@hilpot

Human correspondent. Asker of a million questions. Finding stories where business and life meet. In @WSJ, @WashingtonPost & more. Try me at hilpot(at)gmail.

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via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2023/09/14/sport…

They Shot at Her. They Forced Her From Her Home. She Won’t Stop Fighting for Girls. (Published 2023)

Khalida Popal helped save Afghan female soccer players from the Taliban. Now she is demanding that world soccer officials let them play for their country again.

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Kevin Madden@KevinMaddenDC19 May 2023
I haven't seen a headline this good since 1999. 5⭐️effort, @WSJ
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Caity Weaver@caityweaver11 May 2023
I thought I liked this story by @conniewang — but when I started crying at the part where all the Connies meet their namesake Connie Chung at the story’s photo shoot, I realized I LOVED it 😭 THE PHOTOGRAPHER WAS ALSO NAMED CONNIE!!! I’M SCREAMING nytimes.com/interactive/2023…

Opinion | Why Are There So Many Asian American Women Named Connie? (Published 2023)

I thought my story was special. Little did I know it was the story of a generation.

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This whole thread!
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@MerriamWebster28 Feb 2023
Non-native English Speakers, what’s a word from your language that you think is perfect that doesn’t have an English equivalent? Take us to church.
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Some hearty surfers head to the Great Lakes. "Sheboygan is the Malibu of the Midwest." Dontcha know... wsj.com/articles/surf-great-…

Surf’s Up…in Duluth…in February—‘It’s Liquid Ice, Dude’

The Minnesota port on Lake Superior has big waves, especially in a mammoth arctic storm.

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Jon Tester@jontester23 Feb 2023
RT if you're ready to send a seven-fingered dirt farmer from Montana back to the Senate.
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@RollingStone20 Dec 2022
Watch Pink and Grohl blast through "Get the Party Started" for the second night of "Hanukkah Sessions" trib.al/TmSMkie

Dave Grohl and Pink Blast Through ‘Get the Party Started’ for ’Hanukkah Sessions’

For the second night of Hanukkah Sessions, Pink joined Dave Grohl and songwriter-producer Greg Kurstin on stage to perform "Get the Party Started."

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"Every piece of data you look at would have told you demand for the Women’s World Cup would be extremely high, but many men make decisions about women’s sports based on their feelings, not facts"
Molly Hensley-Clancy@mollyhc1 Nov 2022
The fact that FIFA would, in the year 2022, claim to be "caught off guard" by the demand for Women's World Cup tickets tells you basically everything you need to know abc.net.au/news/2022-11-01/f…

FIFA admits it was caught off guard by 'unprecedented' 2023 Women's World Cup ticket demand

FIFA has sold more tickets in the past month for next year's Women's World Cup than what it sold in the first four months of the 2019 tournament.

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Elnaz Rekabi: Iranian rock climber arrives back in Tehran after competing without hijab - CNN cnn.com/2022/10/18/sport/ira…
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So far this is the most share-worthy worthy royal death story I've seen! When the Queen Died, Someone Had to Tell the Bees nytimes.com/2022/09/13/world…

When the Queen Died, Someone Had to Tell the Bees (Published 2022)

A report that the royal beekeeper had informed Queen Elizabeth II’s bees of her death received some mockery, but it has been a tradition for centuries.

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The highest civilian honor in the United States. 🎖 @mPinoe will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House on July 7 🇺🇸

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Forever an inspiration. ♥️ @Cars_Pickett16 is the first player with a limb difference to be called up to the @USWNT. 🇺🇸 This is her #Sheroes story.

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Uvalde is a largely Latino community. At a press conference earlier today about the shooting, authorities said nothing in Spanish and did not address any Spanish-speaking journalists.
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Soccer player Alex Morgan and other female stars are taking control over their financial destinies. “We’ve been undervalued as athletes our whole lives.” wsj.com/articles/female-athl…

Star Female Athletes Are Fighting for More Financial Control—and Winning

Soccer player Alex Morgan and others are leveraging their growing popularity to push for change. “We’ve been undervalued as athletes our whole lives,” she said.

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P'shaw.... "Why Are There Suddenly So Many Redheads?" - WSJ wsj.com/articles/why-are-the…

Why Are There Suddenly So Many Redheads?

Kendall Jenner, Zendaya, Hailey Bieber—they’ve all lately dyed their hair shades of Lucille Ball copper. How to make the notoriously hard-to-maintain hue work for you.

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Rachel Bachman@Bachscore22 Apr 2022
Another world attendance record for a women’s pro soccer match:
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@FCBfemeni22 Apr 2022
Ho hem tornat a fer, CULERS! We did it again: The WORLDWIDE RECORD is ours! ¡Lo hemos hecho una vez más!
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Goodable
@Goodable22 Apr 2022
The Brooklyn Public Library has announced that any teenager in America is now eligible for a Brooklyn Public Library card. Teens can sign out ebooks + audiobooks from wherever they live. The move is designed to combat censorship, with some titles listed as "always available."
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Deaf West Theatre@DeafWest25 Mar 2022
Congrats to @TroyKotsur on this historic moment in our community. It’s been 35 since since a Deaf person has been nominated for an Oscar and we gathered old friends and collaborators throughout the 30 years that Troy has been with our company to say to the world: we told you so.
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