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it’s ttoiיָעֵל (Yaelliott)
@m57lyra.bsky.social
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Writer and illustrator, lover of juicy infographics and editorial illustrations based in the beautiful, hyper-green PNW! Degree in physics, decades in engineering. I ❤️ science! Working on my first book…
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it’s ttoiיָעֵל (Yaelliott) @m57lyra.bsky.social · 25m
It is reminiscent of Steve Martin’s piece, Demolition of the Cathedral at Chartes, which can be found here:
Sacred Spaces and Originalism - PrayTellBlog
Cleaning up the Black Madonna at Chartres is arousing strong feelings.
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it’s ttoiיָעֵל (Yaelliott) @m57lyra.bsky.social · 3h
Heh heh. Heh heh. He said “blunt.”
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 3h
Millions of Americans use weed to treat chronic pain, but there's little high quality research on whether it works. New findings suggest it can be effective for low back pain, on par with opioids.
Cannabis blunts back pain in 2 new studies
Millions of Americans use weed to treat chronic pain, but there's little high quality research on whether it works. New findings suggest it can be effective for low back pain, on par with opioids.
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it’s ttoiיָעֵל (Yaelliott) @m57lyra.bsky.social · 3h
Semiweekly. www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/diff...
What's the difference between 'biannual' and 'semiannual'?
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it’s ttoiיָעֵל (Yaelliott) @m57lyra.bsky.social · 3h
Semiweekly just doesn’t have the same ring as semiannual.
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it’s ttoiיָעֵל (Yaelliott) @m57lyra.bsky.social · 6h
Not just canvas but school portals. Kiddos school (college) has email and canvas behind a portal, and the portal was also down. So couldn’t even email to get assignment pdf.
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it’s ttoiיָעֵל (Yaelliott) @m57lyra.bsky.social · 10h
7M people / 3k events / 50 people per bus ≈ 47 buses per event, assuming each event was people exclusively by folks from only one other state, or else the bus network gets much bigger. Like there would not be receipts.
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it’s ttoiיָעֵל (Yaelliott) @m57lyra.bsky.social · 12h
Philly: 200 compared to 80,000
DC: "several hundred" compared to 200,000
Boston: 500 compared to 100,000
Austin: 1,000 compared to 20,000
Houston: 2,000 compared to 15,000
kevinmkruse.bsky.social Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h
Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.

Check out how tiny the crowds were:

Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)
www.nytimes.com
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it’s ttoiיָעֵל (Yaelliott) @m57lyra.bsky.social · 1d
OMG thanks for the earworm!
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it’s ttoiיָעֵל (Yaelliott) @m57lyra.bsky.social · 1d
I had to look at the calendar to double check, but it’s not April 1st.
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it’s ttoiיָעֵל (Yaelliott) @m57lyra.bsky.social · 1d
One Billion Years to the End of the World echos forward as well. See if you can figure where to!
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it’s ttoiיָעֵל (Yaelliott) @m57lyra.bsky.social · 1d
After this, consider reading some of the Strugatsky brothers’ works.
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it’s ttoiיָעֵל (Yaelliott) @m57lyra.bsky.social · 2d
Everybody now! Da-da-da dat dah…
We’ll be back (You know the tune!) We say The price of your love's not a price that we’re willing to pay You cry To your ICE, which you hurl at the crowds when you see us go by Why so sad? Remember, you have the House and the Senate and Judiciary Now, you're making us mad Remember, despite your stable genius, you’ve tanked the economy We’ll be back, soon, you'll see You'll remember that you work for us We’ll be back, time will tell We’ll remember that you served yourself Oceans rise, empires fall Your name’s still in the Epstein files And when push comes to shove It’s the Constitution that makes the Rule of Law Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da Da-da, dat, dat, da-ya-da Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da Da-da, dat, dat, da-ya Your popularity is waning, and you can't go on You're constantly complainin' even after you won And no, don't change the subject We’re have rights like Amendment 1 We’re a free, empowered people Not loyal, royal subjects Forever and ever and ever and ever and ever We’ll be back like before We will keep our rights and laugh at you more When you rant, to get your way You run to SCOTUS like a whiny babe When you're gone, we'll go mad You can’t imagine the parties that we’ll have 'Cause when push comes to shove You’re a tyrant and we’ll rise above Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da Da-da, dat, dat, da-ya-da Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da Da-da, dat- everybody! Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da Da-da, dat, dat, da-ya-da Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da Da-da-da, dat, da-ya-da-ah
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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 2d
🎶And you may find yourself protesting beside David Byrne
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"🎶
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it’s ttoiיָעֵל (Yaelliott) @m57lyra.bsky.social · 2d
Hallmark Christmas movie!!!
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it’s ttoiיָעֵל (Yaelliott) @m57lyra.bsky.social · 2d
Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
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it’s ttoiיָעֵל (Yaelliott) @m57lyra.bsky.social · 3d
OMG my neighbors & I talk about this movie. We have this one house that is like the Klopeks. Only ever see them when the garage opens. We aren’t even sure how the garbage gets to the curb. This has been going on for five years or so.
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it’s ttoiיָעֵל (Yaelliott) @m57lyra.bsky.social · 3d
Wait… what? Talking about gassing Jews is tame talk for the oval office?
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it’s ttoiיָעֵל (Yaelliott) @m57lyra.bsky.social · 4d
She’s *almost* as funny.
Baghdad Bob (Comical Ali)
YouTube video by Mr. BarkyVonSchnauzer
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it’s ttoiיָעֵל (Yaelliott) @m57lyra.bsky.social · 4d
I have three bonus dahlias I just noticed today. Hopefully they will be there tomorrow.
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it’s ttoiיָעֵל (Yaelliott) @m57lyra.bsky.social · 5d
OR… you could just extend spooky season through to Thanksgiving
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5d
What could be worse than screaming at a Capitol police officer?
Jan 6 protester assaulting a cop Jan 6 protesters assaulting a cop Jan 6 protesters assaulting a cop Jan 6 protester assaulting a cop
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it’s ttoiיָעֵל (Yaelliott) @m57lyra.bsky.social · 5d
a group of people are sitting in a theatre clapping their hands .
Alt: At the Oscars or Emmys or whatever, a standing-o.
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it’s ttoiיָעֵל (Yaelliott) @m57lyra.bsky.social · 5d
OMG I am furious on your behalf.
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it’s ttoiיָעֵל (Yaelliott) @m57lyra.bsky.social · 5d
To this day I absolutely ADORE existential lit. *She* was just an unengaging, awful dullard of a teacher. Who apparently thought so highly of herself that no one could write unless they heard every word she spoke. Whatever, lady.
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it’s ttoiיָעֵל (Yaelliott) @m57lyra.bsky.social · 5d
In college I took an existential lit class. Teacher was dull & awful. She said I must’ve plagiarized paper because couldn’t sleep in her class & write that well & gave me an F. Had chat with the Dean; changed to A. Then proceeded to write all my papers in red ink cos she thought it was offensive.
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