And how do I get rid of CoPilot on @microsoft ? It is sending me into a rage
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author of WHAT HAPPENED TO PAULA: An Unsolved Death and the Danger of American Girlhood (W.W.Norton); words in New York Times, Washington Post and elsewhere; mother; gardener; teacher; woman
And how do I get rid of CoPilot on @microsoft ? It is sending me into a rage
Relatedly, an @nbcnews.com reporter approached my 11-year-old and his friend to sit for an on-camera interview about the fact their school was closed under threat of violence. Are we interviewing minors without parental consent these days?
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Finally, very quietly, he said βcan I have a ticket?β
His friend chimed in, βto Sonic.β
I wanted to cry, these kids donβt know how to order movie tickets, but are old hats at processing the possibility of extreme violence
Itβs unconscionable
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As we walked in, the boys discussed the threat. A former teacher had posted online that he planned to kill the principal and shoot up the school.
Inside, they stood blank-faced in front of the teller.
βTalk to her,β I nudged my son.
Our school district was closed today in response to a credible threat of violence.
With nothing to do, I drove my 11-year-old and his friend to a movie, alone for the first time. When we arrived, I tried to drop them, but they looked like lost puppies. Want me to walk you in? I asked
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For decades the invention of the rape kit was credited to Sargent Louis Vitullo of the Chicago PD, but the true brains behind the rape kit were a womanβs (shocker). Martha Goddard was her name. What fun to consider THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE RAPE KIT, about a wrong righted, for @bostonglobe.com
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) β New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.
I wrote this essay using research I conducted for the novel Iβm just finishing. Now Iβm thinking of other ways to write about everything Iβve learned about maternity homes and the ways unwanted pregnancies have been handled historically here in the United States.
www.guernicamag.com/postpartum/
The ending of this thriller, about a 12-year-old New Zealander who longs to be teacherβs pet, which I read in record time, twisted me in the best way. Still not sure what to think. Who else reads Catherine Chidgey?
Before the holiday I sent the novel Iβve been working on for years to my agent, and rather than accomplished, Iβm feeling completely adrift.
Like my best friend moved far far away and I donβt have a clue when Iβll see her againβ¦ sob.
Who else has helped place their parents in assisted living?
Attorneys: DO NOT sign an AL contract for your parent.
AL facility: Your parent canβt live here unless you sign.
Another broken system. What are people with aging parents to do?
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