Tarpley Hitt: On Filling In the Historical Blanks
In this interview, author Tarpley Hitt discusses researching the doll craze for her new book, Barbieland.
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Flog a Pro: Would You Turn the First Page of this Bestseller?
Email readers, heads up! For the full effect, pause after the excerpt and decide: Would you turn the page? Vote and then scroll for the reveal!
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Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as 'warrior dividend' bonus (Thomas Novelly/Defense One)
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Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now, it’s being used for $1,776 checks.Thomas Novelly (Defense One)
Whooping cough cases soar as vaccination rates drop (NBC News)
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Whooping cough cases soar as vaccine rates drop among kids
As of Dec. 6, the CDC logged 26,632 cases of whooping cough in 2025. The last time the U.S. saw so many cases was more than a decade ago in 2014.Erika Edwards (NBC News)
From Project Gutenberg:
Janmaat in de Oost; of, Vestiging van het Nederlandsch gezag op Celebes
by Pieter Louwerse
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Janmaat in de Oost; of, Vestiging van het Nederlandsch gezag op Celebes by Louwerse
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.Project Gutenberg
« Proposer des réseaux sociaux alternatifs aux jeunes : un levier d’action qui mérite débat »
Une interdiction des réseaux sociaux avant un certain âge est nécessaire mais doit prendre place au sein d’une réflexion plus constructive, pour permettre aux jeunes de commencer leur vie numérique dans un environnement adapté, estime le professeur d…Pierre Tchounikine (Le Monde)
Trump Pressed Georgia Speaker to Overturn State's Election Vote in 2020 Call (New York Times)
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Trump Pressed Georgia Speaker to Overturn State's Election Vote in 2020 Call
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Trump Media is merging with a nuclear fusion company
Trump’s Truth Social company will fuse with TAE Technologies.
Trump Media is merging with a nuclear fusion company
Trump Media & Technology Group, the company behind Truth Social, is merging with nuclear fusion firm TAE Technologies.Dominic Preston (The Verge)
Trump's media company to merge with nuclear fusion startup (Ben Geman/Axios)
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Trump's media company to merge with nuclear fusion startup
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The Bravofication of American government (Christian Paz/Vox)
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The Bravofication of American government
What reality TV can tell us about Trump’s second term.Christian Paz (Vox)
The looming showdown over IVF, explained (Anna North/Vox)
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The looming showdown over IVF, explained
An upcoming decision could harm IVF patients.Anna North (Vox)
What YA Books Showed Up On The Most “Best Of 2025” Lists?
Out of the 29 "best of" 2025 YA lists curated by a New York librarian, what's standing out? Dive into the data.
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Searchlight: **Reform welcomes endorsement from thousand-men-a-day sex worker**
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The Guardian’s John Crace described it as a “black swan event”. Keir Starmer launched a joke at Prime Minister’s Questions and, improbable though this sounds, it actually landed. MPs from every party except Reform UK were, if not quite rolling in the aisles, audibly gleeful. The cause of the chortles (and
Reform welcomes endorsement from thousand-men-a-day sex worker | Searchlight
Bonnie Blue - she stands with Farage The Guardian's John Crace described it as a "black swan event". Keir Starmer launched a joke at Prime Mi ...Searchlight Correspondent (Searchlight Magazine)
AI companies are sick of their favorite buzzword.
AI companies are sick of their favorite buzzword
AI companies like OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are no longer pushing the term “AGI” when it comes to their AI goals.Hayden Field (The Verge)
⚠️ PEDESTRIAN INCIDENT
12/17/2025 02:50 PM
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Andy Nielsen, Councilor
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Indy Pedestrian Safety Crisis
Documenting the ongoing Pedestrian and Bicyclist safety crisis that is happening in Indianapolis, Indiana.indypedcrisis.info
UPDATE: This incident reportedly involved a pedestrian in a wheelchair who was struck by the driver of a white work van that fled the scene. Unknown injuries at this time.
District 14:
Andy Nielsen, Councilor
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Game: Music from Akumajo Dracula Kuro (2021)
Song: Stage Clear (Stage Clear)
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in reply to Pixels / Le Monde • • •pas un mot sur cesdits réseaux sociaux alternatifs. L'article est assez maigre.
A part redire que "[les] jeunes (...) conscience de la piètre qualité (...) des relations sociales développées via [ces plateformes]" rien de nouveau.