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The title here is Pilgrims by M.R. Leonard, his literary debut. I‘d call it speculative scifi & when i describe it it sounds ludicrous.

Earth is under oppressive martial law awaiting a coming alien invasion. 🛸👽

The aliens land. The aliens are devout Catholics.🧐

Sounds like satire. It is not.

Our main character is a Latin teacher that discovers studying Classics in college was a crackerjack major after all. 🤯

Illuminating.

https://youtu.be/GugsCdLHm-Q?si=A6PGkcH1TgXpWYs2

#schoolspirit #bicycle

I‘m a leftist. The policies I want to see enacted are basic, and just common sense. I started paying attention to politics late in the game, and I‘ve learned a lot since then. One thing I‘ve learned, is that it‘s ugly. It‘s dirty. There is constant infighting, especially on the left. Things work, when we work as a team. I get really irritated sometimes when the fighting is petty; I‘ll give some examples. At clinic, we suddenly had an⬇️

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

1. Last year, Universal Studios in Osaka Japan!

2. No. There's barely time to get to all the stuff we want to see/do/ride, let alone read.

Tag @RaeLovesToRead @CBee @Yuki_Onna @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @dabbe @Ruthiella @IndoorDame

#CoverLove #Gray

#SummerSouls Day 19: In the Author‘s Note, Eva Chen spoke about the “meteoric rise in anti-Asian sentiment” during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, inspiring her to write this story, paradoxically at a time when she was advising her own parents to wear #sunglasses – and essentially remain invisible so as to not let people realize they are Asians. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-oeu

@dabbe I went through the list rather quickly, but work got in the way of me sharing.

I've seen 68 of the 100 movies, and these are my Top 5:

Porky's (watched way too young and still going)
Look Who's Talking
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Twins
The Goonies

They're all so quotable. I was born in 1979, so I leaned more to the comedies than those with a more serious tone.
#TLT #threelistthursday

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I've been able to read a bunch of books that my regular libraries don't have! They are doing amazing work!
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#HappyPride #ReadQueerAllYear

I don‘t pay for the NYT, so I don‘t get to read all of Bruni‘s columns, but I‘ve started paying more attention since he became a professor at Duke, my alma mater. He rails against the overuse of grievances in today‘s society, but I found him a bit tone deaf to others‘ particular struggles and why they might find them more difficult than he sees. Books like this often come off a bit too judgmental for me, but I‘m glad I read it.