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  • Dr Z

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  • singing with a choir 3/23

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    RontunerR
    Oh, I didn't think they were going to keep it online after the performance - cool!
  • Cryptocurrency Scams

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    Doesn’t bode well for the Strategic Crypto Reserve.
  • People who still use typewriters

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    @Bernard I had that exact Underwood typewriter. I gave it to a friend when I moved away from NYC. I have two other typewriters still--a Smith Corona 1962 manual with a jeweled escarpment that I wrote my first magazine articles on in the 1980s. And a Smith-Corona electric that my uncle gave me when I graduated from high school. Both are portables. The manual typewriter came to me when I lived in the wilderness and didn't have any electricity. My supervisor brought it up to me by mule. I'll never let go of that one. I once read an essay by the author of "Bel Canto" that finding her old manual typewriter was like finding the axe that she used to build the house she lived in. Very much how I feel about mine.
  • The GOP is worried

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    AxtremusA
    Just imagine the second term telling the first "hold my beer."
  • DOGE clown car stories

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    Feature, not bug. You make government inefficient then dissolve it due to inefficiency. Textbook, this.
  • Lithuania's fermented drink?

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    I know of it, but have never had it. I'm not a fan of kombucha. I don't know how it compares to kvass/gira. I've seen the commercially prepared kvass in various international grocery stores in my area. From the article it sounds like those products are not an accurate reflection of the original product. "Gira, for all its refreshing qualities, can be a bit of a mischievous drink," Eidukevičius adds. "There's a running joke in Lithuanian households about 'gira explosions' because it ferments in closed containers where enormous pressure can build up like a bottle of Champagne. There's nothing quite like walking into a cellar and finding gira sprayed across the walls and ceiling like some kind of fizzy, rye-bread-scented geyser. It's a testament to how alive this drink is. It's a reminder that we're working with natural processes, and sometimes, those processes have a mind of their own." Mr wtg's grandparents had this happen to a batch of beer they brewed. Instead of using metal caps, they pounded a cork into each bottle and put the bottles up in the attic to "age" a bit. Hilarity ensued.
  • George Orwell and Me

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  • Colorful birds

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    Beautiful!
  • Fighting AI for bandwidth

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  • Fast Times and Life Lessons at the Seven Points Western Club

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  • He'll be looking to annex part of South America next

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  • CDC pulling back $11B in state funding

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  • Canadian observations

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  • Offshoring Service Jobs -- what tariffs cannot touch

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    wtgW
    Yea, no kidding.
  • Privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?

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  • We all need a Miss Tina in our life

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    AdagioMA
    Beautiful.
  • Tesla's competition

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    This was reported (I think it was the FT) and caught my attention as the article said their new battery takes 4 minutes to charge giving over 400 miles range.
  • Johnson floats elimination of some federal courts

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  • Name the starter

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    I just saw a starter named “Doughbama!”