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On this day in 1847, the 29-year-old Maria Mitchell discovered her famous comet, which allowed her to blaze the way for women in science. Her remarkable life, illustrated: themarginalian.org/2019/10/0…

I AM CRYING & SHAKING AT MY DESK. Just got off the phone with my Mohela rep (after being on hold for 33 minutes) who confirmed that my student loans were forgiven through the Temporary Expanded Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. Last week my principal said $50k, now it's 0!

We are heartbroken at the death of our beloved author, Dame Hilary Mantel, and our thoughts are with her friends and family, especially her husband, Gerald. This is a devastating loss and we can only be grateful she left us with such a magnificent body of work.

How much did you pay for your rock and roll lifestyle?

“There’s no quick fix,” Alice Farnham says. "Anything that relies on education and training needs “time, commitment and imagination." // And stamina cut with grit. xoxo

I was in a bookstore and asked another patron what book they were reading. They said #TheAlchemyofUs! Granted this was a local store, but for a few moments time stretched and a second wasn’t a second any more.

The 2022 #USOpen has set a new attendance record, with 776,000 fans visiting the National Tennis Center. The previous high from 2019 was 737,000. Let’s keep growing the sport! 📷: @cameraworkusa

Four @RadInstitute alums and fellows, after our event tonight celebrating PEN’s 100th birthday. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Margaret Atwood, Suzanne Nossel, and your own Jenny B. @PENamerica @Harvard

people have been sending these reactions to me all weekend and i’m in truly in awe ♥️this means the world to me 💗😭

I love, love, love hats! It's a nice thing to buy when you are visiting a new country, too. It's not as expensive as a car and not messy like ketchup!

#Emmy winner Sheryl Lee Ralph: "Anyone who has ever, ever had a dream and thought your dream...couldn't come true. I am here to tell you that this is what believing looks like. This is what striving looks like. And don't you ever, ever give up on you." bit.ly/3U2usKa

Just home from a bike ride to a (rare) shop at Market Basket. Feeling gloomy about the state of the world, but then I had this little heart to heart in the check out line. This guy was behind me in line and holding just a case of sugar free A&W soda. He said “this is for work!”

fix your own shit

My younger one is built different. A boy tried to call her names. She told him "Go eat a truck." The boy had no idea how to respond.