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Author: Kintsugi

  • Kintsugi
  • July 15, 2021

My Favorite Potato Salad

Ingredients 3 lbs. Yukon Gold, baby potatoes or small red potatoes a good dash salt 4 – 6 large eggs  3/4 cup mayonnaise (or more if you like it gloppy) 1 

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  • July 15, 2021July 15, 2021

Jeff Bezos on his 4-step method for building trust and reputation: ‘It’s really that simple’—and research backs it up

Published Fri, Jul 2, 2021 12:18 PM EDT Updated Fri, Jul 2, 2021, 1:44 PM EDTTom Popomaronis, Contributor What does it take to achieve great success in your career? According to Jeff Bezos, one of

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  • July 15, 2021July 15, 2021

A New History Changes the Balance of Power Between Ethiopia and Medieval Europe

By David M. Perry, Matthew Gabriele SMITHSONIANMAG.COM JUNE 29, 2021 Verena Krebs had already completed the full manuscript and had secured a contract with a major academic publisher. The bad news

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  • July 15, 2021July 15, 2021

How Much Rent Can You Afford?

By Jordan Rosenfeld  July 8, 2021 GOBankingRates conducted a study to analyze just how much money minimum-wage earners make on a state-by-state basis, and whether a person can afford

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  • July 14, 2021

Did you know that Harlem postal worker Victor Hugo Green founded “The Green Book” in 1936? Learn about its origins and impact in our latest issue of Library of Congress Magazine.

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  • July 14, 2021July 14, 2021

10 Ways to Whiten Laundry Without Bleach

use vinegar use lemon juice use baking soda Read the article HERE

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  • July 14, 2021November 5, 2025

When It’s Better to Pay With Cash

read the article HERE Using cash is more of a mind trick to stop over-spending Some small merchants charge fees for using credit cards Tip for any services rendered using cash Youâ€

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  • July 14, 2021November 5, 2025

The Six Etiquette Rules to Remember When Sending Your Condolences

Here’s what to say, because showing your compassion is invaluable. By Emily Popp April 22, 2021 When a loved one experiences loss, we instinctively want to reach

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  • July 14, 2021July 14, 2021

Single-use plastic bags are gone for good in Connecticut. If you forget to bring your own bag to the store, there won’t be any single-use ones available

By CHRISTOPHER ARNOTT HARTFORD COURANT  |JUL 01, 2021 AT 2:55 PM Connecticut’s ban on single-use plastic bags took effect on July 1, and this time, those flimsy receptacl

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  • July 9, 2021July 9, 2021

Ursula Burns on Modern Leadership

Ursula Burns, former CEO, Xerox: “I struggled…with this idea that we run a mechanical structure, that people are just a cog in the wheel.” Listen HERE. Ursula Burns is one of the most no

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  • July 9, 2021

Summer of Soul (1969) documentary

“In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary—part music film, part historical record created around an epic event that

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  • July 9, 2021July 9, 2021

Historians just ranked the presidents. Trump wasn’t last.

By Gillian Brockell June 30, 2021 at 2:34 p.m. EDT Read HERE. Despite being impeached twice, former president Donald Trump is not the worst president in U.S. history, according to 14

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  • July 9, 2021

Beyond Tulsa, Overlooked Race Massacres Draw New Focus

Efforts to teach the histories are gaining momentum even as some states try to limit how racism is discussed in schools. By Mike Ives June 29, 2021 The Elaine massacre of 1919 is believed

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  • July 9, 2021July 9, 2021

Texas policy group shares—then deletes—ridiculous list of critical race theory ‘buzzwords’

Annie Reneau 06.30.21 This morning, the Texas Public Policy Foundation shared—then deleted—a graphic with a list of terms they claim are indicative of critical race theory (CRT) being taug

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  • July 9, 2021July 9, 2021

LinkedIn breach reportedly exposes data of 92% of users, including inferred salaries

Ben Lovejoy – Jun. 29th 2021 4:11 am PT A second massive LinkedIn breach reportedly exposes the data of 700M users, which is more than 92% of the total 756M users. The da

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