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John Benson

@firejohn78

Don't follow me, I don't know where I'm going.

Joined July 2011
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I don’t think people realize how hard it is for those struggling with their mental health or profound grief to engage in BASIC activities of daily living. If you’re struggling to shower, or get out of bed, I want you to know, you’re not broken. Do what you can, when you can, and let that be enough in that moment. XO, Dr. Jen
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Gail Carriger@gailcarrigerOct 26
Over on my blog I'm interviewing a wonderful new Steampunk author, Naomi Eselojor. Come learn all about her! gailcarriger.com/2026/10/13/…
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A look back at how Columbia Records introduced Head Hunters to the world in 1973. And over five decades later, the album still sounds as fresh and funky as ever. Listen here: lnk.to/HHHeadHunters 🎹
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The only mimic that exists here in the real world – at Cahokia, IL
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Today is a mathematical date we won't see again for 78 years. 10/24/26 10² + 24² = 26² It's called a Pythagorean Triple Day. There are infinitely many Pythagorean triples, but only 12 dates this century satisfy the equation.Today is the last. Next one: March 4, 2105.
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8 Books That Will Comfort Your Soul bit.ly/4eudAXq
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“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” ― Aldous Huxley
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Gail Carriger@gailcarrigerOct 23
30+ Best Early Steampunk Books: An Entirely Non Preferential List from Gail Carriger (2009) bit.ly/3rUkvos
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"One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things." Henry Miller
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Gail Carriger, Why the Octopus? bit.ly/3wiwGs7
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NEED A GIFT ??! 🎄🎁 📚 🎨 🦌🎄 There are 3 #MostGifted #FiveStarRated womensart books to choose from! Via any bookshop... amazon.co.uk/Reframing-Women…
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Max Fleischer was the first, and for a very long time only, animator to feature black performers. This is Louis Armstrong 1932 in the Betty Boop cartoon I'll be glad when you're dead you rascal you!
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Famed soprano Martina Arroyo has died. She was 90. With her luminous voice and ease on stage, the Harlem native broke barriers as one of the first major Black opera stars in the 1960s and 1970s. She was also familiar to the nation's TV viewers at the time as a frequent guest on Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show." In 2013, she was honored by the Kennedy Center, just one of her many awards. Arroyo announced her retirement in 1989 and devoted herself to teaching.
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The Stray Cats sharing the stage with @eddievanhalen at New York City's Brooklyn Academy of Music in August of 1988! 🎸
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