Michael C Nelson @mikecnelson

Joined February 2011

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PopMatters @PopMatters

a year ago

1967 and Robyn Hitchcock's Quest to Stay High for Eternity ➡️ tinyurl.com/RH1967 Robyn Hitchcock’s memoir 1967 taps into the music high that untethered the restraints of boarding school and shaped his life and music for eternity. – @salvatorism

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PopMatters @PopMatters

2 years ago

Breaking the Habit: Can the US Kick a Century of Drug Dependence? ➡️tinyurl.com/ywkrctdf QUICK FIXES [@VersoBooks] explores America’s stubborn addiction to drugs and looks beyond failed drug wars for a way to break the habit once and for all. Hint: it has little to do with…

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PopMatters @PopMatters

2 years ago

W. E. B. Du Bois Unfinished WWI History Speaks Volumes About America ➡️ tinyurl.com/WoundedWorld W. E. B. Du Bois hoped that WWI would help Black Americans make gains at home after serving their country abroad. His work for racial progress, like America itself, remains…

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PopMatters @PopMatters

3 years ago

.@AndrewNagorski's engrossing biography, SAVING FREUD: THE RESCUERS WHO BROUGHT HIM TO FREEDOM (@SimonBooks), brings forth the dangerous power of denial. - @mikecnelson bit.ly/3Eg4T0T

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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion

5 years ago

"My daughter argues that as long as she’s seeing all of her friends together in school, they should be able to gather together in their houses as well. Unfortunately, she has risk exactly backward. She’s not alone; lots of Americans do." — @aaronecarroll nyti.ms/3lA6CUL

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zoe kazan @zoeinthecities

7 years ago

I have thrown away the unread New Yorkers that were in a pile on the floor and which you were probably saving for absolutely no reason Forgive me they were from 2015 so dusty and so old

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Abandoned Places @abandonedspaces

7 years ago

Abandoned clown train, because you weren’t planning on sleeping any time soon...

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John Lewis @repjohnlewis

7 years ago

Happy Birthday, @BarackObama #goodtrouble

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W. Kamau Bell @wkamaubell

7 years ago

GOP: "Black people, why aren't you more excited about the thriving economy?" Black People: "Well, maybe it's because even though Trump's economy has given me a good job, Trump's followers call the cops on me every time I leave my house to go to work."

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W. Kamau Bell @wkamaubell

7 years ago

Never forget: If you had a day at work like the day @realDonaldTrump had today, security would be at your office waiting for you, asking for your key card, w/ all your possessions in a box, & a cup for you to pee in. #TreasonSummit #TrumpTreason #ImpeachTrump

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John Lewis @repjohnlewis

7 years ago

57 years ago today I was released from Mississippi State Penitentiary, better known as Parchman, after being arrested in the Jackson, MS bus station for using a so-called "white" restroom during the Freedom Rides. #goodtrouble

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Stephen King @StephenKing

7 years ago

Republicans who remain silent in the face of Donald Trump's ugly, divisive tactics and attacks, take note of what another Republican said 150 years ago: "To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men." Abraham Lincoln

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Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts

7 years ago

Senator who has taken more than $3 million from the @NRA is upset a gun violence victim used the word “fuck” after she was shot at by a convicted stalker who had easy access to a gun.

Marco Rubio @marcorubio

7 years ago

Senator who has taken more than $3 million from the @NRA is upset a gun violence victim used the word “fuck” after she was shot at by a convicted stalker who had easy access to a gun.

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Stephen King @StephenKing

7 years ago

Here's what Matthew 18:6 has to say about the Trump policy of putting kids in cages: "...whoso shall offend one of these little ones...it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea."

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Robyn Hitchcock @RobynHitchcock

7 years ago

You and me both, Susanna :) So over the years I’ve evolved my drone & spangle guitar style using high inversions and open strings: drangle on, baby...

Susanna Hoffs @SusannaHoffs

7 years ago

You and me both, Susanna :) So over the years I’ve evolved my drone & spangle guitar style using high inversions and open strings: drangle on, baby...

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Dalai Lama @DalaiLama

7 years ago

We may say prayers when we are trying to solve the problems we face, but it is up to us to put an end to violence and bring about peace. Creating peace is our responsibility. To pray for peace while still engaging in the causes that give rise to violence is contradictory.