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DeborahForPlus

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Deb4+ or D T Stands for Trouble elsewhere.

Deborah is focused on full civil rights for ALL Americans! Married lesbian
#LGBTQ #BLM #TranslivesMatter #science #progressiveness #votingrights #writing #meditation #buddhism #books

Voter registration / confirmation / changes in CA:
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Currently living in Orange County, CA on Tongva or Acjachemen land.

Many careers: nutrition, programming, systems/database design, project mgt, small business ... And what else? I like to learn

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TheConversationUS , to blackmastodon
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“As a professor of American studies with a focus on race and politics, I know that Black women in the U.S. have a history of struggle against violence and oppression. And too often when we experience joy, and show it, ridicule follows.”

https://theconversation.com/harris-brings-joy-to-the-presidential-campaign-and-gop-mockery-of-laughing-kamala-is-nothing-new-to-black-women-235564
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DeborahForPlus ,
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@TheConversationUS @blackmastodon

😯🤔😢

adriano , to bookstodon
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@bookstodon

Ursula LeGuin
Lois McMaster Bujold
Jorge Luis Borges
Julio Cortázar
Terry Pratchett
JRRTolkien
GRRMartin
Neil Gaiman
Isaac Asimov
Indro Montanelli
Jules Verne
A. Conan Doyle

DeborahForPlus ,
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@adriano @bookstodon

Oh many that I have loved as well

MagentaRocks , to bookstodon
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This never occurred to me. I read anytime throughout the day - whenever it strikes the mood. I think reading is good for you, no matter the time of day.

Anybody else feel the same as the writer of the opinion piece?

@bookstodon

Opinion
I’m retired, and I still won’t let myself read in the daytime. Why not?

Gift Link:

https://wapo.st/4aG52cI

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@MagentaRocks @bookstodon

I'm in between. Also retired and I vaguely make myself do some of my "must do" to do list during the work week (when phone calls can be made etc), and vaguely have the fun to do's on the weekend.

Except much of the fun stuff I do during the week, the out of the house kind, when there will be fewer people hopefully than on weekends.

Reading? That depends. Sometimes definitely for nighttime and a thing to look forward to.

So. It depends.

Sophie , to bookstodon
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Just finished “Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America”

Learned a lot about the role of the NAACP in criminal cases in the Jim Crow South. So much bravery in the face of klan violence and systemized dehumanization. Will definitely be seeking out biographies of Thurgood Marshall soon.

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DeborahForPlus ,
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@Sophie @MarvinFreeman @bookstodon

There was an excellent documentary film a few years back about Thurgood Marshall. Though I'm sure the books go into much greater detail.

Schnuckster , to bookstodon
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Next book is a short one. @bookstodon 📖

DeborahForPlus ,
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@Schnuckster @bookstodon

Vaguest of maybe memories....

DeborahForPlus ,
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@Schnuckster @bookstodon

I definitely remember reading Travels with Charlie in ... Junior High probably. One of the books that made me understand that we're all just looking at things from our own point of view.....

BonnettsBooks , to bookstodon
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12/23/23 - Open 6-9p. Closed Monday. Back on Tuesday 12/26. Mask recommended. No open containers, please.

A last minute reminder of Iceland's cool tradition of book sharing; the Yule Book Flood, or Jólabókaflód. Stop in tonight to make this tradition part of your holiday.

Merry Christmas! 🎄


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DeborahForPlus ,
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@BonnettsBooks @bookstodon

In Dayton since 1939? There's a chance my mother and/or father came by during 1944-45. My dad was stationed at the Army Air Force Base and my brother was born in Dayton. ♥️

frankejames , to bookstodon
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Do you judge a book by its cover? I'm thinking of changing the cover of our already-published book!!! 😮
Tell me which cover you would click on: the new one in sunny yellow or the existing cover in sandy beige?
The yellow reflects @TeresaHeartchild's love of life -- and the urgency of getting her freed. It should attract the eye for Amazon clicks.
But the beige may be some book-lover's sophisticated fave. 🤔 What do you think? @bookstodon @bookgaga

Franke James' book cover in sandy beige for "Freeing Teresa: A True Story about Fighting Ableism." The book is sitting on a striped, multi-hued couch.

DeborahForPlus ,
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Yellow is infinitely more attractive and easy to read too, IMHO

JD_Cunningham , to bookstodon
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"I like books that make you discover other books—a virtuous cycle that should never be broken." - from 'Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop' by Alba Donati (tr. Elena Pala)

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@NovemberMan @JD_Cunningham @bookstodon

Some new books/authors!

A friend just recommended The Sentence today when we were comparing notes on "Covid novels".

I got it from Libby (the audio anyway) this evening.

A book about a bookshop that takes about the books and their authors ... Hmm

ajsadauskas , to technology
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Elon lied about the monkeys — and he shouldn't be trusted to put his Neuralink chips in human brains.

"They are claiming they are going to put a safe device on the market, and that's why you should invest," Ryan Merkley at the Physicians Committee, told Wired. "And we see his lie as a way to whitewash what happened in these exploratory studies."

Really heartbreaking reading what happened to the monkeys.

People quite rightly think of Elizabeth Holmes as a fraud for making false medical claims about what the Theranos machines could do. So why aren't Elon's claims at Neuralink being held to the same level of scrutiny?

https://futurism.com/neoscope/terrible-things-monkeys-neuralink-implants

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DeborahForPlus ,
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@ajsadauskas @technology

Didn't we already go through this with Whatsername and her fake blood tests?

likewise , to bookstodon

“…why should I seek to change, what has been so precious to me for so long! You can never show better than as your own natural self.”

  • Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

I’m getting close to finishing Demon Copperhead & in doing so, my interest in reading David Copperfield is definitely piqued.
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@likewise @bookstodon

Just delayed receiving Demon Copperhead from Libby as I'm in the middle of two other books. (Well 3 but I own the third so no time pressure)

Looking forward to it, your post reconfirming that

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