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Election anxiety doesn’t need to win − here are 3 science-backed strategies from a clinical psychologist to rein in the stress bit.ly/3NWidNa
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Choices by publishers who modified the images of the “Harold” books throughout history likely influenced the casting of a white Harold in today’s film, but it’s good to remember that Harold is meant to be racially ambiguous for a reason.
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Jake Nelson, a wonderful journalism prof in Utah, says here I overplayed media's influence re Biden dropping out. He has a point; big media is much smaller. Media like to think they have influence until it comes time to take responsibility for what they say. But in the case of the market, cause and effect is murkier given that it is such a creature of bullshit vibes. 3/
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Yep.
(It's why we do what we do, @sarahksilverman).
We have a whole newsroom that helps scholars who are experts share their knowledge with the public:
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As the Israel-Hamas war in the Middle East rages on, Sarah Silverman says she’s no longer certain how political she wants to be — on stage or online. latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
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While the basic process of carbonation is relatively simple, a variety of factors – from temperature to surface tension – can affect the taste and quality of beverages
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Does chicken soup really help when you're sick?
tl;dr: YES
theconversation.com/does-chi…
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Happy 9th birthday to us! 🎂🎉
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Joel Abrams 🍵 retweeted
Why are American politicians so old? You know who we're talking about.
We're doing an AMA on @reddit with political scientist Charlie Hunt of @BoiseState #Feinstein
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If you want comprehensive coverage of who talked more during the #GOPdebate, look elsewhere
And if you think more analysis of issues is important, repost this
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Elon Musk aims to turn Twitter into an 'everything app' – a social media and marketing scholar explains what that is and why it's not so easy to do bit.ly/3KZmsGN
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Yes, watching a brief video on gun safety made children more cautious when they discovered a gun, and 3x less likely to pull the trigger. bit.ly/44CsMMk
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Human exposure to wildfires has more than doubled in two decades – read this if you're planning fireworks on July 4 theconversation.com/human-ex… via @ConversationUS. #4thofJuly #wildfires #ClimateAction @BoiseState @BoiseStateCOEN
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Criminal gangs are stealing and laundering billions through sham bank accounts, using 100s of 1000s of fake and real identities – possibly including yours. @KurtEichenwald led a 4-month investigation that revealed: (🧵)
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Thanks so much for joining the session and letting me put you on the spot! @creativecommons loves @ConversationUS and your incredible role providing open access to journalism.
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"Up until the past few years, there had been little research on trans people under the Nazi regime. Historians like myself [@L_Marhoefer] are now uncovering more cases, like that of Toni Simon."
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Our ECM coordinator, @10thprecinct, is giving a lightning talk at #CJS2023 about the NJ News Commons Spanish Translation News Service!
Learn more here: centerforcooperativemedia.or…
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It sounds like a reasonable idea: the GOP wants to require people age 50-55 without kids to work if they want to get food stamps.
But the data doesn't back up this being a significant problem #SNAP #FoodStamps #DebtCeiling (via @AU_SPA) bit.ly/43hdqeV
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L.A.'s Star Garden Topless Dive Bar is now the only unionized strip club in the US, after a unanimous vote by the dancers to join Actors' Equity (h/t @NYPost for headline inspiration) bit.ly/45mwFph