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NEW: Here's what the latest satellite imagery from Maxar and others tell us about Operation Midnight Hammer. www.npr.org/2025/06/22/n...

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A question I honestly have - what of today’s objects, well made, delightful, chic - will possibly attract thrifters in 2-3 decades?

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Racket?!?

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A new documentary on PBS shows what it's like to care for adult family members and recounts the history of caregiving policy in the U.S. revealing why those caring for family are often on their own.

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Trustees of the Social Security trust fund predict the fund will be exhausted in eight years. Unless Congress acts, Social Security payments will automatically drop by 23% at that time.

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Book #26 for the year. I did not know how much I needed a good satire. #books #booksky

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Today, I’d like to take a moment to consider balls, or the use of “balls” as a synonym for courage… 🧵

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon says deploying Marines and National Guard to protests in Los Angeles will cost $134 million.

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Today’s “I did not know that” - a woman invented duct tape. open.substack.com/pub/bethcoll...

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www.wsj.com/politics/pol... “Some of those tasks will be kind of orange-like tasks…And by orange, I mean the fruit orange, but they might be tangerines, they might be blood oranges, it might just be a little bit grapefruity, all those will go in one bin.”

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NEWS: NPR and three Colorado public radio stations sue Trump White House over effort to ban federal funding for NPR & PBS The lawsuit calls Trump's executive order "textbook retaliation" for protected free speech - threatening public radio My story: www.npr.org/2025/05/27/n...

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This documentary is really good!

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“Gusseted crotch” is a phrase that sounds painful but is actually comfortable. www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...

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A gray wolf in dire wolf’s clothing?

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AI-generated summer reading list gets published in major newspapers www.npr.org/2025/05/20/n... (Note: I would love to be a real-in-the-flesh book reviewer) #books #booksky

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“Political Fairy Smut” is a great turn-of-phrase. The best part is that I can’t figure out if it’s political fairies producing smut or if it’s fairy smut that’s gotten political.

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It is rare that the movie is as good as the book. Sometimes the movie is better. In this case, they’re equal and I recommend both! #books #booksky

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BWHAHAHAHAHA My late mom set aside a box with ALL my 45s and I turned it into a playlist. Observaciones: I really loved Olivia Newton John. I was (briefly) a Fanilow. Some of this is actually good. Much of this is not. Enjoy!!! open.spotify.com/playlist/5P0...

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But do they think for a moment that they can vape during the proceedings????

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Not long ago, maybe 40 years or so, if I’d responded to a question I should have known the answer to with an “I don’t know” my grandmother would have sharply retorted, “Well, YOU BETTER FIND OUT!”

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www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m... 👀 Welsh himself says that “men need to start reading before they start writing. My take is that men are becoming stupider because they over-rely on the internet and women are becoming smarter because they read more books.”

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Book 20 of the year: a short read I highly recommend. She contrasts the newbie excitement of a fast-food job with the utter drudgery and soullessness one can feel after just a few weeks working said job. And there’s the counterpoint of her dad’s factory job. #books #booksky

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In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation's primary public broadcasters.

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www.themakermakes.com/blog/beginne... Because I also do other things. I planted 2 volunteers from last year - I think midnight snack cherry tomatoes - also early girl, roma, sweet 100s, and sweet million. Also: I love that they’re referred to as “indeterminate.”

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