Kristen Zur

Theatre Maker/Actor. Full-time geek, part-time adventure seeker. Trying my best. (She/Her)

[Jocelyn J. Fitzgerald MD @jjfitzgeraldMD]

Women have been collectively convinced that pregnancy is a health-neutral event and I am here to tell you that this is a tactic used to suppress freedom of informed choice.

[Tim Cook @tim_cook]

Tomorrow is glowtime for the iPhone 16 lineup at Apple Fifth Avenue!

[Matthew Mercer @matthewmercer]

Man, folks keep being weird about this on repeat every few months. I am a “FINE” DM. I have my strengths and my weaknesses, like anyone.

There are SO many different ways to engage with and enjoy TTRPGs, and what is best is different at every table and crew. What I have learned and try to do works for my players, and maybe some other folks out there. They most definitely are not right for everyone (especially given the other responses to this, hehe).

That is all. Now, gotta get back to being the worst thing to ever happen to D&D. *salute*

[Kristen Zur @KristenZur]

@sadlilqueer I will die

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Christopher Lee, former intelligence officer during WWII explains what it sounds like when being stabbed

[sav #1 ⎕🍿 @drivelikematty2]

if you don’t like ttpd it wasn’t made for you and that’s okay but it was made for me and i will be insufferable about it for the rest of my life

[Kristen Zur @KristenZur]

@sadlilqueer Fearne 😂

[Tim Cook @tim_cook]

The era of spatial computing has arrived! Apple Vision Pro is available in the US on February 2.

[The John Snow Project @JohnSnowProject]

A reminder that the US Department of Health and Human Services recommends wearing a mask whenever you go indoors in public. For more official US government advice on how to protect yourself from COVID-19, visit https://t.co/8qJ5aEk838

[Kristen Zur @KristenZur]

@sadlilqueer

[Kristen Zur @KristenZur]

@nate_lawlor Yes.

[chompy gigante 🎃💜 #caitvi @omgchomp]

*sipping coffee* what fresh fuckery does this day hold for me

[Kristen Zur @KristenZur]

@sadlilqueer

[anti pigeon @aluminiummaiden]

People rly don't know what to do w their lives and BOOM masters degree

[Carisa Collins @CarisaCollins]

WVU’s Puppetry program may seem frivolous, but it’s not. As 1 of only 2 programs in the USA, grads have gone on to work at Disney, Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Sesame Street Live, Puppet Pizzazz, & school theatre instructors. Puppetry is more important than you think…
1/4

[Michael J. Miraflor @michaelmiraflor]

My brother’s girlfriend’s cousin and his family were caught in their vehicle in Maui while the wildfires suddenly erupted around them.

No cell service, so Apple Emergency SOS was the only way they could get in contact with first responders. Literally saved their lives.

[Kristen Zur @KristenZur]

@sadlilqueer

[Mad Men Quotes @MadMenQts]

#JonHamm #SAGAFTRAstrike #WGAstrike

[artemisscribe (kinda back?) @noolivesthnx]

@davidmackau I maintain that if everyone who works in customer service was allowed to talk to people like TFL staff are then the world would be a better place.
TFL staff are ALWAYS respectful, but they aren't expected to take BS from people and they are allowed to tell customers they're wrong

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

“Country singer Dolly Parton wrote the songs "I Will Always Love You" and "Jolene" on the same night.
When the first song was at the top of the charts in 1974, Elvis wanted to record his own version of the song. Dolly was interested until Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis' manager, said that it was standard procedure that when the king of rock and roll covered a song - half of the rights to that song would go to him in the future.

She refused it.

"I said, 'I'm really, really sorry' and cried all night. It was terrible for me, on the one hand, it's Elvis. People told me: "You are crazy." It's Elvis Presley...' but I just couldn't do it. Something told me in my heart not to do it and I didn't. I know he would rock with that song. But I couldn't. And then Whitney Houston came along with her version and I made enough money from the rights to buy Dollywood."

She grew up in severe poverty and no one famous has done more for the education of the poor than her.

In 1990, the percentage of students who did not graduate from high school in her hometown was over 30%. She introduced the "Buddy Program", where all high school graduates received a nice sum when they graduated. It wasn't just a waste of money, she personally came and explained the concept to them - everyone should find a buddy, and whoever doesn't succeed she will find one for them. Everyone had to sign that they will graduate and do everything in their power to ensure that their buddy also graduates. She taught young people about friendship and helping.

The number of school dropouts dropped to below 6% and has remained so until today.

When 900 families lost their homes in the 2016 fires, she paid each family $1,000 for the next five months. When she came to the bank to finish the paperwork, she gave each family another $5,000 to find. A total of nine million dollars.

Also, her work - Imagination Library from 1995, was inspired by her realization that young people in rural areas and poor families already fall behind when they start school and that this prevents them from pursuing higher education. The goal of her program was for every child in her district to receive one book, once a month, from birth to school, completely free of charge, without any conditions. It started as an initiative in her hometown and has spread to a huge number of countries around the world.

By 2018, over 100 million books were distributed in this way.

She is also known for her witty statements, at the beginning of her career she said:

“I'm not offended by jokes about stupid blondes because I know I'm not stupid... and I'm not really blonde either.”

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