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GirlFuturist

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Artist with an MBA, dual American French citizen, seeker of wisdom. In search of art, politics (well, used to be), smart sane people, sustainability, orchids. Currently in Boise.

  1. If Trump’s sycophants start bullying Zelenskyy about his war zone clothes, this is what Churchill wore when he visited ghe WH during WW2

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  2. 2.5 million people is more than a quarter of the population. The equivalent of more than 85 million people protesting on the same day in the United States.

    By comparison, an estimated five million people joined USA No Kings Day protests.

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  3. Covid accelerates vascular aging An 18-country, 38-center study of ~2,000 participants —Effect predominantly in women, adding 5 years of aging —Seen with non-hospitalized and mild-moderate Covid —Reversible in some at 1-year; vaccination link to protection apps.crossref.org/pendingpub/p...

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  4. Although Animal Farm is a popular book in schools, it has faced censorship. The John Birch Society challenged it because it refers to the masses revolting against government, and schools have removed it from curricula because of its “political ideas.” /end

    A "warning" about Animal Farm from a school library's display of banned and challenged books.
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  5. The animals characterize various aspects of Stalinist Russia, and speak in different ways according to their motives. The animals that become dictatorial speak in convoluted language akin to propaganda, while the others speak clearly and simply. /3

    One of Ralph Steadman's illustration for Animal Farm.
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  6. Orwell, a democratic socialist, had come to despise Stalinism during the Spanish Civil War. However, when he wrote the book between November 1943 and February 1944, the U.K. was in an alliance with the Soviet Union against the Nazis. Publishers initially rejected the work. /2

    George Orwell's press card photo for the Branch of the National Union of Journalists, 1943.
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  7. #ResistanceRoots

    Today in history, 1945: George Orwell’s novella “Animal Farm” is first published. The story is a satire of Stalinist Russia involving a group of anthropomorphic farm animals who try to create a utopian society but wind up with a dictatorship. /1

    Cover of the first edition of Animal Farm.
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