I try to make it a point to read the Pulizter Fiction award winner every year. Night Watch ('24 Phillips), looks amazing. So many I've loved but my all-time Top 2 of the modern era: A Confederacy of Dunces (Toole '81). 2nd: A Visit from the Goon Squad (Egan '11).

Honor of a life time! So proud of this team.
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Best news story match on the thing the editors rejected until the competition did it.

Thread of surreal sculpture details 🧵

1. Water flowing over toes

I know and like about a dozen of these artists, and the rest I have no idea, and I like it that way. I use #ACL to discover. Maybe this year I'll actually get to go.

The green wave some Lubbock residents hoped for didn’t materialize Saturday as voters rejected Prop A -decriminalize - small amounts of marijuana in the city. Nearly 65% of voters rejected the proposal. ⁦Jayme Lozano Carver⁩ texastribune.org/2024/05/04/lub…

This is amazing 😂 time to hit the beach!

Facts.

texastribune.org/2024/05/03/hen…

NEW: Our report on state performance for kids in Medicaid unwind is up 👀

Stark differences emerged in 2023

7 states (CT, DC, HI, ME, NC, OR, RI) = no ⬇️ in kid enrollment in Medicaid/CHIP

10 states saw big ⬇️ (SD, MT, UT, TX, ID, AR, NH, FL, OK, GA)

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The slow green wave of voter-driven marijuana decriminalization in Texas hits the largest city in the South Plains this weekend, as Lubbock residents vote on a proposed ordinance that would decriminalize small amounts of marijuana. #txlege
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