won't you celebrate with me
by Lucille Clifton
won't you celebrate with me
what i have shaped into
a kind of life? i had no model.
born in babylon
both nonwhite and woman
what did i see to be except myself?
i made it up
here on this bridge between
starshine and clay,
my one hand holding tight
my other hand; come celebrate
with me that everyday
something has tried to kill me
and has failed.
Missed a week with my 8th graders due to the storm, so one last Black History Month poem as a bridge into to Women's History Month.
This one is by Lucille Clifton, which has a line I think about often:
"come celebrate
with me that everyday
something has tried to kill me
and has failed."
02.03.2026 14:11 β
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Yep. NPR being so real here with Mr. Warmeister and his βEpic Fury.β
02.03.2026 00:44 β
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No one could have played that as well as CR did in that scene
02.03.2026 00:36 β
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Man in pink shirt and dark slacks flanked by two women wearing USA hockey jerseys and gold medals
An effective crop can make a perfect picture! #SNL #HeatedRivalry
01.03.2026 16:53 β
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I was seven, and I thought about it all the time for years, the crushing suffocation. Thanks for the reminder : )
01.03.2026 21:48 β
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exactly that. It's one thing when they're coming up with "cool" names for the cyber-trucks of the world. But when we are bombing and killing people, maybe "cool" isn't what we should be going for. It's so gross.
01.03.2026 16:49 β
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"Epic Fury."
No one who would think up a name like this should ever be in a position of power.
01.03.2026 16:32 β
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Real concern. Heal well, sir.
28.02.2026 17:34 β
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Waking up to βOperation Epic Fury,β and turns out that the most powerful military in the world being controlled by the stupidest, most morally corrupt administration in history has horrible repercussions.
28.02.2026 14:52 β
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Miles Davis, Kind of Blue. John Coltrane is great on that. But also, I love The Mighty Mighty Bosstones' a Jackknife To A Swan . . . if you like skacore.
28.02.2026 05:21 β
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TRANS HERO SAVES DROWNING BABY
This story should be everywhere.
27.02.2026 22:51 β
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That's why these guys love their AI "girlfriends," who agree with every lunatic thought they have, and don't have to deal with an actual person who exists apart from them, and calls them on their ignorant nonsesne.
27.02.2026 16:37 β
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The timeline and strategies on stripping away rights is also very similar to whatβs being done in public health. We are far enough removed from serious outbreaks and implications of measles, polio, etc that weβve forgotten how bad they are, how desperate people were for care before vaccines.
27.02.2026 16:04 β
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this DS9 picture is the best thing I've ever seen.
27.02.2026 01:25 β
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"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adultsβRachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebeβliving in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.
27.02.2026 01:24 β
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Columbia President with NEW details:
5 DHS agents entered a residency with no warrant.
They said they were police looking for a missing kid.
Security camera even captures them showing pictures of the "kid."
A campus officer asked for a warrant & their boss.
They ignored him & took the student.
27.02.2026 00:56 β
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stanley tucci with members of the gold medal winning USA women's hockey team
crying in the club* (*at my desk) bc stanley tucci took the USA women's hockey team out for a meal at his favorite restaurant and they gave him his own jersey
26.02.2026 18:48 β
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Uncovered Georgia OβKeeffe Letters Confirm Paintings Were Veiled Depictions Of Basset Hounds
Uncovered Georgia OβKeeffe Letters Confirm Paintings Were Veiled Depictions Of Basset Hounds https://theonion.com/uncovered-georgia-okeeffe-letters-confirm-paintings-were-veiled-depictions-of-basset-hounds/
26.02.2026 19:00 β
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The playbook for every "concerned" legislator is:
Invalidate trans people, and make them criminals by default, all in service of making them non-existent, erasing them from society and history.
26.02.2026 16:48 β
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If you work in a company, let's say a publishing house, and there's been a quiet roll back of trans inclusion and you have not stood up or blown a whistle you are complicit. There's no room for error anymore.
We can still keep our trans homies safe. But only if we fucking fight, and that means risk
26.02.2026 19:43 β
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All hands on deck, folks. This will effectively eliminate all books by queer authors and about queer lives, even books with secondary characters, books where the author or a character uses they/them pronouns. This bill will erase identities and harm kids. And it won't stop at public schools.
26.02.2026 18:47 β
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Fucking dystopia.
26.02.2026 18:36 β
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wow we are so fucking hot that our mere existence is sexually explicit. me walking down the street needs a big ol censor bar. i'm so sexy it should be illegal.
25.02.2026 21:17 β
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How 'be like' took over the world, with Sali Tagliamonte
Podcast Episode Β· Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing Β· February 26 Β· 26m
Teens aren't destroying language β they're playing with it! I talked with linguist Sali Tagliamonte about teen talk: why "like" dominates, why "very" is back, and her interviewing secrets (ask about childhood or someone's best friend).
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26.02.2026 16:59 β
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Trans people are not the problem.
If you are concerned about trans people, I'd recommend taking a moment to think about who told you that was a critical issue. They may not have your best interests at heart.
People being needlessly cruel to trans folks? Now that is a problem.
26.02.2026 17:12 β
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We can't sacrifice people to "win" votes and elections, because fuck that. I'm old and have seen people try to play that game again and again, but people aren't pawns, and this isn't a game.
Anyway, protect trans kids, love your trans neighbors, and don't be a piece of shit person.
26.02.2026 17:09 β
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The GOP of course is using "trans rights" as their new "distraction" to scare their voters, like they did with "gay" marriage as far back as I can remember in the 90's when I was in college.
But it's not just a distraction. Trans people are one of many kinds of people they hate, and want to erase.
26.02.2026 17:03 β
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But even as a white cis het guy I know that if we can't support people's right to freedom and existence, for basic equal rights and humanity, what are we even doing?
I'm not a person who puts "trans" rights above all, but I know that an attack on the most vulnerable of us is an attack on all of us.
26.02.2026 17:00 β
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The playbook for every "concerned" legislator is:
Invalidate trans people, and make them criminals by default, all in service of making them non-existent, erasing them from society and history.
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