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  • The DOGE 100

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  • Trump-Xi dynamics

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    Just another day in the TACO truck.
  • U.S. drug deaths among young people

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  • Apple at WWDC

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    AxtremusA
    To make more of the content visible, as opposed to being blocked behind the controls. Won’t know if that will make the controls harder to find until trying the real thing, I suppose.
  • Is martial law next?

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    wtgW
    More lack of planning by the administration. This deployment is all for show….another TrumPotemkin village…. https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/national-guard-california-photos-20368334.php
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  • Bill Atkinson died

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  • When you didn't do the reading for class

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    Bills are thousands of pages. I don't think anyone actually reads them.
  • Joann is closing

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    @Nina said in Joann is closing: I'm not sure if the change has to do with the rise of cheap clothing, fast fashion, or just lack of time. All the above, I suspect. And more... I wonder if it's still taught in high school? When I was in high school girls and boys could take home-ec class where sewing and cooking were taught. There was shop, which boys and girls could take that taught basic woodworking and metalworking. We even had drafting classes. In elementary school we were taught how to write cursive. Having experienced these classes growing up it makes me sad to think that some young people don't have the opportunity. I made Christmas stockings for my siblings and a neck tie (70s bright colors) for myself. It was fun and extended school learning beyond the boundaries of solitary studying.
  • Speaking of Staten Island.

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    MikM
    It was a very good story. Thoroughly enjoyed it
  • Well that happened pretty fast

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    NinaN
    It's been fun, but I'm concerned that this gives Trump another lever to consolidate his base. If the GOP splinters further because of this, it could be a big problem for them. Commence the strong-arm tactics!
  • Hollywood royalty lived here

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    NinaN
    I like the house other than its size. I'm not a fan of huge houses. The decor is definitely not my style. The surroundings are lovely.
  • Owls in towels

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    Some cats have to be wrapped in towels during their vet visits too…to prevent injuries to humans.
  • The French furniture fraud

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  • White Flight ...

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    LOL Good one
  • Late mid century for sale in Ohio

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    Big_AlB
    Someone must want to sell. I noticed the price was reduced by $250K. That being said, It's way too austere for me. There are a few dollars sitting in that living room in those rows of Barcelona-style chairs. Big Al
  • Coffee table books

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    @RealPlayer said in Coffee table books: It’s a relief from all the scrolling I do to just relax into page after page of these lovely images and helpful text. Same here! I have a bunch of coffee table books I look at again and again. This one was on the coffee table up in Wisconsin. I brought it home when we sold the house, and every time I see i on the coffee table here I remember all the good times we had in our vacation home. [image: 20250607-150433.jpg] And this is my go-to pile of Sarah Susanka and Julie Messervy (and others) books on indoor and outdoor design. I love to look at the photos to get ideas. [image: 20250607-150711.jpg]
  • Why your left and right brain hear language differently

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  • LOLcritters

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    Lol! Thanks! I think my "new life" will include a cat. I can't afford to take care of two humans and a cat. I also never thought it would be fair to bring a cat into this stressful, chaotic environment.
  • I got a new toy

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    There was an NPR broadcast a few years ago about a cache of old cylinders of off-color humor that were supposed to have been destroyed under the Comstock Act, but somehow survived intact. I’d love to hear them but the culture was so different back then that they might vary from cringey to hard to comprehend.