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Karen Forester

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Don’t let my first name fool you.

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Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith, I consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile.


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here’s the problem with fruit: it’s inconsistent. some apples are delicious, some taste bad. sometimes blueberries are great, sometimes they are disgusting. you know what’s the same every time? doritos


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Labor Day reminder ⬇️ CEO-to-worker pay ratio: 2009: 197-to-1 2020: 320-to-1 Federal minimum wage: 2009: $7.25 2020: $7.25


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This is his power and impact on the next generation. #ChadwickForever

MarkRuffalo's tweet image. This is his power and impact on the next generation. #ChadwickForever
MarkRuffalo's tweet image. This is his power and impact on the next generation. #ChadwickForever

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A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.


Although his light streaked across the heavens far too quickly, may the torches he lit burn brightly for generations to come. #WakandaForever #BlackLivesMatter

This was amazing. @chadwickboseman surprises #BlackPanther fans while they say what the movie means to them.



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There are times I just don’t understand this life. How is it that a gifted artist who brings so much delight and beauty to the world dies at 43 while destructive monsters spreading hate go on and on?


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More Americans died from coronavirus during the Republican Convention than died on 9/11.


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@MargaretRenkl looking forward to my own clean, crisp sheets tonight! A Reminder to Enfold Yourself in Small Comforts nytimes.com/2020/08/24/opi…


To Manage Wildfire, California Looks To What Tribes Have Known All Along npr.org/2020/08/24/899…


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‘Thank God they changed the pancake box,” he thought, just before the cop’s bullet tore into his back, carrying shards of shattered vertebrae into his lung. As he drifted into the darkness that beckoned so many black souls before him, he whispered: “At least I had Juneteenth.”


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I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, "If this isn't nice, I don't know what is."


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"In the last light of a long day, I sit on a chair on my porch and watch the sky drain colors down and out and I realize I want to hear my voice and only mine. Not the voice of my voice within a cacophony of old pains. Just mine, now." — Jenny Slate (Illustration by mienar)


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"It occurs to me as I fight so hard with myself that these cruel & persistent voices are the echoes of trauma from the times when people treated me like I am now treating myself. And that...it is possible to close an inner door & shut out voices that are not mine." — Jenny Slate


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MARCH: Teachers are going above and beyond. APRIL: Teachers are heroes and deserve our support. MAY: Teachers should be millionaires. JUNE: We need to cut school budgets. JULY: Teachers need to go back to school. AUGUST: Teachers are selfish and don’t care.


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Today I used the straps I keep to jam my classroom doors in case of an active shooter as a measuring tape to space out student seats to prevent the spread of a deadly viral pandemic. This is what it is to be an American teacher.


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I was taking care of a patient the other day who was very seriously injured. And I stepped out to talk to his family briefly and give them an update. For context, he was Black. I told them what was going on quickly and asked if they had any questions. And this is what they said.


Ok Boomers had some damn fine tunes back in the day.

These guys reacting to Phil Collins is everything I needed to see rn.



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“Wearing a mask is a personal choice, and there is no practical way to enforce a mandate to wear them,” the superintendent of a Georgia school district wrote in a letter after a widely circulated photo showed a packed hallway on the first day of classes nyti.ms/2ETguIh


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