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Maven Chen-Dias
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Leaning into who I am.
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Gen X 🦄

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Maven Chen-Dias @avlchendias.bsky.social · Oct 29
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Disneyland's new plan to get everyone off their phones
"Every time you have to look down at a device or a phone, it breaks that spell."
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November 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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November 22, 1963: 62 years later, we still are reeling from the aftershocks...
John F. Kennedy was only 46 years old when he died, and his death has shaped American politics and culture to this day...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Finding My Way Back to Myself… at a Craft Fair
Rural Roots
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November 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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LIVE NOW: Jack’s You Betcha Live
Jack Ohman’s You Betcha! on Substack
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November 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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🌾 The Tri-Cities (Washington) Years: Dust Storms, Babies, Wardrobes & Becoming a Softer Human
People talk about the Tri-Cities — Pasco, Kennewick, Richland — like they’re interchangeable dots on a map, but anyone who’s ever lived out there knows better.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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November 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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LIVE NOW: 2025; What a Time to Be Alive — The Fall of the U.S. Hegemony
Natasha K. on Substack
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November 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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The Hot Chocolate in the Teacup
Things I learned from my Mom
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November 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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My column for the San Francisco Chronicle on the California governor's race
It still seems like Porter's to lose...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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"The House Of Lies Falls Today"
Fifty days late and fully loaded; Adelita Grijalva’s oath isn’t ceremony, it’s detonation, and MAGA Mike Johnson’s about to learn what truth sounds like unchained.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Vegetarian neighborhood 😉
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Cause of death revealed for San Francisco family of 4 found inside home
The family was found dead inside a home on the city's west side last month.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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BREAKING: Canada, the Netherlands, Mexico and now the UK, have curbed or stop sharing Intel with Trump's America
Allies are quietly slamming the brakes on sharing intel with Washington—and sometimes yanking the keys completely.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Sturdy Bodies, Thin "Privilege", and the Squeeze of the ThighMaster
Aging and Nutrition
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November 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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My Challenge to Accept Kindness - Because apparently, even good intentions stress me out now.
Humor
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November 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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I Now Know Why My Mother Smiled When She Was Told She Had Cancer
In the spring of 2004, I flew from Clovis, California, to Portland, Oregon.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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🧠 Processing in Translation: Why English Keeps Outsmarting Me
After fifty-seven years in America, the English language manages to surprise me like an untrained puppy.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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November 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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LIVE NOW: TJRS SPECIAL COVERAGE – Election Night Watch Party | The Joy Reid Show LIVE!
Joy-Ann Reid on Substack
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November 5, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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In Memoriam:

Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Dick Van Dyke has OUTLIVED Dick Cheney
November 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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“Let Freedom Ring: Because Silence Is Not an Option.”
Today, I was reminded of Deborah Phipps’ powerful chant — “Let Freedom Ring!” — echoing the timeless call of Dr.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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The Friend Label, the County Clerk, and the Man Behind the Cartoons
This year marks twenty years since I met Jack Ohman.
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November 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM