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Also someone who turns to Austen time and again. Recently finished “Northanger Abbey” so that is my favorite (at least until the next Austen I read).

I have only read three, but my order would be Remains of the Day, Klara and the Sun, with Never Let Me Go last, so I find your giving it first place interesting.

Deep in Trump country, coal miners with black lung say government is suffocating the 'working man' Lisa Emery, a respiratory therapist, is deeply concerned about West Virginia coal miners suffering from black lung disease.

apnews.com/article/blac... in Trump country, coal miners with black lung say government is suffocating the 'working man'

I’m finding these takes interesting because I would still rate this as one of, if not the, best new book I’ve read this year (my re-reads of Jane Austen will always beat any other book).

A Shutdown Reality Check, From 1 Federal Worker This isn’t what Ron Dunmore signed up for.

www.politico.com/news/magazin...

October reads #booksky 📚❤️

Shutdown furloughs will permanently cost the economy at least $7 billion, CBO says Unlike most of the shutdown's economic impacts, the lost productivity from feds not working cannot be reversed.

www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

www.dailykos.com Trump is crapping on cattle ranchers

Trump is crapping on cattle ranchers

I’m actually re-reading Northanger Abbey now.

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New Jersey voters today is October 14th and the LAST DAY TO REGISTER!
#SheShed

Pride and Prejudice

Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/c...
Not to mention the claims for black lung benefits that are not being processed or adjudicated while the government is shut down.

#booksky

Matthew Olzmann Prayer For an Unremarkable Day I'd like a day where all the buildings remain intact. Let the Hydra stay asleep beneath the surface. Let the tornado be befuddled, yawn, go back to bed. No floods. No lightning strikes. No movie theaters where a man walks in with a terrible idea hidden in his coat. Forgive me, for I have longed for special effects, glory. Flashbulbs and moon landings. Not anymore. Give me something ordinary, a day that doesn't swerve into the wrong lane. Give me commercials for hand soap, safety goggles, Lipton tea.

I'd like a day where all the buildings remain intact.
Let the Hydra stay asleep beneath the surface.
Let the tornado be befuddled, yawn, go back to bed. No floods. No lightning strikes. - Matthew Olzmann

Prayer For an Unremarkable Day
#Poetry #LiteratureSky 💙📚👀

#booksky “James” by Perceval Everett

“James” by Perceval Everett

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August reads

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Employees will be contractors if this passes

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I see what you did there. ;)

RFK, Capito and Moore didn’t save NIOSH employees’ jobs — a lawyer and coal miner did • West Virginia Watch A federal judge ordered “full restoration” of services at the NIOSH’s Coal Workers’ Health Surveillance Program.

westvirginiawatch.com/2025/05/20/r...

Tears. Such a great story.

“Do not mock us.”

April Reads #booksky

Not his best inning.

Definitely. My son was seven when we lost my husband. My son’s survivor benefits paid for childcare and camps so I could work and give him a better life.

Coal miners' health care hit hard in job cuts to CDC The CDC unit that dramatically reduced Black Lung Disease among coal miners has been fired in Trump's sweeping overhaul of health agencies. Mining communities must now grapple with its disappearance.

www.npr.org/sections/sho...