Transplanting
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Lover of history, classics, stories, science, gardening and learning. 🌻
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Rick Steves from 2014: "The more I travel, the clearer it seems to me: Fear is for people who don't get out much. These people don't see the world firsthand, so their opinions end up being shaped by sensationalistic media coverage geared toward selling ads."
Op-Ed: Tune out cable news and turn away fear
I miss the days when people would say "Bon voyage" to travelers heading off.
www.latimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Rick Steves from 2014: "The more I travel, the clearer it seems to me: Fear is for people who don't get out much. These people don't see the world firsthand, so their opinions end up being shaped by sensationalistic media coverage geared toward selling ads."
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It's Monday again and today I'm still reading "One-Shot Wonders: Over 100 Adventures for Fantasy RPGs" by Sam Bartlett, Beth Davies, Destiny Howell, and Christina Hassan
What book(s) are you reading this week?
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR
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What book(s) are you reading this week?
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR
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November 17, 2025 at 5:53 AM
It's Monday again and today I'm still reading "One-Shot Wonders: Over 100 Adventures for Fantasy RPGs" by Sam Bartlett, Beth Davies, Destiny Howell, and Christina Hassan
What book(s) are you reading this week?
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR
alt text in images please
What book(s) are you reading this week?
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR
alt text in images please
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A record number of American women and girls aged 15 to 44 say they want to permanently leave the country, according to a new Gallup survey.
The number of women who want to leave the US quadrupled over last decade, poll says
A record number of American women and girls aged 15 to 44 say they want to permanently leave the country, according to a new Gallup survey.
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A record number of American women and girls aged 15 to 44 say they want to permanently leave the country, according to a new Gallup survey.
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#Idaho and let’s not forget they gave 50 million to private schools and the governor signed it after receiving overwhelming feedback not to
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
#Idaho and let’s not forget they gave 50 million to private schools and the governor signed it after receiving overwhelming feedback not to
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NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."
WH claims 'inflation tamed,' per DoorDash stats. Company says that's not in its report.
It comes the same week we learned the WH would likely not release key economic reports for October.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."
Release. It. All.
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Release. It. All.
Little Buddha the middle way. m.youtube.com/watch?v=RC5J...
Little Buddha (movie 1993) - The middle way
YouTube video by Franck Gauthier
m.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Little Buddha the middle way. m.youtube.com/watch?v=RC5J...
Very late to the Studio Ghibli films, but they are lovely. Saw My Neighbor Totoro tonight and it is a sweet and relatable story, sprinkled with Shinto Kami playfulness, and extraordinary environmental detail art and sound design. See why it’s a classic. 💚
a cartoon of a totoro holding an umbrella with a group of children standing behind him
Alt: a cartoon of a totoro holding an umbrella with a group of children standing behind him
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Very late to the Studio Ghibli films, but they are lovely. Saw My Neighbor Totoro tonight and it is a sweet and relatable story, sprinkled with Shinto Kami playfulness, and extraordinary environmental detail art and sound design. See why it’s a classic. 💚
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Jeffries: "House Republicans, welcome back from your taxpayer-funded 7 week vacation. You now have an opportunity to actually take some action in an area of this healthcare crisis by working with Democrats before the rules committee this evening to extend the ACA tax credits."
November 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Jeffries: "House Republicans, welcome back from your taxpayer-funded 7 week vacation. You now have an opportunity to actually take some action in an area of this healthcare crisis by working with Democrats before the rules committee this evening to extend the ACA tax credits."
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November 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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What a post by Joyce Carol Oates . . .
... I immediately thought of a quote from Bob Marley:
"Some people are so poor, all they have is money."
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What a post by Joyce Carol Oates . . .
... I immediately thought of a quote from Bob Marley:
"Some people are so poor, all they have is money."
💠 🧐 💠
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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What a post by Joyce Carol Oates . . .
... I immediately thought of a quote from Bob Marley:
"Some people are so poor, all they have is money."
💠 🧐 💠
What a post by Joyce Carol Oates . . .
... I immediately thought of a quote from Bob Marley:
"Some people are so poor, all they have is money."
💠 🧐 💠
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
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putting chuck schumer where he belongs: thread
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
putting chuck schumer where he belongs: thread
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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This moment demands fighters, not folders.
Official statement from @jamestalarico.bsky.social on shutdown negotiations
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This moment demands fighters, not folders.
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Democrats have to stop bailing out Republicans from facing the consequences of their own policies. And yeah, that means they have to stop sparing voters from experiencing what GOP government truly means.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
So Democrats get:
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Democrats have to stop bailing out Republicans from facing the consequences of their own policies. And yeah, that means they have to stop sparing voters from experiencing what GOP government truly means.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
November 10, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Hey, @schumer.senate.gov - you better not cave with a *promise* from repubs. We (families of federal employees) did not go through all of this for you to trust the lyingest liars. The credits are extended or NO DICE.
November 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Hey, @schumer.senate.gov - you better not cave with a *promise* from repubs. We (families of federal employees) did not go through all of this for you to trust the lyingest liars. The credits are extended or NO DICE.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
November 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
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Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
Here’s an idea, defund ICE to pay air traffic controllers and TSA.
Breaking: Flight cancellations will likely grow if the government shutdown continues, Transportation secretary Sean Duffy warns.
"I look to the two weeks before Thanksgiving, you're going to see air travel be reduced to a trickle," he said in an interview on CNN.
bit.ly/4op7TxY
"I look to the two weeks before Thanksgiving, you're going to see air travel be reduced to a trickle," he said in an interview on CNN.
bit.ly/4op7TxY
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Here’s an idea, defund ICE to pay air traffic controllers and TSA.
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Put Wild Swans by Jung Chang in your book queue if you haven’t read it. #booksky
Jung Chang says failure to read makes society susceptible to the brutality she depicted in her searing memoir Wild Swans
Book-burning Mao jailed my parents, so I know reading’s power
Jung Chang says failure to read makes society susceptible to the brutality she depicted in her searing memoir Wild Swans
www.thetimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Put Wild Swans by Jung Chang in your book queue if you haven’t read it. #booksky