So you’ve finished your book. Its been edited and published, and now you’re trying to figure out how to get to your potential readers. While beginning your marketing campaign usually happens well before your book is completed, getting your first reviews can’t begin until your book is done or in a final draft status. Many […]
If you want to support trans rights, then decriminalize sex work
“You literally can’t support trans people while also supporting criminal laws that overwhelmingly target them,”adult performer Lorelei Lee tweeted on Tuesday.“[F]or a group called the National Organization for Women to tell women & femme workers that we can’t be believed because we’re controlled by men is just the fucking height of hypocrisy.” Lee’s tweets, while […]
How Arrivo Got Colorado to Back a Wild-Eyed Highway Scheme
The proposals that Brogan BamBrogan and Andrew Liu showed Shailen Bhatt promised a fanciful world: highways moving ten times more vehicles than they do now. Shipments zipping throughout the Denver area at 200 miles per hour. People getting from their homes to the airport gate in minutes. A new mode of transportation, moving people in […]
Rugby World Cup: Remembering the shock of the century
(CNN)With time almost up on the clock, Japan rolled the dice on England’s south coast. Leitch wanted a try — five points that would thrust Japan into the history books with the greatest upset in Rugby World Cup history. Meet rugby superfan Daisuke Komura Like the thousands in the stadium, Komura urged his side to […]
Woman Forced to Remove Dying Tree, Turns It Into Tiny Library Instead
When city workers of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho told Sharalee Armitage Howard they would have to remove a huge 110-year-old tree from her front yard, she was saddened. Determined to preserve whatever she could of the beautiful tree, she decided to turn the tree’s trunk into a free neighbourhood library with the help of the nonprofit […]
Theranos documentary review: The Inventors horrifying optimism
A blood-splattered Theranos machine nearly pricks an employee struggling to fix it. This gruesome graphical rendering is what you’ll walk away with from HBO’s “The Inventor.” It finally gives a visual to the startup’s laboratory fraud detailed in words by John Carreyrou’s book “Bad Blood.” The documentary that premiered tonight at Sundance Film Festival explores […]
300-year-old tool that lets you have 7 tabs…er, books open at once
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Gov. Jay Inslee Pledges To Reject Fossil Fuel Money Ahead Of 2020 Bid
Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee (D) signed a pledge Tuesday promising to reject donations from the fossil fuel industry ahead of a likely run for the White House that he’s vowed to uniquely center on climate change. In an interview with HuffPost, Inslee, 67, said he added his name to the list of more than […]
Senate confirms new FCC Commissioners Carr and Starks
The Senate has officially confirmed the incoming FCC commissioners, Brendan Carr and Geoffrey Starks have been officially confirmed by the Senate for their five-year terms. This completes the five-seat commission, which is required to be balanced between the two parties — today’s additions bring it to three Republicans and two Democrats. Carr, nominated and previously […]
Dating Sucks, So We’re Making Our Own App Betches
Dating sucks. Our scroll fingers are tired. We’re v much over being assaulted on the daily by d*ck pics. We could write books full of sh*tty pick-up lines. I’ve gone on dates with a guy who claimed to be an art collector (he wasn’t); a very terrible graphic designer (why would you use a cow […]
A teacher shared a simple gift a student gave her, and it’s seriously the sweetest thing.
A child gave a teacher a simple gift that’s bringing people to tears. It’s not what you give, but the thought and sacrifice behind what you give that counts. And this gift a teacher received is so thoughtful and sacrificial it hurts. Facebook user and elementary school teacher Rachel Uretsky-Pratt shared a photo of a […]