Don't flail. don't fail. Don't wail, just whale.
If you're spouting, there's no doubting
and no two-ways-abouting,
so, I am (lower case) shouting,
if you can afford to, and are wont,
you might cough up coin, or don't.
But so far, for me, I wish to be
encouraging Mister BZ's company.
If you're spouting, there's no doubting
and no two-ways-abouting,
so, I am (lower case) shouting,
if you can afford to, and are wont,
you might cough up coin, or don't.
But so far, for me, I wish to be
encouraging Mister BZ's company.
07:34 PM - Feb 17, 2023
Forbes
Covid-19 deaths worldwide are at 6.86 million. This is likely an underestimate, given the underreporting of fatalities... More importantly, based on excess mortality calculations there’s mounting evidence that the Covid-19 pandemic has taken a massive toll on global life expectancy.
Covid-19 deaths worldwide are at 6.86 million. This is likely an underestimate, given the underreporting of fatalities... More importantly, based on excess mortality calculations there’s mounting evidence that the Covid-19 pandemic has taken a massive toll on global life expectancy.
forbes.com
Covid-19’s Enormous Death Toll: Worldwide Life Expectancy Has Experienced A Steep Decline
ased on excess mortality calculations there’s mounting evidence that the Covid-19 pandemic has taken a massive toll on global life expectancy. Not since the famine in China in 1959, have we seen such a sharp decline in life expectancy worldwide.
03:26 PM - Mar 02, 2023
Interesting piece. Hopefully this will be another thing that Jack Smith is able to nail Trump with.
https://murraywaas.substac...
https://murraywaas.substac...
01:50 PM - Mar 02, 2023
The first poet was a #woman .
Men have always been
too busy being prosaic. https://t.co/Iozg2NXO8Y
The first poem was a prayer to #Inanna ,
the ancient goddess of birth and death. https://t.co/fv0xEVwp4P
Men have always been
too busy being prosaic. https://t.co/Iozg2NXO8Y
The first poem was a prayer to #Inanna ,
the ancient goddess of birth and death. https://t.co/fv0xEVwp4P
11:28 AM - Mar 02, 2023
"Study the world's skin before you set out to look for its heart." - Zbigniew Herbert
10:33 AM - Mar 02, 2023
We can live without Twitter but Twitter cannot live without us. It’s as simple as that.
04:12 PM - Feb 04, 2023
In Fall, trees took in
that long, slow, deep
breath thru every stoma
and held it in the heartwood,
as it hardened into ice.
Storms of sleet and falling flakes,
winds bearding white
the bark, yet bark waited
for thawing songs of
nesting birds to sing,
O green exhalation of Spring!
that long, slow, deep
breath thru every stoma
and held it in the heartwood,
as it hardened into ice.
Storms of sleet and falling flakes,
winds bearding white
the bark, yet bark waited
for thawing songs of
nesting birds to sing,
O green exhalation of Spring!
09:58 AM - Mar 02, 2023
The Three Oddest Words
When I pronounce the word Future,
the first syllable already belongs to the past.
When I pronounce the word Silence,
I destroy it.
When I pronounce the word Nothing,
I make something no non-being can hold.
- Wislawa Szymborska
When I pronounce the word Future,
the first syllable already belongs to the past.
When I pronounce the word Silence,
I destroy it.
When I pronounce the word Nothing,
I make something no non-being can hold.
- Wislawa Szymborska
08:58 AM - Mar 02, 2023
The Three Oddest Words
When I pronounce the word Future,
the first syllable already belongs to the past.
When I pronounce the word Silence,
I destroy it.
When I pronounce the word Nothing,
I make something no non-being can hold.
- Wislawa Szymborska
When I pronounce the word Future,
the first syllable already belongs to the past.
When I pronounce the word Silence,
I destroy it.
When I pronounce the word Nothing,
I make something no non-being can hold.
- Wislawa Szymborska
08:57 AM - Mar 02, 2023
It took so long
to grow up,
to now, so
suddenly,
grow old.
to grow up,
to now, so
suddenly,
grow old.
08:36 AM - Mar 02, 2023
"...languages, especially modern European languages, are a disease of mythology... incantations might indeed be said to be only another view of adjectives, a part of speech in a mythical grammar." - J. R. R. Tolkien
08:31 AM - Mar 02, 2023
Los extremos se comen el medio.
The extremes eat the center..
The extremes eat the center..
07:35 AM - Mar 02, 2023
Twitter hit by huge outage after latest round of firings from Elon Musk
#Twitter
#TwitterDown
#ElonProblems
#TheIndependent
https://www.independent.co...
#TwitterDown
#ElonProblems
#TheIndependent
https://www.independent.co...
02:10 PM - Mar 01, 2023
We don't live for love alone
but love lives in us.
Perhaps, we're only here as hosts,
so love lives on when
those we love are ghosts.
but love lives in us.
Perhaps, we're only here as hosts,
so love lives on when
those we love are ghosts.
02:08 PM - Mar 01, 2023
Time for one of my stress relievers. I hope it puts a smile on your face. George Santos is the exemplary RepubliQON. https://post.tribel.com/pu...
09:07 AM - Mar 01, 2023
Fascism personified.
nymag.com
08:23 AM - Mar 01, 2023
https://www.newyorker.com/...
I majored in English and minored in Psychology so naturally I thought I would never find a job. I never had a problem. It's astounding how many business people cannot spell, or write a good senten
I majored in English and minored in Psychology so naturally I thought I would never find a job. I never had a problem. It's astounding how many business people cannot spell, or write a good senten
07:07 AM - Mar 01, 2023
Watergate prosecutor can’t understand why Trump wasn’t indicted the moment he left the White House. "Because he was named in the indictment of Michael Cohen, as the 'Person Number One.' It was said that the crime was committed for the benefit of 'Person Number One.' And that was clearly him."
09:11 AM - Feb 28, 2023
The airy sky ... is like a prayer to what is empty,
and what is empty turns its face to us and whispers:
'I am not empty, I am open.' -Tomas Transtromer
and what is empty turns its face to us and whispers:
'I am not empty, I am open.' -Tomas Transtromer
08:46 PM - Feb 28, 2023
01:51 PM - Feb 28, 2023
We always feel younger than we are.
I carry inside myself my earlier faces,
as a tree contains its rings.
The sum of them is me.
The mirror sees only my latest face,
while I know all my previous ones.”
— Tomas Transtromer
I carry inside myself my earlier faces,
as a tree contains its rings.
The sum of them is me.
The mirror sees only my latest face,
while I know all my previous ones.”
— Tomas Transtromer
01:28 PM - Feb 28, 2023
Kinder, Küche, Kirche, or the 3 Ks, is a German slogan translated as "children, kitchen, church" used under the German Empire to describe a woman's role in society. It doesn't sound too different than the #GQP 's plans for the American Empire.
11:26 AM - Feb 28, 2023
Antonyms: asleep, somnambulistic, unconscious
Jenkers @JenkersFrom Merriam-Webster-Webster02:41 PM - Feb 03, 2023
10:01 AM - Feb 28, 2023
Life is more than poetry and politics, it's also humor and politics. Jimmy Kimmel's reaction to discovering #FondledRUMP tried to muzzle him is hilarious. I laughed hard. We all need a laugh, now and then. https://www.youtube.com/wa...
09:41 AM - Feb 28, 2023
Ron DeSantis Shows How Not to Run an Education System
08:03 AM - Feb 28, 2023
Tornado sirens wail ,
while the TV says to
head to the basement.
I sit at the bottom
of the basement steps,
listening to the news.
This would be the last place
I would choose to die.
Not that anywhere would
be good. Again the siren wails
off and on for half an hour.
Finally. the all clear
while the TV says to
head to the basement.
I sit at the bottom
of the basement steps,
listening to the news.
This would be the last place
I would choose to die.
Not that anywhere would
be good. Again the siren wails
off and on for half an hour.
Finally. the all clear
04:35 PM - Feb 27, 2023
Scientists speak of something called the "shifting baseline." The #phenomenon whereby each succeeding generation sees "#nominal" differently. We are adjusting from when earthlings had a few weather disasters a year to a time when - #EXTREMEisthenewNORMAL !
03:31 PM - Feb 27, 2023
Not just #BoyScouts , the #Scouts are no longer gender specific. It was very hard for the men and boys when my #granddaughter won her heat by 4 car-lengths but she was elated. i tried to post the video but it looks like @Spoutible won't accept the iPhone .mov format.
12:34 PM - Feb 27, 2023
MTG is a self identified Christian Nationalist. This is a frightening American movement that needs to be followed closely. It’s decidedly un-Christian if you know what Jesus taught.
https://www.rollingstone.c...
https://www.rollingstone.c...
10:05 AM - Feb 25, 2023
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