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Liz Kastor

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Former journalist. Chronically fatigued.


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Emily Brand's avatar Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social
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When your left hand is your best feature but you can only afford a miniature portrait šŸ˜­šŸ«²

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Robin Marwick's avatar Robin Marwick @electricland.bsky.social
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This made me laugh (again) šŸ„¬

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Courtney Milan's avatar Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com
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Doing things--finding your team, finding your community--is magical. The feeling of helplessness is there to remind you to find your tiny corner of the world where you have that, where you can pitch in and do something.

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Liz Kastor's avatar Liz Kastor @lizziek.bsky.social
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What a lucky boy to have such an aunt. Congratulations!

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Sarah J. Jackson's avatar Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social
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They hyper individualism behind the impulse to simply exit all together forever is probably deeply American, but itā€™s not just if you are a person who could otherwise be building community to sustain us (and everyone could be that) like so many people before opted to do under worse circumstances.

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Sarah J. Jackson's avatar Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social
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Iā€™m sure other people have already posted about how the rest of the world is also not it, but like, are you a person who looks at the people around you and decides to fight for them, to sustain for them, to build resilience with them, or are you a person who sees yourself/your family as an island?

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Prisonculture's avatar Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social
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Do the Democratic elite believe that 45 is an existential threat? If they actually do, what would you expect to see right now? Are you seeing that?

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Liz Kastor's avatar Liz Kastor @lizziek.bsky.social
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As a bunion haver, I welcome you to the community of people who have feet and use them.

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Prisonculture's avatar Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social
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I donate to this fund. they need ongoing and more support.

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Liz Kastor's avatar Liz Kastor @lizziek.bsky.social
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Thanks. I canā€™t believe/can absolutely believe that we have to do this.

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Liz Kastor's avatar Liz Kastor @lizziek.bsky.social
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Donā€™t suppose youā€™re interested in sharing those tricks? (Also, your account is among my few indispensable reads.)

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Greg Pak's avatar Greg Pak @gregpak.bsky.social
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I've volunteered for political campaigns for literally 40 years. And one thing that's always helped when things look bleak is the knowledge that there is ALWAYS something practical you can do to help make things better -- whether through electoral politics or other kinds of service. For example...

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Liz Kastor's avatar Liz Kastor @lizziek.bsky.social
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Thanks for including the recommendation.

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Liz Kastor's avatar Liz Kastor @lizziek.bsky.social
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What a skilled and compassionate therapist you are, Marthaā€”and were, even so early in your career. Thank you for sharing this piece and that wise and buoyant boy.

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Liz Kastor's avatar Liz Kastor @lizziek.bsky.social
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Zuri dresses are almost always the answer, and are such joyful objects.

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Liz Kastor's avatar Liz Kastor @lizziek.bsky.social
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Love this series. I reread it periodically.

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Liz Kastor's avatar Liz Kastor @lizziek.bsky.social
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Thank you (??) for introducing me to this ā€œtheoryā€. One of those conspiracy theories that clearly satisfies some deep need in its followers, but I canā€™t imagine what that need might be.

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mave's avatar mave @mave.bsky.social
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Once I balance my humors, itā€™s over for yā€™all

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Janet Yellin' & Screamin' & Cryin''s avatar Janet Yellin' & Screamin' & Cryin' @kellylink.bsky.social
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Not the Northern lights, but here is our most malevolent chicken earlier today.

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Liz Kastor's avatar Liz Kastor @lizziek.bsky.social
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I donā€™t use it, but canā€™t it go

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Liz Kastor's avatar Liz Kastor @lizziek.bsky.social
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Iā€™ve still got my white one (circa 1989) and it works. I know it is a crude machine producing a poor grind etc etc, but I appreciate its endurance.

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Liz Kastor's avatar Liz Kastor @lizziek.bsky.social
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Everyone but me, because yuck

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Megan Greenwell's avatar Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social
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I have gotten a few questions about how to donate to student journalism outlets without supporting Columbia itself. The Columbia Spectator is an independent nonprofit with zero financial ties to the university, if you want to kick them some money.

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Liz Kastor's avatar Liz Kastor @lizziek.bsky.social
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I thought that was just my own eccentricity, not a trait I inherited from babushkas past

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Dr. Elizabeth Sawin's avatar Dr. Elizabeth Sawin @bethsawin.bsky.social
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Being creative is 99% enduring being stuck.

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Liz Kastor's avatar Liz Kastor @lizziek.bsky.social
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Thanks. So beautiful and witty

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Liz Kastor's avatar Liz Kastor @lizziek.bsky.social
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Godā€™s work you did

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Liz Kastor's avatar Liz Kastor @lizziek.bsky.social
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Did he create this wonder? If not, do you know who did?

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Liz Kastor's avatar Liz Kastor @lizziek.bsky.social
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Where is it? It sounds familiar, but I left TP in 2013 and Iā€™ve learned and forgotten too much since to retain a reliable memory of a small but historically significant stone slab

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Liz Kastor's avatar Liz Kastor @lizziek.bsky.social
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How long til they resort to, ā€œGray Still No Longer Harvard Presidentā€?

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Liz Kastor's avatar Liz Kastor @lizziek.bsky.social
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Delightful. Just subscribed.

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Mark Harris's avatar Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social
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I see all these people on Twitter pointing out that Neil Gorsuch is a plagiarist, and it will lead to exactly nothing. People need to be less addicted to identifying hypocrisy and more invested in actually winning a fight.

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Liz Kastor's avatar Liz Kastor @lizziek.bsky.social
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Deadlock is wonderful beyond words

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Sam Bergman's avatar Sam Bergman @violanorth.bsky.social
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1. probably with our mouths, other methods having proven unreliable 2. in our cars 3. in the bathroom hiding from our kids 4. regretfully 5. as if in a trance 6. at the Panda Express, again, somehow 7. sagely, with great condescension 8. like Newt in "Aliens" 9. as if hot dogs are going extinct

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Liz Kastor's avatar Liz Kastor @lizziek.bsky.social
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Well that sounds wonderful. My mom always made her own tartar sauce for the same reason. Alsoā€”not hard to do (unless you make your own mayo, in which case, wow)

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Bethany Brookshire's avatar Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social
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*cue MUSIC*

I don't want a lot for Christmas
Just this tiny cow I need
I just want to see it chewing
cud under the Christmas tree

Put some hay into my stocking
This gift will keep my grass well mown
I just want to smooch my wee cow
underneath the mistletoe

www.nytimes.com/2023/12/22/s...

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Liz Kastor's avatar Liz Kastor @lizziek.bsky.social
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Pappardelle is the pasta all the other pastas see in their dreams

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Liz Kastor's avatar Liz Kastor @lizziek.bsky.social
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A lemon-heavy tartar sauce is a thing of beauty

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John Leavitt's avatar John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social
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ritualistic killing of twitter to ensure the sun comes back

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