Lainie Marie
@lainielipson.bsky.social
editor, writer, painter, textilian. 🇨🇦 + 🇺🇸
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Straightforward and correct. Thank you @jamestalarico.bsky.social
James Talarico: Frankly I am tired of the ‘thoughts and prayers’ rhetoric from our leaders.
There is something profoundly cynical about asking God to solve a problem that we're not willing to solve ourselves.
The time for thoughts and prayers is over. It's time for us to act.
There is something profoundly cynical about asking God to solve a problem that we're not willing to solve ourselves.
The time for thoughts and prayers is over. It's time for us to act.
December 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Straightforward and correct. Thank you @jamestalarico.bsky.social
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My heart really needed this.
December 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
My heart really needed this.
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Regular reminder that the most dangerous thing most people do every day is get in a car, and it's something that is rarely talked about by the average person, let alone our politicians. This is an escalating problem, we can all see it, and there is very little political will to address it.
It’s important to contextualize just how much less safe American drivers are than everywhere else in the world, and it’s getting worse!
December 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Regular reminder that the most dangerous thing most people do every day is get in a car, and it's something that is rarely talked about by the average person, let alone our politicians. This is an escalating problem, we can all see it, and there is very little political will to address it.
Phenomenal story and graphics, and a horrifying potential scenario. (My love/hate relationship with NYT continues.)
How Did the C.I.A. Lose a Nuclear Device in the Himalayas? (Gift Article)
A plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains in a covert mission that the U.S. will not talk about.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Phenomenal story and graphics, and a horrifying potential scenario. (My love/hate relationship with NYT continues.)
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If cost has kept you from picking up There Is No Place for Us (which is totally understandable), good news: the ebook is *$1.99* today—93% off!—on Kindle, B&N, Bookshop, and elsewhere.
So grateful to everyone who's been reading and sharing the book this year. It means a lot.
So grateful to everyone who's been reading and sharing the book this year. It means a lot.
There Is No Place for Us by Brian Goldstone: 9780593237144 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE ATLANTIC’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • Through the “revelatory and gut-wrenching” (Associated Press) stories of five Atlanta families, this landmark...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
If cost has kept you from picking up There Is No Place for Us (which is totally understandable), good news: the ebook is *$1.99* today—93% off!—on Kindle, B&N, Bookshop, and elsewhere.
So grateful to everyone who's been reading and sharing the book this year. It means a lot.
So grateful to everyone who's been reading and sharing the book this year. It means a lot.
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I think it’s also true that loneliness among women has historically been treated as an individual problem, while loneliness among men is treated as a societal problem. That, in turn, comes from an assumption that women are supposed to earn the company of others while men are entitled to it.
men’s loneliness gets “more airtime”?
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
December 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think it’s also true that loneliness among women has historically been treated as an individual problem, while loneliness among men is treated as a societal problem. That, in turn, comes from an assumption that women are supposed to earn the company of others while men are entitled to it.
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Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.
December 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.
It's possible that Pluribus lost me with last week's big plot twist - just when it was getting interesting. TBD.
December 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
It's possible that Pluribus lost me with last week's big plot twist - just when it was getting interesting. TBD.
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the comments for this excellent post made my day
me dressed up and exercising at the airport before my 8 hour flight
December 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
the comments for this excellent post made my day
I think we're in some weird combination of post-pandemicness and Orange Man time where one year feels like at least eight. I'm just so tired.
December 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I think we're in some weird combination of post-pandemicness and Orange Man time where one year feels like at least eight. I'm just so tired.
One for John, murdered 45 years ago today. I remember it well.
Watching The Wheels (Ultimate Mix)
YouTube video by John Lennon - Topic
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
One for John, murdered 45 years ago today. I remember it well.
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Scientists now believe that the human brain--a magic goo for worrying--can also be used to do other things
December 8, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Scientists now believe that the human brain--a magic goo for worrying--can also be used to do other things
I'm old enough to remember the protests songs of the 60s and 70s and if you're wondering who's picking up that torch, check out Jesse Welles. He was the talk of Farm Aid this year, for good reason. This is an amazing song.
I Ain’t Got None of My Friends Left
YouTube video by Jesse Welles
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I'm old enough to remember the protests songs of the 60s and 70s and if you're wondering who's picking up that torch, check out Jesse Welles. He was the talk of Farm Aid this year, for good reason. This is an amazing song.
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A Republican president once picked Ben Bernanke—a future Nobel laureate—because expertise mattered more than spin. That norm, picking Fed chairs for brains not loyalty, does more to protect your paycheck than any campaign slogan.
December 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A Republican president once picked Ben Bernanke—a future Nobel laureate—because expertise mattered more than spin. That norm, picking Fed chairs for brains not loyalty, does more to protect your paycheck than any campaign slogan.
I ordered my Rancho Gordo Super Lucky 2026 Black-Eyed Peas tonight and I'm going to cook them on New Year's Day and be super lucky next year, dammit
December 7, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I ordered my Rancho Gordo Super Lucky 2026 Black-Eyed Peas tonight and I'm going to cook them on New Year's Day and be super lucky next year, dammit
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Jess Allen. The Passing of Time, 2023
December 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Jess Allen. The Passing of Time, 2023
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There is no spark too small
not to grow, no hope
too frail not to bloom,
so reach for
what you are longing for,
no second guessing--
this is not about keeping a scale
balanced, but leaning toward,
setting doubt down
like a stone,
letting your heart leap,
no more what-ifs--
believe.
#TinyPoem
not to grow, no hope
too frail not to bloom,
so reach for
what you are longing for,
no second guessing--
this is not about keeping a scale
balanced, but leaning toward,
setting doubt down
like a stone,
letting your heart leap,
no more what-ifs--
believe.
#TinyPoem
Yay! Yes, please, Ali!
December 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
There is no spark too small
not to grow, no hope
too frail not to bloom,
so reach for
what you are longing for,
no second guessing--
this is not about keeping a scale
balanced, but leaning toward,
setting doubt down
like a stone,
letting your heart leap,
no more what-ifs--
believe.
#TinyPoem
not to grow, no hope
too frail not to bloom,
so reach for
what you are longing for,
no second guessing--
this is not about keeping a scale
balanced, but leaning toward,
setting doubt down
like a stone,
letting your heart leap,
no more what-ifs--
believe.
#TinyPoem
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For #ArtAdventCalendar day 2, a rock star of the Sonoran Desert. (ID in alt text) 🪶
December 2, 2025 at 12:26 PM
For #ArtAdventCalendar day 2, a rock star of the Sonoran Desert. (ID in alt text) 🪶
ugh, this hurts
"...painted by two of the foremost American artists of the twentieth century, Ben Shahn and Philip Guston.....They are on the walls of the Wilbur J. Cohen Building in Washington, DC, one of forty-five federal properties currently earmarked for sale."
www.alternet.org/trump-destro...
www.alternet.org/trump-destro...
Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder
Painted figures haunt an empty building. A boy leaning on a pair of crutches. A father and son wandering a barren railroad track. A nuclear family at a picnic table. These poignant scenes were painted...
www.alternet.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:26 AM
ugh, this hurts
really might have to delete any business that has sent me 30 separate "Time's Almost Up!!!!!!!" emails today. I can't buy anything, and email #31 is not going to change that.
December 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
really might have to delete any business that has sent me 30 separate "Time's Almost Up!!!!!!!" emails today. I can't buy anything, and email #31 is not going to change that.
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President Biden - never stopped being presidential even after going through cancer treatment, showing great leadership and stamina.
The felon couldn't be bothered being presidential, is destroying our country and pardons criminals like himself.
The felon couldn't be bothered being presidential, is destroying our country and pardons criminals like himself.
November 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
President Biden - never stopped being presidential even after going through cancer treatment, showing great leadership and stamina.
The felon couldn't be bothered being presidential, is destroying our country and pardons criminals like himself.
The felon couldn't be bothered being presidential, is destroying our country and pardons criminals like himself.
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Airbus found intense solar storms, like solar flares, could cause pilots to lose control of the Airbus A320 series of planes, including A319, A320, and A321s. About 6,000 of the single-aisle planes, which are the bestselling passenger aircraft in the world, need the repairs. https://cnn.it/4phBeeb
November 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Airbus found intense solar storms, like solar flares, could cause pilots to lose control of the Airbus A320 series of planes, including A319, A320, and A321s. About 6,000 of the single-aisle planes, which are the bestselling passenger aircraft in the world, need the repairs. https://cnn.it/4phBeeb
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When a politician says: we’ll deregulate health insurance and send you a “freedom account” check, ask: freedom to buy what? If insurers don’t offer real policies or can cherry-pick only healthy people, that money is a coupon for a store that’s not open.
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
When a politician says: we’ll deregulate health insurance and send you a “freedom account” check, ask: freedom to buy what? If insurers don’t offer real policies or can cherry-pick only healthy people, that money is a coupon for a store that’s not open.