Melanie

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"A city councilman plans to introduce a bill this week that would require landlords to buy, install and maintain air-conditioning units or cooling systems for tenants during the summer, with fines of up to $1,250 per day for noncompliance."

New York City Tenants Are Entitled to Heat. What About Air-Conditioning?www.nytimes.com Landlords have to keep tenants warm in the winter, but can leave them sweating in the summer. A city councilman wants to change that.

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more millennials need to watch The Apartment (1960) to find relatable content like what if you hated too many ads before your shows what if you had to rent your place that was too much of your paycheck out to your bosses so they could have affairs, and they kept promising to put in a good word

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my god, it's full of stars

most twee guy at my improv class? that’d have to be yes anderson.

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This is magic

I’ve finally captured it. My meathead of a dog purposefully pops basketballs immediately and then puts them on his head and runs around like a basketball head.

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Myrna Loy, 1932 - photo portrait by George Hurrell

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The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, and the second-best time is now.

Breaking news: President Biden is finalizing plans to endorse major changes to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks, including proposals for legislation to establish term limits for the justices and an enforceable ethics code, according to two people briefed on the plans.

Biden set to announce support for major Supreme Court changeswww.washingtonpost.com The president has discussed the plans with constitutional scholars and members of Congress in recent weeks.

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you know what, everyone should just take a minute and go watch Casablanca. Have you seen it? It's pretty good. You'll finally get all the references.

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Lighthouse libraries!

"In 1876, the Light House Establishment added a portable wooden library box to the list of supplies they delivered... The rugged box served as shipping box and bookshelf, and delivered much-needed entertainment to the lighthouse staff." www.beachcombingmagazine.com/blogs/news/l...

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What if, for a change of pace, literally anything good happened?

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Trump/Vance 2024

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the general vibe at the moment

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an underrated plus of living in Boston is that absolutely no one believes this

People, I beg of you, please stop assuming someone who went to an Ivy is smart

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the yoga instructor tells me to engage my core. i toggle the swtich and feel my power levels rising. core engaged. plasma vents at 34%. within minutes my shoulder mounted turbo canons will be armed. namaste.

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From America's hardest-hitting investigative journalists at @teenvogue.bsky.social, a BEAUTY of an introductory piece (I've gifted annual subscriptions to random small-town libraries; you can, too!) www.teenvogue.com/story/everyt...

Every Gen Z Issue JD Vance Is Againstwww.teenvogue.com From guns, and climate change to abortion and LGBTQ rights, the Republican VP is being called “Anti-Gen Z.”

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The problem with people who do Copyright Discourse to justify not wanting to pay for stuff ("ideas landlords! capitalism! sharing ebooks is redistribution of the means of production!") is, basically, they're morons.

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a friend living outside the US told me someone had asked her “what’s the deal with america right now” and her answer was “it’s like the lawnmower episode of mad men, but every day” which, yeah, seems pretty much accurate

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gotta love how contemporary publishing is 30000000 beautiful, deeply felt, finely crafted books with 7.5 readers each whose authors are just barely making a living, and like 4 books that financially support the whole apparatus, each of which has comprehensively and unforgivably destroyed society

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What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

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Cheerleader and goth bffs

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Best “from a diner” reporting in years

Sitting right by two middle aged white guys in a diner. One guy said, “Somebody tried to kill Trump.” The other guy said, “He’s such a dick.” They both grunted affirmation, then started talking about Shōgun. Later, they explained the timeline of Better Call Saul to each other.

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And another good bit of animal news, folks: A critically endangered Chinese pangolin has been born at the Prague Zoo. @nycteris.bsky.social @tkingfisher.com abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

A second critically endangered Chinese pangolin born in Prague zooabcnews.go.com A second Chinese pangolin was born in the Prague zoo in less than two years and is doing well, defying the odds and surprising park officials

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Forever.

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The way forward is mutual aid. Feel lost, lonely, scared? There is a free fridge project or pantry near you. Make some sandwiches. I am absolutely not kidding about this. “Not Knowing What Else To Do, Woman Bakes American-Flag Cake” is not terrible advice if you give it away.

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If dispelling doom for the sake of dispelling doom does not appeal to you, perhaps try dispelling doom out of spite, is what I’m saying.

If it’s not helpful to you, by all means ignore this, but I’m just saying… It really helps me to recenter myself to think “Oh right. The worst fucking people on the planet want me to feel like we’re doomed. Fuck those guys, actually.”

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Remembering the time I successfully photographed a tardigrade! There's very few non-microscope photos of these tiny creatures out there. They're toughest animals on Earth: able to go into a dormant ‘tun’ state & withstand extreme temperatures, desiccation, radiation, and even the vacuum of space! 🧪

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Me: looks at my phone in the morning My phone:

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Sticking with only good news today

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i want to be a bear living in wyoming eating fresh salmon and scratching my ass on a tree