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Also, to confirm, I was told 18-month waitlists. Could’ve had a whole other kid for whom there’d still be no room. 🫠

I remember frantically calling daycares around Denver after our son was born and asking “Wait. Did you say 8-month or 18-month waitlist?”

Sure, we could’ve researched more, but that was quite the shock. We ended up having to enroll in an au pair program for almost two years.

I got ads for LALA queso and burger buns endorsed by Shaq, who spoke Spanish in the ad.

Watched the game from mexico. Does not sound like I missed out on quality ads this year. 😬

Thank god for Benito because this game sucks.

Who are any of these people?

I don't think that man said a single word in English and I love that for us

That’s America.

Love this for puertorriqueños and appreciate Bad Bunny sharing the space with the rest of us! ❤️

What fucking legend Bad Bunny is. Un héroe 🇵🇷

Don’t care who wins as long as the Patriots lose. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Then my spouse — who is very excited for Bad Bunny later — followed up with a banger a bit later saying “So that’s who’s playing…” after an ad for the game flashed on the TV screen.

My three-year-old just looked at me and said “Daddy, police officers don’t do work. Just firefighters and doctors.”

I mean… 🤷🏽‍♂️

Maybe the Seahawks will run the ball today…

Evergreen content

Felicidades a mi amigo Benito, who came to see me and just me at work last year. 🐰

Frankly, we deserve it 🤷🏽‍♂️

I feel like I should have a soft spot for Denver given that my son was born there, but it feels really hard to root against Josh Allen. Sorry, Mile High friends.

No Golden Globe for your boy, but I got something even better: verification from a site that’s NOT Twitter/X.

Some news… This is my last week at NPR. I’m grateful for my colleagues at Morning Edition and around the org. Leaving sucks, but I’m excited about what’s next. More on that later. If you need freelance support, holler at me:

obedmanuelwrites@gmail.com

Odds are I’ll be hollering at you first. 😅

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From an accuracy standpoint, "ousted" is not the right descriptor for Maduro's removal from power...

Awesome history.

And what a way for them to end!

Not the quick download I was hoping for…

They might be onto something…

Something about having rules they’re supposed to follow…

lol

In her defense, olives suck

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Trump’s removal of Nicolas Maduro from power “comes at a time when Trump has also freed or pardoned other convicted drug dealers and people accused of ties to drug gangs and cartels - notably the former president of Honduras.” From NPR’s @brianmannadk.bsky.social