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Loves books, Boston sports, & (Harvard & Duke) basketball. Anglophile. #PBS.

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Student Remains in Honduras After ICE Vows to Deport Her Again

NEW: Any Lucia LΓ³pez Belloza, a freshman at Babson College, was deported by mistake, in violation of a judicial order. A judge ordered her return by Friday. Now the Trump administration has said it will deport her again if she comes back.

Free gift link >>> www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/u...

27.02.2026 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 168    πŸ” 102    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 13

What did Trump officials tell the Netflix CEO today at the White House?

Looks like crony capitalism with the President corrupting the merger process in favor of the billionaire Ellison family.

27.02.2026 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1206    πŸ” 461    πŸ’¬ 101    πŸ“Œ 31
Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses
"The legislature did not include a grace period."
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Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses "The legislature did not include a grace period." ERIN REED FEB 25, 2026 88 5 21 Share Kansas Sate Capitol // farzinvousoughian

1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses.

Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked.

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www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

26.02.2026 01:06 β€” πŸ‘ 6342    πŸ” 3477    πŸ’¬ 240    πŸ“Œ 912
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Reading to preschoolers at the Y for #BostonReads @boston.gov #MarcusBridgewater @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social #booksky

26.02.2026 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The US men’s hockey team should be celebrated, but the gold medal won by the US women is no laughing matter - The Boston Globe We were reminded just how far the fight for respect of women’s sports still has to go, and how much simmering sexism continues to bubble under the surface.

Well put by Tara Sullivan! www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/24/s...

25.02.2026 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love Newsies!

15.02.2026 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Harvard Falls to Yale in Controversial Finish. | Sports | The Harvard Crimson After two straight last-second victories over Yale, the shoe was on the other foot tonight for the Harvard men’s basketball team as a foul with under one second left in overtime cost the Crimson the g...

Great game by the Crimson despite the frustrating loss www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

15.02.2026 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tapestry by Fiona McIntosh Tapestry, Fiona McIntosh, review, Jacobites, 1715

Happy V Day! My review of Tapestry, a time travel novel by Fiona McIntosh: perfectretort.blogspot.com/2026/02/tape... #booksky

14.02.2026 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Six Degrees of Separation – from Flashlight to The Phoenix and the Carpet Six Degrees of Separation

It's time for February's Six Degrees of Separation tinyurl.com/r5yuhn57 #Booksky

08.02.2026 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Talking to the Dead by Harry Bingham Talking to the Dead, Harry Bingham, review

Rereading the series launch because I heard a new book is coming! perfectretort.blogspot.com/2026/02/talk... #Booksky

06.02.2026 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The addictive danger of sports betting - The Boston Globe Online sports gambling will ruin many people if the Legislature doesn’t rein it in.

A prescient piece by my neighbor Will Austin www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/06/o...

06.02.2026 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

? What signal?

29.01.2026 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Snow Lies Deep by Paula Munier The Snow Lies Deep, Paula Munier, review

The seventh book about Mercy Carr was a strong addition to the series: perfectretort.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-... #Booksky

29.01.2026 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
COALITION OF MAYORS ACROSS U.S. FILE AMICUS BRIEF CHALLENGING ICE SURGE IN TWIN CITIES


Led by the City of Boston and the Public Rights Project, 44 mayors, cities, and counties argue that the deadly surge of federal agents into Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota is an unlawful and unconstitutional effort to punish these communities, endangering Americans

BOSTON - Friday, January 23, 2026 - Mayor Michelle Wu co-led a coalition of mayors from across the United States to file an amicus brief in federal district court in Minneapolis to stop the Trump Administration's unconstitutional and illegal surge of federal agents into Minneapolis and St. Paul (the Twin Cities). The brief, which supports a lawsuit filed by the State of Minnesota and the Twin Cities, seeks a temporary restraining order to end the occupation by more than two thousand federal agents. ICE’s aggressive enforcement tactics have created mass unrest in the community, undermined public safety, injured several Minnesotans, including children, and led to the death of civilian Renee Nicole Good.

COALITION OF MAYORS ACROSS U.S. FILE AMICUS BRIEF CHALLENGING ICE SURGE IN TWIN CITIES Led by the City of Boston and the Public Rights Project, 44 mayors, cities, and counties argue that the deadly surge of federal agents into Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota is an unlawful and unconstitutional effort to punish these communities, endangering Americans BOSTON - Friday, January 23, 2026 - Mayor Michelle Wu co-led a coalition of mayors from across the United States to file an amicus brief in federal district court in Minneapolis to stop the Trump Administration's unconstitutional and illegal surge of federal agents into Minneapolis and St. Paul (the Twin Cities). The brief, which supports a lawsuit filed by the State of Minnesota and the Twin Cities, seeks a temporary restraining order to end the occupation by more than two thousand federal agents. ICE’s aggressive enforcement tactics have created mass unrest in the community, undermined public safety, injured several Minnesotans, including children, and led to the death of civilian Renee Nicole Good.

The Trump Administration’s ongoing occupations of peaceful American cities are unconstitutional and illegal.

Boston is leading a coalition of cities supporting the lawsuit by the State of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul to end their occupation by more than two thousand federal agents.

23.01.2026 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 409    πŸ” 155    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 5

National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.

Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.

22.01.2026 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 15429    πŸ” 5851    πŸ’¬ 167    πŸ“Œ 239

I love The Perilous Gard but Hitty is probably the one I have read and reread the most. I know my mother would say Johnny Tremain, which is a worthy choice.

23.01.2026 05:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Guilty by Definition by Susie Dent - my first five-star review of 2026 Guilty by Definition, review, Susie Dent

My first 5-star review of 2026! perfectretort.blogspot.com/2026/01/guil... #booksky

22.01.2026 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

All right, I’ll try it once I finish Foyle

20.01.2026 05:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve never watched Morse but I’m sure I would enjoy.

18.01.2026 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Guilty by Definition by Susie Dent - my first five-star review of 2026 Guilty by Definition, review, Susie Dent

New review from Staircase Wit - tinyurl.com/6knbdt3r #Booksky

18.01.2026 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman Murder Takes a Vacation, review, Laura Lippman

New review from Staircase Wit: Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman tinyurl.com/cpw7mzc8 @harpercollins.bsky.social #Booksky

11.01.2026 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Himes: "I was delighted to hear that Tom Cotton, chairmen of the Senate Intel Committee, has been in regular contact with the admin. I've had zero outreach and no D I'm aware of has. So apparently we're now in a world where the legal obligation to keep Congress informed only applies to your party."

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Opinion | Now We Know Trump’s Aim in Venezuela: Oil Trump’s true intentions finally come clear after talk of fighting drugs and instability.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

β€œIn the wake of Saturday’s predawn military operation in Venezuela, in which Mr. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured and flown to a U.S. warship, Mr. Trump made clear that it was essentially about the oil all along,” W.J. Hennigan writes.

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The Great Impersonation by E. Philips Oppenheim - #1920Club a blog primarily about books

Just reread my review - I seem to have liked it better than John did: perfectretort.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-...

04.01.2026 05:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't remember any well besides The Great Impersonation which I reread a few years ago but I doubt I would have continued reading them if they weren't enjoyable.

04.01.2026 00:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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See how I connected C.S. Lewis to Agatha Christie, with several stops in Louisiana. 6Degrees of Separation for January: tinyurl.com/uwdza3mk Join in with @kateinkew the first Saturday of every month. #Booksky

03.01.2026 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I found many of his books in my college library when I should have been studying!

02.01.2026 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Star and the Shamrock by Jean Grainger - a final WWII novel for the year Jean Grainger, The Star and the Shamrock, review, WWII Historical Fiction

My last book of the year! perfectretort.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-... #Booksky

01.01.2026 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

After they missed Christmas with their families - for nothing!

01.01.2026 00:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My book group enjoyed this!

30.12.2025 05:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0