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Sandra S. Ciccarelli
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PhD Student, Ex- U.S. Federal Gov’t Data Scientist
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Find More Ways to Be an Outsider
Doing so may feel painful, but it’s one of the best investments you will ever make.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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A ‘great unmasking’ on X is arming Americans with digital borders
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Meta Layoffs Included Employees Who Monitored Risks to User Privacy www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/t...
Meta Layoffs Included Employees Who Monitored Risks to User Privacy
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October 25, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules

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Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules
Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces on Wednesday, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs being removal from being at the sea...
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October 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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US Supreme Court won't review rule allowing H-1B holders' spouses to work
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up a challenge to a rule adopted during Democratic former President Barack Obama's administration allowing the spouses of people with H-1B visas for highly-skilled jobs to work in the United States.
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October 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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The New AirPods Can Translate Languages in Your Ears. This Is Profound. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/t...
The New AirPods Can Translate Languages in Your Ears. This Is Profound.
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September 22, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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11 N.Y. Officials Arrested Trying to Access ICE Detention Cells www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/n...
11 N.Y. Officials Arrested Trying to Access ICE Detention Cells
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September 19, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/t...
Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors
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September 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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How Did the Latchkey Kids of Gen X Become the Helicopter Parents of Gen Z? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/o...
Opinion | How Did the Latchkey Kids of Gen X Become the Helicopter Parents of Gen Z?
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September 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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More than 80% of Americans believe elected officials don’t care what people like them think
More than 80% of Americans believe elected officials don’t care what people like them think.
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August 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Chatbots Can Go Into a Delusional Spiral. Here’s How It Happens. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/t...
Chatbots Can Go Into a Delusional Spiral. Here’s How It Happens.
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August 10, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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The Political Gap in Americans’ News Sources
Democrats are much more likely than Republicans to both use and trust many major news sources, according to Pew Research Center.
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August 6, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/o...
Opinion | Bad Bunny Just Wants to Stay Home. So Do I.
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August 4, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump

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Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been a cornerstone of American culture for three generations.
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August 1, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Love this.
(Credit to Troubled Birds, look up their cards and calendars!)
July 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Trust in police wanes as ICE immigration enforcement ramps up

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Police say ICE tactics are eroding public trust in local law enforcement
Local police leaders have feared the erosion of public trust as a result of the Trump administration's immigration enforcement efforts. Many officials say they're seeing signs that's happening.
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July 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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US citizen says he was jailed for three days after California immigration raid
A U.S. citizen and Army veteran who works as a security guard at a California cannabis farm said on Wednesday that U.S. officials arrested him during an immigration raid last week and held him for three days without explanation.
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July 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Enjoying this book! Spoiler — it’s really about being true to yourself and embracing the struggles and process on your own terms for the things you care about.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be positive all the time so that we ...
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July 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Love this!

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You Can Change Your Personality
It’s really hard.
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June 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Isabel Wilkerson on the meaning of Juneteenth : NPR
June 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/u...
Like School Shootings, Political Violence Is Becoming Almost Routine
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June 15, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...
Astronomers Detect a Signature of Life on a Distant Planet
Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.
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April 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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ChatGPT's viral Studio Ghibli-style images highlight AI copyright concerns
Fans of Studio Ghibli, the famed Japanese animation studio behind “Spirited Away” and other beloved movies, were delighted this week when a new version of ChatGPT let them transform popular internet m...
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March 28, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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Join Keya Belt Robinson from NMSI at the Equity in Action Series with the Computer Science Teachers Association as she leads an interactive session on engaging girls.

📅 March 6 | ⏰ 5:00–6:30 PM CT
🔗 Event link: csteachers.org/events/march...

#STEMEducation #WomenInSTEM #schoolleaders #EduSky
February 28, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Get in dorks, we're going protesting!

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025
WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL

Because science is for everyone!

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February 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM