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These look amazing! I plan to give them a try when I can get to a store to get cocoa powder.
One of you guys recommended this cookie recipe to me a while back and they’re indeed legit www.bakersbrigade.com/recipe/chewy...
Chewy Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies-Chocolatey and Spicy, My Most Requested Cookie
This recipe is my baby. It's the first recipe I ever developed myself and it's the recipe I'm most often asked for. These Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies will make you a potluck hero. They are chewy, ch...
www.bakersbrigade.com
February 16, 2025 at 2:27 AM
These look amazing! I plan to give them a try when I can get to a store to get cocoa powder.
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"It’s official: Research has found that libraries make everything better."
lithub.com/its-official...
lithub.com/its-official...
It’s official: Research has found that libraries make everything better.
Science has backed up what many of us have long been saying: the library rocks. A study from the New York Public Library surveyed 1,974 users on how the library makes them feel and how it affects t…
lithub.com
February 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"It’s official: Research has found that libraries make everything better."
lithub.com/its-official...
lithub.com/its-official...
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This was such a scorcher I briefly considered stealing and rephrasing it. Possibly with the help of Le Chat.
February 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This was such a scorcher I briefly considered stealing and rephrasing it. Possibly with the help of Le Chat.
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Cecile Richards, a prominent advocate for women’s rights and former pres. of @ppfa.bsky.social, passed away on 1/20/25, at the age of 67 after a courageous battle with glioblastoma
She will be remembered as a fierce and tireless advocate for the rights of women and inspires us to continue her work.
She will be remembered as a fierce and tireless advocate for the rights of women and inspires us to continue her work.
January 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Cecile Richards, a prominent advocate for women’s rights and former pres. of @ppfa.bsky.social, passed away on 1/20/25, at the age of 67 after a courageous battle with glioblastoma
She will be remembered as a fierce and tireless advocate for the rights of women and inspires us to continue her work.
She will be remembered as a fierce and tireless advocate for the rights of women and inspires us to continue her work.
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"Masculine Energy"
January 20, 2025 at 4:43 AM
"Masculine Energy"
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just blurted out in class "yes, you have to cite where you got your info. in a world in which lying loudly is the only thing that seems to get rewarded, citing your sources is an act of resistance" and folks, I really believe that.
December 19, 2024 at 3:35 PM
just blurted out in class "yes, you have to cite where you got your info. in a world in which lying loudly is the only thing that seems to get rewarded, citing your sources is an act of resistance" and folks, I really believe that.
Just rewatched 'The Muppet Christmas Carol' for the first time in years. It is magical. Here is a column from two years ago on WBUR: www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
‘The Muppet Christmas Carol’ will always have my heart
It’s because the film doesn’t shy away from the dark places life inevitably takes us that it remains resoundingly joyful, writes Sara Shukla.
www.wbur.org
December 15, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Just rewatched 'The Muppet Christmas Carol' for the first time in years. It is magical. Here is a column from two years ago on WBUR: www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
Dick Van Dyke is still at it even as he approaches 99.
Dick Van Dyke is the focus of Coldplay’s latest music video, “All My Love.” In a clip, Van Dyke sings, dances barefoot and offers meditations on aging, family and love.
A shorter version of the video will be released Dec. 13 on Van Dyke’s 99th birthday.
A shorter version of the video will be released Dec. 13 on Van Dyke’s 99th birthday.
Dick Van Dyke, Approaching 99, Dances in Coldplay’s Latest Video
In the clip, which was filmed in October, Van Dyke sings, dances barefoot and offers meditations on aging, family and love.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2024 at 2:41 AM
Dick Van Dyke is still at it even as he approaches 99.
It is Bandcamp Friday yet again. The last of 2024. Will there be more next year? Maybe. Maybe not. But there is one today. Do with that information what you think best.
December 7, 2024 at 2:39 AM
It is Bandcamp Friday yet again. The last of 2024. Will there be more next year? Maybe. Maybe not. But there is one today. Do with that information what you think best.
Disagreement bots creates a challenging new issue. I share Hank Green's curiosity about the impetus for this.
December 5, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Disagreement bots creates a challenging new issue. I share Hank Green's curiosity about the impetus for this.
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In his latest video, @hankgreen.bsky.social talks about a phenomenon you may have noticed here: LLM-driven bots programmed to relentlessly disagree with anyone and everyone.
Who is Creating The Non-Human Army
YouTube video by hankschannel
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December 4, 2024 at 1:19 AM
In his latest video, @hankgreen.bsky.social talks about a phenomenon you may have noticed here: LLM-driven bots programmed to relentlessly disagree with anyone and everyone.
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This platform has grown explosively since the election, but growth has slowed down the past few days. Should we be concerned?
No. A temporary plateau was inevitable given the heterogeneity of social media users. From my point of view Bluesky is already over the hump 1/
No. A temporary plateau was inevitable given the heterogeneity of social media users. From my point of view Bluesky is already over the hump 1/
November 26, 2024 at 8:06 PM
This platform has grown explosively since the election, but growth has slowed down the past few days. Should we be concerned?
No. A temporary plateau was inevitable given the heterogeneity of social media users. From my point of view Bluesky is already over the hump 1/
No. A temporary plateau was inevitable given the heterogeneity of social media users. From my point of view Bluesky is already over the hump 1/
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The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
November 23, 2024 at 2:06 PM
The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
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Today’s poem is called ‘The Importance of the Oxford Comma’.
November 20, 2024 at 11:10 AM
Today’s poem is called ‘The Importance of the Oxford Comma’.
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The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry: a great poem for troubled time...
November 14, 2024 at 12:16 PM
The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry: a great poem for troubled time...
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Payback is a bitch. And so are we.
You’re on notice. We aren’t going anywhere. We’re not hiding.
We’re not being silent. But we are taking notes.
You’re on notice. We aren’t going anywhere. We’re not hiding.
We’re not being silent. But we are taking notes.
November 14, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Payback is a bitch. And so are we.
You’re on notice. We aren’t going anywhere. We’re not hiding.
We’re not being silent. But we are taking notes.
You’re on notice. We aren’t going anywhere. We’re not hiding.
We’re not being silent. But we are taking notes.