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Mary Stachyra Lopez
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Freelance writer, editor, and audience strategist. Most recently: The Atlantic. stachyrasocial@gmail.com.
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My local library made a display of censored books. Apparently "Hop on Pop" made the list...
A book is wrapped in white paper with the words "check me out" and the reason for being banned or challenged: "Encouraging children to use violence against their fathers."
October 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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🪄✨️feed cleansing✨️
A large, orange, cone-like flower A large, pointy flower with large green leaves A fuzzy orange caterpillar Large green fern-type plants
July 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Spotted in Georgetown:
A large yellow Transformer and a blue Transformer made of old metal parts are displayed outside of a home in Georgetown. A large yellow Transformer made of old metal parts is displayed outside of a home in Georgetown. A blue Transformer made of old metal parts is displayed outside of a home in Georgetown.
May 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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One of the big questions Catholics had is if the new pope will be one in the style of his predecessor, Pope Francis. Here's what then-Cardinal Prevost said in 2023, when @catholicnewssvc.bsky.social asked if his thinking had changed under Pope Francis.

www.chicagocatholic.com/vatican/-/ar...
Screen grab of text: “Given many things that have changed, I would say there’s been a development in the sense of the need for the church to open and to be welcoming,” he said. “Pope Francis made it very clear that he doesn’t want people to be excluded simply on the basis of choices that they make whether it be lifestyle, work, way to dress or whatever. Doctrine hasn’t changed and people haven’t said yet, you know, we are looking for that kind of change,” he said. “But we are looking to be more welcoming and more open and to say all people are welcome in the church,” the cardinal said.
May 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Edward R. Murrow used this microphone to broadcast from London during World War II. It's now on display at the National Press Club, where a plaque notes that his work "at this mic and from the bombarded city's streets...brought poetically spare, vivid descriptions of war into American living rooms."
A vintage black metal mic sits on a glass shelf inside a display case.
March 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Me: What's a good movie to watch with Brownie Girl Scouts?

AI overview: May I suggest a movie about three Girl Scouts being murdered during a camping trip?
January 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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"You can sometimes identify a bad leader by how few questions they ask; they think they already know everything they need to. In contrast, history’s great achievers tend to have an insatiable desire to learn."

David Brooks' cover story on the broken meritocracy: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
November 22, 2024 at 8:12 PM
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Something pretty for a Monday morning
Picture of a pink flower with green foliage and a fall background
November 18, 2024 at 1:59 PM