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I think I've come down with a minor cold - sore throat and achy all over :(

That plus stuffiness makes it hard to sleep, you know. But the benefit of staying up this late - and, incidentally, of global warming! - is that I get to hear the mockingbird outside my window.

That is the only advantage of either of those two things.

Edit: I did eventually go to bed before finishing all this.

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A historic win. The National Spelling Bee has not one -- but 8 champions

'I wouldn't be the refugee, I'd be the girl who kicked ass': how taekwondo made me

No Background Check, Drug Test or Credit Check. You’re Hired! (No interview either, just put your name on the list.)

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Western Museums Have a Surplus of Art by White Men. Now Some Are Selling It Off to Correct Their Historical Biases

Female Spies and Their Secrets

The Lost Boys of Galveston, Texas

Cemeteries and family memories stand in border wall’s way ("Before I built a wall I'd ask to know what I was walling in or walling out, and to whom I was like to give offence. Something there is that doesn't love a wall, that wants it down.")

U.S. judge rejects Trump administration move to start wall construction

‘Not on my watch’: As abortion bans multiply, some states move to affirm a woman’s right to choose

Your Kids Think You’re Addicted to Your Phone (One of the commenters fesses up to spending a lot of time on his phone... because he evidently thinks the alternative is to "sit there and stare into space". Not that I can really talk about reducing your personal screen time, but surely he can think of other ways to spend his life than those two options!)

When Adventists and Mormons Turned Sex-Positive

So, one thing transphobes like to do is post photos of trans women who *gasp* want to compete in school sports and go “But it’s not faiiiiiiir”

The preachers getting rich from poor Americans

Tornado warning? In East, storm season brings bewilderment

Why America Can’t Solve Homelessness

Measles for the One Percent

Schools have more unvaccinated kids than they realize

The New Secession

Migrants traverse the deadly last stretch of Darien jungle

Asylum seekers say U.S. officials returned them to Mexico but kept their IDs

US Universities And Retirees Are Funding The Technology Behind China’s Surveillance State

Fox News->Breitbart->Stormfront

Date: 2019-06-01 01:59 am (UTC)
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A historic win. The National Spelling Bee has not one -- but 8 champions

Please oh please oh please tell me they are now joining forces to fight crime.

Date: 2019-06-01 09:18 am (UTC)
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Well, they did make goodness knows how many seasons of The Flash which initially had me wondering for how long they could stretch out the idea of being presented with a series of problems all of which one solves by somebody being able to run very quickly. Fighting crime by spelling well (clues in the etymology!) seems about as plausible.

Date: 2019-06-01 06:59 pm (UTC)
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Ha, I suppose they could inadvisably correct the wrong person's spelling!

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