Beth

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Make better choices,dammit.
😀🇨🇦❤️
Read books.
Choose kindness.
Practice empathy.
Did I say read books?
Especially the ones idiots ban. Read those twice.

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Hahahahaha!

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Here are 17 new books coming in June.

17 New Books Coming in Junewww.nytimes.com A biography of Joni Mitchell, two hotly anticipated horror novels, a behind-the-scenes exposé about Donald Trump’s years on “The Apprentice” and more.

This cannot go unpunished.

Russian officials took 46 Ukrainian children from a foster home in Kherson City in 2022. Many of them have been put up for adoption in Russia, a New York Times investigation found. What happened to them, experts say, may amount to a war crime.

46 Children Were Taken From Ukraine. Many Are Up for Adoption in Russia.www.nytimes.com The New York Times traced how a web of officials and politicians aligned with President Vladimir V. Putin’s party carried out a campaign to permanently transfer Ukrainian children from Kherson.

Anyone see the cicadas yet?

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Where to even start...

Why is this not * Breaking News*? Seems kinda important.

Bird flu spreads to third Australian farm as 400,000 chickens are slaughtered to halt spread of the virus day after it emerged child became infected Control orders are in place restricting the movement of poultry, poultry products, equipment and vehicles.. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

400,000 birds are slaughtered as bird flu plague spreadswww.dailymail.co.uk Health officials and farmers are on high alert, after a second case of the disease at a property, in Terang, in western Victoria on Thursday.

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Not sure why you give your car an opportunity to drive into a train for a *second* time.

Footage Shows Self-Driving Tesla Careening Straight Into Moving Train as Driver Desperately Tries to Turn Awayfuturism.com A Tesla owner is lucky to be alive after his vehicle in Full Self-Driving mode almost drove straight into a moving train.

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This is something that I have had a private concern about but didn’t quite know how to articulate. The mere existence of this technology enables people to raise this defense, even if it’s bullshit.

So I guess the refrain of Diddy enablers is now “that’s AI footage” so a huge thank you to all the tech bros who’s shitty plagiarism machines are now going to make it even more impossible for a woman to ever prove they were assaulted.

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sorry to post from twitter but this is actually so cool i feel like i’ve been hearing about this case for ever

Judging by the look on Sadie’s face,,, I will not be keeping this puppy.

Accurate.

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1/3 The Canadians got in on the party! This afternoon, McGill and Concordia students joined forces to set up an encampment on the McGill campus. Here's the announcement that it was on! tweet: x.com/McgillSphr/s...

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We don’t name the library carts, unless you count the THIS IS DOUG’S CART DO NOT STEAL signs.* www.instagram.com/reel/C3SvnLf... *We don’t have a Doug AFAIK. And now I want to label the inventory cart Carti B. #libraries 📚📜

St Charles City-County Library on Instagram: "Our personal favorite is Wheel Patrick Harris 😂 Shoutout to our incredible staff member Macy for making this video! #PunnyLibrary #LibraryHumor #FunnyL...www.instagram.com 341K likes, 1,338 comments - stchlibrary on February 13, 2024: "Our personal favorite is Wheel Patrick Harris 😂 Shoutout to our incredible staff member Macy for making this video! #PunnyLibrary #.....

Bill has a interesting sense of humor.

[email protected]!

My new horror novel, BLOOD COVENANT, is out from Cemetery Dance at the end of May and pre-orders are live. Pre-orders are a huge boost to a book's visibility on launch, so if you're keen to grab one, please check the comments. And friends, any shares of this post would be really appreciated! 🖤

Hi!

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For those interested in our Joe Hill set of signed & slipcased Limited Editions, the next volume will be announced on Tuesday, April 23, at 11:00 AM eastern time. Sign up for our newsletter for more information --> lividian.com/newsletter/ @joe-hill.bsky.social

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Breaking News: The police arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters who had set up an encampment of about 50 tents at Columbia University. The arrests came a day after university leaders pledged to Congress that they would crack down on unauthorized student protests related to the war in Gaza.

Live Updates: Police Arresting Pro-Palestinian Protesters at Columbiawww.nytimes.com Officers began arresting students on Thursday, a day after university officials testified about antisemitism before Congress.

www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/c...

An unprecedented streak of ocean heat is entering a second year. Scientists say it could represent a major change to Earth systems that cannot be reversed on any human time scale.

Scientists fear planetary shift as record ocean heat enters second yearwapo.st Scientists say the ocean heat could represent a major change to Earth systems that cannot be reversed on any human time scale.

Well done Michael!

How do you avoid people that were TOLD NOT TO LOOK WITHOUT ISO GRADE PROTECTION GLASSES? Then still looked??

This was avoidable.

Multi layered characters. Twist ending. 👍🏻

Congratulations!!

So astonished and joyful to see the crowd on opening day of our new indie bookstore, Bookish! Thanks again to @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com for helping boost their Kickstarter—that was indeed an Extremely Good Omen” (as noted on the mural above the doorway to the children’s section).

Did not know this.

Six weeks ago, thousands of residents and interns at South Korean hospitals walked off the job. Patients have filed more than 2,000 complaints about treatments being postponed, canceled or refused, according to the national health ministry. But much of the anger is aimed at President Yoon Suk Yeol.

As Doctors’ Walkout Drags On, Some South Koreans Are Losing Patiencewww.nytimes.com Thousands of interns and residents who stopped working in February are testing the public’s high regard for physicians. But there is also anger at the government.

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Taiwan 7.5 magnitude earthquake sparks tsunami warning in Japan

Taiwan 7.5 magnitude earthquake sparks tsunami warning in Japanwww.theguardian.com Tsunami of up to three metres expected to reach Japan’s southern coast after quake with preliminary magnitude of 7.5 hits near Taipei

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I cannot stress how in love with this movie I am. I literally watched it twice this weekend with different friends because I needed them to see it. There’s an English dub on YouTube and the original French on Prime. Might be the best 80 minutes you spend this week.

The voyage thru the galaxy of animation finds Brian & @crobertcargill.bsky.social stranded on planet France in the distant future of 1982 With art by Moebius, TIME MASTERS is one of the weirdest/most wonderful films we’ve yet covered RskT now, my space mates! www.spreaker.com/episode/time...