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@j_mcelroy aargh mateys

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@Beathhigh rice a roni!

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@ManMadeMoon practise healthy hand hygiene

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@CollinRugg do you really want Donald Trump as your next president?

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@OgLakyn @caitlinjeaneliz I find many people (not all, but many)…

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Palestinian writer and politician Atef Abu Saif has been in Gaza with his family since October 7. He has kept a diary of the experience, and today, @thenation is publishing a month's worth of excerpts from that diary. I cannot urge you to read them enough https://t.co/Rm03m1Z5I8

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture.

The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones.

But no.

Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had been broken and then healed. Mead explained that in the animal kingdom, if you break your leg, you die.

You cannot run from danger, get to the river for a drink or hunt for food. You are meat for prowling beasts. No animal survives a broken leg long enough for the bone to heal.

A broken femur that has healed is evidence that someone has taken time to stay with the one who fell, has bound up the wound, has carried the person to safety and has tended the person through recovery.

Helping someone else through difficulty is where civilization starts, Mead said."
We are at our best when we serve others.

Be civilized.

Credit: Ira Byock.

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@AgathaChocolats bird hits jackpot

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@caitlinjeaneliz @michellecyca well put

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@MarinaHyde you and Coronation Street are my source for ‘how to understand Great Britain’ oops UK from across the pond

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@JamesMoir10 no walk of shame here

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@Frarnny @RonDuncan7 @MikeSington who’s facing charges here?

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@TAftermath2020 head tilted forward, mendacious eyes, complete lack of understanding, vile man, I pity your cult, hold back the Kool Aid

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@ilovenostalgia Chainsaw Massacre Mum

[Jim Moir @JamesMoir10]

Spock. 6 faces.

[RUTH BUZZI @Ruth_A_Buzzi]

You're right, I'm no spring chicken.

But tell me; what kind of life does a spring chicken actually have, and why would I want to be one?

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@MayaCPopa @caitlinjeaneliz it is not so much the journey or the the destination but rather the company

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@CColporteur @desdelboy well, if they can find Hilda Ogden’s muriel, spelling intended, they can find this!

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@AndyHouse18 @desdelboy remember Vera Duckworth’s cladding

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@desdelboy or maybe smile though your heart is breaking