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'Escalate,' as in "tensions escalate," comes from the word 'escalator.'
It first appeared in print in 1944.
'Escalator' originated as a trademarked term for the Otis Elevator Company's moving staircase and was demonstrated at the Paris Exposition in 1900.
It first appeared in print in 1944.
'Escalator' originated as a trademarked term for the Otis Elevator Company's moving staircase and was demonstrated at the Paris Exposition in 1900.
January 12, 2026 at 5:02 PM
'Escalate,' as in "tensions escalate," comes from the word 'escalator.'
It first appeared in print in 1944.
'Escalator' originated as a trademarked term for the Otis Elevator Company's moving staircase and was demonstrated at the Paris Exposition in 1900.
It first appeared in print in 1944.
'Escalator' originated as a trademarked term for the Otis Elevator Company's moving staircase and was demonstrated at the Paris Exposition in 1900.
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I am struggling with what might be a generational experience. The gulf war was pretty politically formative for me. It’s not history so much as memory this time.
It is destabilizing to see almost the exact same gameplan but this time without the guardrails that at the time I took for granted.
It is destabilizing to see almost the exact same gameplan but this time without the guardrails that at the time I took for granted.
January 3, 2026 at 11:09 PM
I am struggling with what might be a generational experience. The gulf war was pretty politically formative for me. It’s not history so much as memory this time.
It is destabilizing to see almost the exact same gameplan but this time without the guardrails that at the time I took for granted.
It is destabilizing to see almost the exact same gameplan but this time without the guardrails that at the time I took for granted.
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In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 PM
In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
Watching this Diddy documentary has me thinking this 🥷🏾is COINTELPRO.
December 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Watching this Diddy documentary has me thinking this 🥷🏾is COINTELPRO.
You can try to rig the game, but you can’t fake influence.
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
You can try to rig the game, but you can’t fake influence.
Florida about to be full of Troy McClures.
Florida panel proposes alternatives to ABA law school accreditation reut.rs/47xtcGz
Florida panel proposes alternatives to ABA law school accreditation
As the American Bar Association faces mounting pressure over its role in U.S. legal education, the Florida Supreme Court has moved a step closer to curtailing or potentially eliminating the ABA’s role in accrediting law schools in the state.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Florida about to be full of Troy McClures.
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Right now, in my feed, I see that a lot of people have learned nothing about their internalized misogynoir since last fall.
Did you know that you can say you don’t want Kamala Harris to run for president again and still put some respect on her name?
Did you know that you can say you don’t want Kamala Harris to run for president again and still put some respect on her name?
October 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Right now, in my feed, I see that a lot of people have learned nothing about their internalized misogynoir since last fall.
Did you know that you can say you don’t want Kamala Harris to run for president again and still put some respect on her name?
Did you know that you can say you don’t want Kamala Harris to run for president again and still put some respect on her name?
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what is "the people's property" on stolen land?
October 21, 2025 at 2:19 AM
what is "the people's property" on stolen land?
This feels like losing Prince.
"D’Angelo also chafed at the description of his music as simply neo-soul. “I never claimed I do neo-soul,” he said in a Red Bull Music Academy interview in 2014. “When I first came out, I used to always say: ‘I do Black music. I make Black music.’”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This feels like losing Prince.
At this point, Shonda Rhimes should sue to protect her intellectual property. Because this Temu version of Scandal is not it.
October 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
At this point, Shonda Rhimes should sue to protect her intellectual property. Because this Temu version of Scandal is not it.
These YNs don’t understand the foundation of reality TV.
So we just gon act like this never happened??
October 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
These YNs don’t understand the foundation of reality TV.
Straight in the tear ducts.
Clipse, John Legend, Voices of Fire, Pusha T, Malice - The Birds Don't Sing (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by clipseVEVO
www.youtube.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Straight in the tear ducts.
We need to follow Auntie Jill’s advice right now.
a woman with a flower in her hair is smiling and says or maybe we could just be silent
ALT: a woman with a flower in her hair is smiling and says or maybe we could just be silent
media.tenor.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
We need to follow Auntie Jill’s advice right now.
We all need to embrace a return to “inside thoughts.”
Hi.
You don’t need put yourself on a watchlist for a viral tweet
You don’t need put yourself on a watchlist for a viral tweet
September 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
We all need to embrace a return to “inside thoughts.”
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Secretary of War Jay Cutler has betrayed the legacy of Pete Hagseth.
by David Brooks (2026)
by David Brooks (2026)
September 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Secretary of War Jay Cutler has betrayed the legacy of Pete Hagseth.
by David Brooks (2026)
by David Brooks (2026)
Texarkana, hands down.
September 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Texarkana, hands down.
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That scene in Independence Day when them ppl were partying at the top of the building to "welcome" the aliens and got vaporized used to bother me when i was younger cause it was so stupid. But makes so much sense now
August 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
That scene in Independence Day when them ppl were partying at the top of the building to "welcome" the aliens and got vaporized used to bother me when i was younger cause it was so stupid. But makes so much sense now
Tyler made an album for Black humanities majors who throw apocalyptic dance parties. Here for it.
Don't Tap That Glass / Tweakin' by Tyler, The Creator on Apple Music
Song · 2025 · Duration 3:42
music.apple.com
July 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Tyler made an album for Black humanities majors who throw apocalyptic dance parties. Here for it.
Has someone already added the CYE theme song to this?
July 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Has someone already added the CYE theme song to this?
The first track on #letgodsortemout is beautiful. Grieving on a track with your brother is about as vulnerable as it gets.
Gene and Terrence open this album by honoring their parents, but then Malice and Push take it over and tear shit apart. That’s beautiful too.
Gene and Terrence open this album by honoring their parents, but then Malice and Push take it over and tear shit apart. That’s beautiful too.
July 11, 2025 at 5:01 AM
The first track on #letgodsortemout is beautiful. Grieving on a track with your brother is about as vulnerable as it gets.
Gene and Terrence open this album by honoring their parents, but then Malice and Push take it over and tear shit apart. That’s beautiful too.
Gene and Terrence open this album by honoring their parents, but then Malice and Push take it over and tear shit apart. That’s beautiful too.
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They drained the pool then. Now they are draining the data.
The Trump administration eliminated the CDC’s drowning prevention team. Black & brown children will pay the price.
My latest Star Tribune column explains why this matters & what must happen next:
www.startribune.com/trump-drowni...
The Trump administration eliminated the CDC’s drowning prevention team. Black & brown children will pay the price.
My latest Star Tribune column explains why this matters & what must happen next:
www.startribune.com/trump-drowni...
Opinion: Trump's dismantling of drowning prevention team holds painful echoes for Black Americans
"There’s a reason why generations of Black families have passed down warnings about water," attorney Haley Taylor Schlitz writes. "That fear isn’t superstition; it’s survival."
www.startribune.com
July 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
They drained the pool then. Now they are draining the data.
The Trump administration eliminated the CDC’s drowning prevention team. Black & brown children will pay the price.
My latest Star Tribune column explains why this matters & what must happen next:
www.startribune.com/trump-drowni...
The Trump administration eliminated the CDC’s drowning prevention team. Black & brown children will pay the price.
My latest Star Tribune column explains why this matters & what must happen next:
www.startribune.com/trump-drowni...
The cuts to Indiana higher ed programs feel like the natural outcome of devaluing the humanities.
Is there an org like @karenattiah.bsky.social’s resistance summer school, but for liberal arts and humanities? There have to be other recovering academics who see how dangerous this is.
Is there an org like @karenattiah.bsky.social’s resistance summer school, but for liberal arts and humanities? There have to be other recovering academics who see how dangerous this is.
July 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The cuts to Indiana higher ed programs feel like the natural outcome of devaluing the humanities.
Is there an org like @karenattiah.bsky.social’s resistance summer school, but for liberal arts and humanities? There have to be other recovering academics who see how dangerous this is.
Is there an org like @karenattiah.bsky.social’s resistance summer school, but for liberal arts and humanities? There have to be other recovering academics who see how dangerous this is.
