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“You can pick all the flowers, but you can’t stop the spring” - Pablo Neruda
June 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Boy Accidentally Orders 70,000 Lollipops on Amazon. Panic Ensues.
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May 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Opinion | ‘Adolescence’ and the Surprising Difficulty of Hugging a Teen Son
I didn’t know how to tear down that wall of silence and mystery that creeps up between parents and their teens, but I knew doing so was essential.
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April 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Still I Rise
You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like...
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April 6, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Opinion | The Rise and Fall of Elon Musk
His belief that liberal democracy has failed and that technologists should lead can be traced to the unusual life of his grandfather.
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April 4, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Opinion | In Gaza, ‘Psychic Scars of Fear and Rage’
Protests against Hamas are encouraging, but prolonged and unnecessary killing still seems likely.
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April 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Opinion | Jasmine Crockett Crossed a Line That Even the Saltiest Speech Should Avoid
What the controversy about Jasmine Crockett’s comments got wrong — and right.
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April 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Philosophy and Raising Good Citizens | Free Inquiry
This is an edited draft of a short talk I gave as one of the panelists at a British Academy event on “What’s the point of Philosophy?” in 2016. Here’s one r ...
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April 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Most of Britain’s non-believers were raised as Christians
Study shows that families and churches struggle to get children to keep their faith into adulthood
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April 1, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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World’s Largest ‘Baby Exporter’ Admits to Adoption Fraud
A South Korean truth commission called for the country to apologize to those who were sent abroad “like luggage” so that adoption agencies could profit.
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March 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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‘No Cake, No Entry’: More Than 1,000 Picnic to Celebrate the Love of Cake
No crumbs were left behind at Cake Picnic in San Francisco on Saturday as attendees gawked, photographed and ultimately ate 1,387 cakes.
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March 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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cbseveningnews on Instagram: "Throughout the war in Gaza, Hamas had been accused of using Palestinian civilians as human shields. CBS News’ @deborapattacbs spoke…"
Throughout the war in Gaza, Hamas had been accused of using Palestinian civilians as human shields. CBS News’ @deborapattacbs spoke with an Israeli soldier who accused his commander of doing the same, ordering civilians instead of dogs to search buildings for explosives.
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March 27, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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Treating the Trauma in Religious Trauma
High-control religions can disconnect people from themselves—and somatic therapies are the key to helping them heal.
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March 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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The Last Slave
8, 1820 You never could tell: people disappeared suddenly in the old days, left rumors and big black gaping holes in family trees. Like the ones our Ancestors must have left when Fate ripped them out ...
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March 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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March 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Musk Donates to G.O.P. Members of Congress Who Support Impeaching Judges
Amid a controversy over whether President Trump will abide by court rulings, Elon Musk gave the maximum to the campaigns of Republicans who back ousting judges who impede the administration.
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March 20, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/u...
For Canadians Visiting Myrtle Beach, Trump Policies Make the Vibe Chillier
Canadians have long flocked to the South Carolina beach town. This year, many are offended by the president and threatening to stay away.
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March 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Florida Mayor Threatens Cinema Over Israeli-Palestinian Film
The mayor of Miami Beach wants to end the lease of a group renting a city-owned property because it is screening the Academy Award-winning “No Other Land” there.
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March 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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East African Housekeepers Face Rape, Assault and Death in Saudi Arabia
East African leaders and Saudi royals are among those profiting off a lucrative, deadly trade in domestic workers.
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March 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Elon Musk Shared, Then Deleted X Post Absolving Hitler, Stalin and Mao of Genocide
The post falsely claimed that Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong were not responsible for the murders of millions of people, but rather public sector workers were.
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March 16, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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German Tourists Detained for Weeks, Then Deported From U.S.
Amid President Trump’s border crackdown, German news media have closely followed the treatment of two tourists who say they tried to enter the United States legally.
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March 15, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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Love this sign
March 7, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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What we know about rumor Musk makes $8M per day from US government contracts
Musk's companies have received billions of dollars from federal contracts in recent years.
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February 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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the sleepless ones
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February 20, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Woman Who Gave Birth to Another Couple’s Baby Sues I.V.F. Clinic
The woman, a Georgia resident, lost custody of the child she had carried. The in vitro fertilization clinic, Coastal Fertility Specialists, apologized for “an embryo transfer mix-up.”
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February 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM