That's even scarier than the people climbing the tower!!

Oh thanks for that story! I will definitely order a few things!

OMG I use ellipses all the time! Not in texting but in posts on these online forums. “Older people tend to use three dots to indicate ‘on and on,’” she says. “Like, ‘You can guess the rest.’” Not this older person. I always use ellipses to mean something more like "there's more to say here, but I'm not sure what" or "I don't know how to finish this thought so I'll stop here." Now, based on this article, and some probably overdue reflection, I need to conclude that probably no one interprets my ellipses the way I intend!!!

markb as WTFer of the month. https://well-temperedforum.groupee.net/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/2850024535/m/440109244/p/1

Goldberg is a hoot. Trump has so far declined to fire any of those involved, with the president dismissing it as a “glitch” and instead attacking Goldberg. Waltz, meanwhile, said that Goldberg’s number was somehow “sucked in” to his phone and added to the Signal group chat. Goldberg has rejected this explanation. “I don’t know what he’s talking about there,” the journalist told NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday. Referring to a science fiction movie about humans unknowingly living in a simulated reality, Goldberg said: “This isn’t ‘The Matrix’. Phone numbers don’t just get sucked into other phones. “You know, very frequently in journalism, the most obvious explanation is the explanation. My phone number was in his phone because my phone number is in his phone.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/31/pete-hegseth-republican-voters

No paywall version of the OP. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kat-abughazaleh-from-youtube-to-congress/ar-AA1BZWL0

Jennifer Rubin on Trump's string of losses in court... https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/not-tired-of-winning-against-trump?r=n5ktx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false GOP Senators say bills to impeach justices are DOA... https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5220772-republican-senators-warn-impeachment-judge-boasberg/

Then there's this story of a journalist, US citizen, and his border crossing experience. Scary as hell. https://archive.is/1V8pk

At least Trump(CF) is truly elected. We had Liz Truss and Rich Sunak foisted on us

Push will come to shove and we will see if those associates will all take lower-paying positions. Some may, some will not.

@Bernard said in Happy World Piano Day!: But I can manage quite well right now without a cello teacher because I know what has to be done, but the climb is slow and steady. That's great! Also, my main focus is on piano right now. Also great! I heard this piece "Les larmes de Jacqueline" by Offenbach last month and went looking for the music. Just listened, what a gorgeous piece!!! Wow! I can see why you would want to play it! The best I could find was a transcription for harmonica and harp written in G clef, but I downloaded it and am in the process of writing it out in F clef and C clef (where necessary) because that's what I'm most comfortable reading for cello. A good exercise in vibrato. "transcription for harmonica" is not something I expected to exist!

Stavridis talks Greenland. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/vance-s-comments-in-signal-chat-deteriorating-relationship-with-europe-stavridis/vi-AA1BWKOj?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=fbe4af05be3943d198fbf4e506bbc562&ei=42

Well, seeing as searching phones is now a thing, maybe it's just safer all the way around to not carry a phone.

This was in yesterday's Telegraph https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-daily-telegraph-your-money/20250329/281663965814049

Imagine it. 5 year olds in tiny chains scrubbing the floors in the Florida capitol building. The MAGTs rejoiced!

[image: 1743296455834-img_1284.jpeg] Biscuit, just before she joined our family. We bought her an IKEA bed like this one at the shelter. She sat on it just ONCE. [image: 1743296604058-img_1285.jpeg]