Anne Hawley

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💜🩶🖤🤍 Poster-crone for late bloomers.Writer. Editor. Bike rider. Portlander. She/her

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Fantastic holiday thread

Mark Twain hated the Fourth of July. He was often invited to speak at Independence Day festivities. His audiences assumed that his reliably unpatriotic remarks were tongue-in-cheek jests. But he meant that shit. 1/9

I spent some time reading the speech aloud just for my own pleasure at its beautiful, damning periods, imagining what Douglass himself must have sounded like, and how increasingly uncomfortable his audience must have become as the speech went on.

Over at the Bad Place, I made a tradition of posting Douglass' "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth of July," and I intend to carry on that tradition here. Since most versions you read in classes or in textbooks have parts omitted, the link below has the full text of the speech.

(1852) Frederick Douglass, "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July" •www.blackpast.org On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass was invited to address the citizens of his hometown, Rochester, New York. Whatever the expectations of his audience on that 76th anniversary of the signing of the D...

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Hey folks! I became technologically brave today and launched a YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@joannefreem... It's in its early teeny tiny phase. Not much on it yet. But it's there if you want to subscribe!

Dr. Joanne Freemanwww.youtube.com Joanne Freeman is an award-winning historian who studies the politics and culture of America's past to better understand our history as a nation, and the roads and choices that have led us to the pres...

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All of DC (and Pentagon, Arlington Cemetery & Reagan National airport - DCA) are currently under a boil water advisory. Check for updates, Tell your people. www.dcwater.com/about-dc-wat...

DRINKING WATER ADVISORY: DC Water Issues Boil Water Advisory for All Customers in the District of Columbia, the Pentagon, Arlington National Cemetery and Reagan National Airport | DC Waterwww.dcwater.com

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Adding to these resources from @ziibiing.com & Interrupting Criminalization: This from Ijeoma Oluo feels like a really great read for the conversations being had among my communities both in person and online. ijeomaoluo.substack.com/p/how-we-get...

I appreciated this a lot. I was also reading the new-ish Interrupting Criminalization resource about mapping what the ecosystem of community care looks like and how to connect the things in it. It feels complementary to me: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...

Mapping Community Ecosystems of Collective Care — Interrupting Criminalization | Research In Actionwww.interruptingcriminalization.com A toolkit offering resources, responses, and questions to consider in building robust community ecosystems of collective care at the neighborhood and city-wide levels. Based on Interrupting Criminal...

How We Get Through Thisijeomaoluo.substack.com Beyond the Book: Buckle up y'all. Shit's about to get really rough.

Preorder!

You may not know it, but pre-orders help writers. They give bookstores and publishers a way to gauge the interest in a book. If you want a signed copy of the book, you can order a copy through my local independent book store, Seminary Coop. Here is the link: www.semcoop.com/dragon-chica... 🗃️

I am really looking forward to Pamela's book, The Dragon From Chicago. Coming soon!

OTD in 1945, Sigrid Schultz entered Berlin with the first American convoy after Germany’s surrender. The city was reduced to rubble. Learn more about Schultz’s reporting from the ruins in The Dragon from Chicago, coming out on 8/6. Available for pre-order now. www.PamelaToler.com 🗃️

Can someone explain to me what spammers hope to gain by texting me "Hi" from unknown numbers? It's getting really annoying.

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Hello PNW folks. Guess what time it is? That’s right! It is historic heatwave time! Aside from the normal checking in on your neighbors and making sure your house is prepped to keep cool, remember that the local wildlife and plants need help too… 🌱🧵

Check out the interesting photos in this article. What I know about Mongolia is, approximately, Genghis Khan and HU, so this was eye-opening.

Finding echoes of the Mongol empire as a country looks ahead

Finding echoes of the Mongol empire as a country looks aheadapnews.com ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — A towering statue of Genghis Khan dominates the landscape of rolling plains and endless skies outside Mongolia's capital, Ulaanbaatar.

I dunno, man. Everything is so dire. There seemed nothing for it but to escape for an hour into Queer Eye season 8. It turns out to be a good idea.

And with a fizzzz and a BANG, the 🤬 fireworks have begun.

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Dont forget alt text. if you want to share a photo with everyone, make it accessible for everyone to share.

Disturbing story. There are no "good guy" corporations.

🧵 In 2020, I nearly died from mysterious industrial chemical exposure at my apartment. Later, I discovered my employer was dumping toxic waste into our windows from their Skunkworks semiconductor fab next-door. I tipped off US EPA, who then raided them in 2023. EPA sent me the report on Friday. 💀 ⬇️

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The project is complete. The feline has expressed her satisfaction.

I gutted an old CRT TV today. It's eventually gonna be a cat bed. 3

Guy powering past my house on his bike, talking on his phone: "I wanna get more into the shamanic stuff. Have you ever heard of the psychedelic properties of the Texas false morel?" Portland, I love you.

Poppy seed pod and bud. Objects are significantly smaller than this odd perspective makes them seem.

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The correct response to Chevron being overturned is for every single environmental group to start filing millions of lawsuits, right now, today, arguing that various regulatory decisions didn't go far enough. Absolutely flood the zone.

I do my best to keep up with what's happening in law, justice, and politics. I really do. I take my duties as a citizen seriously. But today I am in despair. The sun is out and I think I need to pull my cloak of willful ignorance around me, go walk in the park, and tune out for a day or so.

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If you’re in the UK and your postal vote didn’t arrive yet, today is when you can start chasing it up and have them send another. If it did arrive, send it back with your “get the Tories out” box ticked!

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New tiny seascape babies, fresh off the easel! 🎨🌊 These bring me so much joy to paint! Soothing Seas 1-3, oil on Arches oil paper, 3"x3". Available (ship when they are dry, approx 2 weeks): tishamark.com/shop #art #painting #ArtShop #bsnm

This brought to mind what is probably my favorite video, like, ever. youtu.be/zlfKdbWwruY?...

366 Day Music Challenge #178 A Song That Makes You Want To Dance: ELO, “All Over the World” youtu.be/wh3i3vWgPyk?... Not the official video, but I'm a SUCKER for these flash mob dance videos. And this song is PERFECT for it. I love ELO, always have. Used to rollerskate to them... ♥️

E.L.O (Electric Light Orchestra) All Over The Worldyoutu.be Tribute to all Flash Mob's All music and images belong to their rightful owners. No copyright infringement intended.

Where the Hell is Matt? 2008youtu.be www.wherethehellismatt.com14 months in the making, 42 countries, and a cast of thousands. Thanks to everyone who danced with me.

So many people here have mentioned Blue Eye Samurai in glowing terms that I started watching it today, and wow is it gorgeous!

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If you see this piece, it is a one-of-a-kind and was recently stolen. Link to the post by the artist who made it below. www.facebook.com/1085529646/p...

I haven't really gone anywhere for five years. I'm taking a big trip involving air travel in September, and honestly, I'm pretty sure it will be my last. Like, ever. How to be, when I know I'm probably seeing overseas friends for the last time?

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Republicans want to 'seize the means of reproduction'.

[insert astronaut meme here]

Abortion Debate Shifts as Election Nears: ‘Now It’s About Pregnancy’www.nytimes.com Two years after Roe was struck down, the conversation has focused on the complications that can come with pregnancy and fertility, helping to drive more support for abortion rights.

I've made an effort to change my lifelong thinking from F to C (because I like being part of the wider world). I've done pretty well with oven temps, but it's a really hard change to make when considering what to wear, or whether to go outside.

I’m all for the metric system except for temperatures. Please don’t tell me it’s 38 degrees Celsius when what you’re actually saying is it’s over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. I need the big number to know how goddam hot it actually is.

Great insight in this thread about the how, why, and maybe why-not of trying to read more.

This summer will mark a year into my project to read some of the hundreds of books I've bought, started and abandoned reading over the years. It has taught me something that feels significant. /1

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cramps, & “female trouble” (Moerman 1998). Cypripedin, a chemical extracted from roots of orchids in the genus, is used to treat epilepsy and is being investigated as a chemotherapy adjuvant for lung cancer. My broken-record speech is it won't grow in your yard due to ...