caroline taylor
@carolineneisha.bsky.social
writer & editor | producer & performer | dog mama | water baby | passionate about music, tv, film, tennis, climate, conservation & social justice | spoonie
I’ve never had as visceral an experience listening to a Broadway cast album as I did with GYPSY.
“Rose’s Turn” BROKE me. The places Audra goes to vocally & emotionally—raw & unrelenting, in service to character, story, score—is absolutely astonishing. It was like I was hearing it for the 1st time 😭
“Rose’s Turn” BROKE me. The places Audra goes to vocally & emotionally—raw & unrelenting, in service to character, story, score—is absolutely astonishing. It was like I was hearing it for the 1st time 😭
April 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I’ve never had as visceral an experience listening to a Broadway cast album as I did with GYPSY.
“Rose’s Turn” BROKE me. The places Audra goes to vocally & emotionally—raw & unrelenting, in service to character, story, score—is absolutely astonishing. It was like I was hearing it for the 1st time 😭
“Rose’s Turn” BROKE me. The places Audra goes to vocally & emotionally—raw & unrelenting, in service to character, story, score—is absolutely astonishing. It was like I was hearing it for the 1st time 😭
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It's stories like these that emphasise just how messed up transport policy and pricing is. Proper climate impacts urgently need costed in.
Woman travels to Manchester via Spain to save cash on rail fares - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Woman travels to Manchester via Spain to save cash on rail fares - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Woman travels to Manchester via Spain to save cash on rail fares
Kristina Coulson says it was cheaper to take the
www.bbc.co.uk
January 30, 2025 at 10:34 PM
It's stories like these that emphasise just how messed up transport policy and pricing is. Proper climate impacts urgently need costed in.
Woman travels to Manchester via Spain to save cash on rail fares - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Woman travels to Manchester via Spain to save cash on rail fares - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The joy of having a meal with a spicy octogenarian whose response to the others wanting to pray before we eat was to unceremoniously say:
“Grace before meals
Meals before man
Dong wid knife and fork
Eat wid yuh hand”
Ded 😂🥂🇹🇹
“Grace before meals
Meals before man
Dong wid knife and fork
Eat wid yuh hand”
Ded 😂🥂🇹🇹
January 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The joy of having a meal with a spicy octogenarian whose response to the others wanting to pray before we eat was to unceremoniously say:
“Grace before meals
Meals before man
Dong wid knife and fork
Eat wid yuh hand”
Ded 😂🥂🇹🇹
“Grace before meals
Meals before man
Dong wid knife and fork
Eat wid yuh hand”
Ded 😂🥂🇹🇹
Oh. My 10-year-old dog has unlocked a new "trick". It's called bark-n-fart. The harder he barks... well, you get the gist. *sigh* Actually, oh God — no sighing. Because that means inhaling first, and THE AIR 😭
December 31, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Oh. My 10-year-old dog has unlocked a new "trick". It's called bark-n-fart. The harder he barks... well, you get the gist. *sigh* Actually, oh God — no sighing. Because that means inhaling first, and THE AIR 😭
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Is it possible to repair shoes, handbags etc where the leatherette stuff starts flaking & peeling off but everything else is in good shape? It’s so annoying & wasteful, so trying to see if I can salvage them? 🥴
December 23, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Is it possible to repair shoes, handbags etc where the leatherette stuff starts flaking & peeling off but everything else is in good shape? It’s so annoying & wasteful, so trying to see if I can salvage them? 🥴
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November 17, 2024 at 7:29 PM
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I've been fascinated by how "ponche de creme" replaced "ponche crema" & "punch a creme" (a Trini hyper-correction?). So much so, I talked to a linguist about that & the history behind festive favourites we enjoy in the Caribbean at this time of year:
www.caribbean-beat.com/issue-173/fo...
www.caribbean-beat.com/issue-173/fo...
Food for thought | Did you know | Caribbean Beat Magazine
The Caribbean is full of words with fascinating origins and histories — including those for our favourite festive foods. University of the West Indies lingu ...
www.caribbean-beat.com
December 19, 2024 at 4:44 PM
I've been fascinated by how "ponche de creme" replaced "ponche crema" & "punch a creme" (a Trini hyper-correction?). So much so, I talked to a linguist about that & the history behind festive favourites we enjoy in the Caribbean at this time of year:
www.caribbean-beat.com/issue-173/fo...
www.caribbean-beat.com/issue-173/fo...
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Yeehaw! Happy holiday travel season, folks!
CDC confirms 1st case of severe bird flu in US
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first case of severe bird flu in the U.S. on Wednesday.
abcnews.go.com
December 18, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Yeehaw! Happy holiday travel season, folks!
Sometimes I think about Joni Mitchell being, like, 22 when she wrote “Both Sides Now”…the wisdom & beauty of that song flowing out of someone so young. Virtually every arrangement or cover of it completely dismantles me…especially her live performances. Such a special song; such a special soul
December 17, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Sometimes I think about Joni Mitchell being, like, 22 when she wrote “Both Sides Now”…the wisdom & beauty of that song flowing out of someone so young. Virtually every arrangement or cover of it completely dismantles me…especially her live performances. Such a special song; such a special soul
Are doctors just prescribing prednisone for everything now? Or are people suffering with so much inflammation & immune dysregulation that they feel it’s the only “quick fix” they have? Surreal the number of my friends this has randomly come up with
December 16, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Are doctors just prescribing prednisone for everything now? Or are people suffering with so much inflammation & immune dysregulation that they feel it’s the only “quick fix” they have? Surreal the number of my friends this has randomly come up with
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Please tell your kids, every damn day if necessary, that chatGPT is not a goddamn search engine and you shouldn’t believe a word it says. Tell the adults too, but it’s especially imperative to inoculate kids against this
December 10, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Please tell your kids, every damn day if necessary, that chatGPT is not a goddamn search engine and you shouldn’t believe a word it says. Tell the adults too, but it’s especially imperative to inoculate kids against this
I don’t have tolerance for people badmouthing folks I care about—or who just don’t deserve it. At minimum, I will end/exit the conversation…or, very likely, just call it out (starting gently)…especially if it’s a pattern of slagging decent people off for no good reason. Do unto others, man. Jeez.
December 10, 2024 at 2:40 AM
I don’t have tolerance for people badmouthing folks I care about—or who just don’t deserve it. At minimum, I will end/exit the conversation…or, very likely, just call it out (starting gently)…especially if it’s a pattern of slagging decent people off for no good reason. Do unto others, man. Jeez.
This reminds me of the time I was looking someone up in the campus directory at college and came across someone listed as “Cummings, Dickie”. So: Dickie Cummings. I always wanted to ask him if, assuming “Dickie” was short for Richard, he didn’t opt for Rick or Rich, etc. Because, I mean…
November 30, 2024 at 6:29 PM
This reminds me of the time I was looking someone up in the campus directory at college and came across someone listed as “Cummings, Dickie”. So: Dickie Cummings. I always wanted to ask him if, assuming “Dickie” was short for Richard, he didn’t opt for Rick or Rich, etc. Because, I mean…
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Related, workers' injuries go up around Amazon Prime Day www.vox.com/labor-jobs/3... Bad working conditions can and do disable workers. Just look at Amazon's fines in Department of Labor press releases.
Just a reminder that Amazon workers are striking tomorrow through Monday, and that none of the “deals” are good enough to justify crossing the picket line.
November 28, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Related, workers' injuries go up around Amazon Prime Day www.vox.com/labor-jobs/3... Bad working conditions can and do disable workers. Just look at Amazon's fines in Department of Labor press releases.
That line—“What is grief, if not love persevering”—remains one of the most beautiful, profound & succinct I’ve ever encountered on a TV show. I still think of it every time another wave hits, remembering the bittersweet privilege it is to ache, to miss, grieve…love in need of a place to go
November 28, 2024 at 2:03 AM
That line—“What is grief, if not love persevering”—remains one of the most beautiful, profound & succinct I’ve ever encountered on a TV show. I still think of it every time another wave hits, remembering the bittersweet privilege it is to ache, to miss, grieve…love in need of a place to go
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“Our study shows that among climate-related causes, the redistribution of groundwater actually has the largest impact on the drift of the rotational pole,” Ki-Weon Seo, a geophysicist at Seoul National University, said.”
Earth's rotation is tilting and it's all humans' fault
A study by researchers in South Korea found that the earth has rotated 31.5 inches in past two decades thanks to groundwater pumping
qz.com
November 26, 2024 at 9:02 PM
“Our study shows that among climate-related causes, the redistribution of groundwater actually has the largest impact on the drift of the rotational pole,” Ki-Weon Seo, a geophysicist at Seoul National University, said.”
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You wanted starter packs to be searchable. Our engineers are busy keeping us online, so in the meantime, an independent developer built a new searchable library of starter packs. This is the beauty of building in the open 🦋
November 26, 2024 at 5:11 AM
You wanted starter packs to be searchable. Our engineers are busy keeping us online, so in the meantime, an independent developer built a new searchable library of starter packs. This is the beauty of building in the open 🦋
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If you’re lucky enough for 2024 to have been a great year, give thanks, pay it forward & hold the people you love close…because it’s been a litany of challenges, losses & grief for many, punctuated by glimmers of joy, love & community. Take nothing & no-one for granted, lovelies. Truly 🙏🏽😔💜
November 22, 2024 at 6:25 PM
If you’re lucky enough for 2024 to have been a great year, give thanks, pay it forward & hold the people you love close…because it’s been a litany of challenges, losses & grief for many, punctuated by glimmers of joy, love & community. Take nothing & no-one for granted, lovelies. Truly 🙏🏽😔💜
"Is this how it's always been?
To exist in the face of suffering & death
And somehow still keep singing?...
But there is nothing else that I know how to do
But to open up my arms & give it all to you
'Cause I hear the music, I feel the beat
And for a moment, when I'm dancing
I'm free"
– Florence
To exist in the face of suffering & death
And somehow still keep singing?...
But there is nothing else that I know how to do
But to open up my arms & give it all to you
'Cause I hear the music, I feel the beat
And for a moment, when I'm dancing
I'm free"
– Florence
November 21, 2024 at 10:14 PM
"Is this how it's always been?
To exist in the face of suffering & death
And somehow still keep singing?...
But there is nothing else that I know how to do
But to open up my arms & give it all to you
'Cause I hear the music, I feel the beat
And for a moment, when I'm dancing
I'm free"
– Florence
To exist in the face of suffering & death
And somehow still keep singing?...
But there is nothing else that I know how to do
But to open up my arms & give it all to you
'Cause I hear the music, I feel the beat
And for a moment, when I'm dancing
I'm free"
– Florence
Climate. Public health. Politics & public policy. The folks with some sense are sounding like all the people in all the movies that the powers that be & much of the general public try to marginalise, muzzle & invalidate 🙃
Remember in the movie “Aliens” when no one listened to the woman and then everyone died? That’s what the vibe feels like right now.
November 21, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Climate. Public health. Politics & public policy. The folks with some sense are sounding like all the people in all the movies that the powers that be & much of the general public try to marginalise, muzzle & invalidate 🙃
Post you from a different era of your life
November 21, 2024 at 1:29 AM
Post you from a different era of your life
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As the saying goes: None of us can do everything, but we can all do something.
November 20, 2024 at 8:58 PM
As the saying goes: None of us can do everything, but we can all do something.
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November 20, 2024 at 7:27 AM
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