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💥 Books: Prelude to Bruise. How We Fight For Our Lives. Alive at the End of the World. 💥 Co-host of #VibeCheckPod 💥 Reps:
Columbus, OHJoined July 2008

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“Hi, Saeed! It’s me, Skip!” As if it wasn’t wild enough getting a phone call from , he called with some GREAT NEWS. Honored doesn’t even begin to cover it.
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Announcing the winners of the 2023 @AnisfieldWolf Book Awards pres. by @CleveFoundation! Congrats to Geraldine Brooks, Lan Samantha Chang, Matthew F. Delmont, Charlayne Hunter-Gault & Saeed Jones! bit.ly/AWBA2023 #AWBA2023 #CBW2023
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🚨5 months after the East Palestine derailment, Norfolk Southern is pushing to shut down all the lawsuits it faces from residents (sick even to this day). The company moved to dismiss the lawsuits Friday night, arguing the derailment *wasn't their fault.*
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I am glad this resonated with folks, am slightly horrified in realizing that in my haste typing out a semi-coherent thought during a harrowing flight delay, I typed “nide”(???) instead of “mode,” but folks know how easily I am undone by a typo
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Never been on a dating app but even for a boring married guy, “desire affords us a real opportunity to be brave” is some great advice. Thank you @NifMuhammad
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LOL, burn it all down.
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Disney to Take $1.5 Billion Content Write-Off Charge in June Quarter After Pulling Dozens of Titles From Streaming Services variety.com/2023/digital/n
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"Some people say this is all about abortion. Well, you know what?" LaRose said. "It's 100% about keeping a radical pro-abortion amendment out of our constitution the left wants to jam it in there this coming November."
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SCOOP: Ohio Sec. of State Frank LaRose admits move to make constitution harder to amend is ‘100% about… abortion.’ ⬇️@WEWS @OhioCapJournal @WCPO news5cleveland.com/news/politics/
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i remember reading somewhere that the high note was planned just between toby and the director, because he’d overheard toby singing mariah carey, but they didn’t tell anyone else so this was everybody’s genuine reaction to hearing that high note for the first time
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I just love this scene so much! Movie: Sister Act 2
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How did that happen? The New York Times played a central role in accelerating the anti-trans movement. This the rewriting of history in real time. We are lucky to have an archive of letters clarifying the Times' role: visit nytletter.com if you want to learn more.
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A campaign against transgender rights has mobilized the Republican Party. How did that happen? Listen to today's episode of The Daily. nyti.ms/43sE3xM
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This week my guests are the hosts of Vibe Check, and . Otherwise known as the kindest, wisest, most insightful trio on the internet. So funny, too. Seriously if I'm ever sad or lost, I'm calling them & I know they will make it better. Listen!
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Dear Prudie: My wife has formed a flirty relationship with an AI tool and I can't shake off the sense of feeling replaced. slate.trib.al/7GGZ7pC
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I'm going to stop ranking guests (in my head, of course) on this podcast but I had so much fun listening to & . What an electric, fun group chat they must have. Podcast, too lol. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vib
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Dear Prudie: My wife has formed a flirty relationship with an AI tool and I can't shake off the sense of feeling replaced. slate.trib.al/7GGZ7pC
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In our next meeting, I’m going to petition that we do an entire segment on this thread because holy shit. #VibeCheckPod
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There are a lot of young women that follow me and I know the under 25 crowd often meet on various apps so I will put together a short encyclopedia of phrases used by men that are immediate red flags. Run like hell if you hear these, baby. (This will be an ongoing thread.)
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Kroger, the largest supermarket chain the country, gave workers a bonus in March. Now they're saying the bonus was too big—and are asking workers to give the money back. At least 1 worker says Kroger even asked her to repay MORE money than they gave her.
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