https://www.inquirer.com/health/measles-deaths-lancaster-county-pennsylvania-20260825.html Pennsylvania reported two measles-related deaths on Tuesday, the first fatalities from the highly contagious disease in the state in 35 years and the only deaths involving the highly contagious disease confirmed nationally so far this year. The deaths occurred in Lancaster County, the center of a major measles outbreak that has sickened nearly 400 people this year, state officials said. Both people were unvaccinated.

We have lots of ticks in my neck of the woods and our public health offers identification for free if you send the ticks to them. We have a conservation area beside my old school so I would take my students there for walks and we would often come back and find ticks on the kiddos. Always dog ticks, thankfully. There are deer ticks in our area (which carry Lyme) but mostly in wilderness areas so I don’t stumble into them.

Lucky you guys! I haven't been and if I did go I would make a pilgrimage to the Place Vendôme. Napoleon's architecture is great. I'd like to see it The main reason I'd like to visit is because of the jewelers who immigrated here from other countries in the late 19th century. It was then and is still today home to many great house's retail spaces and workshops on the upper floors. Place Vendôme - Wikipedia https://share.google/ob1OjxHGN6lh7MlFN

So word is Harry is in trouble with the Feds because he told material lie(s) in his immigration paperwork. My source is LadyC (pen name obviously), who divorced a peer, The Duke of Argyll https://share.google/SJ0k4DAiCBaSkqnHg She's one of the most reliable sources I know. The only one I'd put in the same category is Tom Bower the investigative journalist. She shares what she knows within legal constraints; she's entertaining; and her analytical skill is a joy to witness. Harry, as I've long predicted he would be, is in a bad way.

He needed this too... Dumfries House - Dumfries House https://share.google/y1JUQgQyFMEXFR1qh 9th generation marquess sold his family's house with Chippendale furniture in situ. How could Charles resist? He and Camilla (hers really because I watched her say it) have a narrative that it was a dilapidated property (it wasn't) and it needed to be saved (it didn't), and finally, it was bought by a charity for charitable purposes (do I need to comment). He has scrubbed the place clean and it is an exquisite house.

Happy Birthday!

@jon-nyc Beautiful!

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The folly immediately reminded me of 15th century Peel Towers built along our Scottish border areas. The house, a behemoth.

"Influencers" has many meanings. What exactly does it mean in this case? I don't know. I don't get my health knowledge from "social media". "Social media" can be distracting, but no more than a "smart" phone. YMMV

I think we've been lead down a wrong path in a way. The '80's "Oprahfication" of confessional psychology won't leave us. Two of its great proponents, Harry and Meghan gave it a spin. Their project imploded. Now they want to come crawling home. Don't get me wrong. I agree about pandemic-induced trauma.

Tariffs are a tax. They say if you write it on a chalkboard 100x it gets easier to remember.

My first thought was: there's a market for cash? My next thought was: leave it alone.

@chas Thank you I'm also now finishing off a Mendelsohn Op67#2 which I'd almost learnt during covid. This: https://m. Link to video

@Rontuner excellent discovery! I bet that is indeed what it's for! That would make it the correct length, and that would also explain why it's still there!

Bingo.

Tenacity.

Orders from Putin...

@chas Fabulous, love it. Dylan on speed meets the Horns of the Rohirrim. Let's jam riders Oh my goodness the comments this horn guy absolutely left his stove on at home Horn dude looks like a confused time traveler from the 13th century French Horn player is playing air guitar with his eyebrows. That dude's eyebrow position is directly correlated to the pitch of the note he plays dude on the horns looked like he had something reaching inside of him The French horn player looks like he has just received a call from his girlfriend telling him she's pregnant I feel like the horns guy knew exactly what he was doing because he aced it all, but didn't exactly know what he was gonna do until just before he had to do it... Trumpet player looks like he just found out hes his own father, mother, and can solve the pringles can problem How the hell did I get here and when did I start playing the French horn...... or wait, is it playing me? The horn player has this perpetual look as if he farted and wonders if anyone else detects it. Birth of a meme, I was here The french horn guy has killed his wife and see's the FBI pulling up outside Horne man can see the future... 10 years later his sound has evolved exactly not at all... I guess this is where Shaggy ended up after solving all them crimes, I wonder what happened to Scooby?