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Bennett Hipp
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Trying to leave it better than I found it.

Ole Miss alum. Always go to the show. SC/VA. 🌴🌴
Something the story doesn’t really touch on —

Per the NCES, 27% of 8th grade students are below the basic reading level. Another 39% are below the proficient reading level.

Kids are coming to HS unable to read.
so dark and also, i imagine, increasing the gap between private and public schools
an article two friends and my mom sent me before 8 this morning— www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
December 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Giving 35-year old Mike Yastrzemski a 3rd-year option after he was traded for cash considerations at the deadline. Sure.
December 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
December 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT.

Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
There’s one dude in the crowd on the vinyl recording of Karly Hartzman and MJ Lenderman Live at Third Man Records who yells a vigorous “Yeah!” each time he realizes which MJL song it’s about to be.

Dudes rock.
December 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
*Because that team couldn’t beat SMU.
The ACC has a top-10ish team but the league might miss the CFP because that team didn't play for the title, because the conferences are too big and the ACC's best teams barely played each other at all.
December 7, 2025 at 5:16 AM
OMG
December 7, 2025 at 4:04 AM
This is great.

For instance, Hamnet is a soul-breakingly tragic movie, but there are a couple real moments of humor sprinkled in.
I think I need at least one laugh to fully love any movie
December 7, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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We all should
December 7, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Gameday getting after Lane’s ass *now* is quite the 180.

And copping to the Sexton/CAA conflict of interest.
December 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Hamnet absolutely devastated me. I mean, just wept in the theater amongst many other people weeping in the theater.

Heartbreaking, beautifully shot, extremely moving.

Oscar bait? Perhaps. Great movie? Undoubtedly.

Give Jessie Buckley that Oscar right damn now.
December 6, 2025 at 1:46 AM
They gentrified dialysis?
I don't even know how to joke about this
December 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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grateful to grayson for loading the chamber on a topic i have not had the patience to write about myself currincy.substack.com/p/i-protest-...
I Protest His Protest Song, or Why Jesse Welles Is Bad—And Bad for Us
Plus an Interview with Willie Nelson
currincy.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The Bitter Southerner best album’s list always has at least one that I’ve never heard of and end up really enjoying.

This year’s is Gabriel Jacoby’s “Gutta Child” — southern hip-hop and R&B with blues and funk influences.

open.spotify.com/album/5bGEq0...
gutta child
open.spotify.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This is great news.

We tell police all the time that breaking up encampments makes it so much harder to get folks into housing, and they just don’t listen.

There’s so much value in outreach workers knowing where people are and creating relationships for when folks are ready for housing.
NEW: Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said Thursday he will not continue sweeps of homeless encampments — which city data shows have not yielded any permanent or supportive-housing referrals in more than a year.

www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/04/m...
Mamdani Vows to Sweep Out Crackdowns on Homeless Camps
City numbers show that sweeps started under Mayor Eric Adams have not delivered on referrals for housing in more than a year.
www.thecity.nyc
December 5, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Oh man. RIP. He was such a delight in Man In The High Castle.
December 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I am being personally victimized by Hannah Hidalgo.
December 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Here's another link for Luna. If I could take her in, I would. Hoping and praying someone takes her in. She was so loved by her mom and the feeling was mutual. Luna deserves nothing less than a loving home and family. www.adoptapet.com/pet/46565341...
Atlanta, GA - American Pit Bull Terrier. Meet Luna a Pet for Adoption - AdoptaPet.com
Pictures of Luna a American Pit Bull Terrier for adoption in Atlanta, GA who needs a loving home.
www.adoptapet.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Due to some very sad circumstances, this lovely pup Luna is now in need of a home. If you're in the Atlanta area and you're looking to bring a dog into your world, Luna would be a fantastic addition to your family. If not, please just share this for a signal boost. lifelineanimal.org/pet-details/...
December 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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BODACIOUS IGNATIUS
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
All bangers, yet again.
December 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
🐐 back!
Big breaking news at Bounces:

Serena Williams has applied for reinstatement to tennis, adding herself back into the tennis anti-doping program to set herself up for a comeback to competition in 2026.

Read all the details here:

www.benrothenberg.com/p/serena-wil...
Breaking: Serena Williams Is Preparing to Return to Tennis
The 23-time major singles champion has filed paperwork that sets a 2026 comeback to professional tennis in motion.
www.benrothenberg.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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"Lane Kiffin had a dog just for PR purposes" is my Carl Hiaasen "I quit because Florida keeps making up real stories even I couldn't make up"
December 2, 2025 at 2:52 AM
For my money, the best Arepa money can buy exists in Avondale Estates, Georgia.
November 29, 2025 at 11:36 PM