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The Forever Cure, by Jordan Michael Smith Is civil commitment rehabilitating sex offenders—or punishing them?

From @TypeInvestigate @Harpers: The Forever Cure: Is civil commitment rehabilitating sex offenders—or punishing them?
by @WriterJMS

What happens when you get locked up for something you *might* do? Can you ever get out?

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The Most Polarizing Thing on Wheels A year after its debut, the Cybertruck has come to embody Tesla’s infamous CEO, with critics suggesting it’s as defective and unreliable as Elon Musk himself.

From @texasmonthly.bsky.social: The Most Polarizing Thing on Wheels

A year after its debut, the Cybertruck has come to embody Tesla’s infamous CEO, with critics suggesting it’s as defective and unreliable as Elon Musk himself.

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26.12.2024 18:45 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

Fighting to Avoid Her Mother’s Fate, for Her Daughters’ Sake

From @nytimes.com: Fighting to Avoid Her Mother’s Fate, for Her Daughters’ Sake

A mutant gene is coming to steal Linde Jacobs’s mind. Can she find a way to stop it?

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26.12.2024 18:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

‘We Can Bury Anyone’: Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine (Gift Article) Private messages detail an alleged campaign to tarnish Blake Lively after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of “It Ends With Us.”

From @nytimes.com: ‘We Can Bury Anyone’: Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine

Private messages detail an alleged campaign to tarnish Blake Lively after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct

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26.12.2024 18:00 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

After a young woman was shot dead in Texas, a medical school harvested her body parts Aurimar Iturriago Villegas left Venezuela hoping to lift her family out of poverty. When she was murdered, her corpse became a commodity in the U.S. body trade.

From @nbcnews.com: After a young woman was shot dead in Texas, a medical school harvested her body parts
by @mikehixenbaugh.com

When Aurimar Iturriago Villegas was murdered, her corpse became a commodity in the U.S. body trade

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26.12.2024 16:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0