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WaPo headline: "In a Tight Labor Market, Some States Seek Another Kind of Worker: Children"Children are not "workers."...

WaPo headline: "In a Tight Labor Market, Some States Seek Another Kind of Worker: Children"
Children are not "workers." They haven't been workers in the US for over a century. People decided children were more valuable "than any value that their puny arms could win."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/02/11/child-labor-iowa/

Wow, Matthew Frye Jacobson's new book looks terrific. 30% off online orders now w/source code SAVE30 www.ucpress.edu/9780520391802

Wow, Matthew Frye Jacobson's new book looks terrific. 30% off online orders now w/source code SAVE30 www.ucpress.edu/9780520391802

George Conway: “I’m no political scientist, but it does strike me that a guy who negotiates by giving stuff up and and getting nothing...

George Conway: “I’m no political scientist, but it does strike me that a guy who negotiates by giving stuff up and and getting nothing in return probably wouldn’t make a good leader of a legislative body.”

If you think that historians were just sitting around while the house fell in on them during 2022, read this list from @AmericanStudier....

If you think that historians were just sitting around while the house fell in on them during 2022, read this list from @AmericanStudier. Peak public engagement to help all of us understand where we are now and how we got here. We've been out there preaching history. https://clioandthecontemporary.com/2022/12/29/top-public-scholarly-pieces-2022/
#histodons

Sometimes on Christmas, we're in Ireland, sometimes in the US, sometimes in Australia. But wherever we go, we always spend Christmas...

Sometimes on Christmas, we're in Ireland, sometimes in the US, sometimes in Australia. But wherever we go, we always spend Christmas with Aaron Neville.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLoyAyAYhrU&ab_channel=AaronNeville-Topic

Thrilled that Wiley Cash included my new book in his annual top 10 list: "This is one of those books that lingered with me. Gilmore...

Thrilled that Wiley Cash included my new book in his annual top 10 list: "This is one of those books that lingered with me. Gilmore expertly weaves Bearden’s life in the south and his memories of it with his later art."

Happy Solstice. Here's a shot of the stone circle in our valley in County Kerry.

Happy Solstice. Here's a shot of the stone circle in our valley in County Kerry.

oops...@rysiek...case in point:"An irregular reminder that calling this place "Mastodon" has a bit similar energy as saying...

oops...@rysiek...case in point:
"An irregular reminder that calling this place "Mastodon" has a bit similar energy as saying "I just sent you a GMail."

"Fediverse" (or "fedi") is a better term."

Thank you Mastodon "old-timers" for welcoming us Twitter refugees. We're all moaning about what happened to our community, but...

Thank you Mastodon "old-timers" for welcoming us Twitter refugees. We're all moaning about what happened to our community, but it must have been just as disruptive (more?) to you. I understand that having to put up with people who find a refuge and then complain that it's not the same as home is hard to take.

Liz Cheney's speech actually inspired me, an old leftie.

Liz Cheney's speech actually inspired me, an old leftie.

Minus 3 minutes and waiting.Elon Musk@elonmuskShould I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.Yes...

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Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.
Yes
57.5%
No
42.5%
17,257,289 votes
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6:20 PM · Dec 18, 2022

If you have not closed your Twitter account, you can go vote now. Elon Musk@elonmuskShould I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by...

If you have not closed your Twitter account, you can go vote now.

Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.
Yes
56.2%
No
43.8%
2,092,610 votes
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6:20 PM · Dec 18, 2022

Hi @sendairock and @kimberlywhitted,Great to see you in the new neighborhood!

Hi @sendairock and @kimberlywhitted,
Great to see you in the new neighborhood!

Hi @beineckelibrary Welcome to Mastodon!

Hi @beineckelibrary
Welcome to Mastodon!

@joyannreid on Elon Musk: He's two clicks away from having trading cards.

@joyannreid on Elon Musk:

He's two clicks away from having trading cards.

Everybody deserves sick days. And sick days for railway workers protect society. It's hard to imagine a more perfect place for contagion...

Everybody deserves sick days. And sick days for railway workers protect society. It's hard to imagine a more perfect place for contagion than a train.

What a Dickensian argument to be having in 2022.

Born Christine Anne Perfect, her dad was a music prof and her mom a psychic. We love you, Christine McVie, '"like never...

Born Christine Anne Perfect, her dad was a music prof and her mom a psychic.

We love you, Christine McVie, '"like never before."

Finally, I wrote a book that's cheery enough to give as a Christmas present.

Finally, I wrote a book that's cheery enough to give as a Christmas present.

Welcome new followers! This is Loki, our Irish rescue dog. He's a Border Collie/Lab--a Borador. So smart that we have to spell in front...

Welcome new followers! This is Loki, our Irish rescue dog. He's a Border Collie/Lab--a Borador. So smart that we have to spell in front of him. He has an EU Pet Passport and goes back and forth between Ireland & America.

When I tell people that I live in Ireland most of the year, they ask, "why Ireland?" Here's why.

When I tell people that I live in Ireland most of the year, they ask, "why Ireland?" Here's why.