It's the weirdest thing

but this past week, I've had the TGIF theme stuck in my head. All week. It just popped into my head one day, out of the blue, and I haven't been able to shake it.

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Meet The Black Women Upending The Romance Novel Industry (That pic does not do justice to the Jefferson Market library, which is awesome.)

The universe is out of balance and nobody knows why

Surprisingly, Vancouver was once the neon capital of the planet

How an Army of Suffragettes Helped Save America From Starvation

This albatross couple adopted a baby of another species

The Tragic History of RC Cola

The Long Way Round: The Plane that Accidentally Circumnavigated the World

The relationship between humans and parrots can be surprisingly profound.

Universal Basic Income Didn’t Fail in Finland. Finland Failed It.

The Robot Assault On Fukushima

A metropolitan world

How church attendance has evolved geographically over the past 60 years

Disclosure in the Caymans: Global walls of financial secrecy are falling

The Billion Dollar Bank Job

Why Silicon Valley can’t fix itself

Unfazed by Brazil's army, Rio drug gangs willing to wait out occupation

For a Former Foster Kid, “Poverty Porn” Is Personal

Inexperienced candidates are becoming more common, but only in one party

In Rural Tennessee, a Big ICE Raid Makes Some Conservative Voters Rethink Trump’s Immigration Agenda

Spy agency NSA triples collection of U.S. phone records: official report

He Spent Almost 20 Years Funding The Racist Right. It Finally Paid Off.

Live-Streaming the Apocalypse With NRATV

Ranks of Notorious Hate Group Include Active-Duty Military

5 Kashmir rebels, civilian killed during anti-India clashes

Didn't even know we had more Steven Universe to watch!

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