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My step father at 100 last Feb, juat passed. Had a long life. Born in 20s This picture with his great grandchildren, Feb of last year. Many knew him and he was widely respected and rarely critical of anyone Sad time

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Fact or fake news, you decide.... I was born at the same time as (day, and year) the lava lamp was invented. So, it was a special day for 2 reasons. #factorfiction

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Reality is different for each person Does this sound strange? If you think the way you think is how others think, you'd be wrong. Very wrong. Diversity starts with thought. Skin color is just the easiest diversity to perceive.

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"One nation under god" was added in 1964! It was never a founding principle. It was added to the original pledge which had been written in 1892 by a Baptist minister and was "one nation, indivisible" In case anyone wanted to know

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This book revealed so many new perspectives to me. My intro to Ajume was through someone I worked with who had him as a professor. Ajume was trying to solve Nso (Cameroon) internet connections using WiFi, I shared what I knew to him and we became friends. He is a deep intellectual.

Philosophy Talk@philtalkradio.bsky.social

Coming up: Josh and Ray get personal with Ajume Wingo from the University of Colorado Boulder, author of "Veil Politics in Liberal Democratic States"—this Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & https://www.kalw.org/show/philosophy-talk/2021-10-22/akan-philosophy-and-personhood.

kalw.orgAkan Philosophy and PersonhoodMind, soul, body, and breath—how do all of these go together for the Akan of West Africa?
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And who is thinking it's hot at night? 🤭

Jimmy D@licketysplit6.bsky.social

The border wall is being painted black to make it hotter and harder to climb. Genius move, right? There’s only one problem with that; power tools don’t care what color the wall is.

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First ever video of this species, from the DRC Peaceful and lovely

Wildlife Conservation Society@wcs.org

A rare sight from Kabobo Wildlife Reserve in DRC. This footage shows the Foa’s red colobus—the first ever of this Endangered species. They used to be widespread in Kahuzi-Biega National Park and across the Itombwe Mountains all the way down to Kabobo, but now maybe only in Kabobo. 🌍

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The New Yorker
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When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds who’d just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. “I’m willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,” he recounted afterward.

newyorker.comICE Agents Invade a Manhattan Little League FieldYouman Wilder has coached local kids for twenty-one years—including four who have gone pro. When masked agents tried to interrogate his players, he told them, “You don’t have more rights than they do....
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At Baseball For All Nationals 10 yr anniversary 2 Team USA member 2 living AAGPL players 1 Legend,Justine Siegal Each signing copies of #seeherbeher hard copies #BaseballForAll Reno NV today

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Many people dont understand why the federal was structured as an independent entity. It solved the problem that we had before of no common currency and no central regulating body for the money supply.

Justin Wolfers@justinwolfers.bsky.social

Do Markets Value Fed Independence? An Event Study.

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The next time you hear that superman is too woke Remember the 1st page of his 1st issue comic Anyone who tells you being woke is wrong is against the biggest super hero of all Let that settle in for anyone who was buying the Fox News story

Patton Oswalt@pattonoswalt.bsky.social

“Superman is too woke!” Literally the first page of the first ever appearance of Superman:

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They pulled out the stump, it's a home building thing at our neighboring lot, just sold. This was a tree my brother and my dad planted 50 years ago. Sad for the tree, happy to see the empty lot become a home for someone.

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?

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I'll go 1st. It's really not hard to figure this out, for me it was having my children. They're worth millions each (4 of rhem), early on I wish I could cash them in sometimes. But today, they're what makes me smile when nobody is around. And tear up sometimes too. They are all a joy, proud of each

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News Feed
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@NBCNews: It’s been nearly seven decades since women in the U.S. have had a league of their own. By summer of 2026, however, the organizers of the newly announced Women’s Pro Baseball League (WPBL) hope to have six teams of women in caps and cleats.

nbcnews.comMain link in OG tweethttps://www.nbcnews.com/sports/womens-professional-baseball-players-rcna178279?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&taid=672665259f4c2f0001a55259&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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Anyone else thinks this reminds you of a childhood rash? No disrespect to Chile or the people working at the Observatory

womensartbluesky.bsky.social@womensartbluesky.bsky.social

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, Chile, recently released its first images of the cosmos/deep space. Vera Rubin (1928-2016) was a pioneering US astronomer whose work provided convincing evidence for the existence of unseen "dark" matter in the Universe #WomensArt