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A screenshot from a book. Text reads: “A lot of people find shopping to be therapeutic. Buying things we don't need." She smiled. "For me, it's usually new bedsheets, but we
A screenshot of two overlapping emails with identifying information blacked out. The topmost reads: April 28, 2026 11:24 AM (1 day ago). Dear Parents and Guardians: I'm writing to let you know that we have scheduled our eyeball dissections for Thursday, May 7th as part of our unit on the human eye and vision. The timing is as follows: The second email reads Subject: Dissection Update: May 7th. April 28, 2026, 11:27 AM (1 day ago) To clarify we are NOT dissecting human eyes, we are dissecting sheep eyes!
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A screenshot headed with the logo of the Chronicle of Higher Education and the headline Daily Briefing reads: By Rick Seltzer and Beckie Supiano. "Job seekers beware: Some positions are open because they're too much work for too little pay and see frequent turnover. And even if the job is good the employer and location matter. The following is highlighted: Consider a college's financial health before taking a job, Kitchener recommends.
An image of a smiling asian woman with crossed arns next to a block of text. An Evening with Loung ung, author & activist, Survival, Resilience, Joy, Peace. Date: Tuesday April 7, 2926. Time: 6:00 PM. Location: Fitchburg Senior Center, Fitchburg, MA. Admission: Free but requires registration. Hosted by Fitchburg Public Schools.
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Black and white portrait of a racially ambiguous woman in a cowboy outfit. Text reads I became a cowboy in my mind. I adopted a code of arms that had only two absolutes. Horse theft is a hanging crime. And nothing owns you except your hunger for the frontier. Image from Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulls.
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a painting of a white woman in the style of the 16th century. She appears to be about 40 and is dressed in black with a black headdresses and veil and an elaborate white collar. It is Catherine de Medici.
Superman speaks to a group of students, saying REMEMBER, BOYS AND GIRLS, YOUR SCHOOL-LIKE OUR COUNTRY-IS MADE UP OF AMERICANS OF MANY DIFFERENT RACES, RELIGIONS AND NATIONAL ORIGINS. . ...if YOU hear anybody talk against a schoolmate or anyone else because of his religion, race or national origin-don't wait: tell him THAT KIND OF TALK IS UN-AMERICAN. NATIONAL ORIGINS. SO... ...if YOU hear anybody talk against a schoolmate or anyone else because of his religion, race or national origin-don't wait: tell him THAT KIND OF TALK IS UN-AMERICAN. HELP KEEP YOUR SCHOOL ALL AMERICAN!
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(Another 5 to 10 percent are on long-term sick leave, huddling under the duvet and gobbling prescription meds with both hands. I can't say I blame them: even if their reaction is less than helpful, at least they recognize the severity of the situation.)
But about 75 percent of our staff are in complete denial. Eating, sleeping, writing reports, dealing with minor dia-bolic infestations, attending meetings -it's the same job, right? They're still shopping at IKEA and Tesco, picking up the kids after school, budgeting for a family package holiday over the school vac. They pay no attention to the chrome and steel gibbets at Marble Arch, rattling with the skeletonizing corpses of priests who sold their souls to the wrong god. They block out the blood-robed hierophants of the Black Pharaoh, droning their imprecatory prayers at the enemies of the Prime Minister. They refuse to see the sullen coffles of sacrificial victims winding their way toward the altar in Westminster Abbey, where….
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Steve Carell as Mitch Kessler, sits alone in a dark room at a mirrored table reckoning with the harm he has done to others
Two blond white women crouch next to an older white woman with brown curly hair sitting in a leopard-print chair. Text underneath reads: Big Sonia Bill Advocacy Form. Sen Cindy Holscher will be introducing the 'Big Sonia Holocaust Remembrance Bill' to ensure that schools in Kansas teach about the Holocaust. If you would like to help advocate for the bill - by sending emails, making calls, or taking other actions to support its passage - please fill out the information below.
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2 page spread of interview with Weird Al Yankovix by Fozzie Bear 9Muppet Magazine 1984). Left page features lyrics to Eat It and Rocky Road. Right page: The accordion is going to completely take over the rock in roll world." "No," Weird Al told me, was pretty normal. I was a good student. But at night, at home, I wrote song parodies. Then, friend of mine sent them in to Dr. Demento's radio show in Los Angeles-and he started playing them. I was really sur-prised! Weird Al was only fifteen when the good Doctor played his songs. And now, at twenty- three, he's a big star. I asked him what he'd been up to during those years in between. "Music and comedy have al- "Yes, Fozzie, I think my brain looks like my Hawaiian shirt. ways been my hobbies, Fozzie," said Weird Al, "so I kept doing them on the side while I went along with the rest of my life. I studied architecture at college and got my degree. I played around in different bands, and I was a deejay on a college radio station. All the time, I kept hoping I'd get a big break." His big break came with his first hit, "My Baloney," which is a take-off on the song, Sharona" by The Knack. "My Weird Al not only writes wacko songs—he plays the accordion in his rock "n' roll band. too! Wocka! Wocka! "Hey, Fozzie, don't laugh," Weird Al told me. "I was only seven years old when my parents decided I should learn how to play the accordion. And since I was kind of letting them make all my decisions for me then, I learned to play it. But, if you're playing the guitar, if you're playing the drums, if you're playing the ukelele, stop right now! The accordion is going to completely take over the rock 'n' roll world. It's the wave of the future. The sound of the eighties! In fact, I've declared the accordion the Official Instrument of the 1984 Olympics!" Now, everyone knows I write my own jokes. I wondered how Weird Al got ideas for his songs. "You see, Fozzie," Weird Al told me, "I choose a song to parody by hearing either a musical …
Magazine article of a scripted interview with Weird Al Yankovic by the muppet Fozzie Bear from Muppet Magazine in 1984. A photograph of Weird Al and Fozzie Bear together. Wocka, Wocka! Hs... Weird OZZIE HERE, and boy oh boy, did I meet someone very funny-Weird Al Yankovic! You see, I really like rock 'n' roll, but even better, I like rock 'n' roll that makes me laugh! And Weird Al, with his goofy song parodies, is the funniest guy on the charts! "Wow!" I said, first thing, "Your parents must be really cool because they gave you as a first name the word 'weird.'" "Well, Fozzie," said Weird Al, "that's not my real name. My parents named me Alfred, but I changed it to Weird Al because I thought it sounded more mature." Wocka! Wocka! I'm going to change my name too! I'm trying to decide on Flakey Fozzie, Funky Fozzie, or Funny Fozzie, but I need to think about it some more. Weird Al writes such funny spoofs of hit records, I thought that maybe he was a cut-up in school.... By Fozzie as told to Katy Dobbs • Photographs by Nancy Moran
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An online headline reads: acclaimed Colorado sci-fi author: future stupider than I imagined.
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One of the Burghers of Calais, a statue by Rodin - a bronze sculpture of a man staring into the distance.
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One of The Burghers of Calais by Rodin, a bronze statue of a bearded man.
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Screenshot from Publishers Marketplace reading: Publishers Marketplace Deal Report FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER By Loung Ung, Kat Baumann Imprint: Astra Young Readers Loung Ung's FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER, graphic novel version of the memoir, adapted for younger readers by Ung and illustrator Kat Baumann, to weave in the Cambodian mythology and folklore of the author's homeland as a counterpoint to the real-life trauma she experienced as a young girl surviving the Cambodian genocide, and which was adapted into a feature film by Netflix produced and directed by Angelina Jolie, illustrated by Kat Baumann, to Susan Dobinick at Astra Young Readers, with Rebecca Davis editing, by George Greenfield at CreativeWell for the author, and by Jason Yarn at Jason Yarn Literary Agency for the illustrator (world). Children's: Graphic Novel July 22, 2025
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A social media posting from a user named Hans Grohmann. The text reads ‘I legitimately regret not having the time to explore this amazing thing’. Below is a vivid picture of an open storefront festooned with red and yellow, brightly lit. The sign above the storefront reads: the fantastic world of the Portuguese sardine.
A cubical transparent container labeled Trader Joe’s fruit jellies kettle cooked candy with real fruit extracts and full of delicious fruity squares covered in sugar
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Hugh Jackman on two magazine covers side by side. On the left he is shirtless, has wolverine claws, and the word SHREDDED is superimposed. On the right is an issue of Good Housekeeping. He is smiling and wearing a blue sweater.
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Acclaimed Colorado sci-fi author: Future stupider than I imagined By Ryan Warner and Tom Hesse
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Irena’s GIFT - snapshot of a book page. citizens for crematoriums. A year after Mietek wrote his report, some Polish citizens would act on the same racist premise. A conspiracy theory would spread in Kielce that Jewish survivors had kidnapped a child and were planning to sacrifice him. Polish citizens and police would beat Jewish Poles with steel rods and clubs.263 They would shoot them, stab them with bayonets and kill forty-two. Highlighted text: Conspiracies have a way of splitting nations. Tens of thousands of Jewish Poles, including those who returned from the Soviet Union, 264 would then race towards Poland's borders, most headed, of all places, to Germany. But now, most Dachau prisoners were still wearing concentration camp uniforms, and there was a marked shortage of underwear. Mietek requested English dictionaries….
A post by Emily Adrian reads 4 year old: is money real or pretend? Me: 'clears throat' 'takes sip of water' 'arranges notes on podium'
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