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allyship: (noun) (pronounced: al-lie-ship) supporting a marginalized group without being a member of that group; an ally of that group. Allyship works on the principle that as long as anybody is held down, then everybody is held down.

The Almost Daily

It was on this day... well, evening... right at a quarter after 8 (EST) in 1964 that the Beattles premeriered on The Ed Sullivan Show. They played three songs: “All My Lovin’,” “Til There was You,” and “She Loves You.” By most accounts, the Beattles were really not that good there on stage, but nobody cared. And then they faded into obscurity.

The real trivia, though, is that the Beattles were followed by one on the most charming and talented magicians ever, a guy named Fred Kaps. And his performance was said to be really good. But... nobody cared. Talk about a tough act to follow.

Cartoon of the Week

"How long do we have to live here before they stop calling us European Starlings?"

STUFF

Starlings

Wouldn’t it be great

to murmurate?

Hundreds or thousands or even more,

to move together as one?

Some say it’s a way to survive, or

maybe they do it for fun.

Only a few species of birds murmurate.

Grackles and blackbirds and a sandpiper or two.

But it’s the lowly starling –

Sturnus vulgaris –

that does it so well.

To rise

to fall

to be one

to be all

To fall

to rise

to soar

to glide

to become the wind

If I were to come back as a bird,

if that is to be my fate,

then I’d want to be a starling,

so I could murmurate.

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