About a Black man, Leroy Moton, who died quietly at 78 but was intimately involved with the Sixties civil rights movement. He was riding in the car with Viola Liuzzo when she was shot (1965, by KKK). #notpaywalled
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Perspective | The ordinary death of an extraordinary civil rights icon
Leroy Moton, a freedom fighter you may have never heard of, died quietly in Connecticut after a lifelong fight for voting rights.
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February 1, 2024 at 10:56 PM
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If you have no experience with homelessness (I have some, briefly homeless, friends who were homeless in the past), you really should read this. Definitely tl;dr but will make you think, if you think at all. #notpaywalled
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Opinion | A Life Without a Home
Voices from the tents, shelters, cars, motels and couches of America.
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February 21, 2024 at 8:06 PM
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#notpaywalled #giftarticle because it's an #important read. #abortion #abortionishealthcare #abortionislifesaving
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A Day With One Abortion Pill Prescriber
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June 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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#logophiles #linguaphiles This is a #mustread and AFAIK is #notpaywalled
As a professional writer most of my life (i.e., someone who earned salaries from writing of all types), I instinctively knew this rule and know what sounds correct, but wasn't ever taught the rule.
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As a professional writer most of my life (i.e., someone who earned salaries from writing of all types), I instinctively knew this rule and know what sounds correct, but wasn't ever taught the rule.
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This Is the Most Bizarre Grammar Rule You Probably Never Heard Of
But I've been following it all my life, and so have you.
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April 11, 2024 at 6:05 PM
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RE: #CEOpay --I have seen numbers from eight times to 20 times the average worker's pay in the Fifties, and up to 350 times the average worker's pay now. An #AP article with lots of documentation claiming 200 times. Worth reading and #notpaywalled.
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CEOs made nearly 200 times what their workers got paid last year
The typical compensation package for chief executives who run companies in the S&P 500 jumped nearly 13% last year, easily surpassing the gains for workers at a time when inflation was putting con...
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June 4, 2024 at 9:17 PM
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I started out a sociology major in college (it ended up being my minor when I turned into an English major). Therefore, I find the article fascinating. I hope you do as well. #notpaywalled
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What Are We So Afraid Of? Here’s the Expert to Ask.
Christopher Bader studies Americans’ prevailing fears. If you guessed “clowns,” you’re not entirely wrong.
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January 21, 2024 at 3:30 PM
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An important story that is getting virtually no play in major outlets. This is from Channel 5 in Boston. #notpaywalled
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Trump administration freezes many health agency reports and online posts
The Trump administration has put a freeze on many federal health agency communications with the public through at least the end of the month.
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January 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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What decades of neglect, budget cuts (re-election), and privatization gets you on Boston's MBTA. I love public transpo and rode it for many years. It grieves me. Red Line useta be the jewel. #notpaywalled
NYTransit has different issues but many of the same problems.
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NYTransit has different issues but many of the same problems.
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Bags, body parts stuck in train doors in series of Red Line incidents
All of the MBTA trains involved share the same door safety systems.
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March 26, 2024 at 6:44 PM
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“This keeps happening--people getting onto airport property and getting into an aircraft, and it poses a huge security danger for the aircraft. These people were apparently just trying to get some place, but it could have been someone attempting an attack” #notpaywalled
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Two bodies found in JetBlue plane's wheel well after landing in Fort Lauderdale
The bodies were discovered Monday night during a post-flight maintenance inspection.
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January 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Can AI truly replicate the screams of a man on fire? Video game performers want their work protected
Video game performers say the physical strain and hours put into motion capture and voice work make it worth protecting against artificial intelligence.
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August 21, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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Senate Democrats to force vote for transparency on deportations to El Salvador
It is part of a larger strategy by Democrats to continue using mechanisms under the law to take floor time from majority Republicans and vote on reversing parts of Trump’s agenda.
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May 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Spend a few moments with these images. If you're like me, you will recognize a few or several of them, and feel it in the tug in your chest and the drop of your stomach. #notpaywalled
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The 25 Photos That Defined the Modern Age
A group of experts met to discuss the images that have best captured — and changed — the world since 1955.
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June 4, 2024 at 9:23 PM
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#notpaywalled and worth a look if you or someone you know have Hodgkins/esophageal/ovarian cancer. #AP
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Cancer patients often do better with less intensive treatment, new research finds
Scaling back treatment for some cancers can make life easier for patients without hurting the outcomes.
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June 12, 2024 at 8:47 PM
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#important #notpaywalled #AP contains full report embedded, AFAIK #jacksmith
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Special counsel report says Trump would've been convicted for Jan. 6 'unprecedented criminal effort'
Jack Smith says in a new report that his team “stood up for the rule of law” as it investigated President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
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January 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Not a bad summary at all of possible #summerhazards and during other hot weather times. #notpaywalled
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Following These Safety Tips Can Make Summer 2025 More Fun
Summer offers endless opportunities for fun, but dangers lurk — some well-known, but others less obvious. Follow these tips to stay safe.
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June 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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"The Federal Communications Commission is taking initial steps toward new rules that may require political ads on TV and radio to include disclaimers about the use of artificial intelligence." #notpaywalled
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FCC is considering AI rules for political ads
"As artificial intelligence tools become more accessible, the Commission wants to make sure consumers are fully informed when the technology is used," FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said.
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May 23, 2024 at 3:02 PM
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I started watching political conventions in 1964--I was 13 & definitely recall this speech! "Hamer told of jail and beating in 1963, Winona, MS, at the command of white LEOs ... [it] permanently damaged her eyes, legs, kidneys"
#notpaywalled #FannieLouHamer #IsThisAmerica
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#notpaywalled #FannieLouHamer #IsThisAmerica
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Fannie Lou Hamer rattled the Democratic convention with her 'Is this America?' speech 60 years ago
Kamala Harris is set to accept the Democrats' presidential nomination exactly 60 years after Fannie Lou Hamer rattled the DNC with her ‘Is this America?’ speech.
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August 21, 2024 at 9:36 PM
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Just a cool story. 97 and still dancing--one of the first Black showgirls in Vegas. #notpaywalled
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She broke racial barriers as a Vegas showgirl. At 97, she’s still dancing.
Anna Bailey was the first Black woman to perform in an all-White chorus line on the Strip — and helped transform the city during the struggle for civil rights.
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May 5, 2024 at 10:00 PM
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This Irishman began a regular exercise program at 73(!). I began running just short of 60. Though currently I'm not running, I never stop planning to begin again (and to do it whenever knees/legs cooperate). The article gives me hope, which I need. Maybe you do, too. #notpaywalled
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At 93, he’s as fit as a 40-year-old. His body offers lessons on aging.
The human body maintains the ability to adapt to exercise at any age, showing that it’s never too late to start a fitness program.
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January 17, 2024 at 6:04 PM
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And then there's this. #ICE #Childasbait #Massachusetts
Boston Globe has a longer better article, but this one is #notpaywalled (Globe is)
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Boston Globe has a longer better article, but this one is #notpaywalled (Globe is)
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DHS denies using child as 'bait'; Family shares video of incident
Video shows federal immigration agents surrounding a child outside a Massachusetts home while the family said agents were trying to draw her father outside.
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September 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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As someone who has crossed #kink lines a fair amount over my lifetime, including back when it was a huge deal (anyone recall the Mattachine and Eulenspiegel Societies?), I am really looking forward to reading this. #notpaywalled
Hmmm, maybe I'll return to #sexwork...
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Hmmm, maybe I'll return to #sexwork...
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In the world of sexual fetishes, crossing the political aisle is a kink
On sexual fetish sites, “political humiliation,” or getting mocked for one’s liberal or conservative views, is flourishing.
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December 2, 2023 at 2:59 PM
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