Andrea Powers
@andreacpowers.bsky.social
She Is Too Fond of Books, and It Has Turned Her Brain.
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Born #onthisday in 1809, Abraham Lincoln. Pictured here: a detail featuring Lincoln's contribution to a unique + brilliant project begun in 1856 by a 17-yr-old girl from Rhode Island named Adeline Harris Sears — a quilt made of 360+ celeb autographs: https://buff.ly/2VnkM0L #otd
February 12, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Born #onthisday in 1809, Abraham Lincoln. Pictured here: a detail featuring Lincoln's contribution to a unique + brilliant project begun in 1856 by a 17-yr-old girl from Rhode Island named Adeline Harris Sears — a quilt made of 360+ celeb autographs: https://buff.ly/2VnkM0L #otd
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I was a Squeeze fan back in the day. 45 singles at first, because that's what us punky types bought. Squeeze were working class lads, smart punk adjacent.
This new album featured songs Glenn Tillbrook & Chris Difford wrote when they were teenagers, but never recorded! Here's a pretty song.
This new album featured songs Glenn Tillbrook & Chris Difford wrote when they were teenagers, but never recorded! Here's a pretty song.
Squeeze - You Get The Feeling (Official Video)
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February 12, 2026 at 2:14 AM
I was a Squeeze fan back in the day. 45 singles at first, because that's what us punky types bought. Squeeze were working class lads, smart punk adjacent.
This new album featured songs Glenn Tillbrook & Chris Difford wrote when they were teenagers, but never recorded! Here's a pretty song.
This new album featured songs Glenn Tillbrook & Chris Difford wrote when they were teenagers, but never recorded! Here's a pretty song.
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BREAKING: After we sued, DHS withdrew a subpoena seeking personal information about our client who criticized DHS' treatment of a man seeking asylum.
This is a win not just for our client, but for everyone’s First Amendment right to speak out without fear of government retaliation.
This is a win not just for our client, but for everyone’s First Amendment right to speak out without fear of government retaliation.
February 10, 2026 at 6:31 PM
BREAKING: After we sued, DHS withdrew a subpoena seeking personal information about our client who criticized DHS' treatment of a man seeking asylum.
This is a win not just for our client, but for everyone’s First Amendment right to speak out without fear of government retaliation.
This is a win not just for our client, but for everyone’s First Amendment right to speak out without fear of government retaliation.
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Everybody knows that Pupper just won Downhill Gold
February 10, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Everybody knows that Pupper just won Downhill Gold
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NBCC member Sebastian Stockman wrote a remembrance of the late journalist Dan McQuade for his Substack, A Saturday Letter: buff.ly/WIqUl4d
Dan McQuade
My friend — and yours, and his, and hers, and hers, and ....
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February 10, 2026 at 3:03 PM
NBCC member Sebastian Stockman wrote a remembrance of the late journalist Dan McQuade for his Substack, A Saturday Letter: buff.ly/WIqUl4d
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I've never liked the the term multiculturalism. It makes more sense to me to talk about living in a rich culture or an impoverished one.
February 9, 2026 at 3:58 PM
I've never liked the the term multiculturalism. It makes more sense to me to talk about living in a rich culture or an impoverished one.
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I have lived my whole life as an Anglo in a minority-majority state.
It's not just not a problem, it's awesome. It makes for a rich, varied culture. Great food and complex art. A deeper view of history and politics.
It's not just not a problem, it's awesome. It makes for a rich, varied culture. Great food and complex art. A deeper view of history and politics.
February 9, 2026 at 3:58 PM
I have lived my whole life as an Anglo in a minority-majority state.
It's not just not a problem, it's awesome. It makes for a rich, varied culture. Great food and complex art. A deeper view of history and politics.
It's not just not a problem, it's awesome. It makes for a rich, varied culture. Great food and complex art. A deeper view of history and politics.
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I’m an Ambassador for this brilliant charity, Bookbanks, giving away books with food parcels at food banks. There are two part-time jobs going for Regional Leads in London and East Anglia.
Link below.
Please share far and wide :)
Link below.
Please share far and wide :)
Get Involved — Bookbanks
www.bookbanks.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 11:10 AM
I’m an Ambassador for this brilliant charity, Bookbanks, giving away books with food parcels at food banks. There are two part-time jobs going for Regional Leads in London and East Anglia.
Link below.
Please share far and wide :)
Link below.
Please share far and wide :)
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USPS blue mailboxes are stamped with year of manufacture. This is one of the oldest ones I've seen in a while. I am lots of fun at parties.
February 6, 2026 at 3:25 PM
USPS blue mailboxes are stamped with year of manufacture. This is one of the oldest ones I've seen in a while. I am lots of fun at parties.
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The trick is that they're a crucible for sincerity; self-seriousness or schmaltz would call them like wolves scenting blood. But when a song or a performer could humble themselves to a state of child-like play, actual magic could happen, because you'd see something true:
The Muppet Show - 501: Gene Kelly - “Singin’ in the Rain” Melody (1980)
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February 6, 2026 at 2:52 PM
The trick is that they're a crucible for sincerity; self-seriousness or schmaltz would call them like wolves scenting blood. But when a song or a performer could humble themselves to a state of child-like play, actual magic could happen, because you'd see something true:
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Talked this week about why removing the fascist boot from your neck will help you find a much bigger audience and, also, your soul.
"There's a reason the Washington Post is going to die before The Onion becomes one of the biggest newspapers in the country: They licked the boot, and we kicked back."
"There's a reason the Washington Post is going to die before The Onion becomes one of the biggest newspapers in the country: They licked the boot, and we kicked back."
February 5, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Talked this week about why removing the fascist boot from your neck will help you find a much bigger audience and, also, your soul.
"There's a reason the Washington Post is going to die before The Onion becomes one of the biggest newspapers in the country: They licked the boot, and we kicked back."
"There's a reason the Washington Post is going to die before The Onion becomes one of the biggest newspapers in the country: They licked the boot, and we kicked back."
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Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
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The play is never done because it’s awful, a total mess, the work of at least 6-8 writers. This is the bit Shakespeare wrote. We know for sure because it’s in his hand. Even if we didn’t have that, though.. I saw it the only time it was on, I think - this scene leapt off the stage
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 1:39 PM
The play is never done because it’s awful, a total mess, the work of at least 6-8 writers. This is the bit Shakespeare wrote. We know for sure because it’s in his hand. Even if we didn’t have that, though.. I saw it the only time it was on, I think - this scene leapt off the stage
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Thread:
So on this day when one of the oligarchs of our digitized and dystopic world is emptying one of America's greatest newsrooms of trained and committed journalists, I thought I would regale you all with a wonderful little anecdote about our world to come. It involves two of the finest...
So on this day when one of the oligarchs of our digitized and dystopic world is emptying one of America's greatest newsrooms of trained and committed journalists, I thought I would regale you all with a wonderful little anecdote about our world to come. It involves two of the finest...
February 5, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Thread:
So on this day when one of the oligarchs of our digitized and dystopic world is emptying one of America's greatest newsrooms of trained and committed journalists, I thought I would regale you all with a wonderful little anecdote about our world to come. It involves two of the finest...
So on this day when one of the oligarchs of our digitized and dystopic world is emptying one of America's greatest newsrooms of trained and committed journalists, I thought I would regale you all with a wonderful little anecdote about our world to come. It involves two of the finest...
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i know that this is an unpopular take, but everyone starting their own newsletter as a revenue stream is not a sustainable model for writing and reporting or for people who love and want to pay for media.
A lot of people cannot just start a paid newsletter or become freelancers to sustain their careers. The sports, metro, and international desks did work that requires *team* resources, like legal checks, documents, access to archives, and long-term beat experience.
February 4, 2026 at 2:50 PM
i know that this is an unpopular take, but everyone starting their own newsletter as a revenue stream is not a sustainable model for writing and reporting or for people who love and want to pay for media.
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Elizabeth Metts, a ninth grade history teacher at Excel Academy Charter High School in East Boston, got a big surprise when she arrived at work yesterday.
East Boston history teacher wins 'Oscars of Teaching' award
Elizabeth Metts, a ninth grade history teacher at Excel Academy Charter High School in East Boston, got a big surprise when she arrived at work Tuesday: the $25,000 Milken Educator Award.
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February 4, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Elizabeth Metts, a ninth grade history teacher at Excel Academy Charter High School in East Boston, got a big surprise when she arrived at work yesterday.
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A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 PM
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
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No matter the breed, every dog has one of three default dispositions:
1. Dipshit
2. Has a Job
3. Trying to Pick a Fight with God
1. Dipshit
2. Has a Job
3. Trying to Pick a Fight with God
February 4, 2026 at 3:35 AM
No matter the breed, every dog has one of three default dispositions:
1. Dipshit
2. Has a Job
3. Trying to Pick a Fight with God
1. Dipshit
2. Has a Job
3. Trying to Pick a Fight with God
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I've got a bit of Pink Floyd stuck in my head for some reason
"A place to stay. Enough to eat.
Somewhere old heroes shuffle safely down the street.
Where you can speak out loud about your doubts and fears
And no one ever disappears, you never hear the standard issue kicking your door.
You can relax
"A place to stay. Enough to eat.
Somewhere old heroes shuffle safely down the street.
Where you can speak out loud about your doubts and fears
And no one ever disappears, you never hear the standard issue kicking your door.
You can relax
February 4, 2026 at 10:19 AM
I've got a bit of Pink Floyd stuck in my head for some reason
"A place to stay. Enough to eat.
Somewhere old heroes shuffle safely down the street.
Where you can speak out loud about your doubts and fears
And no one ever disappears, you never hear the standard issue kicking your door.
You can relax
"A place to stay. Enough to eat.
Somewhere old heroes shuffle safely down the street.
Where you can speak out loud about your doubts and fears
And no one ever disappears, you never hear the standard issue kicking your door.
You can relax
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Also, the ass-end of chickens!!
There's a reason you both wash AND cook the eggs 🙃
Instagram promotes this very (literally) white-washed view of rural life. Rural life has many upsides! But it's also full of shit and bugs.
There's a reason you both wash AND cook the eggs 🙃
Instagram promotes this very (literally) white-washed view of rural life. Rural life has many upsides! But it's also full of shit and bugs.
I live in Iowa so if you wanna see a cow up close, you have plenty of opportunities to do so. And when you do you understand exactly why pasteurization is an essential, life-saving process.
February 4, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Also, the ass-end of chickens!!
There's a reason you both wash AND cook the eggs 🙃
Instagram promotes this very (literally) white-washed view of rural life. Rural life has many upsides! But it's also full of shit and bugs.
There's a reason you both wash AND cook the eggs 🙃
Instagram promotes this very (literally) white-washed view of rural life. Rural life has many upsides! But it's also full of shit and bugs.
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Damn right we object to Donald Trump’s attempt to take over our nation’s central bank.
All 11 Democrats on @banking.senate.gov are clear: until the sham criminal investigations into Fed Board members are closed, we must not move forward on any Fed nominee.
All 11 Democrats on @banking.senate.gov are clear: until the sham criminal investigations into Fed Board members are closed, we must not move forward on any Fed nominee.
February 4, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Damn right we object to Donald Trump’s attempt to take over our nation’s central bank.
All 11 Democrats on @banking.senate.gov are clear: until the sham criminal investigations into Fed Board members are closed, we must not move forward on any Fed nominee.
All 11 Democrats on @banking.senate.gov are clear: until the sham criminal investigations into Fed Board members are closed, we must not move forward on any Fed nominee.
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"Maybe the best review I can give this Rogen/Goldberg reboot is the simplest: I hope they make many more of them,” writes @briantallerico.bsky.social about THE MUPPET SHOW.
Disney+ Brings Back “The Muppet Show” For a Clever, Nostalgic Event Episode | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert
Maybe the best review I can give this Rogen/Goldberg reboot is the simplest: I hope they make many more of them.
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February 3, 2026 at 3:40 PM
"Maybe the best review I can give this Rogen/Goldberg reboot is the simplest: I hope they make many more of them,” writes @briantallerico.bsky.social about THE MUPPET SHOW.
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Feb 2nd - The great explorer, Captain Spaulding, left New York for Africa.
📽️📅 Animal Crackers (1930)
📽️📅 Animal Crackers (1930)
February 2, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Feb 2nd - The great explorer, Captain Spaulding, left New York for Africa.
📽️📅 Animal Crackers (1930)
📽️📅 Animal Crackers (1930)