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Becca
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just trying to be a good human
I am (spoiled) housecat...hear me roar.
June 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I heard this segment on the radio and was incredibly moved and intrigued to learn more—just one of a multitude of examples I could give of what NPR offers its listeners, beyond straight news. (A breath of fresh air in the firehose of sh^t that is my current news feed.)

www.npr.org/2004/11/24/4....
A Vermont choir shows that people with aphasia who struggle to speak can still sing
People who've had strokes or traumatic brain injuries often live with aphasia: difficulty using language, both written and spoken. But music mostly originates in the undamaged hemisphere of the brain.
www.npr.org
February 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Excuse me while I scream into the void...
4. Hegseth published a column in college that claimed having sex with an unconscious woman is not rape

The piece published by Hegseth claimed that rape required both the failure to consent and "duress," and women who are passed out cannot experience "duress"
November 18, 2024 at 1:00 PM