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I talk about Gomek the crocodile 🐊 constantly (to mostly unwilling audiences) and just found his Wiki entry today. Never in my life seen a [citation needed] work this hard
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Before 2,000 #FenwayFranks are eaten and 500-plus fireworks go off, the team spends a year planning #commencement. Here’s an inside look at what it takes to put on this "spectacle" at and around the global campus network.
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Point: "AI will make all writing jobs obsolete in 6 months we should be freaking out."
Counterpoint: AI-generated transcripts
Mother-in-law is downstairs arguing with father-in-law over the phone about the Diana/Camilla situation, rest in power Lady. #Coronation
The problem with getting rid of the monarchy is we don’t have any other excuses to put elite choral music on TV every few years.
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Her #cockatoos read books. Now other birds enrolled in #Parrot Kindergarten—a program led by this #Northeastern researcher—can learn to play games and communicate, too.
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Her #cockatoo Ellie knows how to read books, draw 14 letters and request Beethoven. This researcher runs #parrot kindergarten—an online platform helping other bird owners leverage #technology to enhance their pets’ lives.
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And I'm ecstatic to share this story, in which I went down to Florida to meet Ellie and Jen. Click for cockatoos learning phonics, squirrels playing Balloon Pop, and parrots with opinions on music. news.northeastern.edu/2023/04/28/mag
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I have a new gig at , which, to its credit, keeps paying me to write stuff. Excited about the stories we can tell.
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Introducing Northeastern Global News Magazine—a new media brand by @Northeastern that will deliver longform, in-depth stories from across the global university system and the world to your inbox.
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While on #FaceTime with other #birds, #parrots will dance and sing together through the screen—providing them with the opportunity to “express themselves,” find these researchers.
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Like Beyonce I'm no longer Verified but unlike Beyonce I got to hang out with these parrots who know how make video calls news.northeastern.edu/2023/04/19/par
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Setting aside the UCB money for my utterly transfixed kindergartener now
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There’s chaos and then there’s the drop-in improv class for kids we happened upon at the Children’s Museum this morning.
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Kidsbop cover of Under Pressure is pairing great with Dr. Lydgate’s debt problems
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Reading Middlemarch at a place called XtremeCraze because parenthood is lol.
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Last weekend I was walking my 2-year-old through the airport, and he threw his hands up theatrically and asked "Where'd my mommy go?" to every stranger that passed us. So far none of you have come up with an April Fools prank that good.
Facebook but only posts about missing cats with “UPDATED: Cookie is home safe!! thanks everyone!💕🙏🏻” at the top
Kudos to for this fab story on my absolutely favorite period of telenovela-worthy British history. I watch ALL the series on the Wives, even the not so well written ones.
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Sad day for me and all the other white elder millennial moms trying to give ourselves early birthday presents
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Because I could not stop for Ticketmaster –
Ticketmaster kindly stopped for me –
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3-year-old lives for comedy and only made these after I laughed too hard at the first one she did on accident; she'd be so delighted her material is doing (relative) numbers.
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Been howling for days at these clinically depressed valentines my 3-year-old made, please enjoy 😐#HappyValentinesDay
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Celebrate the Valentine's Day season by taking a tour through this Croatian museum where people send their breakup memorabilia. expmag.com/2023/02/think-
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Ryan can write beautifully about anything and this also has the single-funniest source quote attribution I've seen.
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A few months ago posted an IG story asking someone to assign her a story about quirky marathon runners, and she didn't need to ask twice. Worth your time today, if you feel like smiling! expmag.com/2022/12/when-a
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The debate over gas stoves has been heating up among regulators and politicians. We asked chefs to weigh in.
Here’s why some professionals are still loyal to open-flame cooking and others are making the switch.
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The actor is having to focus pretty hard on the actual baking so he keeps dropping the Blippi voice.
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I usually don’t have much nice to say about Blippi but his stint making challah in a commercial bakery is actually pretty pleasant
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Also some teensy back pats for myself for looking into my crystal ball and assigning this in early fall 🧙♀️
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What do chefs think about moving away from gas? It's complicated. with some sharp, thoughtful reporting for
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A guy unwittingly had a real Rodin on the episode on last night and I was so sure it would happen
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I just want one time for Antiques Roadshow to bleep someone saying a string of obscenities after they find out their family heirloom is worth some ungodly amount.
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A fond farewell to Dark Sky, the only app i enabled push notifications on for a decade 🌧️
A TSA agent just soberly asked me, a tired 37.5-year-old toting 2 kids and who took preventative ibuprofen this morning, if I was under age 12. Honestly don’t know if this is a brag or not.
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All I want for Christmas once again is to be sent away like a sickly Victorian teenager to convalesce by the seashore.
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