Garnet
@Garnet
416 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Garnet @Garnet - about 5 years ago
A Climate Action for Every Type of Activist
A Climate Action for Every Type of Activist by Cathy Brown — YES! MagazineMost of us have heard about U.N. researchers warning that we need to make dramatic changes in the next 12 years to limit our risk of extreme heat, drought, floods, and poverty caused by climate chan...continued
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Garnet @Garnet - about 5 years ago
Analysis: John Paul Stevens: Unassuming but impactful over his 99 years
John Paul Stevens: Unassuming but impactful over his 99 yearsWashington (CNN)To the very end, John Paul Stevens was a different kind of Supreme Court justice and a distinctive individual. He died at age 99 on Tuesday, practically with pen in hand, having just finished his...continued
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Garnet @Garnet - about 5 years ago
One of the first women to coach in the NFL, Katie Sowers, tells us how she landed her dream job
How Katie Sowers went from coaching fifth graders to coaching in the NFLWhen Katie Sowers was growing up, she loved football and played as much as she could. She played in a women’s tackle league when she got out of college and dreamed of coaching in the NFL. But she didn...continued
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Garnet @Garnet - about 5 years ago
Yahoo’s story on Chris Pratt’s ‘white supremacist’ t-shirt did us all a disservice
- The Washington PostThe new European data protection law requires us to inform you of the following before you use our website:We use cookies and other technologies to customize your experience, perform analytics and deliver personalized advertising on our sites, apps an...continued
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Garnet @Garnet - about 5 years ago
behno Launches Nini Tote to Benefit National Down Syndrome Society
behno Launches Nini Tote to Benefit National Down Syndrome SocietyNEW YORK, July 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- behno, the NY-based luxury accessories & ready-to-wear brand launches a specialty tote bag and capsule collection to raise funds and awareness for the National Do...continued
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Garnet @Garnet - about 5 years ago
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey donates legal maximum to single Democratic presidential candidate
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey donates legal maximum to single Democratic presidential candidateAmid national debate over the scope of power that social media companies wield, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has donated the legal maximum amount to just one single Democratic presidential...continued
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Garnet @Garnet - about 5 years ago
House GOP leaders defend Trump's racist attack on lawmakers
House GOP leaders defend Trump's racist attack on lawmakersLeaders of the Republican Party in Congress on Tuesday came to the defense of President Donald Trump amid an intense backlash to racist commentsfrom the President suggesting that four Democratic congresswomen of c...continued
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Garnet @Garnet - about 5 years ago
Four-laning SH1 to Ashburton makes sense
Four-laning SH1 to Ashburton makes senseOPINION: This time last year the Prime Minister was under the pump, seeking to defuse the growing rift between the business community and her Government.Jacinda Ardern's solution was to establish a Business Advisory Council (BAC), p...continued
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Garnet @Garnet - about 5 years ago
ESPN Founder Bill Rasmussen Reveals Parkinson's Disease Diagnosis
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Garnet @Garnet - about 5 years ago
Monday Memo No. 56 — AMAZON PRIME DAY EDITION!
NYC Fashion & Lifestyle Blog for the Working GirlIt’s Amazon Prime Day! And while a day dedicated to deals on a website that sells virtually everything certainly gets my attention (and like, all of my money), it’s also really, really overwhelming to try and attack thi...continued
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Garnet @Garnet - about 5 years ago
The best Prime Day deals that are under $50
The best Prime Day deals under $50— Our editors review and recommend products to help you buy the stuff you need. If you make a purchase by clicking one of our links, we may earn a small share of the revenue. However, our picks and opinions are independent from USA Today’...continued
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Garnet @Garnet - about 5 years ago
Dog-like mentality: MP minister jabs BJP for criticising transfer of police canines
Dog-like mentality: MP minister jabs BJP for criticising transfer of police caninesMadhya Pradesh government’s decision to transfer 46 police dogs and their handlers from across the state has triggered a war of words between the ruling Congress and BJP.After facing sharp ...continued
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Garnet @Garnet - about 5 years ago
After Automats Died in New York, They Flourished in the Netherlands
After Automats Died in New York, They Flourished in the NetherlandsWhen envisioning culturally authentic foodexperiences, fast food chains don’t typically come to mind. But FEBO (pronounced fay-boh) is a must-see in the Netherlands. Finding one of the restaurants is easy,...continued
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Garnet @Garnet - about 5 years ago
WinDock 1.2.1 (Freeware)
Download WinDock 1.2.1WinDock is a desktop enhancement application that comes in handy to anyone who must work with several windows at the same time. It can help you quickly snap opened windows to specific screen sections, taking care of resizing and moving them to the ri...continued
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Garnet @Garnet - about 5 years ago
Jeffrey Epstein Is Exhibit A for Capitalism’s Moral Bankruptcy
Jeffrey Epstein Is Exhibit A for Capitalism’s Moral BankruptcyI was sitting just a few yards away from Jeffrey Epstein as he sat with his defense counsel in Federal Court on July 8. His demeanor was more like an American Express Black Card member frustrated by a flight ca...continued
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Garnet @Garnet - about 5 years ago
Fads in medicine and in personal finance
Fads in medicine and in personal financeIf my medical training taught me one thing, it was how to recognize the destructive nature of fads. They pervade our health care system. Most center around medicine, vitamins, and herbals. Though there also is no shortage of treatme...continued
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Garnet @Garnet - about 5 years ago
Is There a Global Future for Unions?
Is There a Global Future for Unions?Yves here. This personal account of the rise and fall (and hopeful rebirth) of unions correctly gives prominent play to the right-wing anti-labor effort whose strategy was set forth in the 1971 Powell Memo.By Leo W. Gerard, the internat...continued
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Garnet @Garnet - about 5 years ago
A Russell Westbrook-James Harden Team Only Works with Major Adjustments
A Russell Westbrook-James Harden Team Only Works with Major AdjustmentsIt's been seven seasons since Russell Westbrook and James Harden were teammates. Things have changed a tad since then.The 2011-12 campaign was Harden's last with the Oklahoma City Thunder. He averaged ...continued
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Garnet @Garnet - about 5 years ago
Megan Rapinoe's antics spell out exactly the type of civil war we are up against
Megan Rapinoe's antics spell out exactly the type of civil war we are up againstAs we drift this week in the debaucherous chaos of Megan Rapinoe — aka what would happen if Rosie O'Donnell played soccer — it is important to consider a revelatory Twitter thread earlier in t...continued
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Garnet @Garnet - about 5 years ago
Alabama Mayor Offers Half-Hearted Apology After Urging “Killing” of LGBTQ People
Alabama Mayor Offers Half-Hearted Apology After Urging “Killing” of LGBTQ PeopleOn the website for the small town of Carbon Hills, Alabama, Mayor Mark Chambers positions himself as a believer in “hard work, dedication, and making fair decisions for the city” who chose to ...continued
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Garnet @Garnet - about 5 years ago
What if We Had an Impeachment and Nobody Came?
Slate’s Use of Your DataBy clicking “Agree,” you consent to Slate’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and the use of technologies such as cookies by Slate and our partners to deliver relevant advertising on our site, in emails and across the Internet, to personalize con...continued
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Garnet @Garnet - about 5 years ago
QAnon, UFOs, and America’s Craziest Conspiracy Theories
QAnon, UFOs, and America’s Craziest Conspiracy TheoriesThe loony right believes Donald Trump is the victim of a Deep State plot to protect a cabal of cannibals. The loony left thinks he’s a KGB agent. Was American politics always this weird? Investigative journalist Anna ...continued
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Garnet @Garnet - about 5 years ago
For the first time in a century, this East Hampton home is on the market
The Apaquogue East Hampton Boarding HouseDespite not having a pool or tennis court, the Apaquogue is seeking nearly $17MAn East Hampton home built in 1884 has hit the market for the first time in more than a century.Known as the Apaquogue and located at 72 Apaquogue Road,...continued
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Garnet @Garnet - about 5 years ago
The 5 best early Prime Day deals you can get this Wednesday
The 5 best early deals you can get on Wednesday— Our editors review and recommend products to help you buy the stuff you need. If you make a purchase by clicking one of our links, we may earn a small share of the revenue. However, our picks and opinions are independent fr...continued
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Garnet @Garnet - about 5 years ago
Commons confidential: Corbyn’s feuding comrades
Corbyn’s feuding comradesCombatants in an increasingly hostile civil war within Jeremy Corbyn’s camp no longer conceal bitter enmities. One BBC hack was left open-mouthed when a chat with Seumas Milne was interrupted by a passing Diane Abbott growling “Don’t believe a wor...continued
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