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The Bliss of a Quieter Ego -
Library DadsSummer reading with the Library Dads
President and founder of The Library Dads, Khari Arnold, explains the mission behind his organization and his hopes for its work going forward.
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Forum Issue - 2026 August 2 - ongoing@axtremus - I noticed that when I try to log in as wtf-admin I actually get two messages. A pink window pops up says "Login Unsuccessful", and just below that, "Forbidden". That is only visible for a second or two, and then a second pink window comes up that says "Login Unsuccessful" and mentions a possibly expired session. That one persists on the screen
We were unable to log you in, likely due to an expired session. Please try again
I was doing this in Firefox, which isn't my usual browser. I cleared cookies and cache, but still no luck logging in.
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Word association thread -
1, 4, 2No, blue is less cooked than rare.
https://steakadvisor.com/steak-cooking/blue-steak/
I used to do steak tartare, too.
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1, 4, 2Too funny. I almost posted "0" for the steak because back when I was younger I occasionally ordered mine "blue"
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Forum Issue - 2026 August 2 - ongoingI can't get into admin mode. I don't have an active session going under my admin account wtf-admin and am unable to log in due to the ongoing problem. I get the error message.
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COVID revisitedFetterman had some interesting things to say during the hearing; he asked no questions. Pity he wasn't the one running the show...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/fetterman-fauci-regret-dismissing-lab-130000611.html
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COVID revisitedAnthony Fauci Is Not the Villain in This Story
If you are hunting for a COVID villain or villains, then, there are many beckoning targets. Investigate the crooks who promoted quack remedies such as ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine for profit or plain crackpot mania. Investigate the sources and pathways of anti-vaccine disinformation. Investigate the pattern and funding of Russian support for anti-vaccine disinformation by following the map already provided by the U.S. State Department’s work on the subject. Investigate the response by U.S. public-health agencies, including the CDC, to better prepare for the next pandemic.
But the present Congress is investigating none of that. Instead, a Senate committee has fixed on Anthony Fauci, the physician and pandemic-era chief of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The Senate obtained his diary—reportedly from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who claims to have found it on a government server—and then, outrageously and gratuitously, published 1,100 pages of it for the world to see.
Democrats and liberals have their own post-COVID soul-searching to do. Blue states kept schools closed too long. They showed hypocrisy when they pivoted from demanding lockdowns in the spring of 2020 to welcoming mass George Floyd protests in the summer. Their analysis of lockdowns may have underweighted harms, especially to small businesses and otherwise healthy schoolchildren. Continued masking after the advent of vaccines could have enabled anti-social and even criminal behavior. The Biden administration in 2021 and 2022 exploited the genuine need for post-pandemic recovery to pass lavish spending bills that probably accelerated inflation. Americans should, as best as they can, delve deep into the exact degree of Chinese-government culpability for the coronavirus—not because it makes (or would have made) any actionable difference to the COVID response, but because it may serve as guidance for future dealings with China. The fullest obtainable history of COVID will reveal much that Americans need to know about the truthfulness, competence, and danger of the Chinese regime.
Gift link to Atlantic.
The Fauci hearing was a disaster. I think that Rand Paul has no interest in really looking at what happened during the pandemic. He is just trying to persecute Fauci.