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You are so cool and smart and funny and I wish I was like you and I hope you can eat whatever you like today and not have any bad side effects

thank you I’ll steer away from peanuts. you can be smart and cool and funny whenever u decide to be just lean into the best parts of yourself and believe that’s what you are until it’s what you become

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agnostic is lowkey the funniest belief system it's just like yeah idk it's none of my business

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Did you see the Ocean Vuong interview with Stephen Colbert?

just saw it omg I didn’t even know he’d released a new book.. I need to tap in

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in american culture it's actually disrespectful to take time off of your job because it's seen as an insult to the economy

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YOUR EMAIL FINDS ME ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE

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more bunny pngs ! credit not necessary for pngs ! like or reblog to use <3

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Girlfriends (1978)

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Infanta Isabel de Borbón y Borbón (1851-1931), eldest daughter of Queen Isabella II of Spain (1866) by Vicente Palmaroli (Spanish, 1834-1896) Royal Palace of Madrid @PatrimNacional

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My controversial opinion is that I think chronically ill people should be able to fight one doctor a year

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I love the salute emoji. Im your loyal something

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The Drowned Halls

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Did anyone figure out where the queue button went

no 💔 i open this account from my browser so the queue is still there but my other account is through the app and it’s been haunting me

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singing lessons

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Jul 9, 2025

The Flint water crisis began in 2014, after lead-contaminated drinking water was found to be leaching out from aging pipes into homes citywide.

The American Civil Liberties Union and the Natural Resources Defense Council, with help from other activists and nonprofits, have released statements on the recent progress, celebrating the milestone.

The statements which they chalk up the crisis to “cost-cutting measures and improper water treatment,” that the state “didn’t require treatment to prevent corrosion,” after a “a state-appointed emergency manager” switched the water supply to the Flint River.

There is no safe level of lead exposure; each nanogram causes harm. In addition to long-known risks, such as damage to children’s brains and certain cancers, there is also significant evidence that exposure to lead is linked to numerous cardiovascular diseases, including stroke and heart attack.

The coalition mobilized the citizenry and filed a lawsuit against Flint and Michigan state officials to secure safe water. The result was a settlement in March 2017, under which a federal court in Detroit ordered Flint to give every resident the opportunity to have their lead pipe replaced at no cost, as well as conduct comprehensive tap water testing, implement a faucet filter distribution and education program, and maintain funding for health programs to help residents deal with the effects of Flint’s tainted water, according to the NRDC.

The coalition then returned to court six times in six years to ensure the city and state kept to the timeline, which was delayed by COVID-19, and other reasons which The Detroit News described as “spotty record-keeping” and “ineffective management.”

On July 1st, the State of Michigan submitted a progress report to a federal court confirming that, more than eight years after the settlement, nearly 11,000 lead pipes were replaced and more than 28,000 properties were restored where the maintenance had taken place.

Of the 4,200 buildings where lead pipes are known to still be in service, their owners have either left the properties vacant, abandoned, or have declined the free replacement under the Safe Water Drinking Act. The coalition has said it will continue to monitor city and state progress on these remaining lines.

“Thanks to the persistence of the people of Flint and our partners, we are finally at the end of the lead pipe replacement project,” said Pastor Allen C. Overton of the Concerned Pastors for Social Action, one of the organizations that sued the city. “While this milestone is not all the justice our community deserves, it is a huge achievement.”

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Question: what was doing an English minor like? You read books, analysed them and wrote essays on them, was that mainly what it's like?

yeah pretty much it’s the same as an english major save a few classes. from what I remember the requirements were like you had to take foundations classes (one lower level one upper level) and ensure the courses you took covered a range of both regions (ex American Lit, African Lit, Middle Eastern Lit, etc) and times (medieval, contemporary, enlightenment, postmodern, etc)

also it wasn’t just books, any written material was free game including poetry essays speeches etc etc