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On January 27, a piece published on Medium began circulating among folks who work in media. Jennifer Barnett, a former managing editor at The Atlantic, published a lightning rod of an essay about the verbal abuse, backbiting, shunning, pettiness, and threats she endured from her former male boss. Barnett withstood that treatment until she couldn’t, and eventually left the industry altogether. “I knew I was walking away from a career I spent decades building,” she wrote. Barnett didn’t ...

I am eight months pregnant during the current height of our country’s coronavirus pandemic. It’s extremely unlikely that it would be possible to get a COVID-19 vaccine before I can see my toes again, but even if I could, I’m not sure I’d want it. Though both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines have technically been approved for anyone over 16 and 18, respectively, neither were tested in pregnant or breastfeeding people. With no data available, and no recommendations from the U.S. F...

2:16 When I was nine years old, my parents signed me up for a little child’s magazine called The Weekly Reader, which included a weekly cartoon with three frames. In frame one was a caption that said, “This is a Pig Pen,” with a drawing of a filthy, unkempt kid. Frame Two: “This is the Watchbird watching the Pig Pen.” This was a drawing of an owl-like fowl with huge glasses on, looking down in frowning disapprobation at the Pig Pen Kid. Frame Three: “This is the Watchbird watching y...

Reply Dec. 14, 2020 The Truth about Medicaid Rules and Long-Term Care Costs at Noah Webster Library on January 5, 2021 Long-term care is necessary for a lot of people. But long-term care in Connecticut is expensive. VERY expensive. Subscribe Youve likely heard horror stories of people losing their houses to pay for care. Or about nursing home costs being over $13,000 per month. Whats worse is the misinformed "advice" that is often heard through the proverbial grapevine: "Its OK to give away $15...

defuse or detonate explosives the suspect set inside. through the window of his third floor apartment, they can see a web of trip wires, and a living room full of about 30 homemade ieds strung together with firecracker shells. there are also jars of black powder and liquid accelerant, cans of gasoline, too. at 10:33 a.m. progress. >> we have been successful in defeating the first threat, which includes defeating the trip wire and the first incendiary device. >> reporter: a robot driven...

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