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Extra, Extra: In The "Zone Of Avoidance," A Cosmic "Border Wall" Beckons
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Extra, Extra: In The "Zone Of Avoidance," A Cosmic "Border Wall" Beckons


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Published Jul 12, 2020


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  • These senior home residents are passing the time in self-quarantine by posing for photos recreating iconic album covers.
  • Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller has written a rare op-ed for the Washington Post inventorying all the lies for which Roger Stone was justly convicted.
  • The makers of the Netflix documentary Get Me Roger Stone suspect that Roger Stone "hasn’t just been set free — he has been unleashed" to save President Donald Trump's reelection campaign.
  • The FDA has expanded the list of hand sanitizers you should avoid because they contain methanol, a toxic substance.
  • The White House has not consulted with Dr. Anthony Fauci in over a month, and is now actively trying to discredit him, the Washington Post reports.
  • In the so-called "zone of avoidance," astronomers "have discovered a vast wall across the southern border of the local cosmos," the Times reports, leaving it up to readers to insert their own lazy border wall joke.
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  • And finally, here's heartwarming video of an 80-year-old Texas man pulling a homeless dog train.
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Eugene Bostick is an 80-year-old retiree, who takes care of homeless dogs in Fort Worth, TX. ⁠ +⁠ "We live down on a dead-end street, where me and my brother have a horse barn," Eugene says. "People sometimes come by and dump dogs out here, leaving them to starve. So, we started feeding them, letting them in, taking them to the vet to get them spayed and neutered. We made a place for them to live."⁠ +⁠ Currently he takes care of nine dogs and while they have enough space to run around and play, Eugene wanted to make them even happier. So he built a dog train where they can all go on trips together. ⁠ +⁠ "Whenever they hear me hooking the tractor up to it, man, they get so excited. They all come running and jump in on their own.”⁠ --⁠ h/t: The Dodo⁠ Video: Texas Famous / YouTube⁠ •••⁠ @globalpositivenews⁠ @globalpositivenews⁠ @globalpositivenews⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #caring #heartwarming #positivepsychology #globalpositivenews #news #somegoodnews #tanksgoodnews #Positivenews #positivenergy #positivity #onemillionactsofgood⁠ #kindness #kindnessmatters #randomactsofkindness #actsofkindness⁠ #elderly #elderlycare #seniorcitizen #rescuedogsrock #rescuedogsrule #dogloversclub #dogslife🐶 #dogs🐶 #selfless #selflessness #dogadventures #trainride

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John Del Signore

Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.

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