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People can do whatever they want, but I myself dislike metaphors of combat with cancer. It is a disorder of cell division. It does not have agency. And "fighting" it implies the people who die are losers. Surviving cancer has nothing to do with moral worth.
(Money helps, as always.)
(Money helps, as always.)
August 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
People can do whatever they want, but I myself dislike metaphors of combat with cancer. It is a disorder of cell division. It does not have agency. And "fighting" it implies the people who die are losers. Surviving cancer has nothing to do with moral worth.
(Money helps, as always.)
(Money helps, as always.)
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July 22, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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I really think Noem’s plans to “liberate” California from its democratically elected government with military force should not have gotten lost in the news cycle but that appears to be exactly what is happening
June 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I really think Noem’s plans to “liberate” California from its democratically elected government with military force should not have gotten lost in the news cycle but that appears to be exactly what is happening
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Today is World Ovarian Cancer Awareness Day.
As a reminder, you know someone with it:
www.techdirt.com/2024/11/04/a...
As a reminder, you know someone with it:
www.techdirt.com/2024/11/04/a...
A Bad Year For Catherines
I have no particular interest in the British royal family, but nevertheless I’ll be forever grateful to Princess Kate for telling the world about her cancer. It was probably not easy, nor likely he…
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May 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Today is World Ovarian Cancer Awareness Day.
As a reminder, you know someone with it:
www.techdirt.com/2024/11/04/a...
As a reminder, you know someone with it:
www.techdirt.com/2024/11/04/a...
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This should be the top story in Axios’s morning read. But it isn’t. It’s the FIFTH top story.
@axios.com
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April 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This should be the top story in Axios’s morning read. But it isn’t. It’s the FIFTH top story.
@axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/04/23/t...
@axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/04/23/t...
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Lori Beth Denberg reprised her All That librarian character to do a pro-library, anti-book banning reel and I love it so much??? www.instagram.com/reel/DIK0_bD...
April 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Lori Beth Denberg reprised her All That librarian character to do a pro-library, anti-book banning reel and I love it so much??? www.instagram.com/reel/DIK0_bD...
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I’m no socialist but this speaks to me
April 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I’m no socialist but this speaks to me
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Listen to your children read. Read to your children. Read alongside your children. Take them to libraries. Talk about what reading means to you & what it can unlock.
Tell them it doesn’t matter if it’s comics, magazines or books as long as they’re engaged with the written word. #WorldBookDay
Tell them it doesn’t matter if it’s comics, magazines or books as long as they’re engaged with the written word. #WorldBookDay
March 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Listen to your children read. Read to your children. Read alongside your children. Take them to libraries. Talk about what reading means to you & what it can unlock.
Tell them it doesn’t matter if it’s comics, magazines or books as long as they’re engaged with the written word. #WorldBookDay
Tell them it doesn’t matter if it’s comics, magazines or books as long as they’re engaged with the written word. #WorldBookDay
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Re-upping this. We need experts in media literacy & stewards of the freedom to read now more than ever.
February 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Re-upping this. We need experts in media literacy & stewards of the freedom to read now more than ever.
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Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
January 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
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Khloe Kardashian is smack talking LA Mayor Karen Bass over the wildfires.
In 2022, Khloe used roughly 101,000 gallons of water over the allotted limit during a drought.
Her sister Kim Kardashian used 232,000 gallons over the limit.
IN ONE MONTH.
Bish needs to sit TF down.
In 2022, Khloe used roughly 101,000 gallons of water over the allotted limit during a drought.
Her sister Kim Kardashian used 232,000 gallons over the limit.
IN ONE MONTH.
Bish needs to sit TF down.
January 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Khloe Kardashian is smack talking LA Mayor Karen Bass over the wildfires.
In 2022, Khloe used roughly 101,000 gallons of water over the allotted limit during a drought.
Her sister Kim Kardashian used 232,000 gallons over the limit.
IN ONE MONTH.
Bish needs to sit TF down.
In 2022, Khloe used roughly 101,000 gallons of water over the allotted limit during a drought.
Her sister Kim Kardashian used 232,000 gallons over the limit.
IN ONE MONTH.
Bish needs to sit TF down.
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Dear LA residents: a reminder. When traffic lights are out, an intersection should be treated as a four-way stop, not as a venue for expression of psychosexual insecurities. Thank you.
January 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Dear LA residents: a reminder. When traffic lights are out, an intersection should be treated as a four-way stop, not as a venue for expression of psychosexual insecurities. Thank you.
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I need say no more...
January 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I need say no more...
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Here’s the deal: Make reading your hobby this year. It’ll expand your mind, grow your perspective, and if you grab a library card, you’ll be supporting authors too (yes, in places like the UK, AU, NZ, and Canada, libraries pay authors!). Reading isn’t just fun—it’s a win for everyone.
January 2, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Here’s the deal: Make reading your hobby this year. It’ll expand your mind, grow your perspective, and if you grab a library card, you’ll be supporting authors too (yes, in places like the UK, AU, NZ, and Canada, libraries pay authors!). Reading isn’t just fun—it’s a win for everyone.
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Sometimes I can’t believe that the library lets me walk out with an armful of books and I don’t have to leave them a credit card number or firstborn child or anything else in exchange.
December 17, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Sometimes I can’t believe that the library lets me walk out with an armful of books and I don’t have to leave them a credit card number or firstborn child or anything else in exchange.
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I absolutely love books with a lil map at the start 🗺
December 13, 2024 at 2:37 PM
I absolutely love books with a lil map at the start 🗺
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If you think about it, the very best books are really just extremely long spells that turn you into a different person for the rest of your life
December 12, 2024 at 1:40 PM
If you think about it, the very best books are really just extremely long spells that turn you into a different person for the rest of your life
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The perfect refuge from the chaos of the world? A library or bookstore—where silence reigns, stories thrive, and morons dare not tread.
December 10, 2024 at 7:39 PM
The perfect refuge from the chaos of the world? A library or bookstore—where silence reigns, stories thrive, and morons dare not tread.
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If a book is banned, it's a book that needs to be shared!
December 11, 2024 at 4:56 PM
If a book is banned, it's a book that needs to be shared!
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Every year, we ask NPR staff and book critics to share their favorite titles in our annual Books We Love guide. Behind the scenes, it's fun to spot trends and see what gets nominated again and again.
12 novels that NPR critics and staff were excited to share with you in 2024
Every year, we ask NPR staff and book critics to share their favorite titles in our annual Books We Love guide. Behind the scenes, it's fun to spot trends and see what gets nominated again and again.
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December 2, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Every year, we ask NPR staff and book critics to share their favorite titles in our annual Books We Love guide. Behind the scenes, it's fun to spot trends and see what gets nominated again and again.