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Brett Tam
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Author. Music fan. Sometimes I share books and music. Rep: @lorigalvin
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"Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes...Families are torn apart; men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared." -- Anne Frank, Jan 13, 1943
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California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50.

California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.

Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.
White-knuckling it for sure! Great performances from both teams!
fireworks over LA tonight ⚾🧢🥳💙🎉
Series not for the faint of heart! What a show for baseball fans. Both teams played so well.👏👏
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You may have seen the news that Mango Publishing has closed. Below is the letter sent to authors and others by Christopher McKenney, Mango's founder. Writer Beware has heard from Mango authors who are owed $$--including some who say they have _never_ been paid.
😁 library holds all arrived at the same time!
😬 library holds all arrived at the same time!
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NPR @npr.org · 5d
With AI music generators widely available, scammers are uploading songs to the pages of inactive artists and dead musicians. Spotify says it is cracking down, but the practice persists. n.pr/4hzHZ8a
Your favorite band has a new single? It might be AI
With AI music generators widely available, scammers are uploading songs to the pages of inactive artists and dead musicians. Spotify says it is cracking down, but the practice persists.
n.pr
matcha powder has no business being presweetened
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i appreciate a book that has me cackling at the flap copy
every minute of the day is a writing prompt huffing at you to get on with it already
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The president has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who created the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange and served prison time after failing to stop criminals from using the platform to move money connected to child sex abuse, drug trafficking and terrorism. https://to.pbs.org/4qkBvy1
Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao
Zhao served prison time after failing to stop criminals from using the platform to move money connected to child sex abuse, drug trafficking and terrorism.
to.pbs.org
anyone else want to buy a library cart instead of a bookshelf? you could roll it wherever you like
7 million people. Everyday, normal people, from big cities to the smallest of towns, all across the country, showing their love and hope for America. Folks are just getting started. #NoKings
Poor Agent Smith

(Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
Trump Nominee for Watchdog Role Is Out After Report of Racist Texts
www.nytimes.com
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All these people avoiding m-dashes because “AI uses them” simply means that there’s more for me!
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donald trump wants 230 million dollars from the DOJ for doing their job and prosecuting him for his crimes. He'll probably get it too. Shoot I never asked for a dollar, I just want him and every single person who attacked my coworkers and me on January 6th held accountable.
a children's picture book waiting to happen
An employee at Sequoia Park Zoo in Northern California found a black bear who came in from the wild, introduced itself to the zoo’s bears and played with their toys, before being shown the exit.
Bear Breaks Into California Zoo to Mingle With Other Bears
Officials at Sequoia Park Zoo have no idea how the young bear got into the zoo and went “nose-to-nose” with the three bears there.
nyti.ms
easy way to avoid the online AI deluge? the public library.
neither $230 million nor all the money in the world can fill that dark and ravenous hole
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” - MLK
Two days ago, he took a shit on the American people. Today, he began demolishing the People’s House. That’s all he does. He shits on people, and he destroys things. Bcuz he’s a horrible person. I blame him a lot for the death & destruction he’s caused. I blame his enablers & his appeasers even more.