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The Story of Writing
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A daily podcast about writing and writers that changed things, like minds, the world, etc.
https://storyofwriting.com
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The Story of Writing podcast rules:

-Talk about writers and writing that made the world better
-Every episode should include women and people of color
-Feminism is equality for all
-Stay woke
-Encourage reading
-Respect short attention spans
-Find joy and share it
#BookSky #History #OTD #Authors
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This sentence is quite the roller coaster ride:

Link to story about yet another lie told by republicans — this one about an “anti-trimp” attack.
November 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Sorry.

WTF is this?
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Happy Voltaire's birthday to all who celebrate!

And how can you NOT celebrate writing like this:
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It is the birthday of the philosopher who wrote,
“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.”
The French writer Voltaire was born François-Marie Arouet on this day in 1694.
#WriterSky #BookSky #History #BOTD
November 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
On this day in 1967, when asked about the war in Vietnam, U.S. General William Westmoreland told reporters, “I am absolutely certain that, whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing.”
#VietnamWar #Lies #WarPigs
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
On this day in 1918, the British Parliament passed a law allowing women to run for and serve in England’s government. But most women in England, Scotland, and Wales would have to wait another 10 years before getting the right to vote - granted by Parliament in 1928.
#Women'sRights #Suffrage #History
November 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
In a functioning society, this would be considered a clarion call:
hey so even if you do sweep Dems into power again all those people who are openly calling for your murder will still exist so what is your plan because last time Dems were in office they didn’t do anything about it and now we’re here and my god we can’t keep doing this why do you refuse the lesson
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
On this day in 1905, Albert Einstein published his paper on the mass-energy equivalence, also known as E = mc(squared).
#Science #Physics #History #OTD
November 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
On this day in 1877, Thomas Edison went public with the phonograph. His invention could record and play back sound.
#Tech #History #OTD #Inventive
November 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
*ding ding ding!
Perfect post is perfect:
If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.

This isn’t controversial.

A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On this day in 1676, Danish astronomer Ole Romer presented his measurement of the speed of light.
#Science #Astronomy #History #OTD
November 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Fathers, mothers, and all parents beyond the binary, this is the way.

(Love, I mean. Love is the way.)
my dad and I were having dinner and An Old Church Friend of his called him. My dad answered on speaker and I kept quiet. They knew me (I babysat their kids) and asked (via my deadname) how I was doing. My dad smiled at me and mouthed “watch this” and then was like “Actually she goes by Emma now…”
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This would seem like a grand opportunity for MTG or - really - any republican - to stand up and say that sort of language leads to violence and is totally unacceptable.

I won't hold my breath.
WANNA BE KING / DICTATOR IS :
UNHINGED
MENTALLY DEFUNCT MENTALLY & MORALLY CORRUPT

Alarmingly screams for a Hannibal Lecter straight jacket, mouth guard & padded jail-cell
November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It's Selma Lagerlof's birthday!
That means the number of the counting - today only - will not be three, but 12:
November 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This is a great account to follow:
-Real encouragement and tactics to quit smoking
-Great photography (not just Lauren Bacall)
-Resistance

And a real community builder. Take a look.
If you hear or see something enough times, no matter how repulsive & obviously dangerous & bad for you, you can become conditioned to accept it. Even glamorize it in your mind. How I Quit campralquitsmoking.net /
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Swedish writer Selma Lagerlof was born on this day in 1858. She wrote "Gösta Berling’s Saga" and other novels. And she was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
#WriterSky #BookSky #History #NobelLaureate #BOTD
November 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I wonder if/when women will no longer need to say this.
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On this day in 1989, in the city of Prague, protest intensified against the Soviet Union’s authoritarian control of Czechoslovakia. It was called the Velvet Revolution and it was a peaceful call for representational government.
#History #OTD #PowerToThePeople
November 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
On this day in 1959, the United Nations adopted The Declaration of the Rights of the Child. It is an expanded and modernized version of the thought-provoking points, originally written by the English activist Eglantyne Jebb more than a hundred years ago.
#History #OTD #CivilRights #Childrens'Rights
November 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Among all his other flaws and failings, squeaker johnson is an idiot.

Can you imagine being in charge of something for three years and then saying the department you're in charge of has devolved into a group of angry chimps who throw their feces and/or wonder whose feces taste better?
I wonder who has been in charge of the House for the last 3 years?
November 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
On this day in 1815, the second Treaty of Paris was signed. This version of the agreement between the European powers – after Napoleon’s second and final defeat – was meant to punish France for more than a decade of war.
#History #OTD #War
November 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Time line cleanse: in limerick format

Thank goodness for writers.

#WriterSky
November 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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November 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Like others on BlueSky, I hate promoting stuff, especially myself.

I'm going to put that aside today because it's the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address - and it needs to be heard.

I am a voice professional and a long-ago ex said my reading felt like getting a massage, so:
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November 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM