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Well Hiya!!

Oh shucks! Is that not how y’all greet each other here in the big city? Shoot! Gosh darn it! Dagnabit and some Kraft on a Cracker. I’m sorry.

Let’s start over.

Hi. I’m Kayley. I could also have been Jenny or Kelly or Lindsey, but I am Kayley. My middle name is Marie or Nicole and I am blonde.

But like good blonde. Expensive blonde. The kind of blonde that may have been affordable back in my little hometown of Ohio, but that is going to set me back like six hundred dollars a month here in the big city! My hair will be perfect every time you see me, so it’s up to you to decide how I’m affording balayage on a waitress’s salary.

I am, of course, a waitress. My work uniform requires cute accent buttons, so I have a bunch. Including one that I brought myself to make sure I never forget where I’m from. My favorite city in the world: Nebraska. We have restaurants there, too! Fancy ones! Like Olive Garden and the Food Court at the Nice Mall with the Zales in it.

The workings of our brains render us vulnerable to scamming, but data removal services offer a digital barricade.

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‘A lot of people think they know how to sharpen pencils, but… they don’t.’ A guide to doing it right, by an artisanal pro

- Directed by Kenneth Price

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As with many of Trump’s proposals, it’s unclear how serious he is about his vague call for further U.S. involvement in Gaza food aid.

The post Trump’s Gaza “Food Centers” Miss the Real Problem: Israel’s Aid Blockade appeared first on The Intercept.

Even before I got hit, I’d come to find unexpected bliss in waiting at street corners

- by Lawrence Everett Forbes

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- by Alex White

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The constitutional order will not defend us from a judge so committed to Trump’s presidential authoritarianism.

The post What to Do — And Not to Do — About a Judge Like Emil Bove appeared first on The Intercept.

The Pegasus hacking tool was just the beginning. A new survey of spyware firms reveals Israeli companies are being used by agencies in Western nations to build perfect dictatorships under democratic guise. This article was originally published by ¡Do Not Panic! Last week another batch of peaceful pro-Palestine protestors were arrested by British police on suspicion of terrorism offenses, including a disabled man in a wheelchair, as the UK continues its descent into authoritarianism on behalf of Israel. If any of […]

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Good motivations for altruistic acts are cross-culturally pervasive

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