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  • CBS Scholarship winner acceptance speech

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    I only wish that human beings could bring themselves to admit to themselves and others that they have been and are watching a live streamed genocide in Gaza and other places in Palestine. We were taught to, "never forget." We were taught to believe in international law. We taught ourself that, "holocaust" is a word that no group of human beings owns. The new owner of CBS is a Zionist billionaire that has given more money to the IDF than anyone in history. CBS does not, as no media conglomerate does, operate under the FCC framework that we remember because the framework has been demolished. CBS is now the definition of propaganda. No true journalist can work for it as a reporter. The people who work at CBS now are stenographers. This young person is promising because he hasn't agreed to betray journalism by being a stenographer. I agree completely that everyone must make their way in the world. I understand on the other hand that this is entirely possible to do without supporting a holocaust.
  • More lawfare

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    @Mik said: Pandora's box was opened from 2015 on. What happened in 2015?
  • Tuner - finally, a movie about a piano tuner

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    ShiroKuroS
    @wtg said: A book about a piano tuner. Thanks, I added it to my list. This reminds me of something I listened to as an audiobook. The title is unfortunately a bit generic, but I really enjoyed it. Love Is Blind, by William Boyd The description makes it just sound like a cheesy romance, but as I recall, there's a lot about piano tuning and music in there that elevated it beyond that. When he is hired as the personal piano tuner for a brilliant pianist, Brodie Moncur suddenly finds himself swept up into a life of luxury that he could never have imagined. But while accompanying his new employer on tours from Paris to St. Petersburg, Brodie falls madly in love with the Russian soprano Lika Blum: beautiful, worldly, seductive—and forbidden. Though seemingly doomed from the start, Brodie’s passion for Lika only grows as their lives become increasingly more intertwined, more secretive, and, finally, more dangerous. A tale of dizzying passion and brutal revenge; of artistic endeavor and the illusions it can create; of the possibilities that life offers and the cruel speed with which they can be snatched away, Love Is Blind is a dazzling work of historical fiction that unfolds across fin de siècle Europe.
  • Ice cream without the junk

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    Stopped at the grocery store on the way home from day rehav; Mr wtg's first trip to a grocery store since late February. We decided to celebrate... Jeni's was on sale for $4.99 a pint. We got the Gooey Butter Cake (not bad but wouldn't buy again) and the Lemon and Blueberry Parfait (am going back to buy three more). Also got Haagen Dazs Rum Raisin. It was OK, but a bit grainy. Ice crystals.
  • FIFA World Cup 2026

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    Nevermind. Losing interest fast.
  • The 2024 DNC autopsy report

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    Another tidbit to show how content free the report was... Ramesh Ponuru in the Washington Post pointed out that the word “inflation” shows up 18 times in the report. But each time talking about how the cost of ad spend and other campaign expenses have gone up. Not once talking about the affordability issues that played such a big role in voter dissatisfaction.
  • Traffic stop

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    MikM
    I'm imagining the judge's reaction in court.
  • Karens

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    MikM
    She may have memory problems.
  • Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YouTube picks

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    AxtremusA
    Not perfect, but the difficulty level is off the charts: Link to video
  • Are deer eating my flowers?

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    @wtg Don't eat them
  • 9 bowel movements

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  • Gas station scams

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    I plan to get receipts and never let anyone approach me and I'll make sure the pump resets. At almost $5 I don't doubt scammers are as ubiquitous as mosquitoes.
  • Happy birthday, Big Al !

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    Happy Birthday!
  • So now I have an explanation

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    I live at 9000 ft for a reason.
  • So many therapies

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  • Paxton beats Cornyn

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    wtgW
    @Bernard said: But won't this be better for Talarico? Yea, Dems were hoping for Paxton. https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/27/talarico-exclusive-interview-paxton-fundraising-texas-00937600
  • Nothing says Independence Day like a UFC cage fight

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    DougGD
    I noticed there is also a trend of renaming things after our current president. I think this now may become “in depends” day…
  • You've heard of the headline "Man Bites Dog"?

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    DougGD
    This story made me tear up when I read it yesterday. I don’t mind dogs shooting people, but I really miss the gas prices listed in that picture…
  • Meet Splash, the search-and-rescue otter

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  • What are you reading?

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    Just finished listening to this: [image: 1779881614216-img_2591.jpeg] I really enjoyed it. Hearing about how he grew up poor in the projects and made it to Harvard than HLS and then how he stumbled into Goldman through the back door was interesting. And his inside take on the great financial crisis was interesting and brought back a lot of my own memories.