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Writer. Editor. Chocolate. Cats. Baseball. That covers it, I think.

If I had to describe myself in one word, it'd be, "Can't follow directions."

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Vermont passes data privacy law allowing consumers to sue companies https://therecord.media/vermont-passes-data-privacy-law

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"The Court agrees with Quintana that tacos and burritos are Mexican style sandwiches," the judge wrote. https://www.wishtv.com/news/indiana-news/indiana-judge-rules-tacos-burritos-are-sandwiches/

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"The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were." – John F. Kennedy

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Overheard:
I was at a Whataburger, and the manager was interviewing a person, asking them about a time they overcame a great adversity.

I was just sitting there thinking bro chill it’s a fast food job you’re hiring for.

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(nods)

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Oh hell yes

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You easily can tighten text by omitting "of the":
>One of the most important aspects you need to consider
becomes
>One important aspect to consider

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Standard Ebooks is “a volunteer-driven project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, free of U.S. copyright restrictions, and free of cost.” https://standardebooks.org/

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Your moment of zen

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The full history of Atlantic slavery is scarcely taught in the US or the UK, and so it’s not surprising that few people in either country know much about Tacky’s revolt. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/mar/26/historic-revolt-forgotten-hero-empty-plinth-jamaica-slavery-chief-tacky

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Clarke argued that women who studied like men risked “neuralgia, uterine disease, hysteria, and other derangements of the nervous system.”
https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/how-notorious-abortionist-madame-restell-built-a-drug-empire/

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Evergreen

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Your moment of zen
From my first trip to the southwest in 1966

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"Capturing a boom in women's sports exemplified by the University of Iowa's Caitlin Clark, bars showcasing only women's sports are having a marquee moment, one that's building into a trend." https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/fans-are-flocking-bars-show-only-womens-sports-tvs-rcna145162

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"What is Crash Davis about? He’s a man who loves something more than it loves him back. That’s a universal thing that makes the movie last." https://lithub.com/ron-shelton-on-making-bull-durham-getting-sued-by-thomas-pynchon-and-why-baseball-is-the-most-literary-sport/

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"More than 50 storage boxes hold thousands of VHS tapes that contain films and television programs Scorsese recorded directly from broadcast television. The renowned director and film preservationist, it turns out, was also, for decades, a prolific guerrilla archivist." https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/25/martin-scorsese-vhs-video-collection-archive

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A judge evicted Minnesota-based MyPillow from a facility in Shakopee after the landlord filed a lawsuit claiming that the company, owned by Mike Lindell, was at least $200,000 behind on rent payments. https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/lawsuit-mypillow-eviction-mike-lindell-minnesota/

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Constant bad news doing your head in? Why not read about the fish doorbell instead?

Your daily smile, I hope.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/mar/22/constant-bad-news-doing-your-head-in-why-not-read-about-the-fish-doorbell-instead

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Why Ban Books When You Can Ban Book Awards?: Suburban Illinois District Cancels Caudill Awards
https://bookriot.com/wadsworth-il-bans-rebecca-caudill-awards

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If you didn't know the story of how Superman (and a very brave Stetson Kennedy) defeated the Klu Klux Klan in America, you'll like this story: https://nowiknow.com/superman-versus-the-klan/

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Kids, don't try this at home. Not MY home anyway.

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A Machine Learning algorithm walks into a bar.

The bartender asks, "What'll you have?"

The algorithm says, "What's everyone else having?"

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