The [Thursday] Papers

Weekend Note: The Weekend Desk Report will appear at some point between now and Monday. Sorry for the erratic publishing schedule lately; trying to get back on track.

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I've got nothing today.

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I mean, I've got a lot of material to work with, but it's the kind of material that requires a bit of work to, um, work up. I don't have that kind of work in me right now. Not for free, anyway.

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Besides, it's all the same. Same horrible people doing horrible things. People who don't care - including people in my own profession. What's the point? It's just all so awful.

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I did come across a few heroes this morning. I'll go with that. Today is dedicated to these heroes:

Weak-Ass Bureaucrats To Heroic Philly Citizens: Stop Turning Dumpsters Into Swimming Pools.

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Olympian.

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A Neighborhood Bar So Beloved, He Moved It To His Basement.

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Logan Square Church Becomes Circus School
Classes begin for all ages September 6th in trapeze, aerial silks, pole, trampoline, hand-balancing, clowning, acrobatics, and more, including circus-based fitness classes.

Inside Bullshit Russian Doping Investigation
"The action the IOC took has forever set a bar for how the most outrageous doping and cover-up and corruption possible will be treated in the future. Those involved in running sport are former athletes, so somehow I figured that they would have honor and integrity. But the people in charge are basically raping their sports and the system for self-interest. Sport is seriously broken."

Last Weekend In Chicago Rock
Featuring: Diet Cig, GOGGS, Vic Mensa, Wolf Alice, Chance the Rapper, Moseley, Bullnettle, Ghost, Frightened Rabbit, LCD Soundsystem, Phantogram, The 1975, Mutemath, Radiohead, Lindsey Stirling, Foals, Two Door Cinema Club, Red Hot Chili Peppers, J. Cole, Lana Del Ray, Houndmouth, Flume, Halsey, Future, Disclosure, X Ambassadors, Frank Turner, SikFuk, Elbow Deep, Dysentery, Abhorrent Deformity, Extremely Rotten, Deteriorot, Lust of Decay, Malignancy, Kill Everything, Mass Murder Messiah, Brodequin, Cerebral Incubation, Lividity, Limbsplitter, Inherit Disease, Towering Abomination, Visceral Disgorge, Gorgasm, Rottenness, Within The Trenches, Open Your Eyes, Danny Seraphine's CTA, Jeff Buck and Buddy Guy, 5SOS, One OK Rock, Kip Moore, Brothers Osborne, Miranda Lambert, and Third Eye Blind.

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BeachBook
More heroes, actually.

How An AP Reporter Took Down Flossing.

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Elena Delle Donne Comes Out, Is Engaged.

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Black Family That Sued White Neighbor For Harassment Wins Money, Apology.

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TweetWood
A sampling.

No, sleeping with a chicken probably won't save you from #Zika, despite what NPR & others said: https://t.co/Pu5K4SPpMt via #ZikaChat

— HealthNewsReview.org (@HealthNewsRevu) August 4, 2016

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I've been flagging these for months.

What Is Going On With Dear Abby?! https://t.co/ibW3gf3PXt

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) August 4, 2016

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Missouri's head public defender assigns case to Gov. Nixon, cites overburdened staff https://t.co/S2SflLdGVk via @stltoday

— Jonathan Landay (@JonathanLanday) August 4, 2016

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What the actual fuck? Barney's is selling Black Flag shirts for $265 https://t.co/R0hX0RKjVv via @DangerMindsBlog

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) August 3, 2016

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"It's what people know about themselves inside that makes 'em afraid." - The Stranger

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) August 3, 2016

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The Beachwood Tronc Line: Cutting.

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