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   Mary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS! (maryaustinbooks@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Dec-2024 01:45:05 JST Mary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS!

   Nothing to see here, just an 18th century Pennsylvanian Quaker man born with dwarfism who ran away to sea in his youth, learned of the horrors of slavery, and became a radical abolitionist and eventually a cave dwelling, gender conscious vegetarian animal rights activist too. 🤯 This is why kids don't get into history; people like the "Quaker comet," as Benjamin Lay became known, get written out.

   Dude would have been a hell of a follow on Mastodon.

   #Disability #Racism
   https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-18th-century-quaker-dwarf-who-challenged-slavery-meat-eating-and-racism

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     Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 (lazarou@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Dec-2024 02:22:55 JST Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈

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     @MaryAustinBooks of all the Christian sects the Quakers are one of the few I have time for. They actually read that book....

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     Robert Link (phaedral@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Dec-2024 02:23:16 JST Robert Link

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     • Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈
     • there is beauty in simplicity

     @kinsale42 @Lazarou @MaryAustinBooks I feel you. No criticism, no blame. When you calm down a bit you can articulate a little better what's got under your skin. I have from time to time wondered about the seemingly infinite forks with what, to my eye, was negligible substantive difference.

     And still "sudo aptitude" is one of my favorite video games.

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     there is beauty in simplicity (kinsale42@mstdn.games)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Dec-2024 02:23:17 JST there is beauty in simplicity

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     • Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈

     @Lazarou @MaryAustinBooks same!

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     meanidea 🇹🇼 🇺🇦 (meanidea@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Dec-2024 13:22:08 JST meanidea 🇹🇼 🇺🇦

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     @MaryAustinBooks

     Atun-Shei plug:
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIkQrr8pgSI

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     Mary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS! (maryaustinbooks@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Dec-2024 13:28:29 JST Mary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS!

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     • PNW Deb

     @DebR
     So many brave people were written out of history for not being able bodied white Christian men. Here's another I didn't learn about in school.

     https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=24115

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     PNW Deb (debr@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Dec-2024 13:28:31 JST PNW Deb

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     @MaryAustinBooks I’ve never heard of her m. Why is that?

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