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@gbrockell

Videosmith at WaPo's . History forever. Hard G. There's no W in my last name.

Washington, D.C.
Joined January 2011

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    Some sad personal news

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    2 hours ago

    Thousands of federal contract workers are without pay during the partial government . Pablo Lazaro is one of them. A cook at the National Museum of the American Indian, Lazaro is worried about providing for his family as the closure continues:

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  3. Congrats to all flight attendants, who are now qualified to be UN ambassadors

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    26 Dec 2018

    The remarkable — and secret — first presidential visit to troops fighting overseas via @gillianbrockell

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  6. Me: Hi, I had a stillbirth on December 1st and my doctor sent a referral to see Dr. [Specialist]. Phone lady: Okay. Are you pregnant? 🤯

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  7. When I die and get to heaven if the angels let me in on the secrets of the universe my first question will be why are the front desk people at all doctors offices without exception terrible

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  9. “Feel for the Market,” a play in two acts

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    23 Dec 2018
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    14 Dec 2018

    To You've got it so very, very wrong. I am a member of a group for pregnancy loss. A suggested group I might also like of 'babies due 2019' is so dangerously, unnecessarily hurtful. Your tech is better than this.

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    This follows on from 's painful experience, recounted in the Washington Post: Facebook's Groups suggestions are awful in this situation, and there's no clear way to turn them off.

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  13. And here's a look at how effective it is when you finally do find the corner of Facebook where you can turn off parenting ads. Just came up in my feed. (And no, I have not been googling about adoption. I am miles away from anything but grieving.) cc

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  15. Sincere thanks to WaPo for allowing me the time to heal and for carrying my letter, with some updates, here:

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    12 Dec 2018

    Facebook made me a very nice Year In Review video, compiling random pics I posted. But this was NOT a very nice year for me. My son died unexpectedly in July. It still hurts to see him accepting his HS diploma in May. Some "commencement", sigh. I feel for this lady.

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  17. An open letter to , , and regarding algorithms and my son's birth:

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    28 Nov 2018

    The plea deal that Jeffrey Epstein got really is just absurd.

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    28 Nov 2018

    What left-wing outfit do I work for? Can’t think of one. CFR, CNN, WaPo all employ conservatives. Love this attack coming from people who are financially dependent on the conservative movement and couldn’t turn against Trump without risk of becoming unemployed outcasts.

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