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When archivists ask that you respect the records retention schedule - we mean it! 😳Government records belong to the people. #Archives
I cannot put this book down. So dang gripping and beautifully written. #ParadiseFalls
Psssstttt… There is a twenty-ish y.o. visitor in the gallery who read the labels and is telling their friends about the history of health risks in neighborhoods near coal-fired power plants. #Museums #MuseumsMatter #PublicHistory
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Guy in Wilco shirt shows me his ID to buy beer. There’s no need my dude.
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This Ohio tragedy is, among many other things, a lesson that there is no account deemed sympathetic enough to break through to people who simply do not care about the suffering they’re causing. Instead we get denial, misdirection, or attacking those who told the story.
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Have they tried preventing shootings by making sure there’s only one door on [checks notes] parades?
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These stories out of Highland Park about kids knowing exactly what to do when the shooting began, and guiding parents based on their active shooting drills, embody the burden of violence this next generation of kids endure because of the inaction of their elders
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“We can have different opinions and still be friends” doesn’t apply to human rights.
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I would like to take this moment to remind you how much Kathleen Parker sucks at her job.
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Oil prices today: $115.83 a barrel
Gas prices today: $5.01 a gallon
Oil prices in April of 2008: $116.50
Gas prices in April of 2008: $3.51 a gallon
Gas prices are $1.50 a gallon higher than they should be because of the greed of big oil. It's time for a windfall profits tax.