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Alheli Picazo
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athlete, writer, researcher, politico | email: [email protected]
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It's firefly season, and sitting under a dark, star-filled sky as hundreds (or thousands) of gently blinking both hang in the air and gradually move about the property is a feeling I'd bottle if I could.

Summer is my season of choice, and this is certainly one reason why.
July 6, 2025 at 3:58 AM
"We don't have enemies. We have some people who don't know us...Alexandre, before being a killer, was a victim himself. Before planting his bullets in the heads of his victims, somebody planted ideas more dangerous than the bullets in his head." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
January 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I know I'm a bit late here, but may 2025 be as prosperous and/or preposterous as your heart desires.
January 2, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Welcome to the public domain, THE SKELETON DANCE (1929). 🎞️ 🎶👻 Walt Disney Studios' first Silly Symphony cartoon is a wordless masterpiece of synchronized animation & music featuring dancing skeletons in a graveyard.

➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025⁠
January 1, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Something I enjoy about social media is its ability to level out society.

Mark Hamill, just another guy, posting away.
Anyone get a gift they didn't ask for... that you're beginning to grow fond of?
December 30, 2024 at 10:35 PM
This is a great profile of Craig Unger and his recently-published book on the straightforward treason detailed in that NYT feature.

archive.ph/677Gh
December 30, 2024 at 10:23 PM
A Four-Decade Secret: One Man’s Story of Sabotaging Carter’s Re-election

“History needs to know this happened. Knowing the end is near for Carter put it on my mind more and more...I just feel like we’ve got to get it down (on the record) in some way."
www.nytimes.com/2023/03/18/u...
Published 2023
A Four-Decade Secret: One Man’s Story of Sabotaging Carter’s Re-election (Gift Article)
A prominent Texas politician said he unwittingly took part in a 1980 tour of the Middle East with a clandestine agenda.
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2024 at 11:10 PM
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Jimmy Carter personifies the power of one person to dramatically change the world for the better.

When he started his campaign to eliminate the Guinea worm in 1986, there were 3.5 million cases
Today, there are 7
www.cartercenter.org/health/guine...
December 29, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Jimmy Carter's post-presidency example of doing good for the sake of doing good, without expectation of (or desire for) any sort of special recognition for his efforts, speaks to the true measure of his character.

My thoughts from 2023 stand. His was a life so well-lived.
December 29, 2024 at 10:32 PM
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At great personal risk, Jimmy Carter helped Canada manage one of the world’s first nuclear accidents at Chalk River in 1952. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
How a future U.S. president helped avert nuclear disaster near Canada's capital | CBC News
In 1952, an experimental nuclear reactor in Chalk River, Ont., about 180 kilometres northwest of Ottawa, partially melted down, becoming the world's first nuclear reactor incident. Disaster was averte...
www.cbc.ca
December 29, 2024 at 9:29 PM
1/ We Three Kings is a Christmas carol I reflexively disliked when young, but I've come to appreciate after learning of this gorgeous (and dark?) verse I hadn't known because my aversion to the song led me to completely tune it out.

Last night, searching for different versions of this song,
December 25, 2024 at 6:35 AM
I've been waiting to share this gem, which I bookmarked three years ago.

Happy Solstice, and may the remaining days of 2024 be cozy.
December 22, 2024 at 2:37 AM
My oldest sister used to listen to Tori Amos all the time. I wasn't much of a fan, save for a few songs.

Not sure why.

This one, though, is one of few songs I always liked, and this version is so good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtLa...
Tori Amos - Hey Jupiter (live Take It To The Bridge 1996)
YouTube video by Fuzzy Legends Archives
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2024 at 8:40 AM
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Always nice to find a good tree topper. #wildlife #photography
November 26, 2024 at 4:16 PM
I can't quite describe the delight of unexpectedly coming across my own name and words cited approvingly in a foreign publication.

Haaretz is easily the most valuable subscription I hold.

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Israeli, international journalists assail government boycott of Haaretz
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www.haaretz.com
November 27, 2024 at 5:36 AM
While I prefer physical books over other options, I have an Audible account b/c some of their original pods/docs are outstanding.

This story and anniversary brings to mind one such listen: Pulse, by Trevor Aaronson. Everything many 'know' about that tragedy is wrong.
coloradosun.com/2024/11/19/c...
Club Q victims, families sue El Paso County officials for not using red flag law to protect them
Victims and family members of the Club Q shooting are suing the El Paso County commissioners and sheriff for failing to use the red flag law.
coloradosun.com
November 20, 2024 at 7:43 AM
Mike Pence's stated opposition to RFK Jr.'s HHS nomination lays bare the difference between being ideologically Pro-Life™ and actually being pro-life.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
November 15, 2024 at 8:54 PM