This does a disservice to both clowns and circuses. Apologies.
Laura Grace Weldon
@lauragraceweldon.bsky.social
Writer, poet, book editor, hope monger, cranky pacifist, effusive introvert. Author of five books. Braided Way editor. she/her Ohio 6a/ ecoregion 8 lauragraceweldon.com
“Waloyo Yamoni” comes from a traditional prayer of Uganda’s Lango people asking winds to calm harsh rain & skies to bring needed rain. May rains come to end the wildfires in Canada, Pacific Northwest of the US, North Africa, France, Spain, Greece, Portugal, wherever they are needed.
Christopher Tin: Live at Cadogan Hall - Waloyo Yamoni
YouTube video by Christopher Tin
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all my beliefs and desires are in direct opposition of the current systems
I prefer to propagate rather than collect my most whimsical thoughts.
I used to call only the people I love “loves.” Maybe I’ve read too many old British novels, but that word is stuck now. It’s the way I hope to see others — as loves. As beautiful people. As complex and strange and conflicted as we all are.
Seeing Each Other As Loves
If there’s a deep end, I just jumped in.
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The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
Reminder: everyone on American soil, whether they were born here or not, has the right to due process. Here’s everything you need to know.
“There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to man and beast, it is all a sham." ~Anna Sewell
I'm making chocolate cheesecake with star topping to fill tiny jars for Wednesday's poetry reading! (Yes, I probably should be picking out/sequencing poems or whatever poets do before a reading. Not me. I'm getting silly with a themed snack to bring.) #poetry #poets
Meet Poet Laura Grace Weldon
With her newest book of poetry, <i>Universe Marveled Into a Jar<i>. Event starts at July 29, 2026 7:00 PM EDT
attend.cuyahogalibrary.org
AI is destroying millions of physical books. A civilization may never before have failed for a more stupid reason.
AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale, Even If Almost No Copies Remain
AI companies are quietly obtaining rare books, ingesting their contents, and then destroying them -- even if they're exceedingly rare.
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Here comes the senator with a tie and a smile He’ll pledge and he’ll promise and swear it’s no guile He’ll go to the capitol and say he’s your friend Then he’ll line his silk pockets and leave you again
The Song of Hard Times - Windborne (Full Music Video!)
YouTube video by Windborne Singers
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“The more we imbue the world with imagination, the more the world is ensouled – and the more soul it returns to us, singing with meaning.” Patrick Harpur ~ (painting by John Albert Bauer)
This country and the people running it have always confounded me. What's the word for confounded x a trillion?
Confused Cat Math Aint Mathing Meme
ALT: Confused Cat Math Aint Mathing Meme
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The concept of “alpha male” wolves is based entirely on wolves in captivity. Wolf packs in the wild are family groups. Wild wolf pack behavior is characterized by cooperation and mutual care. Even minor conflicts between wolves are rare. #Hegseth #StephenMiller (links in comments)
We invented phonetic writing so we could put our sounds down on paper and, by glancing at a page, hear someone speaking in our head—an invention that became so widespread in the last few thousand years that we hardly ever stop to consider how astonishing it is. —Carl Sagan
When I say "sorry I already have plans", this is what I mean 🎨 Deborah Hocking
"All acts of kindness are lights in the war for justice." ~Joy Harjo
"Who would deduce the dragonfly from the larva, the iris from the bud, the lawyer from the infant? ...We are all shape-shifters and magical reinventors. Life is really a plural noun, a caravan of selves." ~Diane Ackerman
