow. In the Catskills, a day or two ago.
December 9, 2024 at 5:52 PM