The knowledge that my life only matters as a body for labor feeds on my heart like a parasite.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
The insect, along with a second specimen of a young ant infected with a similar fungus, are two of the oldest examples of a bizarre natural phenomenon that involves fungal parasites hijacking the bodies of their hosts before ultimately killing them.
The House plan exempted all people with dependents from the work requirements.
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Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
17 June 2025
Previously, the House had exempted parents of dependents from Medicaid work requirements, but Senate Republicans are pushing for parents of children older than 14 to still fulfill the new expectations, of working a minimum of 80 hours a month.
Financial literacy is a fundamental need for players making tens of millions of dollars, engulfed in a universe of scheming advisors and hangers-on looking to cash in.
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Guy Lawson,
Rolling Stone,
22 June 2025
His attorneys portrayed his accusers as Hollywood wannabes and hangers-on who willingly hooked up with him to court opportunity, then recast the encounters as crimes years later to collect settlement funds and #MeToo approbation.
Alvarez is the pauper of the group, with Judge and Soto combining for $1.125 billion in salary over the lives of their contracts.
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C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
Chelsea are hardly paupers domestically — no Premier League team is nowadays — but there’s a clear financial advantage in finishing higher up the table.
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Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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