I have rarely missed an @UpFirst episode since high school (I just graduated college) and @NPRinskeep makes my day every time for things like “the CDC would like you to follow it’s pandemic guidelines… just as soon as you figure out what they are!”
"Persons accustomed to find no obstacles in their way to improvement, except such as come as a matter of course, can little understand the feelings of those who have not only all which is the lot of any one, but an accumulation of obstacles to surmount, engendered by prejudice."
September, 1860 and Sarah Remond (of #salemma) was talking about racism in a way that, if not for the language and abolitionist specifics, could be in the news today.
https://t.co/Nje6ReFmqR (pg 276)
"At 13, I already knew all about The Narrative. As an actor from the age of 5, who was carrying films by age 8, I’d been trained to seem, to be, as normal as possible — whatever it took to avoid my inevitable downfall," writes @MaraWilson. https://t.co/HqkYcrAovK
@Frank61pc @SamAdlerBell but we can have a scarf AND a bandana and TWO layers of flannel I mean... we can’t clock the versatility and upper body warmth
@djasonpalmer Sure, but Israel doesn’t always recognize Palestinian claims to sovereignty so this is a newsworthy/notable choice & IMO we miss the full story by praising their vaccination response with Israelis while ignoring the plight of the Palestinians
Some of my colleagues are throwing tantrums because they have to go through metal detectors. Do they know that countless children have to do the same thing to go to school?
Cawthorn is perfect to lead a new generation of conservatives: he’s a pathological liar who seems to live in an alternative reality https://t.co/Fe71Wzw8CR