patrascan

@patrascan@ohai.social

74, female, suburban Philadelphia, progressive, lover of books, music, film and stuffing my eyes with wonder

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benthos , to VinylRecords group
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Ella Fitzgerald - "The Irving Berlin Songbook" (1958)

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https://youtu.be/GFtd4NeOHVU?si=JfrFwMXF5yOQmTed

patrascan ,

@benthos @vinylrecords any day spent listening to Ella Fitzgerald is a wonderful day!

chrisnelsonsdog , to random
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My irises are blooming!

patrascan ,

@chrisnelsonsdog gorgeous! That color borders on salacious

patrascan ,

@dillyd @chrisnelsonsdog ditto!

rbreich , to random
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Republicans don't mind debt forgiveness when it's THEIR debt. Trump declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy 6 times.

MTG was happy to get her $180K PPP loan forgiven.

But when middle-class and poor Americans need help paying for an education, suddenly debt relief is out of the question.

patrascan ,

@rbreich a loan has a borrower and a lender. On student loans, for example, who holds the note--to whom is this money owed? Not all of these loans came from federal govt coffers. Some investors are owed. When student loans are forgiven, does that mean the federal govt pays off the balance to the noteholder? Or does the note disappear unpaid? I am not criticizing loan forgiveness. I am simply trying to understand the other (non-borrower) side.

charlesroper , to bookstodon group
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I am fascinated by short novels at the moment. I intend to savour this list from Emily Temple writing for lithub.com

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-50-best-contemporary-novels-under-200-pages

Any recommendations from the folk? Any thoughts on the novels presented in this list or from elsewhere?

@bookstodon

patrascan ,

@Montag @kimlockhartga @charlesroper @bookstodon I, too, read "Cat's Cradle" fairly young and it knocked my socks off! Profound influence on me as a reader and as a thinker.

mondoweiss , to palestine group
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There are 2.4 million starving people in Gaza. This is an absolute joke.


@palestine @israel

patrascan ,

@axeshun @mondoweiss @palestine @israel thanks for your measured response. You make good points

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