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Ring Launches Streaming  Service

HAWTHORNE, CA—Providing customers with an expansive and growing library of premium content, smart doorbell manufacturer Ring launched a new streaming service Wednesday.  Company officials said Ring+, ...

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Back to school always looks different in New Orleans.

This plus SUDEP (Sudden unexplained death in epilepsy) combine to make ==> Epilepsy the neurological condition w/the greatest average years of life lost. While strokes are more common, the avg age of a stroke victim is higher (closer to life expectancy) than the average age of an epilepsy death.

Epilepsy Sparks@epilepsysparks.bsky.social · 5h ago

⚠️ Sensitive topics are what we like to cover. And #suicide in epilepsy is one of them. People with an #epilepsy are more than twice as likely to take their own lives - but we may prevent this. Get ready for tomorrow's episode - this is deep one. 🎬 www.youtube.com/@EpilepsySpa... #mentalhealth

Dude surprised I “know about” parametric insurance. My guy.

If you want to step into these shoes for a moment, here's a "great" everyday example of being a woman. I always walked my dog in the opposite direction of the one-ways so I would know if someone was doing exactly this:

I'm just going to throw this out there appropos of nothing: in college I got into a car accident where I hit a guardrail on the highway and the state sent me a bill for it months later

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 21h ago

SpaceX rocket hours away from crashing into the moon in unintentional collision

Rock the cash bar / Rock the casbah

50+ Music@fiftymusic.bsky.social · 21h ago

What misheard song lyrics did you believe were the real lyrics before the real lyrics were pointed out to you?

🚨🔨 Records request denial: "In the same way, one cannot understand how a house is built by examining the hammer used to build it. One should instead look at the blueprints used to build the house." If your company chose a finish hammer over a nail gun or framing hammer, I want to know.

It’s 11pm. Is your local news outlet posting streetcar how-tos?

NOLA.com@nolanews.bsky.social · 18h ago

A streetcar rolling along a live oak-covered street is one of the most recognizable images of New Orleans. The form of transportation has been an important part of the city

PSA for New Orleans: Free IUDs for people without insurance and who make 400% or less of the Federal Poverty Level w/proof of income. Basically, if folks wanted an IUD but cost is a barrier, this is a great chance. via @nolanews.bsky.social

CrescentCare in New Orleans is giving away free IUDs in August. See who is eligible.

To be eligible, a person must be uninsured and make 400% or less of the Federal Poverty Level. Without insurance, an IUD typically costs between $500 and $1,800.

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MySpace was the first newsletter platform.

My annual NNO story: On National Night Out in 2014, my coworker and I made an interactive map of all the block parties in St. Cloud, MN. The St. Cloud POLICE DEPARTMENT called the newspaper and insisted it be taken down - they didn't want the 'wrong' people showing up at public block parties.

The only thing scarier than these were the cages in Memorial Library at Madison. Best lock yourself all the way in so as to avoid an attack like the one in 1974 badgerherald.com/banter/2015/...

Axe in the stacks: The story behind Memorial Library’s haunting attack

Ever wondered why Memorial Library is the only library on campus that requires a Wiscard for entry? The reason behind this discrepancy dates back to a chilling incident that occurred in the Memorial L...

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alix e. harrow@alixeharrow.bsky.social · 23h ago

i don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys

In New Orleans, it's just Tuesday.

Pricing wedding menus and the food looks soooooo good. I'm going to have to go find myself a decadent-ass dinner 😂

The people you elected and Pornhub disagree. Story at 6.

This is a timeline: Pornhub says age verification laws aren’t working. Louisiana leaders are not convinced. “These laws do not work and, as a result, have put your constituents’ children and adults’ personal data at risk,” says Pornhub’s letter to Louisiana's AG. www.nola.com/news/politic...

Vertical tabs. It's a whole new world.

Long-shuttered Appleton prison to reopen for ICE detainees I had to drop my StarTrib subscription because I can't afford 4 newspapers. BUT if someone would like to share a gift link - or point out who is leading this .... inquiring minds want to know. www.startribune.com/appleton-pri...

A NYT writer blocked me after I said I did in fact strain my eye from rolling it, noting it was the most painful part of my recovery from brain surgery. It was in response to a comment they made in jest about eye-rolling during these times. It's true! I was telling a story and rolled my eyes!

The shortfall is $1.50 per adult in Mississippi.

Ashton Pittman@ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 2d ago

The State of Mississippi is denying 170 Mississippi foster students full-ride scholarships to colleges across the state, with many would-be freshmen finding out only weeks before their move-in date. Nick Judin reports:

Ugly urban tree

Is this an on-land oil spill

The U.S. Rep candidates are not populating on the Secretary of State's site. (Senate race is) Anyone else?

Theguardrailguy on Instagram has been reporting Flock is failing to install breakaway poles that are required on city stop lights and other poles, to minimize injury and fatalities should a driver strike them.

Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com · 2d ago

A Faribault man is charged with stealing a Flock camera, a license plate reading device that has stirred privacy concerns. Reports from around the United States have bubbled up over the past several months of drivers and others stealing or vandalizing the cameras.

A Faribault man is charged with stealing a Flock camera, a license plate reading device that has stirred privacy concerns. Reports from around the United States have bubbled up over the past several months of drivers and others stealing or vandalizing the cameras.

Vandals hit Flock license plate cameras in Faribault, Duluth, Edina as part of national trend

A Faribault man is charged with stealing a Flock camera, a license plate reading device that has stirred privacy concerns.

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There are 8.5M people in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex.

KIPP paid $60,000 to a New-York based crisis-communications firm to help plan how to close Douglass High School. KIPP paid local influencer Justin Brown $200 for a promotion to help recruit students. www.lamplighter.news/p/kipp-hired...

KIPP hired crisis-communications firm 5 weeks prior to unannounced vote to close Douglass High School

The charter group’s contract with New York-based Goldin Solutions was signed Feb. 2

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NOLA.com@nolanews.bsky.social · 3d ago

New Orleans-area schools ramp up student recruitment efforts bit.ly/4pPWzMQ

My "kids these days" take is geeeeez they go back to school early. And I hope teachers feel like they get a proper summer.

Look who’s here.