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The White House sought extensive oversight and the ability to make sweeping changes to Harvard’s governance, admissions and hiring practices, directives that the university called unlawful and unconstitutional.

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Has anyone ever used one of those robotic lawnmowers that are like a Roomba for the lawn?

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Parts of the South and Midwest were pummeled by relentless rain and tornadic storms on Saturday as a prolonged period of life-threatening flood risk reached its peak. The line of violent storms that swept from Texas to Ohio has left at least 16 people dead since Wednesday.

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Ope, it's all the MAGA farmers in my town

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Passengers affected by the power outage that shut down London's Heathrow Airport Friday are not automatically entitled to compensation for their flight disruption, experts say.

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Tens of thousands of jobs on South Africa's citrus farms at risk if US imposes tariffs

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Discovering @miafarrow.bsky.social narrating the Audible version of Rosemary's Baby made my month. She's so good I'm losing sleep because I'm binging it so hard. I can't recommend it highly enough.

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JFC

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Asked a friend how it's going and they responded "bad but I'm used to it" devastating

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Trump administration fires top US general and Navy chief in unprecedented purge of military leadership www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...

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Are we tired of all the winning yet?

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NEW: On Section 504. "Attacks on any one group will be used as a wedge to attack all of us. You may not personally know any trans people, and you may even be uncomfortable with the idea ... but letting this attack go forward will eventually hurt you and the things you love, too." /1

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looking back everything went to shit when Schoolhouse Rock stopped airing

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My latest book club read. I'm greatly enjoying it so far. It's MUCH darker than the show. Listen to Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay on Audible. www.audible.com/pd/B007JX1GP...

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No, but if you’re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.

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Breaking News: A federal judge declined to block Elon Musk and his team from gaining access to data at seven federal agencies and carrying out mass firings.

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Doge/ Musk/ Trump shut down the JFK Library

submitted 72 days ago • 65 comments

Butler says thank you for all the Gotcha Day congratulations. 10 years has gone by so fast.

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He who wrote this is a fascist and a felon.

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Giving it another go. I'm enjoying about as much as I did the first time I read it. Listen to Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus on Audible. www.audible.com/pd/059350753...

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“I’ve always envied people who sleep easily. Their brains must be cleaner, the floorboards of the skull well swept, all the little monsters closed up in a steamer trunk at the foot of the bed.” — David Benioff

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One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

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Got my first "Violating an Executive Order" and "I'll make sure you lose federal funding" parent threat today for teaching "DEI" books in our upcoming "Liberty and Justice" themed unit. Even in "Blue" Massachusetts we're dealing with this. Anyway, don't obey in advance, and don't obey later.

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My favorite podcast. This episode brings to light new information about Lead Belly that rewrites his history completely. — “Is it True What They Say About Dixie?” by A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs on Audible. www.audible.com/pd/B0DQLNHJL...

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Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal

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A worsening measles outbreak has taken root in Texas, sickening two dozen and hospitalizing nine on the western edge of the state, where childhood vaccination rates have dwindled in recent years.

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I have the post "I just read an amazing book and nothing else is going to come close for a while" blues.

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I can't help but think my granola bars are trying to tell me something.

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Petulant brat.

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I finished just before 2AM, and I'm sitting here quietly, absorbing all the things I just spend nearly a month reading. What a shattering, profound, dare I say magical book. Listen to The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann on Audible. www.audible.com/pd/B088G1R4J...

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Forget useless crap like Bible verses, I want this read at my funeral. youtu.be/pEt7V1GCcUc?...

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