Debra Savage

It came from Berkeley to Derry and now passed back over the ocean to Minneapolis!

Brought up in NYC, travelled subways at night in my own in the 70s/early 80s. It was fine. I did know which subway stops were ‘safer’ and I kept my wits about me. Lived in DC in late 70s/early 80s & it was fine there too in Adams Morgan.

Well, we’ve had nearly 40 days of rain and no sun…

I can’t get over how increasingly desperate and worried district judges are — they are doing all the right things — and how they’re being betrayed by appellate judges and a Supreme Court, both too cowardly to stand behind their decisions.

When I was a child (admittedly a very long time ago) my grandparents took me & my cousin across country. We crossed the border with Mexico with no passports & came back again.

Interesting that the DT had this on their front page.

I’ve been saying this for a while. Yes, eventually the USSR won but they lost 10x at least to Finnish soldiers. Not sure the US is prepared for that. Not sure US forces able to operate in -50 degrees either.

Winter War - Wikipedia

Just a reminder..
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_...

Picture a schlubby, unpleasant 16 year old dork. He goes up to a popular, smart, & beautiful Latina & asks her to homecoming. He’s repellant, so she curtly says no. Then he notices that a small group of her friends—Latina, Black, Asian—are laughing at him.

There’s probably a story like that.

Well, I feel like I should be principal ballerina at the Bolshoi and the fact that I’m over 60 and can’t dance should in no way preclude me from being principal ballerina. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Just don’t go.

Like I said…

YouTube video by SaltLakeUsersGroup Why are we changing maps? (from The West Wing)

The best explanation by the West Wing: youtu.be/eLqC3FNNOaI?...

The Obvious Reason the U.S. Should Not Vaccinate Like Denmark It isn’t Denmark.

America’s health officials want to copy the vaccine policy of European countries such as Denmark. But there’s a problem with that plan, Katherine J. Wu reported in 2025:

Son, DIL, granddaughter and DIL’s mother & stepfather all got the flu Christmas Eve; DIL got Tamiflu from hospital. Vaccinated but this was the worst flu ever. Still not back to 100%. All (bar granddaughter) have been wearing masks.

People should watch the Jo Nesbo series Occupied about now.

Would think Astoria was a more interesting neighbourhood to be in, tbh.

I’m not from his generation and think that mightn’t have been the best sound bite but I’m assuming he’s referring to systems used in countries such as Scandinavian ones where there’s a basic understanding about collective action for the betterment of all.

Interesting. If I was an undergraduate (which thank god I’m not), I’d want to look at Obama’s presidency from the perspective that apart from ACA, his inexperience meant his presidency was not as effective as HRC would have been. A counterfactual in other words.

Ludicrous. Son bought DMs for life 15 years ago. They were £150 rather than £100, now £250. But when the soles or anything wears out, he returns them and they either fix them or send him a new pair. Well worth the extra cost.

Judy Collins – Bread and Roses Originally written as a socialist ballad, this song was considered, for many years, the anthem of the women’s socialist movement.

Our lives shall not be sweated
From birth until life closes
Hearts starve as well as bodies
Bread and roses, bread and roses

genius.com/Judy-collins...

She’s singing the Judy Collins song Bread and Roses:

As we go marching, marching
We battle too for men
For they are women's children
And we mother them again
Our lives shall not be sweated
From birth until life closes
Hearts starve as well as bodies
Give us bread, but give us roses

Since when is $600 an enormous amount to pay for a pair of good leather boots? Taken care of, they’ll last for years—far more than a cheap pair that gets replaced every year.

Political differences used to be about higher or lower tax rates. They’re really now about the moral universe. If someone doesn’t believe that anyone who isn’t white/Christian & from western Europe can be a ‘real’ American, their morals are not mine.

Not sure students appreciate that those marking their papers take a huge amount of time and care and genuinely want students to do well.

He’s always been racist, sexist and amoral.

If you compare his speech patterns from say, 15 years ago to now, there’s a huge difference. This is how Irish Murdoch was diagnosed, because her written sentence structure changed so much.

One more flu A update: everyone in our household who took Tamiflu recovered super fast, like majorly better w/in 24-36 hours. One person did not take and still feels like crap 5 days later. If you test +, consider getting a scrip—but need to start w/in 48 or so hours of symptoms or it doesn’t help.

Good. I’m one of the fans of Marmite but eat whole wheat rather than wholemeal bread, as well a sourdough.