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- The big-headed turtle has a very large head. Its armored head is so darn big that it can’t even be pulled into its shell. They are not good at swimming, but they are good at climbing (for a turtle), and are sometimes found in trees and bushes.
- More than 7 *THOUSAND* nurses are on strike in NYC starting TODAY. This sign says it all: “If the nurses are outside, something is wrong inside.” (via @jessie_eli on tw)
- A Police Stop Is Enough to Make Someone Less Likely to Vote – New research shows how the communities that are most heavily policed are pushed away from politics and from having a say in changing policy.
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- Workers are less likely to go on strike in recent decades because they are more likely to be in debt and fear losing their jobs. Study examined cases in Japan, Korea, Sweden, the United States and the United Kingdom over the period 1970–2018.
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- Grandmas are having fun.
