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  • Pinned threads

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    Great!
  • Crowdfunding Spirit back to life?

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    That's nice.
  • What are they teaching in schools?

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    I didn't take Latin. That's funny.
  • Prediction of a super El Nino

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    Shout out to Tampa.
  • Continuing to redecorate Washington DC

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    Here we go again.
  • Bugscrolling - what's buzzing/chewing/biting in your neighborhood?

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    That's good. My sister tested positive again and again. I don't think she recovered from it.
  • Tomato fraud

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    The thing with San Marzano tomatoes is not the variety but the location - the volcanic soils around Vesuvius. If they weren't grown there the designation is pretty meaningless. I use Cento San Marzano tomatoes regularly and find them a fine product. Many chefs agree. This lawsuit strikes me as just a competitor trying to tarnish the frontrunner.
  • Aqueous batteries

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    Could be great. What is the catch?
  • Eat eggs!

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    I was using Mik's eggs and bread formula with oatmeal for a while. Should get back to it. Microwave Red Mill oatmeal and water for one minute. Stir in two raw eggs. Microwave another minute. A spot of maple syrup sometimes. Other times I add a tablespoon of peanut butter powder.
  • Connections

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    AxtremusA
    A bit surprising that people still buy greeting cards. Last one I bought was about a year ago. I bought one single card using reward points at a local drug store. Not sure what I will or want to do if/when I get to 85 years of age. Anyone here who has crossed that threshold want to suggest something?
  • Laughter is the best medicine

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  • Bloomscrolling--what's in bloom where you are?

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    @AdagioM The stems on mine got longer, so they are dancing well above the foliage. I do love the way they look and they seem to be both disease- and rabbit-resistant. However, as you've noted in the past, they do tend to invade the garden. I cleaned out an area of "volunteers" a couple of years ago. And I started deadheading the remaining plants to prevent the seeds from forming and re-populating the garden. Seems to be working.
  • Consumer sentiment for May

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    I guess because I've been to Disney in Orlando about twenty times, and in LA twice, I'm not understanding what the big deal is about going, why people pay so much money, or where theyre getting it in this economy.
  • Canvas data breach

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    We’re still down. AFAICT many other places are as well. Hopefully it all comes back online with nothing missing… It has been very disruptive, to say the least!!
  • Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YouTube picks

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    AxtremusA
    Piano virtuoso with a great sense of humor: Link to video
  • Towns rebel against data center projects

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    DougGD
    @CHAS said: Festus is in the French part of Missouri. This is wrong. Festus is the sidekick in Gunsmoke…
  • Happy Birthday Sir David Attenborough

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  • Kelly 2028?

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    @bernard And for a reason!
  • When AI messes up your job prospects

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    Well, HR departments have legal ways to effectively blacklist what would seemingly otherwise be excellent job prospects with the effect being many people can't even get called in for interview and have no way to tell themselves the reason why. You don't need AI to mess up your job prospects, although I don't doubt it does it's fair share of damage.
  • LaGuardia after Spirit

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    Big_AlB
    The Spirit shutdown has left a small regional airport in my area - Arnold Palmer Airport in Latrobe, PA - entirely without commercial air service as Spirit was the only airline flying out of there. They still will be serving private and charter aviation as well as a flight school but are urgently seeking another carrier who might fly from there. At one time, they were a USAir regional destination. Big Al