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New to You: Literature Isn’t Dead
It’s Friday, and if you haven’t read this towering stack of great literature, it’s new to you! This week, Ann mixes it up a bit and responds to an op-ed by David Brooks in the NYT. Is the novel really dead? Read the article, watch Ann’s take, and let us know what you think.
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Wonder how many people Trump is negotiating foreign policy and tariffs with, that have children and other relatives going to Harvard and other Ivy League schools ?
24.05.2025 00:10 — 👍 21181 🔁 3256 💬 845 📌 117
I enjoyed a Mother’s Day concert where my sister and her husband sang in the choir. Their middle child and her crew came to watch and warmed my heart.
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US map via scienceimpacts.org visualization of economic loss due to IDC cuts to 15% as part of Feb 7, 2025 executive order, with shading denoting intensity of cuts.
Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.
Find out how your community may be impacted.
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28.03.2025 02:15 — 👍 6526 🔁 3557 💬 200 📌 266
I think there is going to be a Red Rural Recession and soon if all the cuts continue as is
All the firings, cancelling of grants and contracts with companies , the closing of offices, disproportionately impact small towns, cities and states.
Their finances will be turned upside
28.03.2025 03:14 — 👍 51115 🔁 9000 💬 4333 📌 747
All you need to know about Twitter
23.03.2025 19:07 — 👍 58900 🔁 13224 💬 3092 📌 1205
And remind them to vote out their republican representatives that won’t vote against this attack on benefits
19.03.2025 17:40 — 👍 5265 🔁 716 💬 134 📌 18
My mom has late stage Parkinson’s and we will help her go online. She rarely leaves the house.
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There is an abrupt drop in people planning vacations #EconSky
16.03.2025 10:18 — 👍 446 🔁 91 💬 15 📌 7
lol
07.03.2025 23:10 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
04.03.2025 17:57 — 👍 76325 🔁 22762 💬 1771 📌 978
If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company.
It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create.
They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms.
I’m happy to invest and/or help
02.03.2025 00:34 — 👍 116656 🔁 20062 💬 3389 📌 1501
Trump has canceled Biden's ethics rules. Critics call it the opposite of 'drain the swamp'
Donald Trump took office eight years ago pledging to “drain the swamp” of the dominance of Washington influence peddlers.
Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
23.02.2025 14:55 — 👍 69589 🔁 18025 💬 2528 📌 989
The biggest mistake salespeople make is they keep on talking after they have closed the deal.
It doesn't take long for buyers remorse to set in.
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Reason I don’t drive at night much
24.11.2024 04:28 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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