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Sep 2, 2022

Two years ago today, on 9/1/2020, I survived a “mild” Covid-related brain stem stroke that could have killed me. I was lucky enough to have a PCP recognize that my pupils were different sizes, and that I couldn’t walk a straight line.

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For Father's Day: an essay about my dad, alcohol, and anesthesia. poormansfeast.substack.com/p/my-father-my

Jun 17

Are there no workhouses?

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The New Republic

@newrepublic

Jun 17

Why not guarantee all our children are well fed as they learn and think about our world and their place in it, after all? Republicans say no. trib.al/qWWieVS

Jun 17

We just watched All The President’s Men and I found myself longing for the civilized days of Nixon. 🤮

Jun 15

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Tweety

@DarkBlue420

Jun 15

Gay Pride: Breaking the Rainbow Ceiling. Dr. Jesse M. Ehrenfeld becomes the first queer person to head the American Medical Association as president. He is also a combat veteran who deployed to Afghanistan. Happy Pride!

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Anji by Paul Simon live Granada TV 1967

Jun 12

Read the wonderful review of

@PaulSimonMusic

’s Seven Psalms in

@NewYorker

, just started listening, and the beginning sounds so close to Anji from 1967, which is absolutely extraordinary.

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Remastered by this chanel, Juanfunkel.Simon & Garfunkel live from Manchester, Granada TV, 1967http://simonandgarfunkel.es

Jun 10

“Selective persecution” 1- stolen nuclear secrets and battle plans vs 2- Sandra Bland, incarcerated after traffic stop confrontation, found dead in cell

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Glenn Youngkin

@GlennYoungkin

Jun 9

These charges are unprecedented and it’s a sad day for our country, especially in light of what clearly appears to be a two-tiered justice system where some are selectively prosecuted, and others are not. Parents in Virginia know firsthand what it’s like to be targeted by… Show more

Jun 10

“They put him in a hole in Leavenworth Prison where he lived until his dying day……” - Machine Gun Kelly,

Leavenworth Prison might be lovely at this time of year.

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Jun 9

A Contented Weekend, with

@heidswanson

My grandmother taught me never to speak ill of the dead. Sorry Bubbe: he was a monster and I hope that he likes the heat where he’s going.

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Charlotte Clymer

@cmclymer

Pat Robertson passed away. He used his large platform to claim LGBTQ people cause hurricanes and earthquakes. He subscribed to the belief that 9/11 was caused by feminists, queer people, and the ACLU, among others. I hope his family receives more love than he ever gave us.

No problem, Eva.

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Nikki Haley

@NikkiHaley

If @Moms4Liberty is a “hate group,” add me to the list.

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In bed, taught three classes today, finished another chapter, trying to take care of my mom who is being harassed by a neighbor, stepped outside tonight with the dog and my eyes are burning. And then I got shitty health news. Calgon take me away.

Jun 7

On the creativity-killing machine of perfection open.substack.com/pub/poormansfe

Jun 7

I mean for the love of God if you’re gonna lie to me at least cover your social media tracks. 🙄

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Jun 6

I was listening to Walk Like an Egyptian and my grandmother came to me in a dream and sang Walk Like a Magician, and now I can't get it out of my head. An essay on magic and messages and the music that won't leave your brain. TY

@SusannaHoffs

You know, he’s got pretty nice gams.

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With the latest advances in AI, it’s getting harder and harder to tell whether a pic has been photoshopped.

Jun 3

Melania Trump vs. Casey DeSantis — who is worse?

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The Woke Mob? You mean the one that will not stand by while you turn this country into your own personal Republic of Gilead. Take off that swastika first and then come talk to me, you Hitlerian sack of dung.

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Benjamin Dreyer

@BCDreyer

Get a load of Winston Turdhill here. twitter.com/Acyn/status/16…

Senate passes update of Connecticut's strong gun laws

Newtown Action Alliance

@NewtownAction

Jun 3

BREAKING NEWS👏: While we were sleeping, Connecticut State Senators passed

@GovNedLamont

’s bill to ban open carry, strengthen rules for gun storage & reporting stolen firearms, & expands a ban on AR-15s.

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The bill would ban the open carry of firearms, strengthen rules for gun storage and reporting stolen firearms, and expand a ban on AR-15s.

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It backfired on them: the Rs in my town who wanted the two books banned from the library? They hadn’t been checked out in 15 years. Now there’s a waitlist. #youcantfixstupid

Jun 3

In bed until Sunday (I’m okay, long story)and my honey brought me peonies from the garden before the rains came. ❤️

Jun 2

Our first commitment ceremony led by an Irish convert rabbi and the world’s stiffest Unitarian minister, Litchfield CT, 2003. 🏳️‍🌈 #Pride

Jun 2

When we got married at Buvette in NYC, presided over by a NY Federal judge, in 2012. 🏳️‍🌈

We won. 🙏🏻

Breaking: My little bucolic New England town, in a fight against one moron advocating for a book to be removed from the library where it already doesn’t exist, is now referring to her gay neighbors as “The Rainbow Mafia.”

@TheNewtownBee

@NewtownAction

@nytimes

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Jun 1

Flattened today, so my Susan made

@Nigella_Lawson

‘s lovely lemon pasta only with tagliatelle. So delicious. 🙏🏻❤️

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May 28

Welcome to America. #3 recently happened to me.

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May 27

If you saw this on a prospective employer’s job application form, what would you do?

May 28

When enough is enough. open.substack.com/pub/poormansfe

May 28

The things you find hanging out behind you when you’re relaxing on your Adirondack chair.

That’s because you’re a pack of Nazis, Eva.

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Lauren Boebert

@laurenboebert

When they say stuff like this, they mean they want to go after conservatives. Their tactics are straight out of the USSR's playbook. twitter.com/disclosetv/sta…

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Kitty Eisele

@RadioKitty

via @NYTimes. The capes and gloves look absurd. (really, when is a cape necessary? Unless you’re Batgirl.) feels more like a costume, make-believe. Cloying. And reads oh-so-traditional wife. That’s where it works I guess. nytimes.com/2023/05/24/sty

Jorie Graham

@jorie_graham

Indiana board fines doctor for discussing rape victim’s abortion

Sometimes I think this nation, this attempt, with all its flaws, might actually be at tipping point , or beyond. Maybe we are all fooling ourselves thinking we can still get it back.

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Indiana's medical licensing board reprimanded OB/GYN Caitlin Bernard and ordered her to pay a $3,000 fine for discussing a 10-year-old's abortion with a reporter.

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A shock! 🙄

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Eric Ruben, Esq.

@EricRubenLaw

Holy crap. The Florida mom who sought to ban Amanda Gorman's poem says she's sorry for promoting the Protocols of the Elders of Zion - Jewish Telegraphic Agency jta.org/2023/05/24/uni

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(((David Naimon)))

@DavidNaimon

"I love the Jewish community" she says (when they catch her hating them) twitter.com/JTAnews/status…

The Florida mom who sought to ban Amanda Gorman's poem says she's sorry for promoting the Protocols...

The nice person who sought to have Amanda Gorman’s poem banned speaks out. Whoops.

jta.org

The activist apologized to JTA and to “the Jewish community” for sharing the antisemitic forgery on her Facebook page.

Benjamin Dreyer

@BCDreyer

The Florida mom who sought to ban Amanda Gorman's poem says she's sorry for promoting the Protocols...

"I didn't read the words." Yes, this is just the sort of person who should be leading book bans. Well done, Florida.

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The activist apologized to JTA and to “the Jewish community” for sharing the antisemitic forgery on her Facebook page.

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Don’t expel me, Lie about me, Scapegoat me, Destroy my life for a decade, and send me a once yearly email that begins “Hey! How are you? Hope all is well! Do you have this [fill in the blank] that I’m looking for?”

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These people are pigs. The end.

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