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  • Glessner House

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    Easily the most beautiful city in North America, imho. And always very interesting to see the houses Gilded Age families had built for themselves. Thanks!
  • A pogrom

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    A thorough explainer on the issue, and on why we should care about what happens in one small area of Syria with a few hundred thousand people. https://www.thearabweekly.com/israel-and-druze-frontier-loyalty-and-conflict
  • PSA

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    Edit, roofing company called. I was wrong. It's July 25. That will be a relief. 94 F. and s/b high with 93 F in an hour but who knows. This too shall pass.
  • Was Shakespeare a stoner?

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    MikM
    And they were right. That stuff was all over Indiana too. Worthless.
  • TJ's wine recommendations from a sommelier

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    MikM
    The Copilot Pinot Noir is also a very nice table wine at the price.
  • Happy birthday, Piano*Dad!

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    HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PIANO DAD!!!! Ate there years ago. Enjoy!!!
  • Mr SK's Pumpkin Mochi Cake - recipe

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    There was another recipe that uses a combo of coconut milk and regular milk. And the recipe is scaled down for an 8x8 pan, which might be nice. I might try it sometime: https://zhangcatherine.com/pumpkin-butter-mochi/ It also suggests using an oiled knife to cut the mochi.
  • Any Trader Joe’s recommendations?

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    wtgW
    Mr wtg loves the butter chicken. And I'm a fan of the palak paneer.
  • No names, please

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    ShiroKuroS
    Wow. Add this to the growing list of abhorrent (and disgusting) things that are happening….
  • Canadians are still angry

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    wtgW
    @Jodi said in Canadians are still angry: my favorite store ever, Mardens Just looked it up. Looks like my kinda place.
  • Funny Business in the Justice Department

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  • Guess who came over for dinner.

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    Awesome!
  • Hey Bernard!!!

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  • WTF Cookbook

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    @Mik said in WTF Cookbook: Make this. You'll thank me later. I just used ground chipotle and some adobo spice instead of the can. also breasts instead of thighs. Also sauteed instead of firing up the grill for two little chix breasts. Still delicious. Marinated for three hours. https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023145-tajin-grilled-chicken This looks great, definitely will try it!
  • When a Republican governor does the right thing....

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    Amazing
  • Fights over matcha

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    MikM
    Teas on earth, good will toward men.
  • Higher ed programs gutted

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    Piano*DadP
    Sigh ... This debate misses a number of fundamental points. Resources are always moving around in universities. They tend to move slowly because universities are human institutions and tumult is bad. But resources do need to move. At mine, the English department was double the size of the economics department despite serving fewer than half the number of students and having about 1/3 the number of majors (and still declining). Pressures build within schools like A&S and eventually deans decide that the retiring T.S. Elliot scholar who teaches 12-students in 35 person classes won't be replaced. Instead, that position will go to the psychology or health sciences department whose 35 person classes have 50 person wait lists. This is not about the "death of the humanities" writ large. Yes, big humanities departments are shrinking. They are not disappearing. And most people on campus with decision making authority understand the importance of a rich set of humanities disciplines and course offerings. That's what makes the "uni" in university. Some small programs likely do need to be shut down so resources can be moved. But that's not the job of state legislatures absent clear evidence that the decision makers closer to the issue (administrative leaders on campus) are dysfunctional. In most cases, these resource allocation decisions should be made on campus after due consideration of the costs and benefits. States set the broad outlines of the budget, but universities are better positioned to determine how to allocate that budget across competing needs. In other words, what Ax said, but with the argument that the proper decision makers are on campus.
  • AI coding tools - time savers?

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    RontunerR
    A 'solution' in search of a problem?
  • Oops!

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    I like him but we don't share the same politics.
  • A new theory of metabolisms

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    Thanks, wtg.