LesleyGrace ☕️ 📚 🥾
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“…for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill…is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.”
George Eliot, Middlemarch
George Eliot, Middlemarch
Truth
but just think of all the mining we'll be able to get done when we're no longer distracted by the sounds of those canaries
January 21, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Truth
Adventures in casual kidnapping
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Adventures in casual kidnapping
In case anyone wondered what was meant by “enemies within,” we’re watching it right now.
January 15, 2026 at 10:31 PM
In case anyone wondered what was meant by “enemies within,” we’re watching it right now.
Life is too short to read bad books.
I just gave myself permission not to finish a book that I thought I was going to love (based on past history of loving the same author). Will take it off of my shelf and if I ever want to try again I will.
Please clap.
Please clap.
January 12, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Life is too short to read bad books.
Today, Joe White is still CEO of Kanakuk.
Michael W. Smith is still treated as a patriarch of Christian music.
And survivors are still waiting for truth from the people who should’ve protected them but didn’t. /END
Michael W. Smith is still treated as a patriarch of Christian music.
And survivors are still waiting for truth from the people who should’ve protected them but didn’t. /END
January 11, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Comic relief break:
January 10, 2026 at 6:40 AM
Comic relief break:
Mercy. It got worse.
January 9, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Mercy. It got worse.
Well, it was a good year while it lasted.
January 3, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Well, it was a good year while it lasted.
I like his reframing
Here's a New Year's 🎇 pep talk from Pete Buttigieg:
Nobody who inspires us or had monuments given to them were living in good times.
The bigger the dragons they had to slay, the more inspiring their legacy.
We're living in times so bad they'll one day be romanticized by future generations. 👀
Nobody who inspires us or had monuments given to them were living in good times.
The bigger the dragons they had to slay, the more inspiring their legacy.
We're living in times so bad they'll one day be romanticized by future generations. 👀
January 1, 2026 at 5:42 AM
I like his reframing
Super.
(It took us way too long to realize Covid was airborne as well.)
(It took us way too long to realize Covid was airborne as well.)
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air.
The USDA didn’t test the theory after a disastrous Midwestern outbreak. Here’s how we did.
The USDA didn’t test the theory after a disastrous Midwestern outbreak. Here’s how we did.
How ProPublica Investigated a Bird Flu Outbreak in America’s Heartland
Early this year, bird flu ripped through 80 farms in Ohio and Indiana. Using genetic markers, wind simulations, satellite imagery, property records and more, we found that the virus could’ve been airb...
www.propublica.org
December 31, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Super.
(It took us way too long to realize Covid was airborne as well.)
(It took us way too long to realize Covid was airborne as well.)
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Smith: He was getting calls from people he trusts, people he relies on—and he still refused to come to the aid of the people at the Capitol. That’s very important evidence for criminal intent in our case.
December 31, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Smith: He was getting calls from people he trusts, people he relies on—and he still refused to come to the aid of the people at the Capitol. That’s very important evidence for criminal intent in our case.
Watch this
December 23, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Watch this
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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I just want things to get better, for once
I am so fucking tired
I am so fucking tired
December 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I just want things to get better, for once
I am so fucking tired
I am so fucking tired
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I rarely sound alarm - but please: do not believe what you hear or read from the legacy outlets.
For US news - these either serve the WH by definition or are intimidated to serve (always their decision though)
For global news - US media spreads pro-RU, anti-EU views under “America First” label.
For US news - these either serve the WH by definition or are intimidated to serve (always their decision though)
For global news - US media spreads pro-RU, anti-EU views under “America First” label.
December 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I rarely sound alarm - but please: do not believe what you hear or read from the legacy outlets.
For US news - these either serve the WH by definition or are intimidated to serve (always their decision though)
For global news - US media spreads pro-RU, anti-EU views under “America First” label.
For US news - these either serve the WH by definition or are intimidated to serve (always their decision though)
For global news - US media spreads pro-RU, anti-EU views under “America First” label.
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In a world filled with bad news, remember today that good happens unseen every day everywhere.
For instance, each Thanksgiving morning, this group of local families comes to the green in Hartford near our house to serve breakfast to the needy. No publicity. No hype. Just good.
For instance, each Thanksgiving morning, this group of local families comes to the green in Hartford near our house to serve breakfast to the needy. No publicity. No hype. Just good.
November 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
In a world filled with bad news, remember today that good happens unseen every day everywhere.
For instance, each Thanksgiving morning, this group of local families comes to the green in Hartford near our house to serve breakfast to the needy. No publicity. No hype. Just good.
For instance, each Thanksgiving morning, this group of local families comes to the green in Hartford near our house to serve breakfast to the needy. No publicity. No hype. Just good.
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My personal guidelines for dealing with people on social media:
Assume everyone is a friend you haven't yet gotten to know.
Assume everyone is struggling with their mental health
Don't promise any emotional labor you might not be able to provide
If someone seems like a hater, disengage right away
Assume everyone is a friend you haven't yet gotten to know.
Assume everyone is struggling with their mental health
Don't promise any emotional labor you might not be able to provide
If someone seems like a hater, disengage right away
June 12, 2023 at 7:21 PM
My personal guidelines for dealing with people on social media:
Assume everyone is a friend you haven't yet gotten to know.
Assume everyone is struggling with their mental health
Don't promise any emotional labor you might not be able to provide
If someone seems like a hater, disengage right away
Assume everyone is a friend you haven't yet gotten to know.
Assume everyone is struggling with their mental health
Don't promise any emotional labor you might not be able to provide
If someone seems like a hater, disengage right away
I’m disturbed to learn the author has, apparently, been in my home.
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I’m disturbed to learn the author has, apparently, been in my home.
I use the Brave browser and have AI deselected.
Trust me, it’s the least I can do since my computer tools have AI default on and turning them off is not an option.
Trust me, it’s the least I can do since my computer tools have AI default on and turning them off is not an option.
And also besides being totally useless, AI is also really bad for the environment but besides that, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?
November 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I use the Brave browser and have AI deselected.
Trust me, it’s the least I can do since my computer tools have AI default on and turning them off is not an option.
Trust me, it’s the least I can do since my computer tools have AI default on and turning them off is not an option.
Oh for a pen as incisive as his!
November 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Oh for a pen as incisive as his!
Best wishes to all the caregivers out there — remember, it’s your responsibility to find and pay for respite care (daily, of course) so you can go exercise and “be healthy!” (Also, you don’t get paid to take care of your disabled spouse or child.) MAHA! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Markwayne Mullin: "Reward people for being healthy. Think about this. Healthcare is the only industry that you're not rewarded for taking care of your responsibility. If you think about homeowners insurance, if you're within 500 feet of a fire hydrant, your insurance goes down."
November 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Best wishes to all the caregivers out there — remember, it’s your responsibility to find and pay for respite care (daily, of course) so you can go exercise and “be healthy!” (Also, you don’t get paid to take care of your disabled spouse or child.) MAHA! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
“Perhaps you have figured it out by now, but little girls don’t stay little forever. They grow into strong women who return to destroy your world.” – Kyle Stephens at Larry Nassar’s sentencing
Epstein survivor: "Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government still belongs to the American people or to those who prey on them."
November 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
“Perhaps you have figured it out by now, but little girls don’t stay little forever. They grow into strong women who return to destroy your world.” – Kyle Stephens at Larry Nassar’s sentencing
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Gary Larson created the term Thagomizer in 1982.
In 1993, paleontologist Ken Carpenter was the first to use the term in a scientific context.
It is now widely accepted and used to describe the spikes on a stegosaur's tail.
In 1993, paleontologist Ken Carpenter was the first to use the term in a scientific context.
It is now widely accepted and used to describe the spikes on a stegosaur's tail.
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Gary Larson created the term Thagomizer in 1982.
In 1993, paleontologist Ken Carpenter was the first to use the term in a scientific context.
It is now widely accepted and used to describe the spikes on a stegosaur's tail.
In 1993, paleontologist Ken Carpenter was the first to use the term in a scientific context.
It is now widely accepted and used to describe the spikes on a stegosaur's tail.
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I’m sharing this video from around 2015 from the US Embassy, The Hague youtube channel. If current attempts to erase the historic record of black American GIs in the anti-DEI climate of the Trump administration, it may not be available much longer. youtu.be/QE0QszXRg3k?...
Alabama to Margraten
YouTube video by U.S. Embassy The Hague
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I’m sharing this video from around 2015 from the US Embassy, The Hague youtube channel. If current attempts to erase the historic record of black American GIs in the anti-DEI climate of the Trump administration, it may not be available much longer. youtu.be/QE0QszXRg3k?...