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Ruth E Collins: writer
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I am a mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, writer, rememberer, empath, student, and many other things. Always looking to learn and even relearn when necessary.
I like sarcasm, satire, and any kind of wordplay.
I love my kids, sibs, friends, and books.
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Surprisingly Plausible Real-Life Explanations For Mythical Creatures www.ranker.com/list/real-my...
Surprisingly Plausible Real-Life Explanations For Mythical Creatures
Creatures like the narwhal, okapi, and Komodo dragon are on the short list of mythical creatures proven real. Yet, while scientifically interesting, these examples aren't in the realm of more fanciful...
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January 8, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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In Honor of Renee Nicole Good - by Jay Kuo - The Status Kuo statuskuo.substack.com/p/in-honor-o...
In Honor of Renee Nicole Good
Two stories emerge from her horrific murder: what happened that day, and what is happening now everywhere
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January 8, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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Target Tags No Longer Show Prices, And Customers Have Noticed www.dailydot.com/news/target-...
"They got me with this!": Target is quietly removing prices from tags. Customers say it makes them less likely to make a purchase
"I'm just gonna put it back..."
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January 7, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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Trump Announces Plans to Acquire Alaska | The Needling theneedling.com/2025/12/05/t...
Trump Announces Plans to Acquire Alaska
After a weekend invasion of Venezuela followed by threats to several other nations including Greenland again, today President Donald Trump announced his administration also plans to acquire Alaska.…
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January 6, 2026 at 2:07 AM
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What The Bible Really Says About Hell (And What It Doesn't) www.ranker.com/list/bible-f...
What The Bible Really Says About Hell (And What It Doesn't)
Theologians, philosophers, intellectuals, and commoners alike have thought about what happens when we die. The idea of an afterlife varies by religious teaching and personal belief, but for individual...
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January 3, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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Space Needle Puts On Stunning New Year’s Northern Lights Show | The Needling theneedling.com/2025/12/03/s...
Space Needle Puts On Stunning New Year’s Northern Lights Show
In a completely deliberate show of laser and firework show art innovation, this year New Year’s at the Needle put on a Northern Lights-inspired show so realistically Arctic the Space Needle was now…
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January 1, 2026 at 11:07 AM
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I went to Glasgow yesterday for a Photowalk with my friend Jim and here's what I came back with.

#Photography #PhotoWalk #BlackAndWhitePhotography #StreetPhotography #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #Lumix

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Glasgow Photowalk | Winter Street Photography | colin cunningham
Join me on a winter photowalk through Glasgow. Capturing the city's iconic architecture and hidden details in the beautiful, low-angled winter sunshine. Featuring black and white street photography an...
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December 31, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Trump administration to garnish wages of defaulted student loan borrowers starting in 2026 www.dailydot.com/viral-politi...
Trump admin to start garnishing wages of defaulted student loan borrowers January 2026
"Everybody told me this would never happen."
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December 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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New Children’s Book ‘Good Afternoon Moon’ Celebrates Seattle’s Painfully Early Sunsets | The Needling theneedling.com/2025/11/19/n...
New Children’s Book ‘Good Afternoon Moon’ Celebrates Seattle’s Painfully Early Sunsets
Good Afternoon Moon In the tight one-bedroom There was a West Elm couch And an accent wall And a picture of A cow jumping over…something It was Impressionism. There were snacks and candy by yards A…
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December 22, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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Nation Just Kinda Assumed Pacific Northwest Always Lived in Giant Puddle Like That | The Needling theneedling.com/2025/12/18/n...
Nation Just Kinda Assumed Pacific Northwest Always Lived in Giant Puddle Like That
Asked why no one outside the state of Washington seems to care enough about its flooded communities that just lost everything they own right before Christmas, today the nation admitted it just kind…
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December 22, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Adventures In Barbieville: Dressing Barbies for Christmas jeaniebarbies.blogspot.com/2025/12/dres...
Dressing Barbies for Christmas
When I talk about my on-line friends that I met via the doll community, I usually refer to them as "my Barbie People".  We trade stuff our ...
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December 19, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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Sarah’s Scribbles | Sarah's Scribbles | Comics | ArcaMax Publishing www.arcamax.com/thefunnies/s...
Sarah’s Scribbles
Creator Sarah Andersen's original and humorous Web comic about Sarah's daily struggles
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December 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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MAGA supporters pick a new target: Dolly Parton www.dailydot.com/viral-politi...
MAGA supporters pick a new target: Dolly Parton
"Imagine hating Dolly Parton and thinking you're a good person."
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December 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Mt. Rainier Suffers Seasonal Affective Disorder, Will Winter in Tucson | The Needling theneedling.com/2025/11/06/m...
Mt. Rainier Suffers Seasonal Affective Disorder, Will Winter in Tucson
Saying 500,000 years is long enough to stay in one place, Mt. Rainier announced today it’s relocating to the desert Southwest gem of Tucson, Ariz. for the winter. “I deserve to be happy,” said the …
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December 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Emergency Declared After President Actually Declares Emergency When Blue State Asked | The Needling theneedling.com/2025/12/12/e...
Emergency Declared After President Actually Declares Emergency When Blue State Asked
A local emergency was declared today after President Donald Trump and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem actually approved a federal emergency declaration and the assistance that…
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December 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Federal Way Light Rail Extension Opens Stations in Star Lake and 5 Other Fictional Universes | The Needling theneedling.com/2025/11/01/f...
Federal Way Light Rail Extension Opens Stations in Star Lake and 5 Other Fictional Universes
Angle Lake is officially no longer the only Sound Transit light rail station that welcomes Seattle-area residents to the doorstep of a fictional universe: This weekend the Federal Way light rail 1 …
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December 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Atmospheric River Runs Wild Waves Out of Business | The Needling theneedling.com/2025/11/04/a...
Atmospheric River Runs Wild Waves Out of Business
Admitting there was no way to out-compete the increasingly popular wet global warming phenomenon, today Wild Waves Theme Park in Federal Way announced it’s closing after Atmospheric River completel…
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December 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Atmospheric River Runs Wild Waves Out of Business | The Needling theneedling.com/2025/11/04/a...
Atmospheric River Runs Wild Waves Out of Business
Admitting there was no way to out-compete the increasingly popular wet global warming phenomenon, today Wild Waves Theme Park in Federal Way announced it’s closing after Atmospheric River completel…
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December 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Trump mocked for putting his face on National Park passes www.dailydot.com/viral-politi...
Trump mocked for putting his face on America the Beautiful passes for National Parks: "I’d pay more to NOT have that version"
"Didn’t he cut funding to national parks? But has the audacity to plaster his face on it."
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December 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Shrimp And Grits for 12/8/2025 | Shrimp And Grits | Comics | ArcaMax Publishing www.arcamax.com/thefunnies/s...
Shrimp And Grits for 12/8/2025
Enjoy the adventures and philosophical conversations between the two stars of this daily comic strip, "Shrimp" and "Grits".
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December 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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The Top 25 History Facts of 2025 — History Facts historyfacts.com/world-histor...
The Top 25 History Facts of 2025
From the downright shocking to the utterly bizarre, some facts about history are particularly fascinating. Did you know the U.S. had a president before George Washington, or that Americans used to liv...
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December 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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A Calif. mountain town gets a Hallmark holiday movie-worthy miracle www.sfgate.com/centralcalif...
A California mountain town gets a Hallmark holiday movie-worthy miracle
"It was really amazing how the community came together."
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December 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Thieves are stealing keyless cars in minutes. Here's how to protect your vehicle | Business News | ArcaMax Publishing www.arcamax.com/business/bus...
Thieves are stealing keyless cars in minutes. Here's how to protect your vehicle
LOS ANGELES — Car thieves are using tablets and antennas to steal keyless or "push to start" vehicles, police warn, but there are steps owners can take to protect their vehicles.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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From Knowable Magazine: The other end of the weight spectrum: Very thin people | Knowable Magazine knowablemagazine.org/content/arti... Magazine
The other end of the weight spectrum: Very thin people
Researchers are exploring why some individuals are naturally super-lean and may struggle to gain weight. The causes of such constitutional thinness offer clues to the physiology of weight control.
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November 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM