One thing that you may have to decide with refurbished is whether to buy with all original brand replacements or cheaper third party. I decided third party rather than all Samsung refurbished parts. You don't know what has been changed anyway. Screen, camera glass, & battery are most likely? (It a bit like buying a used car. I've never checked to see if the tyres are the same brand as the car originally came with from the factory. Anyway I always buy cheaper mid-range tyres, usually made in Turkey)

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Chinese student displays 70 marathon medals at graduation after running to fund education https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3358968/chinese-student-displays-70-marathon-medals-graduation-after-running-fund-education [image: d19cd2aa-56c8-490f-985f-bdd4b455a858_5588690c.jpg]

AI bet goes awry: Oracle fires 21,000 employees Oracle laid off ~13% of its staff to fund a $300B computing deal with OpenAI. Now, a credit downgrade and $7B in required power grid guarantees put the massive project in jeopardy. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/tech-and-start-ups/article-903442 On, Wisconsin!

@AdagioM said: Well, it’s already booked for fall, so I hope it happens in a reasonable way! The river can change suddenly so you still might be okay! Who are you sailing with?

"Trump Administration Drops Subpoena Demanding List of Jews From Penn" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/us/eeoc-subpoena-penn-jewish-list.html

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I can't figure out how we got from Unagi to Lumbago, but it's cracking me up!

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/90772785#/&channel=RES_BUY Wanna live near Liverpool? This house has a rather nice room for a piano

Guess the piano piece from the first note. Starts easy https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1RDW7oREPT/

Title is “Meet Cute” (2022) Link to video Of the “crazy chick keep using a time machine to fix her one date” genre, very well executed, a pretty smart treatment of an otherwise dumb genre.

it’s a bold to move to make a change into something more creative and fulfilling. Reminds me of the leap of faith I took to become a bank accountant…

@wtg said: About the tariffs on alcohol... https://theconversation.com/trumps-new-tariffs-give-ontario-and-quebec-the-perfect-excuse-to-sell-their-unsold-american-booze-287930 Anecdotally, folks in my area are fine with them putting US booze back on the shelves to placate the US, though most people say they wouldn’t buy it anyway. I’ve heard folks suggest that we should put it back on shelves but on the bottom shelf, which I think is a great gesture.

1 in 292million ! Euro lottery is 1 in 140 million UK lottery is 1 in 70 million

@AndyD I highly recommend the one about playing the part of a Christmas elf. After watching that video I decided I do believe in Santa. Heck, I'll get the link for it, others might enjoy it as well... Link to video