This was so wonderful to listen to and think about.
Mix Tapes and Flash Cubes: Writer Andrew O’Hagan talks about the power of defunct objects, from the life-enhancing gadgets of his childhood to Seamus Heaney’s fax machine, and the role lost things play in fiction.
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Tragic news for #Peanuts fans tonight.
Peter Robbins, first voice of #CharlieBrown has passed away through suicide.
This is indeed a heartbreaking end to his life, but his legacy will live on as the original voice of that boy named Charlie Brown.
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i speak for myself and only myself. medium.com/humungus/welcome-…
Happy National Monument Designation Day (week),
Muir Woods. ❤️
114 years ago today, we became a National Monument. It took a grassroots effort of women's clubs, politicians, entrepreneurs, and more. We all have a role to play to protect places we love for future generations. What actions have you taken to protect your special places?
ALT Sun shines through a redwood forest. A yellow banner at the bottom reads "Happy 114th birthday to us!"
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The AG shouldn't have to be convinced to investigate seditious attacks.
The CDC shouldn't have to be convinced to save lives.
Congress shouldn't have to be convinced to protect voting rights.
It's ominous, and telling, that they don't WANT to protect the US and its people.
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Here is the head of NYC corrections sounding the alarm: 1% of prisoners were COVID positive until recently, 9.5% yesterday, over 17% today. He “implores” us to stop sending people to rikers.
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I never want to see a giant pair of scissors at an opening ever again.
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wonderful video if you want to know more about williams’ career beyond the wire. rip. youtu.be/50RJhOFDmiA
Just remembering Linds%* G#¥ham spitting in the hearings. And Brett’s red faced baby beer tirade.
And also Dr. Ford’s composure. The most courage in the room, the town, the country, the universe that day. By light years.
And here we are.
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6 months ago today I wore this blue suit as I cleaned the Capitol after the insurrection, now I just donated it to the Smithsonian. Jan6 must never be forgotten. While some try to erase history, I will fight to tell the story so it never happens again. Here is one story…(THREAD)
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Once again, Garland serves Trump and Barr. We warned you about this many times on @gaslitnation. The DOJ is a corrupt institution and Garland is a corrupt institutionalist.
New, with more to come: DOJ under Biden is keeping up the previous admin's effort to take over Trump's defense against a defamation lawsuit filed by writer E. Jean Carroll — an effort Biden criticized during the campaign.
First brief under new admin: assets.documentcloud.org/doc…
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Here’s one I hadn’t planned on writing, but the bloody thing wouldn’t leave me alone until I put words to it.
arkansasonline.com/news/2021… – at Haddonfield, NJ
Why. don’t. we. help. others. off. the. tracks? We all know this train. We all see this train. We could help.
It should be unthinkable that more people might die of COVID *after* we have vaccines that could save them. Yet, now with even more transmissible variants and little vaccine equity, that's what may happen. The emergency is great and billions are at risk.
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We are saddened to share that cherished children's book author Beverly Cleary passed away yesterday, March 25, at 104 years old. bit.ly/39hGXfd
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“Can anyone point me to Cancún?”
Sen. @tedcruz: "I'm down at the Texas border along with 18 senators. We made the trip to see the crisis that is playing out."
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BREAKING: Virginia just abolished the death penalty. They are the first Southern state to do so.