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Rue Burch (rue-burch.bsky.social) @RueBurch
Joined May 2021
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getting tired of winning yet? npr.org/2026/01/14/nx-s1-567…
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good time to remember these words
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fwiw, i'm not based in Korea and am interested in why it thinks i am. just like everything on this platform, best to take this kind of info with a grain of salt.
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私は日本の会社知らないけど、大学の事務はよく大きいExcelのテーブルから小さいPDFに作成して字がすごく小さくて見づらい。大きいモニターにも拡大しても目がすごい疲れる。皆その小さい字どうやって読むの？年取ったらどうする？本当に見える？
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Jeffries stopped a bill he and the Dems support just because a GOP member he has a grudge against would be the deciding vote to move forward. Stop playing politics and pass legislation that will help people, ffs. politico.com/news/2025/11/13…

Jeffries stalls effort to restore federal workers’ bargaining rights

Reps. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) were poised to sign a discharge petition to force a floor vote before the House minority leader stepped in.

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When research is largely written by AI, only to be read by AI, what "new knowledge" will actually mean anything? And will the effect that has on the publish or perish paradigm be a positive or negative thing?
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Wow, what a headline...
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Another original - "Lambchop's Got Lead Poisoning". Been working on it for a few weeks, but unfortunately, it keeps being timely. Probably the heaviest thing I've ever recorded (full on with death metal growls) youtu.be/uks8EKmnisk

Lambchop's Got Lead Poisoning

Original SongOne of the heaviest things I've ever recorded. Unfor...

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A new original song I'm calling "Silly Cliches About Silly Cliches". It came to me over the last couple of days, not as a reaction to what happened, but as a reaction to the cliches that inevitably get trotted out in the wakes of tragedies. youtu.be/ffjFTmawDxg

The Fabulous Soup Forks: Silly Cliches About Silly Cliches

Original song. I strive, although imperfectly, to be a pacifist. B...

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Something #EMCA folks should appreciate...
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This dude's constantly hittin' 'em outta the park. Modern day protest folk at its finest. youtu.be/PL0oB1gbZE4

The Ballad of Big Balls

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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I wasn't aware that Robin Lakoff had passed away. She opened up the field of linguistics to looking at gender, and thus has had a huge impact on everyone who looks at language through a critical lens in any way. ls.berkeley.edu/news/memoria…

In Memoriam of Linguistics Professor Emerita Robin Lakoff, a pioneer

Robin Lakoff, a distinguished linguist and professor emerita at UC Berkeley, died on Aug. 5. She was 82. Lakoff joined the Berkeley Linguistics Department in 1972, after teaching at the University of

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Eye-opening (in a not-so-pleasant "well, shit, what I thought my reasonably well educated self actually 'knew' isn't true" sort of way). youtu.be/regpMUdl_QA

Who Has the Right to Vote in America? | Civics Made Easy

In this episode of Civics Made Easy, Ben Sheehan uncovers the surpr...

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Americans don't technically have a constitutionally enshrined right to vote for president. I knew we actually voted for electors, of course. But it turns out we don't technically even have a "right" to vote for them.
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Original instrumental song I've been working on for a few weeks. The drums were played with my Yamaha FGDP-50 finger drums, and I like how they help create a better groove than programmed drums. youtu.be/Q6bUSdN9pZo

And Then There Were

Original Instrumental

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- it's a national holiday. - i'm still recovering and rest would be a good thing. ... so why do i still feel like i have to justify taking a day off to myself? the mental gymnastics that i feel compelled to go through when it's completely ok to take a national holiday off.
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