Time for some personal news: Today is my last day at The Courier Journal. I love journalism but realized it’s not for me, so I’ve decided to pursue a nursing career.
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Which one’s the worst response to “how are you doing”
- Better than I deserve!40%
- i’M hEre16.7%
- can’t complain6.7%
- Living the dream!36.7%
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I caught a glimpse of what I hope my retirement is like tonight when the old lady checking out in front of me at Michael’s told the cashier not to tell her the total and then swiped her card blindly
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I remember being robbed of my chance to hold the record for sticker streak
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Who do you think of when you remember first learning AP style?
Did you have a copy editing professor who quizzed you weekly? Or an editor who marked up your drafts pointing out your style errors?
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Kentucky voters also rejected Amendment 1, which would've given state lawmakers the power to call themselves into session.
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Most likely the biggest story out of Kentucky is Amendment 2 failing. The amendment would've revised the state constitution to make clear there is no protected right to abortion.
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Yes I will give you a foot rub. for the low price of listening to me sing This Little Piggy on repeat
Never have I ever returned to a parking lot after grocery shopping and confidently walked straight to my car’s location
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I almost missed this full-page ad / letter in The Courier Journal the other Sunday from John Calvin Buckley on Kentucky State Penitentiary conditions.
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nurses of history are inspiring
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Today 43 Republicans voted to keep insulin at $1200/mo instead of $35. Tomorrow every Republican will ask you to be outraged that gas is $5 instead of $3.
In the GOP world, $1200 for life saving insulin in fair play but $5 for gas is an outrage.
Vote them all out.
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I love getting a pen in the mail “from” Baptist Health’s CEO as a thank you for working at the hospital for one year the same day I get a $600 emergency room bill
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President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will travel to flood-devastated communities in Eastern Kentucky. Gov. Andy Beshear has praised the Biden administration for swiftly providing federal assistance after flooding.
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Someone tell me why I worked over 72 hours last week only for the g*vernment to take 32% of my paycheck 🥴
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One of my colleagues wrote about getting a vasectomy recently. His experience is on the left.
Another Vice writer wrote in 2019 about getting her tubes tied. Her experience is on the right.
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This happened last night: Supreme Court rejects AG Daniel Cameron's emergency appeal to block abortions in Kentucky courier-journal.com/story/news/loc via
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Nothing like starting the day by having Face ID tell you your morning self is unrecognizable
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I’d love to chat with/hear from Kentucky nurses / former nurses about mental health.
I can be reached on here or at sladd@courier-journal.com.
Share, Share! 💙
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Rich Strike, with Sonny Leon up, wins the 148th Running of the Kentucky Derby.
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Currently sending maximalist fashion videos on TikTok and listening to her gasp every time she watches them add a new piece of clothing
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Way too many people are replying to this with instructions on how to boil an egg
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Hard boiled egg recipes please
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CNN reports KY Sen. Rand Paul, who delayed outcome of Supreme Court confirmation vote, was booed when he finally appeared and ignored reporters' questions about why he was late for the vote. #SCOTUSConfirmation
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Well that’s alarming, anyway gotta show up for my 9-5 tomorrow
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Favorite patient quote of the week: “You don’t need a brain to be a boss; all you need is a butt hole.”
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Everyone is asking because you already announced it, Twitter!!!! Use your silly edit button to come up with a better intro to this tweet
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now that everyone is asking…
yes, we’ve been working on an edit feature since last year!
no, we didn’t get the idea from a poll 
we're kicking off testing within @TwitterBlue Labs in the coming months to learn what works, what doesn’t, and what’s possible.
we're kicking off testing within @TwitterBlue Labs in the coming months to learn what works, what doesn’t, and what’s possible.Show this thread
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Expedia? No thanks, I’ve got Monica
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Taking a trip with your type A friend is like getting a free, built-in travel planner
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Every car ride is just running the heat until I start to sweat, switching to the AC until I freeze, and repeating until I reach my destination
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if you don’t have an insulin pump decorated like the Burn Book, sorry you’re a fugly slut
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if I had a nickel for every time a doctor called me into a patient’s room to mute the TV for them while they talked to said patient, I’d have two nickels. which is not a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice right 🎵
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Joshua 2060.
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DOG SURVIVES FALL OFF OVERPASS: Saturday a homeless dog was scene running down the busy interstate. Citizens tried to corral the dog to safety when the unthinkable happened. Scared & panicked, the dog leaps & falls 20 ft before hitting the sidewalk below. facebook.com/kyhumane/posts
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all you fair-weather fans can suck it and yes this a subtweet
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So far my favorite thing that has happened during my online class’s virtual lectures is when a student typed a message saying they couldn’t hear anything and the professor responded through the video
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