twist
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- Reposted by twistThis is why backlash to these MAGA incursions into our lives is so important. As soon as this CHUD stuff crops up, you gotta bloody the nose of the people doing it and supporting it by whatever means, so they learn the lesson: not here. Not in our communities.
- Reposted by twistIn memory of Mrs Nancy Worster wife of Mr Samuel Worster who Died in Childbirth Septr ye 21 1776 Aged 24 years 8 months and 21 days Though she was fair while she had breath and on her Cheeks the Rose did Bloom Yet her Dear Babe became her Death While she became the Infant’s Tomb Harvard, MA
- Reposted by twistThe grave of a baker in Arras, France. (tomb of the Pruvost-Delepierre family)
- Reposted by twistI won my race for Library Trustee tonight, and the two preferred candidates won their Select Board races, beating a host of MAGA challengers. It's a good night in my Massachusetts town. I feel hopeful that our town voted for 2 candidates who are decent humans committed to an inclusive community.
- Reposted by twistDolls are having a moment in time for this great new @upmississippi.bsky.social collection (eds @kchysmith.bsky.social & J. Orlovsky-Schnitzler). I enjoyed getting #FScottFitzgerald, #RalphWaldoEmerson, Peter Kolchin & Hilary Beckles into my chapter on the AGD Irish character books!
- Reposted by twistHappy birthday to my book, which is out today in the US! rowman.com/ISBN/9781633...
- Reposted by twistA beautiful aircraft carrier doesn’t need 30 planes. It can have three planes or four planes.
- Reposted by twist‘Squirrelled,’ as in “squirrelled away,” can be pronounced “SKWERLD.” ‘Squirrelled’ has 11 letters, making it the longest one-syllable word in English.
- Reposted by twistI am *begging* people to look up the actual history of the Luddite movement with it being bandied about everywhere. They weren't anti-tech, they were anti-exploitation, anti-Industrialist, pro-worker safety textile worker radicals who disabled factory machines that were maiming and killing workers.
