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Tim Arango
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New York Times national correspondent, based in Los Angeles. previous: bureau chief in Baghdad and Istanbul, media reporter in New York. tarango@nytimes.com
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“The police aren’t going to take the library, right?”
In McFarland, CA, city officials find themselves at odds with the local community with their plans to convert Mcfarland’s library into a police station.
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The library in McFarland, Calif., is a bustling place, filled w/ the children of farmworkers who need a safe place after school. But the crowded police force wants to take it over and move the kids out. Today's Great Read is from .
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Very interesting story by on libraries’ civic role in communities.
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Some background (by me):
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A stately, 50-foot oak tree has stood on a corner in Koreatown for nearly a century.
It's...ahem...roots lie in how an Olympic gold medalist and early civil rights pioneer defied Nazi myths about white supremacy, as tells kcrw.com/news/shows/pre
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If we're kind and polite, the world will be right. Thank you.
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Today is Friday. What adventures shall we have this weekend?
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Happy birthday ! Elmo hopes you love your birthday sundae, Elmo and Abby made it especially yucky just for you!
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“There’s all this big history — Olympic Games, Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler and so on,” Mr. Mayer said. “But then there’s also this very personal story of a family who lives with the tree.” - tells both, beautifully.
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Magical story from that lets a tree in LA tell its story of Black triumph, Nazism, and the tangled roots under today's communities 🌳
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For those new to my account, I hope it's a balm to soothe those who have been wounded by the sharp edge of reality & provides a place for you to dream, imagine & wonder. It's the wardrobe door that, when opened, magically allows you to be child-like again.
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Can the "Olympic Oak" given to the Black American high jumper who won gold on the 1st day of Hitler's 1936 Olympics survive luxury townhouses in 2022? Beautiful story by #biodiversity
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Tonight, at a vigil in Uvalde, people on stage read about the victims from profiles published by NYT, The American Statesman, LAT and others — a poignant reminder that this reporting, however difficult, helps convey the gravity of the loss, even to the community enduring it.
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“She likes to read, she reads all the time, and she prefers to be reading several things at once, she says it gives endless perspective and dimension.”
― Ali Smith (art by Yaoyao Ma Van As)
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News on the Cornelius Johnson’s Olympic Oak front: Efforts to preserve and advocate for this threatened site are featured in the New York Times by
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with a link to our blog post.
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To save this historic 1936 Olympics tree, make an earmarked donation to the Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust, which focuses on addressing inequities in green spaces in communities of color. Read the tree’s amazing biography here:
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In Los Angeles, a Tree With Stories to Tell - The New York Times
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Former President George W. Bush: “The decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq. I mean of Ukraine.”
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Therapist: You said you were disappointed with life & how the world operates. What were your expectations?
Me:
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It's Friday, what will your weekend read be?
(felt mice by Johana Molina)
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Elmo is so excited because today we are celebrating Elmo's mommy and all the mommies on ! Happy #MothersDay everybody!
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Encouraging Reports Confirm Explosions Near Afghan School Kill Zero Ukrainians bit.ly/3K8lghc
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You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six. -Yogi Berra
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DNA Evidence Reveals Hank the Tank Isn’t One Bear, but Several
Full story: 3 Ex-Officers Found Guilty of Violating George Floyd's Rights
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Guilty. Guilty. Guilty.
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and have the story on the the jury's verdicts, which found all three defendants guilty on all charges. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled in the coming weeks.
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All three former Minneapolis police officers convicted of violating George Floyd's constitutional rights.
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