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The hosts were pleading with people to not FaceTime, service journalism is very underrated

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I’m honestly speechless at how thoughtless this is—not even in the sense of cruel, but just: devoid of thought. Yikes. “Alas.”

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"Police talked to Elizabeth’s middle school guidance counselor and asked her to tell them about Elizabeth’s transition. The counselor said she was worried she’d break the law if she did, but an officer told her 'I am the law.'" wapo.st/47HSqBu

Her trans daughter made the volleyball team. Then an armed officer showed up.
Her trans daughter made the volleyball team. Then an armed officer showed up.

Half the country has banned trans girls from competing in girls sports. Jessica Norton didn’t suspect she’d be punished under one of the bans.

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honestly last night when the screen went dark right at what appeared to be the closing shots of megalopolis, lights go up, ppl are leaving, ppl are checking imdb, ppl are refusing to believe it’s over, and after just about too long and most ppl have left the film starts up again mid-closing credits

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(nota bene: this is a thread about ~not moving~)

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My whole post was about, not moving

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Buying property in the US is likely never in the cards for me and that’s an unavoidable part of my calculus. The closest body of water to me is still a superfund site.

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what a relief it was that week when the subway shutdown and my neighborhood was relatively spared—and I’d never really noticed this church a few blocks from me, and now it was somewhere you could pop in for an hour and do something useful (unboxing donations and sorting them into pews, I remember)

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staff writer, The New Republic » author, A WOMAN IS AGAINST THE LAW (Little, Brown) TK + PLAYING THE WHORE (Verso) » NewsGuild of NY member » melissa@melissagira.com » melissagiragrant.com » melissagira.ghost.io
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