May 19
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Dim night frogs pond woods park time
Palestinian Columbia student leader Mohsen Mahdawi was called in for a citizenship interview. Instead, ICE arrested him for deportation.
https://bsky.app/profile/premthakker.bsky.social/post/3lms5saohik2u
unpop op: Murderbot is a lot of fun but becomes a same-y slog about halfway through book 3. I think it doesn't develop enough themes or expand the world or vary the rhythm and POV, or whatever series need to do to avoid the atmosphere getting stale. Still worth reading.
If for some reason you stopped masking everywhere, now would be an excellent time to resume masking, and use a N95/KN95 or better.
I have a longer post in the works, but am getting overtaken by events. I've gotten multiple reports that there's waves of some serious unidentified flu like illness(s) hitting areas hard enough to shut down schools and fill hospitals.
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