Tanner Broadwell, 26, and Nikki Walsh, 24, have just £60 left after their vessel they had used all their funds to buy capsized at sea off the coast of Florida
Author: Chris Aldrich
📖 Read pages 29-44 of Ramona the Brave by Beverly Cleary
The girls bicker and are at each other’s throats until mom comes home to say they’re expanding the house and adding on an extra room. Ramona gets it first.
Today’s word of the day: varlet!
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👓 State launches Aetna probe after stunning admission | CNN
California's insurance commissioner has launched an investigation into Aetna after learning a former medical director for the insurer admitted under oath he never looked at patients' records when deciding whether to approve or deny care.
👓 The Songs That Bind | The New York Times
Data drawn from Spotify listeners reveal that we are all teenagers in love.
👓 Top official departs ‘rudderless’ railroad safety agency | Politico
The resignation of the former acting chief of the Federal Railroad Administration comes while Democrats are blocking a vote on a permanent leader — and as train-related deaths climb.
👓 Let’s Ban Porn | New York Times
An immodest proposal for the era of #MeToo.
📖 Read pages i-39 of The Bread Baker’s Apprentice by Peter Reinhart
The opening is perhaps overly romanticized, though still interesting. He does relatively quickly get into the good stuff though.
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👓 Gillibrand: If Trump wants due process, we’ll have hearings on allegations against him | The Hill
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) went after President Trump on Saturday for his tweet questioning a lack of "due process" in abuse claims, saying that Congress could hold hearings about sexual misconduct allegations against him if he wanted due process. “The President has shown through words and actions that he doesn’t value women. It’s not surprising that he doesn’t believe survivors or understand the national conversation that is happening,” Gillibrand tweeted.
📖 Read pages 1-28 of Ramona the Brave by Beverly Cleary
Somehow this isn’t as entertaining as prior incarnations of Ramona, perhaps because it was written a few decades later? There’s still a kernel of Ramona, but something seems off.
Jesus, Beezus!
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This was my first time visiting here and I did take out through a Yelp related app. Sadly they forgot to include the naan, so I was forced to go back and forth a second time to pick it up. Despite this, the food was good, though a bit on the expensive side even despite having some reasonable leftovers. I wouldn’t recommend it for take out though as the rich interior makes it a better place to eat out for the price point.
👓 Can’t Get Your News From Facebook Anymore? Try These 6 Apps | Wired
Now that the social network is changing what shows up in your feed, you’ll have to go elsewhere for current news.
I would prefer more transparency about how those that use algorithms are doing so.
Some of these don’t amount to much more than glorified RSS feed readers, and I’m shocked that the state of the art of the area isn’t much further along than it was a decade ago.
👓 Flu Vaccines and the Math of Herd Immunity | Quanta Magazine
Simple math shows how widespread vaccination can disrupt the exponential spread of disease and prevent epidemics.