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Here we go again
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Libraries are offering free health and wellness classes across the US
Libraries are offering free health and wellness classes across the US
Libraries around across the U.S. are helping people get healthier. They offer fitness classes, food pantries, cooking classes, conversations about loneliness and mental health, and even blood pressure...
apnews.com
November 29, 2024 at 7:11 PM
November 24, 2024 at 6:45 PM
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"An average of three children have been killed every day in Lebanon, UNICEF told reporters on Tuesday, as Israel has intensified its bombing campaign across the country."

www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11...
More than 200 children killed in Lebanon amid Israeli bombardment: UN
Three children killed daily in Lebanon over last two months, UNICEF reports, as it urges action to stop the violence.
www.aljazeera.com
November 19, 2024 at 5:09 PM
We absolutely will
People were pissed at Netflix about the lags in the Tyson fight. Don’t fumble a Beyoncé performance. The Hive will single-handedly revive Blockbuster just out of spite.
November 19, 2024 at 4:48 AM
Thank you Beyoncé 🐝🤠
"This year’s halftime show will be the first live performance of songs from genre-bending and record-breaking album Cowboy Carter."
Beyoncé to Perform at Halftime During NFL Christmas Gameday Live on Netflix
The performance will take place on Wednesday, December 25 during the Ravens-Texans game.
www.netflix.com
November 18, 2024 at 4:48 AM
Belt to ass because where do you think you are???
Today, I saw some white teenagers walking around the National Museum of African American History and Culture with MAGA hats on.
November 17, 2024 at 9:23 PM
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In this scary time, please remember that you have the power to fight. In case you feel like fighting right-wing schoolboards, I am pleased to present to you this hastily-written nonexpert coffee-fueled guide, "How To Fuck Up an Asshole School Board." Use and share! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
How To Fuck Up an Asshole School Board
How To Fuck Up an Asshole School Board By Chad M. Topaz November 10, 2024 (1) Public Comment Period Using the public comment period strategically is a powerful way to extend a meeting and ensure that ...
docs.google.com
November 10, 2024 at 11:06 AM
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Gentle Reminder: Do not let anyone shame you for holding a child’s hand to sleep. Rocking them to sleep. Reading them to sleep. Nursing them to sleep. Supporting them to sleep is security. Supporting children to sleep is affirming. We all need positive sleep associations. #parentingsky
November 17, 2024 at 5:44 PM
I wonder if your girls are having these thoughts @mellowmagikarp.bsky.social
Naomi Beinart, 16: "We girls woke up to a country that would rather elect a man found liable for sexual abuse than a woman...Where the body I haven’t fully grown into may no longer be under my control. The boys, it seemed to me, just woke up on a Wednesday."
Opinion | I’m 16. On Nov. 5 the Girls Cried, and the Boys Played Minecraft.
On the day after the election, it seemed boys and girls woke to a new reality.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Loved volunteering for Habitat for Humanity but wished I was inside more 😭Completely soaked but feeling accomplished
November 14, 2024 at 2:03 AM