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Bob Mondello
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Movie reviewer for NPR, and an unrepentant Sondheimite. (he/him) post.news/bob_mondello
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A cousin just found a photo of my grandparents from about 40 years before I met them. Mary was in her late 60s when I was a kid, and Filadelfo was in his 80s and had had a stroke, and frankly, I'd never tried to imagine them in the fresh bloom of youth. Great Christmas present!
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Nothing like one of the world's richest men ridiculing something as simple and harmless as pronouns that are meant to support some of the most vulnerable and discriminated people. Trans rights are human rights.
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Especially the “listen to public radio” part. Solidarity, folks!
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If @NYTimesGuild members don't have a deal soon, we’re asking readers to not engage in any @nytimes platforms tomorrow and stand with us on the digital picket line! Read local news. Listen to public radio. Pull out a cookbook. Break your Wordle streak.
An image of an attempt to solve a Wordle puzzle with a combination of  Times, Union, Staff, Walks and an @NYTimesGuild logo.
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A Sondheim musical that no one's heard in 74 years in a "live" 1948 recording with 18-yr-old Steve Sondheim at the keyboards. Hear how the young prodigy was -- before his career even started -- putting it together, bit by bit
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Always wondered what the inside of a real bank vault looked like. I pictured stacks of cash and gold bars (I’m a child of Hollywood). The Takoma BofA branch closed, and vendors are using it as a holiday gift mart. Some very cool stuff, but I have to say the vault is the coolest.
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Thank you for your compliments on the thread. But please read the essay, not just the screencaps. No paywall, because this is information that should be freely available to all. (Also, I worked real hard on it for weeks and I had terrible nightmares)
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Simmered most of the day and finally the gobbler carcass is soup. Six quarts with a whole lot of turkey plus veggies and barley. After sitting patiently as our quality control observer (not a crumb of anything got past her for hours), Kati’s now helping with cleanup.
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Time for Thanksgiving-adjacent pleasures: turkey soup, turkey salad, turkey sandwiches. A spatchcocked turkey comes apart really easily. Can't believe all the times I just tossed the bones. I want about 30 years of turkey carcasses back for do-overs (not to mention leftovers).
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Spatchcocked the bird, hung out with friends, put up Xmas lights, dined well but not too much.... Good day all around. Happy Thanksgiving!
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Thanksgiving "Nearmisu" (Tiramisu Porteño) Made Argentine-style with ladyfingers soaked in cafe con leche mixed with Bailey's & Kahlúa, and dulce de leche mixed with kefir. (Carlos is an artist with the ladyfingers.)
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You're a natural. You'll be a star.
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Some amazing news: I will guest host Weekend All Things Considered on Saturday and Sunday, to give the awesome Michel Martin holiday time off. We have wonderful guests and discussions planned, so please join us and spare a kind thought for a newbie trying something different.
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This story is so extraordinary. I just choked up…again.
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The reporting on Pulse, by ⁦⁦@arishapiro⁩, I have never forgotten. It is so intimate and so I am so grateful for it. It’s all that more valid after this week. I will never forget. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/
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I'm not consumed with "hate" for Musk and don't really think of him in terms of politics. What I do hate, honestly -- in politics, in business, as an ethic -- is the celebration of treating people badly. It's corrosive, ugly, pointless, and a path to failure and unhappiness.
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Replying to @idislikestephen
can you explain to me honestly why people who appear to be left leaning politically hate Elon musk?
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