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Fitness, Travel, too much running & writing Bylines: Washington Post, NY Times, The Atlantic, NBC, Boating + more tonyarussell.nyc@gmail.com
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My husband hates chelsea boots but needs something to wear in the winter that aren’t sneakers. Anyone have a favorite pair of boots?
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So much happening in abortion news today. To start:
The conservative org that filed the lawsuit that went on to overturn Roe is attacking viral images of what early pregnancy really looks like. (Which shows just how powerful the pics really are)
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My top gift-giving advice (and I'm good at gifts) is to not give anything related to a person's main interests. That's already a priority for them, they probably already know what they specifically want and/or prioritize spending their own money on it.
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Those meat and cheese baskets? Even before I was a vegetarian I didn’t like them.
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food people: what's a common "foodie" gift you do NOT want
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Some people identify friendship as talking daily or hanging out a lot. That is a social friend. Close friends often can for weeks, months and years with no contact but are there if needed/milestones in one's life. A true friend will respect your privacy unless a crisis is sensed.
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People suffering from depression/anxiety/grief, etc. don’t want to be told that they’re bad friends. We already feel that way. Based on that text I owe apologies to LOTS of friends.
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Someone called me a bad friend and said I must want to end the friendship. I told that person last week I’ve been struggling with my mental health. Telling friends to reach out is performative.
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RESPECTFULLY, TV- it's time to have me come sing This Christmas. Period. Quit playing with my daddy's record. God bless everyone.🥰
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ion like spotify wrapped bc i’ll have one manic episode in feb where i listened to a song 400 times n dat b my so-called fave song of the yr
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My grandma keeps complaining about my two cousins' wives and she swears they don't like her. And she always brings up their "little masters degrees." What exactly is she saying? Does she not like that they're educated?
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I refuse to believe anybody on the Grammy production team thought Jennifer Lopez made sense for a Whitney tribute.
Refuse.
Not while Clive is still alive. Ain't no way.
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Send Bailey some good vibes, y’all. We’re at the vet. He has a neck injury from walking the neighborhood acting like a tough guy.
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Anyways. I'm headed to Scandinavia w/ the girlies next week. Anyone want anything? Skincare? Canned fish? An article perhaps?
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I thought I was the only one
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Do you immediately start planning your next trip as soon as you get home, or are you normal?
Money isn't everything must've come from someone who's never been without. I've seen people's entire personalities change because they finally got a good paying job. It doesn't make you happy but knowing you can pay your bills certainly helps.
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Not me reading “It’s Giving Tuesday,” in an email like “It’s giving…Tuesday.”
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Whose album have you heard a million times but still hits the same? For me that’s the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Gets me every single time.
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i either tweet six times in a row in the span of ten minutes and undo years of work in therapy or i don't tweet at all for four months there is no in between
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Yes, they changed that a while ago. Now some elected officials and others in professions that used to be excluded are now called. I asked someone why and I was told the eligible pool has shrunk. They do not call those with records, violations, etc. The pool to pick from is small.
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I just reread something I wrote and I'd put recommending "foraging friendships" instead of forging. I mean... still not a bad sentence.
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I have jury duty coming up. I had no idea that journalists had to serve.
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Why do people buy crossbows? Like, not hunters. But other folks?
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How many days do I have before Spotify tells me my habits for 2022? I have to hurry and listen to stuff bc it will look like I only listened to Atlantic Starr and Kygo all year 🤦🏽♀️
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What tactics are you using to track down the editors that took drafts from you this year then disappeared?
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It’s not helpful to tell someone childless that you wanted more kids but it didn’t happen for you. Maybe sharing that is a knee jerk reaction, but *only* having one or two isn’t the same as none.
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Veneers and BBLs got everybody looking like this
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Looking to connect with a woman of color in Philly who is a lawyer. I’m helping a high school student find someone to shadow for a day. Can you guys tag some folks?
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I want to put together a cool rich auntie gift guide. Not gifts for them but for niblings FROM them. Any takers?
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"Some people travel to escape. Others want to collect bragging rights. I travel for my own sense of adventure — and for my Black loved ones," writes for .
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Who's going to tell these "heroine chic is in" folks that being skinny in the winter sucks?
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There’s a not insignificant portion of the American public that believes its big cities are lawless war zones because they live in a right-wing media bubble that wants them to believe this.
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My family's all going to Longwood Gardens tonight, and my grandma adamant that she doesn't want me pushing her in a wheelchair, saying it's too much. But if we so much as grocery shop without her, she says we don't care about her. Make up your mind! lol
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Some days I'm a lyricist, dropping bombs with every sentence I write. Some days, I reread a paragraph aloud 3x trying to understand the point I was trying to make.
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Morning friends. I am currently going through a divorce & have also relocated. My therapist said it'd be a good idea to incorporate community somehow into this process, so I created a virtual housewarming. Any support is very much appreciated 😌
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People are always weird about essays. Apparently bc I’m light skinned nobody will discriminate against me abroad, and white people aren’t traveling either so I’m creating a problem that doesn’t exist. Let’s not forget I talked about MY family in my essay.
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My Black family needs me to travel, just as much as I need it
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