@shirokuro - I can see those threads, no problem...what do you mean that the links are broken?
edit: oh wait, you must mean links embedded in the posts in the thread...
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RIP Frank GehryThat's very odd. There should be a small "x" or a small down arrow in the upper right corner of the solicitation. Also "Close" to altogether get rid of the solicitation window. . Usually clicking on one or more of these will at least minimize, if not get rid of entirely, the Guardian donation asks.
What browser do you use @amanda ?
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My "final exam" for piano class this semester -
My "final exam" for piano class this semester -
88 and still workingHe may get to retire soon.
Veteran working full-time at grocery store goes viral as social media rallies to help him
In a now-viral post, 88-year-old Ed Bambas explained that he retired from General Motors in 1999 but later lost his pension and now works at a Michigan grocery store "to re-establish myself."
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Nearly universal speech quirksThe English language has at least half a million words, depending on what dictionary you’re looking at. English consists of letters running from the left side of the page to the right, while other languages run from right to left or vertically. English has 24 consonants (more than you can probably name off-hand), while Hawaiian has just eight, and the Ubykh language has more than 80. Clearly, languages can be very different from one another.
But in a few strange ways, all these very different languages behave exactly the same.
The Number of Ideas Passed Per Minute
The Way We Invent Names of Colors
How Common Words Are
Word Association
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This old dog learned some new tricksTop-down cardigan for knitters:
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"Best of" end of year listsThe best science and nature books of 2025
From the threat of superintelligent AI to the secrets of a longer life; plus the evolution of language and the restless genius of Francis Crick
Am reading Super Agers and will add the Crick biography to my list. Probably Proto, too.
Topol talks to the author of the Crick book:
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A failed alternative to gerrymanderingDays after issuing him a pardon, Donald Trump criticized US House member Henry Cuellar of Texas for deciding to run for re-election as a Democrat.
Trump pardoned Cuellar and the congressman’s wife on Wednesday as they faced bribery charges. They were alleged to have accepted thousands of dollars from Azerbaijan and a Mexican bank in exchange for advancing their interests.
Shortly after the pardon, Cuellar filed for re-election as a Democrat and said he had no intention of changing his party.
Trump suggested on Sunday that Cuellar was targeted by Democrats for being critical of the party’s position on immigration – before the president went on to say that the congressman was not loyal.
The statement constituted another example of how Trump expects loyalty from those who benefit from him.
“I never spoke to the Congressman, his wife, or his daughters, but felt very good about fighting for a family that was tormented by very sick and deranged people – They were treated sooo BADLY!” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social site on Sunday. “Such a lack of LOYALTY, something that Texas Voters, and Henry’s daughters, will not like. Oh’ well, next time, no more Mr. Nice guy!”.
https://theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/07/trump-henry-cuellar-pardon-democrat-reelection-texas
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2025 International Landscape Photo of the Year
