At its heart, "A Charlie Brown Christmas" is a quiet protest against the commercialization of the holiday season.

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1. Charles Schulz [Museum]

2. Lee Mendelson [Los Angeles Times]

3. Peanuts [website]

4. How Charles M Schulz created Charlie Brown and Snoopy [YouTube]

A Charlie Brown Christmas: Linus Explains the True Meaning Of Christmas [YouTube]

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If you’re a fan of the WTF podcast, this book by Marc Maron, is a rich distillation of its most powerful themes: love, addiction, failure, mental illness, creativity, recovery, and redemption.

supporting links

1. Marc Maron [Wikipedia]

2. WTF with Marc Maron [Podcast]

3. Marcmaron [Instagram]

4. America is Morally Bankrupt [YouTube]

5. President Barack Obama [WTF]

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The charming city of Gouda, renowned for its world-famous cheese, is facing an existential threat. As sea levels rise, this historic hub of Dutch cheesemaking is slowly sinking.

supporting links

1. Why the Netherlands is world-famous for its cheese [YouTube]

2. This Dutch city has been sinking for hundreds of years [DUTCHREVIEW]

3. Gouda, South Holland [Wikipedia]

4. Holland is Sinking! What are the Options? [LinkedIn]

5. The Netherlands Is Sinking and Here’s Why [Mother Jones]

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Learn how Leo Yoshimura walked into an interview for a job on a show he’d never heard of and took a chance. Sometimes, seizing an unexpected opportunity—despite not knowing exactly where it will lead—can launch a long and fulfilling career.

1. SNL 50 [website]

2. Saturday Night Life [Wikipedia]

3. Saturday Night Life [IMDb]

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Anne Berest's "The Postcard" isn't just a novel; it's an emotional rollercoaster that will make you laugh and at moments where your emotions will be tested.

supporting links

1. Anne Berest [Advance Reading Copy blog]

2. Anne Berest’s Best Story Came From Deep in Her Family’s Past [Lit Hub]

3. Anne Berest on Diving Into Her History for The Postcard podcast [Lit Hub]

4. Introduction to the Holocaust [Holocaust Encyclopedia]

5. The Holocaust [Wikipedia]

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Learn how Mechanizes bold mission to automate office work 'as fast as possible' is not a pipe dream. Their founders claim it's not about job loss—it's about liberation from drudgery. But is that the whole story?

Supporting links

1. CEO of Fiverr Says A.I. Is Definitely Taking Your Job [Entrepreneur]

2. Will AI take your job? The answer could hinge on the 4 S's [The Conversation]

3. Bosses want you to know A.I. is coming for your job [MSN]

4. Epoch AI [website]

5. Mechanize Manifesto [website]

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The L.L.Bean Bootmobile, a giant replica of the iconic Maine Hunting Shoe, offers key lessons in branding.

1. Driver Stories Show the Bootmobile [website]

2. Making of the L.L.Bean Bootmobile | L.L.Bean [YouTube]

3. Bootmobile [Wikipedia]

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Overall, Nuclear War, A Scenario serves as a wake-up call to the continuing threat of nuclear weapons and the need for global cooperation to mitigate these dangers.

supporting links

1. How would a nuclear war between Russia and the US affect you personally? [YouTube]

2. Author Annie Jacobsen Describes What Nuclear War Would Look Like [YouTube]

3. Countdown: The Blinding Future of Nuclear Weapons [Amazon]

4. Now, I Am Become Death, The Destroyer Of Worlds [That’s Life, I Swear podcast]

5. Dr. Strangelove [Wikipedia]

6. The Day After [Wikipedia]

7. Fail Safe [Wikipedia]

8. The World Population [The World Counts]

9. Bernard Brodie (military strategist) [Wikipedia]

10. When Carl Sagan Warned the World About Nuclear Winter [Smithsonian Mag]

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