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Biblioraptor, PhD

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English prof, mama & wife, reader/writer, pop culture, intersectional feminist, progressive, cyclist, hiker. NC. My views are my own. She/her

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I am actually calling random hotels to see if we have a reservation!

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It’s one of those pay when you check in situations 😩

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We are going to Baltimore next week and I made a hotel reservation in April but I cannot find any email, Google map search, ANYTHING with a. confirmation of booking and b. name of hotel that I have completely forgotten

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Oof yes

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Today I saw a US flag with America First across the bottom and it was chilling

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This was one of those days when getting out on the bike early didn’t matter 🥵

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she died doing what she loved- trying to get abducted

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I know I say this every time I watch Jaws but man this movie is a marvel of efficient and effective storytelling

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Trying to get W to watch Jaws with us and I said this movie is the same age as me and he said, “So it’s in black and white?”

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Britain's Labour Party is projected to win a historic landslide victory — knocking the Conservatives out after 14 years of power in a brutal wipeout

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You’d think former cyclists of all people would very much avoid any reference to “back in my day”

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just watched 74 people speaking at least a dozen different languages become american citizens in a ceremony at monticello, where the speakers were themselves children of immigrants. inspiring stuff and a vivid illustration of what reactionaries want to snuff out

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It is! And Carapaz was in yellow for a day. I loved Bini’s IG post - “let me open the door”

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I love that Race Radio still exists - it feels quaint and retro to have someone ride around and tell people what is happening and I love it #TdF24

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Happy Bizarro July 4th, when we celebrate the divine right of American presidents and the British are holding elections!

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And he somehow fit all those kids on the podium 😂

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FRANCE UPDATE: The near-final list of candidates who are in the French runoffs is out. Two days ago, 311 districts were going to have 3-way or 4-way runoffs. Then, 200+ candidates dropped out to block far-right. So: There'll be "just" 91 such runoffs this coming Sunday.

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The Biden administration cannot enforce new anti-discrimination rules in health care for transgender Americans, a Mississippi federal judge ruled, citing a recent landmark Supreme Court ruling that weakened the power of federal agencies.

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I absolutely love how many posts there are on the bike feed that are like "I've been riding for 50 years and I still love it" or "I started biking this morning and I already love it." I really love riding my bike and I really love other people loving riding their bikes.

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For non-cycling fans, this is like Bonds breaking the HR record or Lebron breaking the NBA points record. Cavendish has now won 35 Tour de France stages, more than Eddy Merckx, one of the greatest cyclists of all time.

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Road was good but that is truly the fastest I ever want/need to go

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Lovely ride with friend this morning - not too hot, the cars behaved, and I got to pretend to be Tadej as I took the corner at the bottom of the 35mph big hill 😂🚲

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Thanks! Got lucky that they sat still for a second

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/8 At any rate, congratulations to the Federalist Society for an achievement beyond the reach of the British, outside the grasp of bloody civil war, impossible to Nazis and Soviets and terrorists: defeating the American idea.

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I teared up when he got teary in the post-race interview. So happy for him

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The thing I can't stop thinking about is this: I'm 48, and in my adult lifetime there has been one Republican who won the popular vote. But I will probably spend the rest of my life under the authority of a Supreme Court dominated by hard right conservatives. How is that democracy?

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Stuffing down my feelings about the end of democracy to feel incredibly happy for Biniam Girmay the first Eritrean winner of a stage in the Tour #TdF24

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Homeless people can be arrested for sleeping, Presidents cannot be arrested for rampant graft and corruption done while in office. There is no clearer a summary of "conservative 'law and order'" than this.

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"A republic, if you can keep it." Plot twist: we can't.

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In happier news Girmay won a stage at the Tour which is so well deserved #TdF24

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