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Sky's the limit over here. Rockin' the greater Houston area 'burbs…exiled from New Orleans, but not in the Napoleonic sense. Trans-Sabine Texmudgeon. Also found on 🧵 as liprap3. https://liprapslament-theline.blogspot.com
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Want to read more about the Tremulous Hand, his essential tremor, and impaired artists working in the 15th century? OA? SURE YA DO!
Eala! I almost forgot the feast of Alfred the Great, d. 899. Here are two MSS of his translation of Gregory's Pastoral Care, Bodleian Library Hatton 20, from Alfred's lifetime, and CCCC 12, 11th c., both with bonus Tremulous Hand of Worcester!
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#OnThisDay in 1911, Mahalia Jackson, the “Queen of Gospel,” was born in New Orleans. In 1950, she became the first gospel singer to perform at Carnegie Hall. She became a voice for the Civil Rights Movement, inspiring MLK and others. mississippitoday.org/2024/10/26/1...
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“It feels a little bit like Tinder, if the stakes of Tinder were: Do you get to take a shower tomorrow? Do you get to leave your house?” Here's my latest, on how the GOP's "war on fraud" has made it harder for disabled people in Ohio to find caregivers they need to live in their homes.
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"This is not just a story about one community. It's about all communities, and how immigration enforcement is changing their relationships with their police departments. "It begs the question: what have we, as a society, signed up for?"
Early this year, I visited Ingram, a TX town of ~1,900, to check out a tip. The area was starting to recover from its worst flood in a century. But as Latino workers drove to jobsites to help rebuild, the tipster said, a cop in a black Dodge Charger kept stopping them ... 🧵
Yup. This is also why the selling of pardons is disgusting. People like the narcissistic felon know they're doing wrong and they very much want there to be no consequences for their actions. We can't let this behavior go. We just can't. bsky.app/profile/spot...
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I've never had a good experience seeing Irma Thomas perform live. I love her recordings, but it seems like the song choices at places like JazzFest are uninspiring. Gave her a couple of chances and eh.
Inspired by someone saying they left a Sigur Ros gig because they maybe were "having a bad day," what shows have you attended you expected to be amazing but were the opposite? I saw Godspeed! You Black Emperor in I think, 2018... it should have been transcendent but I had some kind of breakdown.
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🚨NEW STORY🚨 Farmer Jamie Davis is closing the gap as he bids to be Louisiana’s first Black U.S. Senator since Reconstruction, leaving Julia Letlow without the sure victory Republicans had hoped for. "This is not going to be a slam dunk," a pollster warns. thelensnola.org/2026/10/23/j...
🚨🚨🚨 Just got info from the Jamie Davis (Louisiana US Dem candidate) campaign that a poll taken from 9/17 to 9/19 shows he's within 4 points of US Rep. Julia Letlow (the R senate candidate) in the Louisiana US senate race. Of note, Letlow's name recognition is double that of Davis. (82% vs. 41%)
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RIP Tom Skerritt. A great actor who had an uncanny ability to show up in the most iconic movies, even if it was with the briefest part. I did a wide-ranging talk with him a few years ago that's still one of my favorite interviews [Gift link]: www.vulture.com/2021/10/tom-...
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Hm, considering what I chatted about with my dad yesterday on true GOP believers or voter apathy driving the race being so close, this is looking like a certain amount of apathy & avoidance slapping these believers upside the head. These ads are ALL OVER teevee in Texas. Every program.
Lmao Btw this sub only allows vetted conservative accounts to post so this probably isn't a liberal/leftist troll
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The analysis also explored how the money could potentially be spent elsewhere, on education, healthcare, and benefits.
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In a state that barred nearly all abortion care months prior to the fall of Roe v. Wade, some Texas Democrats are placing abortion rights on the back burner, instead focusing on the economy. But abortion access is inextricably tied to affordability, especially in Texas, say repro rights advocates.
“We have been encouraging candidates like Gina Hinojosa to speak about abortion access unapologetically and with clarity. When we don’t explicitly use the word abortion, we produce greater stigma and shame.”
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Gary Tyler, a quilt artist who spent decades on death row for a crime he didn’t commit, now has his first solo exhibit at the Grand Rapids Art Museum