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Father, #grandfather, UCLA grad (#linguistics), former #PeaceCorps Vol. (#Senegal), former guitar teacher, elementary school teacher, semi-retired small business owner. Interested in #language #learning and teaching, #language acquisition, all branches of #science, #education--actually I'm interested in everything.
#Podcast for English learners: https://www.wadjasay.com/
How could I forget Ollie?? He's the #GoldenDoodle on the left. His BF is Oscar, same breed but 9 yrs old while Ollie is five.
Trump continues to defame E. Jean Carroll. I look forward to her suing the asshole yet again. This time, I hope the punitive damages gut him so deeply that dead Fred feels the pain.
#EJeanCarroll #Trump #RapistTrump
This #MemorialDay, we remember that 46 million Americans have served. One of them was Joe Biden’s son, who fought in Iraq, while Donald Trump’s sons preferred to steal money from charities for veterans, dogs, and children with cancer.

when concession prices are too high so you bring your own snacks to the movie

#dogs

They were never "losers" or "suckers." They were great human beings who chose a hard path for many different reasons. They loved their country. They made sacrifices for the person on their left and right.

A person who doesn't even attempt to understand that bond should never be Commander in Chief. #MemorialDay

For the rest of May, my bestselling solarpunk utopian novel *The Lost Cause* (2023) is available as a $2.99, DRM-free ebook!

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-lost-cause-4

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Because Voyager 1 is so far from Earth, it takes almost 23 hours for a command to reach it at the speed of light, and the same for a response to reach us back, for a total of close to 50 hours.

Which means that interactions with Voyager 1, currently around 15 billion miles away, are still faster than many Microsoft Windows updates.

@broadwaybabyto Do not try to understand the U.S. We're insane.

Deciding not to vote in the US as a protest against the system is like dropping out of school to show how smart you are.

#USpol

I just want to say that one thing the #Fediverse has consistently shown me is that no matter how much time and effort I put into my accounts here, I am consistently rewarded far more than my effort both literally and metaphorically, by some of the most generous and gracious people with whom I've ever had the privilege of conversing.