Kathy Olson

Kathy Olson

@kathyko.bsky.social

Retired Lehigh University professor. Jeopardy! bronze medalist. Childless cat lady.

259 Followers 410 Following 9 Posts Joined Nov 2023
1 year ago
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Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now

How the press would cover the last two weeks if it were happening in another country. Chilling.
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...

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Tintin Popeye

Copyright Countdown to the Commons: Popeye and Tintin will both enter the public domain Jan. 1. Soon to come: “Popeye the Slayer Man” and at least two other horror films based on the character.

#PublicDomainDay
#GoodNews

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The Sound and the Fury A Farewell to Arms

Copyright Countdown to the Commons: William Faulkner’s “The Sound and the Fury” and Ernest Hemingway’s “A Farewell to Arms” enter the public domain Jan. 1.

#PublicDomainDay
#GoodNews

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Singin’ in the Rain

Copyright Countdown to the Commons: The song “Singin’ in the Rain” will enter the public domain Jan. 1.

#PublicDomainDay
#GoodNews

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A Room of One’s Own

Copyright Countdown to the Commons: Virginia Woolf's book “A Room of One's Own” will enter the public domain Jan. 1.

#PublicDomainDay
#GoodNews

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YouTube

Copyright Countdown to the Commons: Fats Waller’s composition “Ain’t Misbehavin’” will enter the public domain Jan. 1.

#PublicDomainDay #GoodNews

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Invasive ‘murder hornets’ eradicated from the U.S. The Washington and U.S. Departments of Agriculture announced the eradication Wednesday, saying there had been no detections of the northern giant hornet in Washington since 2021.

More good news: www.kuow.org/stories/inva...

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1 year ago

And given that SS numbers issued in MD and VA start with 2, that second cut may not do much.

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Betty White stamp

Some good news for 2025: A Betty White stamp! #GoodNews

www.npr.org/2024/11/17/n...

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