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The kids and I made homemade soft pretzels.
March 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
When someone leaves the birdseed bin open.
March 28, 2025 at 10:34 AM
March 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
People have been painting potatoes to poke fun at the high egg prices. But if you know most Easter eggs won’t get eaten, you can always paint fake eggs.
March 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
March 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Please sign and share this so that we can let President Zelenskyy, the people of Ukraine, the US Government, and the world know that we will not abide President Trump, JD Vance, and the Republican Party's partnership with Vladimir Putin.

sign.moveon.org/petitions/to...
To President Zelenskyy, From Embarrassed Americans
Please help the voices of the American people reach President Zelenskyy, the people of Ukraine, the US Government, and the world.
sign.moveon.org
March 1, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Can we normalize saying something like “there was a lot of bigotry” instead of “that lifestyle (or whatever) wasn’t accepted?”
February 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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everyone seeing how when you takeaway the DEI the planes start falling out of the sky
💥 BREAKING: At John Deere's annual shareholders meeting today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal brought by the same group that targeted Costco and Apple. An anti-DEI proposal from the NCPPR received less than 1 percent of votes.

Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out
February 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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He was hired in 2022 so the aid agency could get 'more bang for our buck' with its projects. He tried to reach out to help in the rebuilding of the agency. On Tuesday he tendered his resignation.
Why Dean Karlan, chief economist of USAID, resigned on Tuesday
He was hired in 2022 so the aid agency could get 'more bang for our buck' with its projects. He tried to reach out to help in the rebuilding of the agency. On Tuesday he tendered his resignation.
www.npr.org
February 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I want to try making this for Easter.
February 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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"Jane Austen's Bookshelf" spotlights eight women writers, largely lost to history, who influenced the English novelist.
Rare book dealer Rebecca Romney dedicates a book to the women Jane Austen read
"Jane Austen's Bookshelf" spotlights eight women writers, largely lost to history, who influenced the English novelist.
www.npr.org
February 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
February 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
February 8, 2025 at 2:59 AM
When you ask AI to create a picture of massage therapy.
January 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
A list of sayings I found in Pop Pop Lou’s room after he passed away. <3
January 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Costco’s shareholders voted overwhelmingly to reject a proposal from a conservative think tank aimed at getting the company to roll back its diversity hiring practices.
Costco's shareholders overwhelmingly reject anti-DEI proposal
Costco's shareholders voted overwhelmingly to reject a motion that would seek report on the risks of diversity, equity and inclusion in the company's hiring practices.
www.npr.org
January 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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January 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM