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  • “Welcome but be good”

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    Bon Voyage but be good.
  • Feeling old yet?

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    @RealPlayer said: hard as heck hammers, harsh tone Yeah, that’s not good. Do you have a timeline for this purchase? @Bernard said: @RealPlayer That's fine... as long as 6 feet ... isn't followed by ... under! P.S. piano drift is the best kind of thread drift.
  • Ice cream without the junk

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    Since I started making my own, I'm just not interested in store bought. Very difficult to find good store-bought that doesn't break the bank and isn't full of fillers, or air, or excess sweetness. On the other hand I still have a soft spot for soft-serve, a real summer treat. Vanilla. That's what I think ice cream should be. If I want to add the flavor of chocolate: chocolate sauce. Butterscotch? Butterscotch sauce. Strawberry? Strawberries. I don't like cookie pieces or dough in my ice cream and if I did I'd sprinkle cookie chips. I guess when it comes to certain foods, I like mine basic. It's easy enough to jeuje it up at serving time. Not that I'd ever pass up ice cream, no matter what!
  • The Herculaneum scrolls

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    Antiquities FTW.
  • Board of Peace

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    It's times like this that I fantasize about being a Catholic.
  • The people of Albania respond to Ivanka and Jared

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    They see it (randomly we're told), it's not their land, and it's a nature reserve, so they decide to claim it like Old World conquerers, and do God knows what with it.
  • An invitation for the pianists of WTF

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    @AndyD Well done. Thank you
  • Happy Birthday Mel Brooks

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  • Happy birthday, Mel Brooks

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  • Great American State Fair

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  • What they were eating in 1776

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    Also the plates (and cutlery) used. Pewter was for the landed gentry and proudly listed in Wills if they had any! Silver (& gold?) for royalty. Most folk used crockery of some form, or a wooden trencher.
  • Bit of excitement in the neighborhood

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    Noticed something was amiss when I turned into the apartment complex in my student days. Did not realize what was missing until I turned on the evening news. The house on the corner was gone due to a gas leak. No one was home.
  • Continuing to redecorate Washington DC

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    Snort
  • A good night for NYC progressives

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    @jon-nyc said: I have a feeling they’ll imagine a presidential candidate should also be this way too. A presidential race is an entirely different matter and that's not what I've been addressing. Personally, I can imagine a charismatic DSA candidate that would appeal to a broad spectrum of the electorate, but we all know that's not going to be 2028. The Dem candidate for 2028 needs to welcome the progressive flank of the party and be friends with them. Biden was--and in some areas too much so--so we know it can be done. And whoever they are, I hope they ignore Carville.
  • Why big AI labs are hiring so many philosophers

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    Interesting. Kiddo2 thought about majoring in philosophy, but ultimately chose computer science. Graduated in 2015. Has seen a lot change in the industry over the last 11 years.
  • Mid-2026 AI Usage Check

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    @DougG I’m not sure you’re old enough to be menopausal. You may be peri-menopausal, at best.
  • Apollo and Daphne

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  • Tulsi resigns

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    She should sell perfume. Name it Tulsi. The bottle could have her head twist off with her signature gray streaks. I'm not serious. I'm just joking. She's something of a mystery. She's always been somewhat of one. My time isn't that valuable except to me but even I don't have the energy to fall down this rabbit hole now.
  • World's First Trillionaire

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    @jon-nyc I could read the article , but I could not find the link to the gofundme page.
  • BREXIT aftermath

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    https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1bdxHVSW6w/ Poetic look back at the Cameron - Johnson era, with very wry grin.