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Lockdown Update Day 126
Another facebook video (again via Kerk):
A Crowd Surfing American Hero: Remembering Congressman John Lewis
Everyone knows that Rep. John Lewis, the “Conscience of the Congress,” was a true American hero. Tonight, Stephen Colbert takes a moment to remember the FUN side of this very special friend of the show, who we will dearly miss.
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Long thread, if you go onto Twitter it details the whole thing.
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And finally today's art. First Nations Cree artist Vanessa Hyggen, who learned beading from her grandmother, is now applying traditional beadwork to pandemic masks. She says the artwork elevates the masks into sources of power and strength (x).

A Crowd Surfing American Hero: Remembering Congressman John Lewis
Everyone knows that Rep. John Lewis, the “Conscience of the Congress,” was a true American hero. Tonight, Stephen Colbert takes a moment to remember the FUN side of this very special friend of the show, who we will dearly miss.
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Long thread, if you go onto Twitter it details the whole thing.
Moms sing lullaby “hands up please don’t shoot me” pic.twitter.com/GJhj8ymn12
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) July 21, 2020
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COVID Update July 19: I asked people to send one photograph & a short caption that best summarized their life during the pandemic.
— Andy Slavitt @ 🏡 (@ASlavitt) July 19, 2020
Here are a few of them. Feel free to add at the end of the last tweet.
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And finally today's art. First Nations Cree artist Vanessa Hyggen, who learned beading from her grandmother, is now applying traditional beadwork to pandemic masks. She says the artwork elevates the masks into sources of power and strength (x).

