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Hope needs compassionate action. Best to be compassionate anyway.
Many self-avowed 'critical thinkers', especially on Twitter, seem to not think critically.
Joined Nov 2022
The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller
(12:54 PM ET ยท Nov 8, 2024):
"WATCH: Rep. Shaundelle Brooks (D) arrives at the legislature ๐ช๐พ
After losing her son Akilah in the Waffle House shooting, @Natrixdreammom
ran for state house - and won.
If youโre looking for a little hope today, hopefully this can provide some. #FightLikeAMom"
45 years since the release of Monty Python's Life of Brian (8 November 1979 in the United Kingdom)
"What have the Romans ever done for us?
@Museek I just hope we do smart, compassionate, sensible things.
What happened to a different republic that slid into autocracy:
Essentially, Octavian obtained multiple roles of the Roman Republic (consul, tribune of the plebs, censor, pontifex maximus, etc.). The Roman Senate became a rubber-stamping body.
"[Octavian worked] through established Republican forms to consolidate his power."
#Politics #Autocracy #Resist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principate#History
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / ะะพะปะพะดะธะผะธั ะะตะปะตะฝััะบะธะน @ZelenskyyUa
(3:06 AM ET ยท Nov 8, 2024):
"Each time Russia attempts to destroy our lives, it is crucial to respond collectively and decisively at the international level to reduce and block the potential for terror. Ukraine needs strength to achieve this.
...
Air defense, long-range capabilities, weapons packages, and sanctions against the aggressorโthese are the actions required, not just words."
https://x.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1854797562307395585
An old teacher of mine from high school just shared this. Resonated with me.
Good morning.
I have to work but I want to at least say hello.
Three different topics came to mind this morning and I began writing a poem in the early hours but I am not satisfied with the one i started so will share later.
Remember that today our Governor is meeting with supporters at four.. I think itโs worth listening to.
Guess whom this song is about.
Joan Baez - "Nasty Man" (Baez) (2017)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHQ7N9lEl_E
"The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid "dens of crime" that Dickens loved to paint. ... it is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voices."
Rickie Lee Jones, American singer, songwriter, musician, and author, was born on November 8, 1954. #RickieLeeJones
Rickie Lee Jones - "Chuck E.'s in Love" (Rickie Lee Jones) (1979)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0D_KHSFjjM
Bonnie Raitt, American blues singer, guitarist, songwriter, and activist, was born on Nov. 8th. #BonnieRaitt
"Can't Find My Way Home" (Steve Winwood) w/ pre-song talk which ends around 2:10 (1972, w/ Lowell George, John Hammond Jr. and Freebo)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4tJiyU_gjY
Bonnie Raitt, American blues singer, guitarist, songwriter, and activist, was born on Nov. 8th. #BonnieRaitt
"Something to Talk About" (Shirley Eikhard) (1991)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ58TVYNFro
Bonnie Raitt, American blues singer, guitarist, songwriter, and activist, was born on Nov. 8th. #BonnieRaitt
"Angel From Montgomery" (John Prine) (2019)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnFZlEYU7XY
Minnie Riperton, American soul singer best known for her 1975 single "Lovin' You" and her five-octave vocal range, was born on November 8, 1947 (d.1979). #MinnieRipperton
Minnie Riperton - "Lovin' You" (Minnie Riperton, Richard Rudolph) (1975)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I3UTG1dSTc
Margaret E Atwood @MargaretAtwood
(9:30 PM ET ยท Nov 6, 2024):
Despair is not an option. It helps no one.
I have thought that, if the Republicans take the House, at least there is the Senate Filibuster. But they could remove that, I suppose.
Yusuf / Cat Stevens @YusufCatStevens
(4:58 AM ET ยท Nov 7, 2024):
"Donโt tell me who wonโฆ Iโll just pray here till things get better
It's an almost-600-page book, but worth the read because it focuses on a pivotal year in a great country, where some were struggling for the civil rights of disenfranchised people, while others resisted.
"Carry Me Home : Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution" by Diane McWhorter (2001)
#Books #CivilRights #History
If you don't have time to read the book, this might suffice:
"Bookmark with Don Noble: Diane McWhorter" (posted 2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx1rFK4WP3U
neal ๐ป๐บ๐ฆ๐ณโ๏ธโฎ๐๐ต
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Hope needs compassionate action. Best to be compassionate anyway.
Many self-avowed 'critical thinkers', especially on Twitter, seem to not think critically.
Joined Nov 2022