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  • Magnificent Beast!

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    @Steve-Miller That is a Grand Grill (not an upright)
  • This old dog learned some new tricks

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    Exactly! You can always put more on, but there’s a limit to how much you can take off…
  • Tutoring a baby

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    I thought the child of the UK upper class would need (I'm using the word loosely) a nanny. Tutor? Impossible. I didn't read the article but it seems these people are grasping.
  • U.S. Bishops' statement on mass deportations of immigrants ...

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    I'm a Congregationalist so I don't qualify. I will say one thing. "Lament" was a good word choice.
  • Are you singing enough?

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    I know a few that have joined the SoundsGood choirs. It appears to be just in the Chicago area. All levels welcome and they even have a group for memory-care singers. It is getting lots of seniors to sing again! https://soundsgoodchoir.org/about/
  • UK-US intelligence sharing

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    Over the legality or lack thereof is more to the point.
  • AI-designed virus that kills bacteria

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    AI is seriously flawed and seriously dangerous if they cannot control it. Some FB influencers posted fake news about the UPS crash, concerning people who were supposedly on board. The guy over at Pilot Debrief decided to see if it was true and AI said it was true citing the fake posts on FB as proof. That is totally unacceptable. And I've encountered sheer stupidity coming from AI. It will only ever be a benefit if it is licensed out for use with strict controls on who can be licensed and how it is used.
  • Robots - China v Russia

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  • Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown

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    @Piano-Dad That's what I've heard too.
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    @Amanda Wow that’s super interesting! I remember, a few years after I started playing piano, I was trying to get a score for happy birthday and that’s when I learned about the copyright. I remember something about it struck me as odd… maybe this was it. ??
  • Decibel Chart

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    Lol. My mobile home doesn't have insulation (some do-- installed after manufacturing). It gets up to 120.
  • Laughter is the best medicine

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  • Bob Ross' legacy lives on

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  • The Democratic establishment and Mamdani

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    He went and was photographed kissing the ring of the son of George Soros. Publicly available photograph. Any time I have invested emotion in a politician it has been a fool's errand. Never got on this train. Never going to have to get off. Marginally better than most but billionaires and status quo forces aligned against change point to gridlock. My 2 cents. At least he understands many of his voters were in fact Jewish and he presumably understands the difference between Judaism and Zionism.
  • Seems like AI will destroy social media

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    The golden age of internet platforms has been over for a long time.
  • Having doubts

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    Tin soldiers can do better next time. I hope they do so. I'm really not being fair. The tin soldiers have or are aged/ aging out of life. Again, I hope for better outcomes.
  • US supreme court rejects call to overturn same-sex marriage

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    They did something right.
  • Two weeks ago...

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    BBC news just showed a clip of a football match in Canada (Ottawa?) heavy snow falling on the pitch at minus 8 🤪 and a terrific goal scored by team in red and black stripes.
  • IOC to ban biological men from women’s sports

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    @Steve-Miller Fair? The IOC had a very fair policy. Worth reading... https://www.usopc.org/diversity-equity-inclusion/transgender-athlete-participation-in-sport When considering participation in sport, we rely on fairness as our guiding principle. It is not fair if athletes cannot participate or compete in sport because of their gender identity – participation in sport should be available to everyone. Similarly, it is not fair if an athlete must face unreasonable field of play safety risks or a much-reduced chance for success in competitive sport due to sex-linked physiology – ensuring fairness in sport should be a priority for everyone. The anti-trans fear mongers aren't interested in fairness. They want absolute abolition of it.
  • Immigrants with health conditions may be denied visas

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    Link to video