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Politico
9 days ago
She spoke out about Gaza. Now she can't use a credit card. The UN investigator for Palestinian territories is facing U.S. sanctions and accused of antisemitism by the State Department.
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She Spoke Out About Gaza. Now She Canât Use a Credit Card.
After accusing governments and corporations of complicity in Gaza, the U.N. investigator for Palestine territories now finds herself in Washingtonâs crosshairs.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/03/30/gaza-israel-un-criticize-us-sanction-00850477
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Nolan Void
8 days ago
Oh so now copyright matters.
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404 Media
24 days ago
A newly published study of how college students interact with chatbots and human strangers showed talking to a random person offers more connection than an LLM.
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Texting a Random Stranger Better for Loneliness Than Talking to a Chatbot, Study Shows
A newly published study of how college students interact with chatbots and human strangers showed talking to a random person offers more connection than an LLM.
https://www.404media.co/chatgpt-loneliness-study-college-students-random-strangers-texting/
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Really great update on where the social media ban is at. A lot of insidery bits sprinkled throughout.
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Jacob Bacharach
about 1 month ago
A country built on losers: I reviewed two books on sports betting and wrote about gambling, the vile vice that's eating the world, for
@newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2073...
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How Gambling Ate the World
In less than a decade, betting apps swallowed sports. And now theyâre doing the same to the news.
https://newrepublic.com/article/207374/gambling-sports-news-united-states
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Really interesting study that found AI use is concentrated in opinion articles (rather than straight news) at top newspapers
arxiv.org/pdf/2510.18774
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Some amazing photos around from the No Kings protests - this one taken near the Metropolitan Detention Center in LA. đžCredit: Etienne Laurent / AFP / Getty
www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
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Such a useful lecture at this moment in time
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Crikey
15 days ago
Exclusive | The leadership of the National Anti-Corruption Commission will for the first time be grilled on its work by a major parliamentary inquiry.
www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/26/f...
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First major probe of NACC will allow MPs to 'drag body into the light'
Long-standing gripes about the NACC's lack of public hearings will form part of a parliamentary inquiry into the body.
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/26/first-major-probe-of-nacc-will-allow-mps-to-drag-body-into-the-light/
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Incredible stuff. Never change Sky News
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Andrew Deck
16 days ago
I took a closer look at the ProPublica unionâs vote to strike, including their demand for protection from AI-related layoffs. The vote marks the first time a major U.S. newsroom has authorized a strike, at least in part, over AI protections.
www.niemanlab.org/2026/03/prop...
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ProPublicaâs union authorizes the first U.S. newsroom strike over AI protections
The Guild has voted to walk off the job if ProPublica doesnât agree to a ban on AI-related layoffs, as well as âjust causeâ for firings, seniority provisions during layoffs, and wage increases.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/03/propublicas-union-authorizes-the-first-u-s-newsroom-strike-over-ai-protections/
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Phil Klay
18 days ago
âA veteran of Iraq like Mr. Hegseth should know better. The enemy always gets a vote, and even after a victorious campaign, the effect of war on a population may have complex, unwanted and sometimes catastrophic consequencesâ I wrote about Iran for
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/o...
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Opinion | Trump Has Made a Fundamental Miscalculation about Iran
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/opinion/trump-iran-war-memes.html
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"If Labor merely manages, does it win the short-term while sacrificing the long term, steering the country through one crisis while steering it into another?"
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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Only one party can defang One Nation, and itâs not the Libs
The political circumstances for the government are treacherous right now. But thatâs why opportunity knocks so loudly for Anthony Albanese.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/only-one-party-can-defang-one-nation-and-it-s-not-the-libs-20260322-p5rmgt.html
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Israeli settlers have carried out a series of attacks across the occupied West Bank, setting homes and vehicles on fire and wounding several Palestinians in what witnesses described as coordinated raids on communities.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Israeli settlers carry out series of West Bank attacks as security forces stand by
Witnesses describe coordinated raids in which homes and vehicles were set on fire and several Palestinians injured
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/22/israeli-settlers-carry-out-series-of-west-bank-attacks-as-security-forces-stand-by
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"What we are seeing right now in Lebanon is a rapidly deteriorating and large-scale humanitarian crisis.â
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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'The same tragedy, again and again': At 33, Abbas has been displaced three times
Abbas Ayoub has fled Beirut's Dahiyeh for the third time, as more than a million Lebanese people are forced from their homes.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/inside-lebanons-growing-displacement-crisis/ih7ntv5xh
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Defector
23 days ago
"Seeing Anderson so full of nerves every time he went on stage really drove home how much the moment meant to him, and just how long he's been waiting for this."
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Paul Thomas Anderson Finally Gets His Coronation | Defector
There are two surefire ways to win an Oscar as a great director. One is to make a movie that crowns you the undisputed king of Hollywood, conquering the box office and the critics alikeâin otherâŠ
https://defector.com/paul-thomas-anderson-finally-gets-his-coronation
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Wired has done such incredible stuff recently!!!
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23 days ago
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skipperblues
23 days ago
SAM KERR DOING WHAT SHE DOES BEST đźâđš
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Extremely vindicating for everyone on the editorial side of a news company who has ever had to collaborate with the business side to make any kind of decision
news.cornell.edu/stories/2026...
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Workers who love âsynergizing paradigmsâ might be bad at their jobs | Cornell Chronicle
Employees who are impressed by vague corporate-speak like âsynergistic leadership,â or âgrowth-hacking paradigmsâ may struggle with practical decision-making, a new Cornell study into âcorporate BSâ r...
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/03/workers-who-love-synergizing-paradigms-might-be-bad-their-jobs
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ABC News Bot (unofficial)
26 days ago
BACA members accompany kids to court, stand guard outside their homes, and provide a sense of safety with burly presences and deeply rumbling motorbikes.
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The bikers transforming the lives of abused children, one ride at a time
BACA members accompany kids to court, stand guard outside their homes, and provide a sense of safety with burly presences and deeply rumbling motorbikes.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-15/bikers-against-child-abuse-australia-young-people-abuse-safety/106307714
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"Are we at war? It's a reasonable question for Australians to ask, given the government is sending one of its most sophisticated reconnaissance planes â crewed by dozens of military personnel â to the Middle East."
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
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Is Australia at war? Legally, the answer is yes
It's a reasonable question for Australians to ask given the government is sending a sophisticated reconnaissance plane â crewed by dozens of military personnel â to the Middle East. And legal experts ...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-10/speaking-plainly-if-australia-is-at-war-with-iran-government/106437946
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please let me ghostwrite your substack
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Jason Koebler
about 1 month ago
passive voice final boss grand champion honorable mention award for turning slurs into a sentient thing that can do actions
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...
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Slurs Filled a Chat Created by a Republican Party Official in Florida
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/us/florida-gop-slurs-group-chat.html
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Intelligencer
about 1 month ago
Air strikes have never dislodged a regime. And Professor Robert Pape, an expert on the limits of such tactics, argues that such military tactics are more likely to deepen Trumpâs Iran problem than solve it.
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Why Trump Is About to Lose Control in Iran
Air strikes have never dislodged a regime. And Professor Robert Pape, an expert on the limits of such tactics, argues that such military tactics are more likely to deepen Trumpâs Iran problem than solve it.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/why-trump-is-about-to-lose-control-in-iran.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky
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This doco is great - Australians can now catch it on DocPlay
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...
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âSome parents said theyâd break my kneesâ: the teacher who exposed Putinâs primary school propaganda
Grenade-throwing contests replaced PE and âdenazificationâ speeches became homework. Pavel Talankinâs undercover film about his schoolâs indoctrination drive won a Bafta and is tipped for an Oscar, bu...
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/02/teacher-putin-primary-school-propoganda-mr-nobody-against-putin-pavel-talankin
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Samuel Ashworth
about 1 month ago
This is a hell of a piece of writing by Sam Kriss
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Childâs Play, by Sam Kriss
Techâs new generation and the end of thinking
https://harpers.org/archive/2026/03/childs-play-sam-kriss-ai-startup-roy-lee/
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Alvin Chang
about 1 month ago
My latest: Happy map
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Happy map
100,000 moments of human happiness, mapped
https://pudding.cool/2026/02/happy-map/
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âDemocratic consent is lacking. And once again, there are few defined goals by which to gauge success, and no long-term plan.â
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A world on edge as Trump bombs Iran and triggers war in the Middle East. There was no need for this | Simon Tisdall
We cannot know where this foolish, reckless attack will end â but new hatreds will be seeded, terrorist vendettas sown and, ultimately, little will be achieved, says Guardian foreign affairs commentat...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/28/donald-trump-bombs-iran-war-middle-east
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The New York Times
about 1 month ago
In
@nytopinion.nytimes.com
By attacking Iran, President Trump âis telling the American people and the world that he expects their blind trust,â the editorial board writes. âHe has not earned that trust.â
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Opinion | Why Have You Started This War, Mr. President?
Donald Trump promised voters that he would end wars, not start them.
https://nyti.ms/4cTzZyq
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Avery Trufelman
about 2 months ago
this is so well done
pudding.cool/2026/02/wome...
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Sizing chaos
The inter-generational struggle to find clothes that fit more than a tiny portion of women
https://pudding.cool/2026/02/womens-sizing/
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ABC News Bot (unofficial)
about 1 month ago
An ABC investigation has obtained distressing videos and victims' accounts of IS sympathisers hunting and bashing gay and bisexual boys on camera in Sydney.
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'You wanna be gay?': Sydney teens bashed on camera in IS-inspired attacks
An ABC investigation has obtained distressing videos and victims' accounts of IS sympathisers hunting and bashing gay and bisexual boys on camera in Sydney.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-25/lgbtq-sydney-teenagers-bashed-on-camera-in-is-inspired-attacks/106381614
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casey morell
about 2 months ago
interesting from
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on the future of the economist ->
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Exclusive: Storied, faceless, and stubbornly profitable: The Economist braces for change
A publication famed for its brilliant, monolithic anonymity faces a moment of intense individualization and personalization.
https://www.semafor.com/article/02/22/2026/storied-faceless-and-stubbornly-profitable-the-economist-braces-for-change
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New York Magazine
about 2 months ago
The latest cache of documents released by the DOJ reveals that Jeffrey Epstein had an established system for making sure the women in his orbit were tested for STDs, prescribed birth-control pills, and inoculated against HPVâ including making regular payments to gynecologists.
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The Doctors Who Helped Epstein Keep His âGirlsâ in Shape
âDo you remember the gynecologist you used to send your victims to?â
https://www.thecut.com/article/the-gynecologists-who-helped-epstein.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=nym&utm_source=bluesky
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Candice Frederick
about 2 months ago
The Washington Postâs Leaders Missed the Point
www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...
reading this and thinking about the many other culture desks that were gutted over the last year. it's all a shame.
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The âWashington Postâ Leaders Missed the Point
The editor of the recently scrapped Book World believes in serving subscribers, not data.
https://www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/02/the-washington-posts-books-section-worked/686070/?utm_source=feed
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The Guardian
about 2 months ago
Oscar-nominated co-writer of It Was Just an Accident released from Iranian prison
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Oscar-nominated co-writer of It Was Just an Accident released from Iranian prison
Mehdi Mahmoudian released 17 days after arrest for signing a statement condemning Iranâs supreme leader and regimeâs protest crackdown Mehdi Mahmoudian, the Oscar-nominated cowriter of It Was Just an Accident, has been released from an Iranian prison 17 days after his arrest, according to local media reports. Mahmoudian was arrested in Tehran shortly after signing a statement condemning Iranâs supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the regimeâs violent crackdown on demonstrators. On Tuesday, he was released from the Nowshahr prison, along with two other signatories of the statement, Vida Rabbani and Abdollah Momeni. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/18/mehdi-mahmoudian-it-was-just-an-accident-co-writer-released-from-iranian-prison?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Nieman Lab
about 2 months ago
How The New York Times uses a custom AI tool to track the âmanosphereâ
www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/how-...
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How The New York Times uses a custom AI tool to track the âmanosphereâ
The daily podcast round-up is just one way the Times is adopting in-house AI transcription and summarization tools.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/how-the-new-york-times-uses-a-custom-ai-tool-to-track-the-manosphere/
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Casey Newton
about 2 months ago
At least one Meta employee thinks it's a good time to add facial recognition technology to glasses because we're too distracted by fascism to effectively protest
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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ProPublica
about 2 months ago
Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica. They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
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The Kids Trump Sent to ICEâs Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
https://www.propublica.org/article/life-inside-ice-dilley-children?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1770868805&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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A new video obtained by ABC NEWS Verify shows the full minute leading up to a man in a white business shirt being punched several times by NSW Police at Monday nightâs protest against Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
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Fresh video shows police pushing protester before fight broke out
A new video filmed by a bystander and shared with ABC NEWS Verify shows the full minute before two police officers began punching a protester, shedding light on the beginning of the altercation.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/-white-shirt-man-town-hall-protests-punched-new-video/106332094
about 2 months ago
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Moira Donegan
2 months ago
Really nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."
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Sophie Black
2 months ago
đ„ scoop đ„ from
@keanebernard.bsky.social
: travelled overseas? your biometric data + potentially everything from your Medicare card to your drivers licence is being handed to US agencies like ICE
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sarah jeong
2 months ago
i don't know if i've ever seen a chotining where chotiner gives up in the middle and goes "ok buddy. here's your petard."
www.newyorker.com/culture/q-an...
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What a âMelaniaâ Cinematographer Hoped to Accomplish
Dante Spinotti has had a legendary Hollywood career. Why is he making propaganda for the Trump family?
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/q-and-a/what-a-melania-cinematographer-hoped-to-accomplish
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"Writing this piece is a losing game. In order to criticize the Free Pressâ failures, I have to do something they refuse to do with so many of the subjects they write about: I have to be interested in them."
open.substack.com/pub/internet...
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Centrist imaginations
A response to a bad article, a bad book, and a bad publication
https://open.substack.com/pub/internetprincess/p/centrist-imaginations?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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The White House posted a digitally altered image of a woman who was arrested on Thursday in a case touted by the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, to make it seem as if she was dramatically crying, a Guardian analysis of the image has found.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/22/white-house-ice-protest-arrest-altered-image
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Adam Klasfeld
3 months ago
The head of Trump DOJ's Civil Rights Division boosts prediction markets placing 36% odds she'll be able to prosecute Don Lemon for his journalism, after a federal magistrate judge found no probable cause of a crime.
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Sam Levin
3 months ago
ICE detained a 5-year-old Minnesota boy coming home from school + took him and his dad to Texas, school officials say. The family has an active asylum case + entered the US at a port of entry. "Theyâre taking children. They're not violent criminals. They're little kids," the superintendent told me.
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ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy as he came home, say school officials
Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/21/ice-arrests-five-year-old-boy-minnesota
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