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Trump Administration Steps Up Air War in Somalia
Science
She Invented a Board Game With Scientific Integrity. It’s Taking Off.
How Elizabeth Hargrave turned a passion for ornithology and spreadsheets into a popular game about birds.I have missed the collecting need.
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Style
What Does Misogyny Look Like?
A brief history of the #MeToo moment’s touchstone term.I try to use the word properly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misogyny
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misogyny#Definitions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misandry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misandry#Asymmetry_with_misogyny
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U.S.
Trump Proposes a Record $4.75 Trillion Budget
The president’s budget request for the 2020 fiscal year has little chance of becoming law because Congress controls spending, and Democrats control the House.This budget will not pass in the House.
There may be another government shutdown.
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World
Footage Contradicts U.S. Claim That Nicolás Maduro Burned Aid Convoy
A reconstruction of the moment when a truck bearing humanitarian supplies was set on fire shows the likely cause was a Molotov cocktail thrown by a protester.The Republicans get caught twisting the facts.
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New York
Lawmakers Support ‘Pied-à-Terre’ Tax on Multimillion-Dollar Second Homes
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the tax on homes in New York City could allow the state to raise $9 billion in bonds to help fix the subway.Do all three.
The congestion tax to fix the lack of parking.
The Pied-a-Terre tax to rescue the hotels
A bond issue to fix the subways and other rails.
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Books
Oops! Famously Scathing Reviews of Classic Books From The Times’s Archive
We called “Sister Carrie” a book “one can get along very well without reading,” dismissed “Lolita” as “dull, dull, dull,” and had nothing nice to say about “Howards End.”There is no need for Oops.
I have needed to be dragged.
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Travel
Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s Enduring San Francisco
The writer and bookstore founder’s upcoming 100th birthday is the perfect reason to take a tour of old-school San Francisco, with an emphasis on the Beats’ legacy..
Fascinating but moribund.
Poisoned by wealth and age and fame.
"Nobody goes there. Its too crowded."
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Arts
On CBS, R. Kelly Was Trapped in the Camera Eye
Gayle King’s explosive interview with the R&B singer, accused of preying on women and girls, pitted fire vs. ice-cool.R. Kelly is going to jail.
There short-eyes is not tollerated.
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New York
30 People Treated at J.F.K. After Flight Hits Severe Turbulence
A spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey described the injuries as mostly “bumps, bruises and cuts.” The flight was from Istanbul to New York.Keep the seat belt on.
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U.S.
Transgender Troops Caught Between a Welcoming Military and a Hostile Government
In interviews, dozens of transgender troops said that they felt supported in the armed services, despite the Trump administration’s fight to keep them out.The transgender troops do their jobs.
The Republican theory says they cannot.
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World
Are There Problems With the Boeing 737 Max? A Second Deadly Crash Raises New Questions
The plane is the latest generation of the Boeing 737. American Airlines and Southwest Airlines are among the major U.S. carriers that use it.There is a problem with the 737 autopilot I suspect.
The fix is the off switch.
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Food
Three Snacking Cakes to Change Your Afternoons
Satisfying and comforting, a slice of cake — whether chocolate, banana or lemon — is snack time as you know in your heart it should be.Sugar is toxic.
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New York
Black Lawmakers to Block Legalized Marijuana in N.Y. if Their Communities Don’t Benefit
Some of legalization’s most vocal supporters said the state must guarantee people of color a share of the potentially $3 billion industry.A new corruption.
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Theater
Adam Driver and Keri Russell Share a Stage and Then, Maybe, Lightsabers
Before the force is with them, Keri Russell and Adam Driver, who will both appear in “Star Wars: Episode IX,” bring an unruly love story to Broadway.I live without Star Wars.
Everyone needs love.
More is better.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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World
Victims of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 Came From at Least 30 Nations
The dead included at least 32 Kenyans; 18 Canadians; nine Ethiopians; eight each from the United States, China and Italy; and seven each from France and Britain.Trivial.
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U.S.
Homeland Security Chief Spars With Democrats Over Splitting Migrant Families
Kirstjen Nielsen sidestepped whether she supported the tactic as a way to deter illegal immigration and cited a “humanitarian catastrophe” on the border.Kirstjen Nielsen and other racists are wrong.
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U.S.
Incendiary N.R.A. Videos Find New Critics: N.R.A. Leaders
NRATV has been a potent voice for the gun-rights group. But some leaders are questioning the streaming service’s inflammatory rhetoric, and its very purpose.N.R.A. policy is wrong. Some understand the problem.
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