if you’re cold they’re cold, let them inside

Zanche has been sending virtual-signals for years not realizing it was virtue-signals she meant. for instance, she'd withdrawn her name from a list of nominees for a major literary award without realizing that her name wasn't on the list; but hopes that everyone knows, virtue or

truly bizarre: a serious proposal for a law in Canada 'to help protect all people in Canada from hatred.'

that's because they have to alternate with articles about how people regret not having children; also, articles about not being married vs. being married have to be properly balanced.

is this a new law in Canada & if so, what is the law? all but impossible to figure out from the hyperventilating posts & threats to leave Canada.

very good, sensible idea.

'Have We Published Too Many Fawning Brainless Articles on the Same Three or Four Celebrities Including T***p & Suddenly Readers are Sick of What Passes for Journalism These Days?'

Joyce Carol Oates Look how many women voted for Trump against Hillary. I voted Hillary, and I’m male.

hatred is taught, it is not natural. persons who look closely related as cousins or even brothers & sisters are roused to hatred/ animosity by those who manipulate them. in the US, women who should be allies/ close as sisters are made to be bitter enemies by cynical (male)

'follow the money trail'-- you will never, ever go wrong!

On this Earth Day, make sure you do something to honor this precious planet of ours. Maybe just roll in a pile of leaves like me and the mom lady. 💚🍃🌿🌱

not identical but analogous: the history of US politicians roiling up voters through racism to distrust & hate one another when they could be/should be allies against the exploitative capitalist-corporate class. GOP using evangelical religion to divide women into bitter enemies

This all of this

yet there is an alternate universe in which responsible humane caring leaders found a way to create a society in which these so-called enemies could love one another--bizarre as that might sound. leaders who value humanity--peace, harmony--over their narrow political interests

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most warmly welcoming bookstore in Manhattan! wonderful bookstore proprietor legendary Otto Penzler & wonderful smart helpful staff.

& ironic, in that in each book in the store bodies pile up alarmingly...

Missy the Bobtail Hailey I am stuck !!!!

We're so damned angry and bitter because we're so damned pessimistic. My Atlantic essay >>> theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Students at Yale and elsewhere responded to the arrests of pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia with escalating demonstrations of their own, resulting in the arrests of 47 Yale students. Follow live updates from college campus protests. nyti.ms/3Uozi6B

bringing law enforcement officers onto university campuses is never a good idea. in fact, a sign of desperation.
as terrorism/ war represents the 'failure of diplomacy'--a way of saying a 'failure' of responsible leadership that does not value the lives of human beings over