CFlisi

Award-winning bicultural writer of speeches, monographs, marcom, and strategic analysis. Mother, animal lover, traveler, author. @SAISHopkins @MountHolyoke

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A tale (actually 16 tails) too good to be true, but it really happened. https://t.co/hIHfGchCna

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@RichardAngwin what do you call someone like that? The majority of voters in the US these days.

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@vueling I wrote you yesterday about not being able to finalize a flight reservation BCN to MXP. Several notes from you asking me to DM, which I did. Now nada. How to finalize, or do I have to go Wizz or Easyjet?

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@John92496582296 @business You are entitled to your opinion. Historians and political scientists from across the spectrum, who rank presidents regularly, classify him among the very worst. But what do they know?

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@ikea TaskRabbit says only you can change my appointment with them. How to do that? Wait another 90 minutes on the phone, only to have your rep hang up on me?

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@ikea Waited 90 minutes to talk to customer service. You hung up on me. I paid for a sofa assembly two weeks ago. No one showed up to do it today. What is going on?

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World Elephant Day is tomorrow. To honor these adorable -- and threatened -- pachyderms, here's my take on the elephant sanctuary in Malaysia, for better or worse. https://t.co/CpX3NiWtNr

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Dog days of summer, quite literally. A reminder of what happened to me in Italy eight years ago. https://t.co/cD8m15ZIyl

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@bluhue123 ✋

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Italy is focused on tariffs and the August 1 deadline, which explains the visit of its foreign minister to D.C. on July 15, 2025. https://t.co/lO1CgB1Mwe

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Sniffing out a fact of life in summer humidity, wherever in the world you may be: https://t.co/xhTypJOoJH...

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@JHess574 @BY1959 Love thy neighbor. Tell that to Canadians and Mexicans these days.

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The National Press Club Spelling Bee, pitting press against pols, is a great way to distract us from agonizing headlines, and you learn vital info, such as the name of a ruminant's 4th stomach. Here's coverage in the NPC Wire: https://t.co/zUsvhlnuMj...

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Why do we never get used to moving? As in A Moving Experience: A mess is as good as a mile https://t.co/sgfnoIrqkd

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The pizza paradigm is on my mind -- US versus Italy. [https://t.co/HhytxD9eOW...](https://t.co/HhytxD9eOW… See more

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March 31 is Malta Freedom Day. Here's more about this unexpectedly exotic island, a key naval base-turned-tourist attraction in the Mediterranean.
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World Wildlife Day is March 3. Among the thousands of species threatened by politics today are the adorable hedgehogs of Europe. Here's what my dog Giada thought about them when she first encountered them a decade ago. https://t.co/kXXYdo3uX4

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An appropriate day to repost one of the great -- albeit unlikely -- love stories of all time: https://t.co/qeUIneHyIm

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A day in the life of total texicity: https://t.co/D5UUImiiuQ

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Thinking about wingéd angels, and those not so blessed https://t.co/gZNsi1guUi