fun fact: the english word "clue" (originally spelled "clew") used to mean a ball of yarn or thread. it took on the sense of "a piece of help or guidance" because of the myth of theseus, who is guided out of the labyrinth by ariadne's clew.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has struck down the federal student debt forgiveness program.
By a margin of 6-3 the Court has declared Biden's student's loan cancelation plan illegal.
But Biden can still cancel your debt, here's how:
@UntoNuggan The class divide on info/care is stark. Low-income hospital gallbladder out, no post-op and I begged for anti-nausea meds. Getting hip surgery by an elite surgeon, and it blows my mind that I was given a 40 pg bound book of pre-op, post-op, full FAQs a month before my procedure
"'Ha ha' and 'he he' signify laughter in Latin and in English, because they are cried out when laughing."
Wonderful evidence here in Ælfric's Grammar that 'ha ha' has been the sound and spelling of laughter in English since at least the 11th century and the Old English period.
[THREAD 🧵] It seems to be of popular internet belief that Shelley Duvall was traumatized for life because of Stanley Kubrick/The Shining. Here’s a thread, by me a Shelley connoisseur, explaining why her life and career was NOT ruined.
Hot damn! Dolly Parton didn’t just write a song about climate change — she wrote an absolute scorcher that rages against the liars fueling this crisis. Can’t wait for this to show up at marches and protests!