Too close to the pink dome. Probably peaked early. Wife, mom, geek, opinionated baseball enthusiast, reforming Christian. Didn't used to be angry.
Austin, TX
Joined August 2008
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Read to your kids. First night home from the hospital and every day until they can read to you, and then read more. Read Goodnight Moon and Old Yeller and Flyguy and Magic Treehouse and Harry Potter and Berenstain Bears and the Bible and biographies of heroes and more.
If I seem grumpy lately it's because I'm reading piles of recent national surveys about why parents don't read to their kids for my dissertation and... Y'all. π
"My child prefers screentime."
"I find it boring."
"It's useless."
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Okay.
Convince me that Elizabeth isn't the most vain, selfish, and uninteresting sister in all of Austen's novels.
I'll wait.
Prepare to meet The Other Elliot Sister!
A new drama, telling the story of Elizabeth Elliot, the overlooked eldest daughter from Jane Austen's Persuasion, is coming to the BBC.
Learn more β‘οΈ bit.ly/3Uo5o5v
ALT The Other Elliot Sister is written in red cursive script on a dark yellow patterned background.
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Character has to go hand in hand with a solid understanding of the purpose of government, a commitment to principles, and a desire to serve, not just lead.
A person can have good character and be a disastrous leader. Character is not enough. Good judgment and other qualities are also needed. But no one lacking in character can be a good leader. Character really is destiny--a man's, a party's, a nation's.
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MJ Samuelson retweeted
today, November 7, 2026, the shooting of President William McKinley is the exact halfway point of America's history as an independent nation. it happened 45,718 days ago, and 45,718 days after the Declaration of Independence was signed
This β¬οΈβ¬οΈ
Every word of this from @JonahDispatch
resonates with me. Read it all.
thedispatch.com/newsletter/gβ¦
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Padawan, out of nowhere:
βThe top three greatest songs of all time are Bohemian Rhapsody, Freebird, and Band on the Run.β
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Not only is Mrs. Bennet not a hero, this picture is of Fiona Shaw who plays Lady Catherine de Bourgh.
Open the schools. π€¦ββοΈ
When one reads 'Pride and Prejudice' as a teen or a 20-something, itβs easy to get swept up in the romance. If you reread it in your mid-30s, though, you may come to the same realization Alderton did: βMrs. Bennetβs kind of the hero of the whole f--king thing.β vanityfair.visitlink.me/6VVRβ¦
MJ Samuelson retweeted
Please read every word of this, from Yuval.
"In one sense, the range of explanations is so broad, and the public rebuke so overdetermined, that it might make it hard to decide where and how to change course. But in another sense, the comprehensive character of the problem makes it easier to define: The problem is Donald Trump. And the way forward for Republicans must begin by putting Trump behind them and asking themselves what they have to offer the country in his wake." nationalreview.com/corner/anβ¦
MJ Samuelson retweeted
Kansas last elected a Dem to the US Senate in 1932. What was important about 1932?
Republicans passed the Smoot-Hawley tariff in 1930, and in '32 voters had the 1st chance to respond to its effects. Dems gained 97 House, 12 Senate seats, 11 governorships & the presidency.
When we say βitβs the economyβ this is what we mean.
Coming soon to an inbox near you: "it wasn't the tariffs" and "real tariffs haven't been tried." Don't buy it.
A) It wasn't ONLY the tariffs, but the polls/results are clear: they were a BIG anchor.
B) This IS real tariffs. They raise prices BY DESIGN, fuel cronyism/carveouts, hurt smallbiz & many manufacturers, alienate allies, & cause many other problems/distortions - especially when done by executive action (which boosts uncertainty).
There's a reason these taxes have been mostly abandoned - by the US and every other rich country. The GOP should stop listening to the protectionist fundamentalists (and cronies) and abandon them too.
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MJ Samuelson retweeted
What a bloodbath. I can't believe they flipped *Texas*. I'm skeptical there will be any earnest soul searching, but people are clearly sick of the corruption, the inflation, the war, the abuse of power, the memes/propaganda, and the incompetence.
Mood as we wait for polls to close youtu.be/18lieGP0nr0?is=xZCa⦠via @YouTube
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Breaking: Google will turn off web search for schools that opt out of A.I. for kids.
nytimes.com/2026/11/03/us/goβ¦
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Thunderstorms that wake you up in the middle of the night might be one of the worst ways Iβve been awakened on Election Day.
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