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Jeff Pearson
@legoverleg.bsky.social
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Poet, mail carrier, educator, bipolar disorder/mental health advocate, MtG player, Ex-Mormon,
ID/WA/UT

https://poesyjeffpearson.com

Previous editor to Blood Orange Review, 5x5 Litmag, and Fugue
Trying to make this my commonplace book
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scifri.bsky.social
We'll be back with the answers on Monday, Dec. 1. Want to know them sooner—and hear two more questions? Listen to the full podcast here. ⬇️
Attention, Trivia Nerds! It’s A Food Science Fact Feast
Flora and “Part-Time Genius” co-host Mangesh Hattikudur put one lucky listener to the test with food science trivia.
www.sciencefriday.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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lollardfish.bsky.social
Man fuck hobby lobby and read this book
michaelblanding.bsky.social Michael Blanding @michaelblanding.bsky.social · 12h
Can I promote my soon-to-be-published book? The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby (PublicAffairs 2026) “A revelatory account of how the family behind Hobby Lobby rose to political prominence and used their influence—and fortune—to push a radical religious agenda” bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Cover for The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby by Michael Blanding
November 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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propublica.org
An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.
Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money.
An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state law...
www.propublica.org
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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indivisibledallas.bsky.social
Every day is an opportunity to unlearn and relearn.

Native American Activism: 1960s to Present @zinnedproject.bsky.social

Overview of Native American activism since the late 1960s, including protests at Mt. Rushmore, Alcatraz, Standing Rock, and more.

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Native American Activism: 1960s to Present
Overview of Native American activism since the late 1960s, including protests at Mt. Rushmore, Alcatraz, Standing Rock, and more.
www.zinnedproject.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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theonion.com
Man Getting High And Eating Taco Bell Thousands Of Miles Away From Family Having Best Thanksgiving Of Life https://theonion.com/man-getting-high-and-eating-taco-bell-thousands-of-mile-1845721340/
Man Getting High And Eating Taco Bell Thousands Of Miles Away From Family Having Best Thanksgiving Of Life
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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muellershewrote.com
A reminder: Trump 1.0 ordered the Afghanistan withdrawal, and Trump 2.0 granted the shooter asylum this past April. Trump 2.0 also dismantled the joint terrorism task force, and gutted our national security apparatus.
mikeeckel.bsky.social Mike Eckel @mikeeckel.bsky.social · 19h
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Between tearing babies from their parents' arms and traumatizing countless children, abandoning climate action and environmental protection, and loosing RFK on public health, the Trump Administration is engaging in quite a bit of child sacrifice. To their right-mania goals.
georgetakei.bsky.social George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15h
Vance loves to deploy fabricated racist fearmongering. First Haitians are eating the pets, now Indigenous people sacrificed children?! Sheesh.
Screenshot of a tweet from Brian Allen on X.com. It discusses JD Vance claiming settlers in the New World found “widespread child sacrifice” and that “Christian civilization ended the practice.” The tweet explains historians say this is fabricated and calls it racist revisionism. Below is an image of JD Vance speaking at a Turning Point USA event, standing at a podium with a slide behind him showing "Oxford, MS" and “University of Mississippi.”
November 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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majda.bsky.social
Trump himself is fundamentally an AI-generated meme”
hyperallergic.com Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 18h
AI slop demonstrates not just the technological flexibility of Trump’s fascist aesthetics — it is the ultimate example of it, the culmination of the hateful dream of eliminating the human entirely.
The Algorithmic Presidency
Just as 20th-century fascists deployed radio and film, today’s ideological descendants use memes, social media, and above all, artificial intelligence.
hyperallergic.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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hanvanderhart.bsky.social
Listen
with the night falling we are saying thank you
we are stopping on the bridges to bow from the railings […]

we are standing by the water thanking it
standing by the windows looking out
in our directions

W.S. Merwin

poets.org/poem/thanks
Thanks
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November 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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luaz.bsky.social
A Thank #Poem -- AN ESSAY ON ONTOLOGICAL PRAGMATISM by Jon Cone, in *Against Perfectionism & Other Poems*, available from above/ground press. I am sorry for the poor image quality, but the text is all there in the alt. 💜 robmclennan.blogspot.com
AN ESSAY ON ONTOLOGICAL PRAGMATISM It is bitterly cold outside. The kitchen is cold. I thank the kettle. I thank the toaster. I thank the skillet. I thank the cutting board. I thank the knife. I thank the butter. I thank the water. I thank the raspberry jam. I thank the tea towel. I thank the coffee grounds I put into the compost tin. I thank the orange. I thank the orange peel. I thank the old round table. I thank the plate, the cup. The fork, the spoon. The small bowl of milk. The kitchen windows have ice. I must get window curtains. If you lean over the sink and look out the window at the far end of the street you see a pink aura announcing the sun's arrival. I pick the cat's bowl up to clean it. I reach the cat food down from the cupboard. I thank the cat food and the cat bowl. The floor is dirty. It needs washing. I thank the floor.
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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joannalindblad.bsky.social
Grateful, and thankful <3

#thanksgiving
Pic of the Peanut’s cartoon characters around the table for Thanksgiving. Remember this holiday season... some people are hurting. Be respectful.
November 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
legoverleg.bsky.social
Thanksgiving is a celebration of immigrants
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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tomsnarsky.bsky.social
What I want is to sleep / inside a strange language,

Jim Carroll
Fear of Dreaming Too many teeth In this city Are bared. What I want is to sleep inside a strange language, trimming The bonsai under glass, its redolent needles clipped precise as The Buddha’s fingernails. Yet, I’m nervous to sleep. Afraid to dream And fearful as well of waking too late. Wary of the end of this century, Its bloodthirsty and dead weight.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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portersqbooks.bsky.social
We know that, for a ton of reasons, a lot of folks don't have as much to spend as they'd like this holiday season. Sooooooo, here's a thread of things you can do that will support your local indie bookstore or other business WITHOUT spending any more than you intended...
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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ucpress.bsky.social
JSTOR's reading list presenting some of the main debates in public space scholarship includes articles by @sah1365.bsky.social's "Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians" and others. daily.jstor.org/perspectives...
Perspectives on Public Space: A Reading List - JSTOR Daily
This list introduces some of the main debates about public space, from park politics to political protest, public expressions of sexuality to safety and security.
daily.jstor.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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onslies.bsky.social
Calvin & Hobbes cartoon. The pair is lying on the floor reading newspapers. With his little face in his hands, elbows on the floor, Calvin observes 'These are interesting times.' He then gets up and wide-armed declares 'we don't trust the government, we don't trust the legal system, we don't trust the media, and we don't trust each other! we've undermined all authority and with it, the basis for replacing it!'. 'Intersting is a mild way of putting it,' Hobbes mumbles, mouth an inch from the floor and face mostly hidden in his crossed arms. A more delighted Calvin adds 'it's like a six-year-old's dream come true!'
November 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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rogueclassicist.bsky.social
(667) Vittorio Cisnetti on Cambyses' fleet and the first naval endeavour of the Persians - YouTube
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Vittorio Cisnetti on Cambyses' fleet and the first naval endeavour of the Persians
YouTube video by Herodotus Helpline
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November 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
Today's delight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8Px...
The Underground Archivist: 50 Years of Saving New York History
YouTube video by The Museum of Modern Art
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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nimblewitlit.bsky.social
Just five more days to submit!

Need something for the kids to do while you cook/bake/whatever?

Hand them some prompts and let them write or draw, then submit their work!

epistemiclit.com/nimblewitlit...
November 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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jonnyliterati.bsky.social
"cherished, not garnish!" This got dark fast, even for me. Love it.
mcsweeneys.net McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 2d
"I bet Linus would’ve called those popping kernels 'little pangs of painful joy,' or something equally poetic, but of course, he’s not coming this year. Not after his meaning-of-Christmas bit took a turn to the right last winter. He’s booked solid through the spring with CPAC."
Thanksgiving’s Going to Be a Tough One This Year, Charlie Brown
Making popcorn again, huh, Snoopy? Keep it up. Sounds like pure nostalgia, especially with the way this year’s been going. I bet Linus would’ve cal...
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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tracyjan.bsky.social
Join me at @propublica.org in one of the most rewarding jobs in journalism, guiding collaborative investigative projects in local newsrooms around the country as a senior editor with our Local Reporting Network!

We’d love to see your application by Dec 8.
Senior Editor, Local Reporting Network
Remote, United States
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November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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newrepublic.com
It's like Jenga. As the U.S. economy rests on fewer and fewer pillars—a handful of affluent consumers, a handful of tech companies like Nvidia—it wobbles more and more. trib.al/wLQ1Kul
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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bluestemmag.bsky.social
Congratulations to Alice Bolin, whose essay collection CULTURE CREEP made NPR's Books We Love 2025 list! Come see Bolin at EIU's annual LIons in Winter festival this coming January!

www.npr.org/2025/11/24/n...
NPR's 2025 Books We Love is here. It's not your average year-end list
On Monday, NPR launched its end-of-the-year books guide. But Books We Love isn't a "top 10" list. Instead, it's more that 380 books that were personally recommended by members of the NPR staff.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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speculativeinsight.bsky.social
This is a beautiful story.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Researcher cries after finding rare flower in Indonesia
A team of researchers have described the "magical" experience of finding a rare species of flower in bloom deep in the Sumatran rainforest after a 23-hour trek.
www.abc.net.au
November 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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notapipe.bsky.social
It’s #LaunchDay for Melinda Mitchell’s ( @revmindi.bsky.social ) FORTUNATE SON, her sci-fi retelling of the Biblical story of David, Mical, and Jonathan. It makes a great gift! Learn more and order your copy here: bit.ly/FortSon
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM