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Stop using AI. Yes, even just for fun. AI is built on STOLEN images and text. That’s right: by using it, you’re stealing from your friends. There is NOT ethical generative AI. Bonus bullshit: it is HORRENOUS for the environment. (Yes, even the cutesy profile photo cartoon things.)

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“The now-recalled butter was distributed to grocery stores in seven states—Arkansas, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont.” www.realsimple.com/butter-recal...

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PBS has put We Want the Funk, Stanley Nelson's amazing documentary on funk music, on YouTube. Watch it while its available: loom.ly/h6ljE-g

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So good!

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Ugh

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Always.

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In a shift, American women are now more likely to marry a less-educated man than men are to marry a less-educated woman. As one researcher told Stephanie H. Murray, “understanding the dynamics of these couples is key to understanding the future of marriage”:

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"The fantasy compels risk-averse universities and excites financial speculators because it promises the power to control what learning does without paying the cost for how real learning happens." Great read.

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Remember Richard Chamberlain with a double feature of KING SOLOMON'S MINES and ALLAN QUATERMAIN AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD at 4pm ET on Pluto TV 80s Rewind: pluto.tv/us/live-tv/5...

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Today, RFK Jr. announced that the Department of Human and Health Services would cut 10,000 employees. If you have been impacted by the layoffs, our reporters want to hear from you. You can reach out to us on Signal at 917-512-0201 or by going to propublica.org/tips.

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Congrats on hitting USA TODAY @rdotspoon.bsky.social!! So happy for you!

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A great way to battle your own anxiety about what you are working on is to tell someone how much you love their work, especially if it is new/recently released. It never ever fails.

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Thank you for this lovely thread!! So glad you enjoyed BHOD and thank you for lifting up #genius #AnnLowe!

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Who are the five writers who made you? Margaret Walker Zora Neale Hurston Jewell Parker Rhodes Octavia Butler Tananarive Due

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This was the origin story at Cornell. Even now, 1969 is framed as an armed takeover of a building. Although technically true, it began with a cross burning in front of a co-op for Black women, followed by a white frat attacking an unarmed protest. Did I mention it was parents weekend?

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"Trump has been transformed by power." Writer M. Gessen says Trump is "deadly serious" about his expansionist vision, including the annexation of Canada.

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I live 2.5 hours south of the border so I feel pretty damned good posting this! 🇨🇦🇺🇸

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My daughter's daycare just sent out an email about potentially needing to layoff staff because new babies about to start withdrew because of parental job losses. So if you're wondering how government layoffs and mass contract cancellations will affect the economy, here's an example

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Attention all writers! We’re nearing the end of the Gladstone's Library Writers in Residence submission window. There is a postmark deadline of 11.45pm on Friday 7th March, so as long as your form is submitted and your book sent by then, you’re eligible! 1/2

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Sean Baker is the first person to win 4 Academy Awards for the same film.

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Come and join me in Los Angeles in less than 2 weeks! pvld.libnet.info/event/123081...

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This movie/Hardy's novel impacted me in so many ways. A Virtuous Ruby, one of my first historical romances, was my way of getting justice for Tess.

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Hill received Secret Service awards and was promoted for his actions that day, but for decades blamed himself for Kennedy's death, saying he would gladly have given his life to save the president.

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Joann, a destination for generations of lovers of crafts projects for 80 years, is going out of business and shuttering all its stores

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it's really saying something that this is how an apparent friend explains Elon's goals www.vanityfair.com/news/story/e...

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Truth.

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"Jane Austen's Bookshelf" spotlights eight women writers, largely lost to history, who influenced the English novelist.

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This

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Welp

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Did the producers of Thomas Jefferson understand that Sally Hemings was 3/4 white? Why didn't they cast her accordingly? Smh.

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Stunning 😍

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Looking forward to this one.

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Coming to IU events.iu.edu/libraries/ev...

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This Wednesday I'm teaching my PLOT YOUR ROMANCE NOVEL IN 1 HOUR workshop on Zoom! A bunch of people have signed up. There's a Q&A afterward, but you don't have to be on camera or talk AT ALL if you don't want to. 7 pm Chicago time. Come join us! https://tinyurl.com/4zumaxrs #writesky #writingcom…

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Unsure of what to read for Black History month? How about the story of resilient and amazing Black fashion designer Ann Lowe? It's on sale for less than 2 bucks for a limited time! Where ever books are sold! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/by-her-own...

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Black History is American History.

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MY 2025 BIRTHDAY BOOK BUNDLE IS HERE! Pick what you pay & snag a copy of XENI, HARBOR, A WALK IN THE PARK & A MAN FOR MRS. CLAUS! Bundle available Feb 1-28, 2025 🥳 payhip.com/RWBirthda... (link includes access to 2024 Firsts Bundle)

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