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Freelance writer and editor in metro Detroit. Words in Outside, National Geographic, the Guardian, Audubon, Harvard Public Health, Well+Good, WebMD & more.
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These are maintenance meds that we need every day. We should be able to use the one that works best for us, not keep asking our doctors to prescribe a new one because the cost is unreasonable.
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It's unconscionable. My everyday maintenance inhaler costs $600/month without the coupon I'm using. When the coupon runs out, I'll need to switch to something else.
I've had to do this with my kid's daily inhaler, too--when insurance changed, the cost became several hundred $, so had to switch.
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So they're moving away from the news and the professional writers--and toward just aggregating other people's news and paying nonprofessionals to "write" with AI. What readers want this?!
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They keep outdoing themselves in efforts to be less of a newspaper and more a seller of crappy content.
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They keep finding ways to be less and less of a news organization.
What readers want more aggregation and crappy "content" produced by "nonprofessionals" and AI?!
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Eeeek, I don't think I'm brave enough. One was pecking/grabbing my hair on the back of my head, so I wouldn't want to offer up my eyes! #ParkChat
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A5. This is last year, but kayaking through a little sea cave in Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.
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The criminal history was wearing a Chicago Bulls hat.
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Related: Stop saying the administration is "cracking down" on immigrants or international students, as if they have committed crimes.
Many of the people rounded up--including the third grader in Sackets Harbor--have done nothing wrong.
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Yes. There is absolutely no reason anyone should die of measles in 2025.
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I hope other principals, teachers, and parents are taking notes.
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More of them need to stand up.
The Tufts president did, too. He stood up for Rümeysa Öztürk even though the op-ed that she wrote was criticizing him.
www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
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And this from CMU: "'These are members of our community that we have recruited to come here,' Harris said, adding that DHS officials have offered no explanation of why they revoked the students’ immigration records."
www.bridgemi.com/talent-educa...
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Should have been our VP.
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Or eating food
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So cruel to so many people.
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That dog looks really unhappy about being held by the greasy guy.
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People will die with all the medical research/aid/USAID/federal agencies across the board being cut. They want to "repopulate" with these vile white supremacists who can't find their own partners without paying $10k.
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They want people to die.
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capitulating in advance
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😢
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Tip for Cybertruck owners: Some Joann stores are still open, so you might want to go buy the glue you'll need to glue the pieces of your car back on.
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Tip for Cybertruck owners: Some Joann stores are still open, so you might want to go buy the glue you'll need to glue the pieces of your car back on.
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I loved my Kenai Fjords boat tour! I looked forward to seeing glaciers, puffins, maybe sea lions, but I saw way more wildlife than I expected--a whale, seals, bald eagles, mountain goats, otters, and tons of sea lions (literal tons, since they can weigh up to 1,500 pounds!) and puffins.
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thanks!
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Thank you so much! I'm more of an amateur photographer, but I love doing it.
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thank you!