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Currently accepting and sharing good ideas for stocking stuffers...
Metal straws, that universal screwdriver thing in all my algos, chargers, key chains, nail polish, fancy chocolate, Pokemon card packs, bookmarks...what else?
imo, the stucking stuffers can be cheap or less so, but the best part about Xmas is the small thoughtful or fun gift or makes life better in small ways gifts.

like fancy silicon ice cube trays
cute little earrings from a place like this: amanostudiojewelry.com/product-catego…
lego minfigs amazon.com/LEGO-MINIFIG-P…
.@DonorsChoose gift certificates. @motherjones sustaining donations... 😀❤️😀
A truly EXCELLENT gift for a SF kid under 10 is a book tree subscription. Every month you pick up a tote of curated picture books tailored to your kid. Truly sad Milo is aging out of this program booktree.us/auth/userlogin
anything from this place: publicdomainreview.org/shop/
Give a city tree in someone's name: secure.donationpay.org/fuf/tree-tribu…
Pre addressed/stamped blank postcards in which kids must draw a picture or whatever and send to grandparents...
heathceramics.com/collections/va…
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I hate looking back at actresses of my or any generation and wondering ‘was it sexual harassment/abuse or just straight up industry sexism’ 🤬🤬🤬
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Has the autocorrect (in general and/or on the X) gotten more authoritarian or am I just blaming technology for my own failings?
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I have yet to see Green Book and this have no option about its merits but WILL EMPHATICALLY SAY, that this #99pi explaining the history is fab and bonus @thememorypalace is even better 99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-gr…
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Google donates to Eye of the Tiger PAC, and then Eye of the Tiger PAC donates to Chris Collins, who is under Federal indictment, as well as white supremacist Steve King. These toxic Congressmen get their money, while Google gets to pretend it never helped them. Kill it with fire.
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Good @sarahkliff on the Denmark baby-penalty paper. But one thing I think needs to be added:

A very large share of this effect, like 25-50% of it, is driven by women who *never return to the workforce.* that is, permanent stay-at-home-moms. vox.com/2018/2/19/1701…
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