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MeidasTouch
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Stephen Colbert wore a tan suit to the Obama Presidential Center opening ceremony đ REUTERS/Octavio Jones
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Jen McGowan
3 months ago
Alright yâall this is a small thing but an easy one Stop buying books from Amazon Instead buy them from
Bookshop.com
which supports your local bookstores Hereâs a 20% discount on your first order
refer.bookshop.org/jen52349
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Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
https://Bookshop.com
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Merriam-Webster
4 months ago
âHeyâ came before âhi,â and âhi' came before âhello.â âHiâ is most likely a variant of âhey.â âHelloâ is not related to either. Goodbye.
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Tim Onion
5 months ago
Once again, it turns out âfully autonomousâ means âa guy in the Philippines.â
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It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio PeĂąa, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/waymos-controlled-workers-philippines
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Auschwitz Memorial
5 months ago
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.
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Letterboxd
5 months ago
Wagner Moura wins Best Actor in a Motion Picture â Drama for The Secret Agent đ
#GoldenGlobes
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Jess Piper
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Iâm so glad I read this. It might be hard, but itâs possible to change things.
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Proud to be a member and volunteer
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#ThatsWhyAIIC
#InternationalVolunteerDay
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Canât wait to watch this!
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Harry Wallop
7 months ago
Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in todayâs
@thetimes.com
about Tom Stoppard
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âWhat we need as a society right now is more Renaissance people. More people who are able to think through multiple discourses. It's not that the humanities just give you soft skills. It's that the knowledge and resources of the humanities are important for a range of careers (âŚ)â
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Let's deliver 150 turkeys to Ward 5 families. Itâs time for the 12th annual Union Market District Turkey Drive!
lacosechadc.app.neoncrm.com/campaigns/un...
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Union Market District Turkey Drive
Let's deliver 150 turkeys to Ward 5 families. Itâs time for the 12th annual Union Market District Turkey Drive! Weâre partnering with Harveyâs by Soko and Council member Zachary Parker to collect dona...
https://lacosechadc.app.neoncrm.com/campaigns/union-market-turkey-drive-2025
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Merriam-Webster
8 months ago
Not to be THAT dictionary, but⌠Itâs âper se,â not âper say.â Itâs âdog-eat-dog world,â not âdoggy-dog world.â Itâs âhunger pangs,â not âhunger pains.â Itâs âone and the same,â not âone in the same.â It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
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The Associated Press
9 months ago
BREAKING: For her work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela, MarĂa Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
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MarĂa Corina Machado of Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Opposition activist MarĂa Corina Machado of Venezuela has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key figure in unifying Venezuela's political opposition.
https://bit.ly/4mYH5TM
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Not sure Iâm in the right mindset for this kind of reading.
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Laszlo Krasznahorkai Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/books/laszlo-krasznahorkai-nobel-prize-in-literature.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sE8.wpeA.9C2a_FZXNfuW&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Bookshop.org
9 months ago
Canât decide what to buy on Prime Day? Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead đ
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Famous Last Words: Dr. Jane Goodall (2025)
Dr. Jane Goodall connected humanity and nature in unprecedented ways. In this deeply personal interview, she shares her final message with the world.
https://boxd.it/Y0Ry
9 months ago
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Today!
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Julia Carrie Wong
9 months ago
this exists it is called thinking
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
10 months ago
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Merriam-Webster
10 months ago
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
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Ellen Hopkins
11 months ago
Writer friends, the goal is clear.
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WeRateDogs
11 months ago
Here are the Top 5 Dogs of July!
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Film Updates
about 1 year ago
âTHE SECRET AGENTâ has won 2 Cannes prizes: ⢠Best Actor (Wagner Moura) ⢠Best Director (Kleber Mendonça Filho)
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The New York Times
about 1 year ago
Julia Parsons, a U.S. Navy code breaker during World War II who was among the last survivors of a top-secret team of women that unscrambled messages to and from German U-boats, has died at 104.
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Julia Parsons, U.S. Navy Code Breaker During World War II, Dies at 104
Soon after her officer training in Washington, she was recruited to a classified code-breaking team. She kept her work secret for decades, even from her family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/world/julia-parsons-dead.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
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Charlotte Clymer
about 1 year ago
I don't even know what to say. What do you say to something like this? So deeply cruel and inhumane and enraging.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide
Other Epstein victims credited Giuffre with giving them the courage to speak out.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/virginia-giuffre-one-jeffrey-epsteins-prominent-abuse-survivors-dies-s-rcna203027
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about 1 year ago
đď¸ Sat, May 17 â Panel on the future of interpreter training, including AIIC USAâs own
@mirnasoares.bsky.social
, Kilian G. Seeber, Jibola Sofolahan, Amanda Forsythe, Maha El-Metwally, Gillian Misener, moderated by Denise de Vasconcelos. đ˘ Register:
aiic.org/client/event...
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Merriam-Webster
about 1 year ago
Sometimes when we borrow words from other languages, English can become delightfully redundant.
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Carl T. Bergstrom
about 1 year ago
This piece from
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starts with a bang and just gets better and better. Gift link.
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Opinion | The Tech Fantasy That Powers A.I. Is Running on Fumes (Gift Article)
A.I. is just what we need in the post-fact era: less research and more predicting what we want to hear.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/opinion/ai-tech-innovation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7k4.oG8D.H6ureDIHnmAO&smid=url-share
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Charlotte Moore-Lambert
over 1 year ago
being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:
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Will try this soon!
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Just no
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Guillermo del Toro
over 1 year ago
I hope Brazil will make history tonight.
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Governor Gavin Newsom
over 1 year ago
California is partnering with 21 Brazilian state governors on solutions to protect the environment and cut harmful pollution. We're establishing a formal communication channel to share successful approaches to clean transportation, climate adaptation, forest management & more.
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Que maravilha de livro! Como ficção e memĂłrias podem ser a mesma coisaâŚ
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Bambino a Roma: Ficção by Chico Buarque
Leque de impressþes de uma infância vivida e imaginada, Bambino a Roma tem nas memórias de Chico ...
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/78939ec3-d005-430d-bfd1-9c771b98f7be
over 1 year ago
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The 51st News need 142 new paid members to keep things going. Totally worth it!
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Sherrilyn Ifill
over 1 year ago
On Feb. 14th I try always to give honor to one of the greatest contributors to American democracy in our nationâs history, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, Douglass never knew his actual birthdate, and adopted Feb. 14th as the day. His penetrating insights about our country inspire me daily.
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Rev. Meg or Mo Trimm
over 1 year ago
In celebration of
#BlackHistoryMonth
, here is work from one of my favorite artists, Bisa Butler! This is a QUILT! Check her out, and a little about the significance of quilts as a medium here:
www.artic.edu/exhibitions/...
No one can stop us celebrating the things that make our hearts sing!
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Eric Falquero
over 1 year ago
Please tell your people about The 51st. Our ~biggest challenge~ is letting folks know we exist. We believe news is a public service, so subscription is free! We immediatelyâźď¸saw more people give us a chance after some of our subscribers shared with their networks yesterday âŹď¸. Thanks in advance!
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Claire Willett
over 1 year ago
ASL interpreters who work in the arts (concerts, opera, theatre, etc) deserve to be valued as artists too. it takes so much skill to be this good at capturing the FEEL of music beyond just translating the meaning of the text and itâs an invaluable accessibility service
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The Sirensâ Call
@chrislhayes.bsky.social
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Sarah Weinman
over 1 year ago
VERY good news from
@bookshop-org.bsky.social
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Indie Bookstores Will Soon Be Able to Sell E-Books (Gift Article)
Bookshop, a site that lets independent, bricks-and-mortar bookshops sell their books online, is launching an app that will allow the sales of e-books, too.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/books/indie-bookshop-e-books.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sk4.gUw9.pntrs1GCXRvD&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Ellen Roche
over 1 year ago
Fellow scientists, please consider speaking w/ media about what this means for "regular Americans." The link below is to contact a reporter who's collecting stories about the unfolding NIH situation - pls share anonymously or on record.
@anniewaldman.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/people/annie...
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Got online tickets for By Design, Heightened Scrutiny, Life After and Prime Minister. Canât wait to watch them next week!
#sundance
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