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Julie Fann
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Trying to finish a memoir but battling distractions that are absolutely insane, like spending too much time on social media humiliating myself and generally not behaving properly.
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Donald Trump’s top advisers have insisted for months that his 2024 bid for the presidency is the most disciplined campaign he has ever run. But whatever control and self-restraint helped launch Trump’s third presidential campaign has largely disappeared.
Trump and his campaign enter turbulent phase in final weeks
Whatever control and self-restraint helped launch Trump’s third presidential campaign has largely disappeared.
wapo.st
September 21, 2024 at 4:05 PM
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Gen Z and millennial voters make up nearly half of the eligible voting population in this year’s election. In Georgia, the race is on to get them registered before early voting begins this month.
As early voting nears in Georgia, all eyes are on whether young voters will turn out
Gen Z and millennial voters make up nearly half of the eligible voting population in this year’s election. In Georgia, the race is on to get them registered before early voting begins this month.
www.npr.org
September 21, 2024 at 5:23 PM
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A Florida sheriff who says he has been driven to frustration by students making false threats of violence against schools is taking a new approach to deterrence: publicly sharing the mug shots of juveniles accused of such crimes and videos of them in handcuffs.
Facing deluge of school shooting threats, sheriff pledges to perp walk students
Volusia County sheriff Mike Chitwood posted mugshots and videos of Florida students getting perp walked after being arrested for making threats of school shootings.
wapo.st
September 20, 2024 at 12:47 PM
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Annie Sklaver Orenstein, author of Always a Sibling: The Forgotten Mourner’s Guide to Grief, tells Morning Edition that grief is complicated but there are simple things someone can do for those going through it.
Grieving the dead is complicated. Here's how you can help someone experiencing loss
Annie Sklaver Orenstein, author of Always a Sibling: The Forgotten Mourner’s Guide to Grief, tells Morning Edition that grief is complicated but there are simple things someone can do for those going through it.
www.npr.org
August 31, 2024 at 4:37 PM
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Researchers who led the 28-day expedition along the nearly 2-mile tall seamount hope the discoveries made will inform future policies safeguarding the understudied, high-seas region.
A newly mapped underwater mountain could be home to 20 new species
Researchers who led the 28-day expedition along the nearly 2-mile tall seamount hope the discoveries made will inform future policies safeguarding the understudied, high-seas region.
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September 2, 2024 at 8:19 PM
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When We Get Old. 1897. www.wikiart.org/en/theophile...
September 4, 2024 at 11:02 PM
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"The Suffragette that Knew Jiu-Jitsu. The Arrest."
By Arthur Wallis Mills, originally published in 1910 in Punch and The Wanganui Chronicle.
September 3, 2024 at 9:14 PM
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September 3, 2024 at 8:36 PM
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We are pleased with the Second Circuit’s decision affirming the lower court’s ruling that the Internet Archive’s wholesale illegal copying of books is not transformative fair use. Internet Archive engaged in blatant copyright infringement and piracy.

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Authors Guild Applauds Final Court Decision Affirming Internet Archive's Book Scanning as Copyright Infringement - The Authors Guild
The Authors Guild is pleased with the Second Circuit’s decision today affirming the lower court’s ruling that the Internet Archive’s wholesale illegal copying of books is not transformative fair use. ...
authorsguild.org
September 4, 2024 at 9:30 PM
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Night skies over Yosemite ✨
September 3, 2024 at 9:56 PM
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Tortoise butt tuesday: sploot edition. #TBT
September 4, 2024 at 1:31 AM
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September 2, 2024 at 12:12 PM
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The Authors Guild is suing Florida. Here’s why.

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September 3, 2024 at 5:36 PM
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“Amelia Van Buren sitting with cat on shoulder” Ca. 1891. www.pafa.org/museum/colle...
September 3, 2024 at 10:06 PM
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I am loving the 3D image of my book! Constructing Disability after the Great War has arrived in the warehouse and will be shipping soon. Pre-order your copy! #dishist #disability #veterans #war #blindness
September 3, 2024 at 11:20 PM