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19 June 2025

“You can pick all the flowers, but you can’t stop the spring” - Pablo Neruda

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8 May 2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/b...

nytimes.comBoy Accidentally Orders 70,000 Lollipops on Amazon. Panic Ensues.

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6 Apr 2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/o...

nytimes.comOpinion | ‘Adolescence’ and the Surprising Difficulty of Hugging a Teen SonI didn’t know how to tear down that wall of silence and mystery that creeps up between parents and their teens, but I knew doing so was essential.

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6 Apr 2025

www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46446/...

poetryfoundation.orgStill I RiseYou may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like...

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4 Apr 2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/o...

nytimes.comOpinion | The Rise and Fall of Elon MuskHis belief that liberal democracy has failed and that technologists should lead can be traced to the unusual life of his grandfather.

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4 Apr 2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...

nytimes.comOpinion | In Gaza, ‘Psychic Scars of Fear and Rage’Protests against Hamas are encouraging, but prolonged and unnecessary killing still seems likely.

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4 Apr 2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...

nytimes.comOpinion | Jasmine Crockett Crossed a Line That Even the Saltiest Speech Should AvoidWhat the controversy about Jasmine Crockett’s comments got wrong — and right.

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4 Apr 2025

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secularhumanism.orgPhilosophy and Raising Good Citizens | Free InquiryThis is an edited draft of a short talk I gave as one of the panelists at a British Academy event on “What’s the point of Philosophy?” in 2016. Here’s one r ...

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1 Apr 2025

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thetimes.comMost of Britain’s non-believers were raised as ChristiansStudy shows that families and churches struggle to get children to keep their faith into adulthood

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30 Mar 2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/w...

nytimes.comWorld’s Largest ‘Baby Exporter’ Admits to Adoption FraudA South Korean truth commission called for the country to apologize to those who were sent abroad “like luggage” so that adoption agencies could profit.

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30 Mar 2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/u...

nytimes.com‘No Cake, No Entry’: More Than 1,000 Picnic to Celebrate the Love of CakeNo crumbs were left behind at Cake Picnic in San Francisco on Saturday as attendees gawked, photographed and ultimately ate 1,387 cakes.

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27 Mar 2025

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instagram.comcbseveningnews on Instagram: "Throughout the war in Gaza, Hamas had been accused of using Palestinian civilians as human shields. CBS News’ @deborapattacbs spoke…"Throughout the war in Gaza, Hamas had been accused of using Palestinian civilians as human shields. CBS News’ @deborapattacbs spoke with an Israeli soldier who accused his commander of doing the same, ordering civilians instead of dogs to search buildings for explosives.

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26 Mar 2025

www.psychotherapynetworker.org/article/trea...

psychotherapynetworker.orgTreating the Trauma in Religious TraumaHigh-control religions can disconnect people from themselves—and somatic therapies are the key to helping them heal.

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25 Mar 2025

www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

poetryfoundation.orgThe Last Slave8, 1820 You never could tell: people disappeared suddenly in the old days, left rumors and big black gaping holes in family trees. Like the ones our Ancestors must have left when Fate ripped them out ...

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23 Mar 2025

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20 Mar 2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...

nytimes.comMusk Donates to G.O.P. Members of Congress Who Support Impeaching JudgesAmid a controversy over whether President Trump will abide by court rulings, Elon Musk gave the maximum to the campaigns of Republicans who back ousting judges who impede the administration.

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18 Mar 2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/u...

nytimes.comFor Canadians Visiting Myrtle Beach, Trump Policies Make the Vibe ChillierCanadians have long flocked to the South Carolina beach town. This year, many are offended by the president and threatening to stay away.

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17 Mar 2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/m...

nytimes.comFlorida Mayor Threatens Cinema Over Israeli-Palestinian FilmThe mayor of Miami Beach wants to end the lease of a group renting a city-owned property because it is screening the Academy Award-winning “No Other Land” there.

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16 Mar 2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/w...

nytimes.comEast African Housekeepers Face Rape, Assault and Death in Saudi ArabiaEast African leaders and Saudi royals are among those profiting off a lucrative, deadly trade in domestic workers.

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16 Mar 2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/t...

nytimes.comElon Musk Shared, Then Deleted X Post Absolving Hitler, Stalin and Mao of GenocideThe post falsely claimed that Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong were not responsible for the murders of millions of people, but rather public sector workers were.

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16 Mar 2025

If they are deporting Mahmoud Khalil for antisemitism, what about this heartless man?

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15 Mar 2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/w...

nytimes.comGerman Tourists Detained for Weeks, Then Deported From U.S.Amid President Trump’s border crackdown, German news media have closely followed the treatment of two tourists who say they tried to enter the United States legally.

Love this sign

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snopes.comWhat we know about rumor Musk makes $8M per day from US government contractsMusk's companies have received billions of dollars from federal contracts in recent years.

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20 Feb 2025

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beautywelove.blogspot.comthe sleepless ones

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19 Feb 2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u... What a story!

nytimes.comWoman Who Gave Birth to Another Couple’s Baby Sues I.V.F. ClinicThe woman, a Georgia resident, lost custody of the child she had carried. The in vitro fertilization clinic, Coastal Fertility Specialists, apologized for “an embryo transfer mix-up.”

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17 Feb 2025

www.thefp.com/p/apple-cide...

thefp.comWhy Women Fall for Wellness BullshitThe blonde-haired Instagram quacks who hawk smoothies that ‘reduce inflammation’ tap into our desperate desire to feel seen.

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snopes.comBreaking down what Trump's Super Bowl trip cost taxpayersAir Force One alone costs nearly $3,000 per minute to fly.

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13 Feb 2025

www.snopes.com/news/2025/02...

snopes.comBreaking down how much money Musk's Starlink received from USAIDA senator from Vermont claimed Elon Musk's Starlink received "millions" from the humanitarian aid agency.

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11 Feb 2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/h...

nytimes.comThe Physicians Really Are Healing Themselves, With OzempicAt cardiology conferences and diabetes meetings, doctors can’t help noticing that thin seems to be very in.

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9 Feb 2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...

nytimes.comOpinion | Musk’s Lost Boys and Trump’s Mean GirlsLost boys find ways to ransack the capital.

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9 Feb 2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

nytimes.comOpinion | There Is No Going BackThe president’s opponents, whoever they are, cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was.

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youtube.comJon on Trump’s Trade War, The War on DEI & Myth of “Meritocracy” | The Daily ShowYouTube video by The Daily Show

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2 Feb 2025

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asamnews.comEmil Amok Guillermo: Asian Americans are victims in Trump's talk show – AsAmNewsTariffs, Deportations. DEI blamed for Air Crash. It's all part of Trump's talk show style. Good for the show. Bad for America. And AAPIs are lost in it all.

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2 Feb 2025

JD Vance Says 'DEI Regime' Led To Deadly Plane Collision - HuffPost

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2 Feb 2025

How many Pinocchios for this one?

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2 Feb 2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...

nytimes.comThese Settings Aren’t Real. But for Dementia Patients, What Is?Fake nurseries and town squares seem to comfort patients. But some experts wonder whether they are patronizing, even infantilizing.

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2 Feb 2025

Canada and Mexico hit back after Trump signs order for punishing tariffs - The Guardian. Yay!

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2 Feb 2025

secularhumanism.org/2025/01/in-t...

secularhumanism.orgIn the Toilet with J. K. Rowling: Reason vs. Emotion in the Transgender Bathroom Debate | Free InquiryShould transgender women be allowed into women-only spaces—including women’s restrooms? I focus here on the controversy surrounding some of Harry Potter aut ...

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1 Feb 2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/o...

nytimes.comOpinion | Maureen Dowd on Trump the Narcissist, Act IIThe columnist sits down with Patrick Healy to discuss the enduring appeal of President Trump.

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1 Feb 2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/u...

nytimes.comTrump Officials Release Water That Experts Say Will Serve Little UseLocal officials and experts said the water the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began sending downstream on Friday could have been helpful to farmers later this year. President Trump, in an apparent refer...

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1 Feb 2025

Stupid and what a waste

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30 Jan 2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/w...

nytimes.com14 Convicted in Death of Girl for Depriving Her of InsulinThe parents of Elizabeth Rose Struhs, who died in 2022, were part of a small religious sect in Australia that believed that medical care went against their faith.

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26 Jan 2025

asamnews.com/2025/01/26/o...

asamnews.comOpinion: On Hegseth, White Affirmative Action, and Trump's McKinley Obsession – AsAmNewsBy Emil Amok Guillermo Make no mistake, affirmative action is not dead. Trump declared it to be last week. But as per usual, he was lying. When the U.S. Senate […]

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26 Jan 2025

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progressive.orgTrump Will Bulldoze the Separation of Church and StateWe can expect Trump to continue to exploit religion and pander to his base of white evangelicals.

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24 Jan 2025

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writespirit.netSolomon’s Crooked Crown ~Solomon was busy judging others, when it was his personal thoughts that were disrupting the community. His crown slid crooked on his head. He put it straight, but the crown went awry again. Eight time...

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