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Robin Nixon @robinnixon.bsky.social · 8d

"Trade FANTASY, which has a storyline, with MYSTERY, which does not."

- Elizabeth Gilbert, All the Way to the River

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Zane @moochie6us.bsky.social · 10d

stolen from over on the mastodon

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Robin Nixon @robinnixon.bsky.social · 9d

#creativelife @anneboyer.bsky.social

Robin Nixon @robinnixon.bsky.social · Sep 8

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

A better life is possible - but only if you dive deep into your unconscious

We are used to skimming the surface of our emotions, distracting ourselves with endless doing. To discover what we really need, we must move beyond the shallows

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Robin Nixon @robinnixon.bsky.social · Sep 6

“Because we tend to see ourselves as individuals, rather than as white individuals, we proceed as if power dynamics are not at play in our cross-racial interactions.” - Robin DiAngelo #blacklivesmatter #niceracism

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Robin Nixon @robinnixon.bsky.social · Sep 3

She had been.

Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · Sep 2

Words are magic

My seven-year-old asked for a dictionary this week. We went to the bookshop today to buy one. She walked home hugging it, pausing every so often to look up a word, grinning as though she had been given a book of spells, the key to wonders.
(Credit: Ann Morg)

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Robin Nixon @robinnixon.bsky.social · Sep 3

love this

Blerrspookster 🙀 @blerrycat1.bsky.social · Sep 3

A book is a tree that makes you hallucinate vividly

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Rosa @rosalindanne.bsky.social · Sep 1

I am 76 & I have had most of these vaccinations at one time or another. Also vaccinations against Covid, Tetanus, plus Cholera & Yellow Fever when travelling in foreign countries.
These prevented me catching horrible diseases & dying a gruesome death. They did not harm me, they protected me!

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Robin Nixon @robinnixon.bsky.social · Sep 2

I recently finished Regina Jackson and Saira Rao's incredibly helpful book: White Women, Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better. For all of us who know the learning will never be finished, I highly recommend. @race2dinner @sairaforcongress

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Ken Bardsley @kenbar.bsky.social · Sep 1

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Robin Nixon @robinnixon.bsky.social · Sep 1

A repost, courtesy of Lijo Joy. The start of school for parents (and their children) is like another New's Year's Day. I find as I get older, my resolutions tend towards trying to remember things I have already learned, but forget so easily. These are among them.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Sep 1

Higher education is changing, but the "formative parts of the college experience—growing up, making friends, and making mistakes—aren’t going anywhere," Isabel Fattal writes. The Wonder Reader explores what it feels like to be a young person right now:

On the Brink of Adulthood

Colleges are changing, but the college experience isn’t going anywhere.

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Robin Nixon @robinnixon.bsky.social · Aug 25

@npr.org @govpritzker.illinois.gov @harrison.haines, #nokings #chicago

Robin Nixon @robinnixon.bsky.social · Aug 8

#truevacation #rest

Robin Nixon @robinnixon.bsky.social · Jul 22

Among the many lessons I took from a recent re-read of the hauntingly beautiful, Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel Beloved but Toni Morrison. @tonimorrison.bsky.social

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Jul 18

“If the Epstein scandal teaches us anything, it is that America needs a dedicated and decently funded group of people whose job is not just to ask questions, but to find answers,” @helenlewis.bsky.social writes. “Let’s call them journalists.”

‘Just Asking Questions’ Got No Answers About Epstein

Right-wing internet personalities have a lot to learn from the mainstream media that they decry.

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Robin Nixon @robinnixon.bsky.social · Jul 18

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... #nokings

Is Colbert’s Ouster Really Just a ‘Financial Decision’?

CBS no longer deserves the benefit of the doubt.

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Robin Nixon @robinnixon.bsky.social · Jul 7

What an interesting mix. A lost sister, a raunchy reality tv show, and a cast of strong, understandably pissed off women of multiple generations. Thank you Claire Jimenez! #books

Robin Nixon @robinnixon.bsky.social · Jul 3

I loved this recent Atlantic article "What a Spiral of Silence can do to a Democracy" by Betsy Levy Paluck. She writes, "People interpret silence to mean quiet acceptance... which begets further misunderstanding about what a society actually collectively believes or wants." @theatlantic #resist

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · Jul 2

If any of these are your reps, please take 5 min today and call. Scripts and numbers at 5calls.org. Kill this absolute travesty of a bill.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · Jul 2

These are the weak points. You know what to do. First thing tomorrow, use 5calls.org and raise hell.

Call these U.S. Representatives and tell them to vote NO on the “Big Beautiful Bill”:

AZ-06, Juan Ciscomani
CA-22, David Valadao
CA-40, Young Kim
CA-41, Ken Calvert
CO-08, Gabe Evans
FL-07, Cory Mills
FL-13, Anna Paulina Luna
FL-27, Maria Elvira Salazar
IA-01, Mariannette Miller-Meeks
IA-02, Ashley Hinson
IA-03, Zach Nunn
MI-07, Tom Barrett
MO-02, Ann Wagner
NJ-07, Tom Kean Jr.
NY-17, Mike Lawler
OH-07, Max Miller
OH-10, Mike Turner
OH-15, Mike Carey
PA-01, Brian Fitzpatrick
PA-07, Ryan Mackenzie
PA-08, Rob Bresnahan
PA-10, Scott Perry
TN-05, Andy Ogles
TX-15, Monica De La Cruz
VA-01, Rob Wittman
VA-02, Jen Kiggans
WI-01, Bryan Steil
WI-03, Derrick Van Orden

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Robin Nixon @robinnixon.bsky.social · Jul 1

Patriarchy hurts men, too. #patriarchy @realterry.bsky.social

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Robin Nixon @robinnixon.bsky.social · Jun 30

@quirkyrican #community #vulnerabilityisstrength

Robin Nixon @robinnixon.bsky.social · Jun 26

@scryptkeeper.bsky.social
#creativity

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Robin Nixon @robinnixon.bsky.social · Jun 24

In this one line, poet and scholar Diamond Forde encapsulates the academic research supporting "the tyranny of the nice and the kind (Gilligan and Brown)" endured by women. That is, society's edict that proclaims: "Women! Be nice, or be ostracized."

#poetry #feminism @poemsandcake.bsky.social