If true, how fortunate for the workers to be able to share in his rich guy tax saving strategies!
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette saved at the last minuteBlock Communications had announced it would permanently shut down the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on May 3; the paper enjoyed a last-minute reprieve, sold last month to the nonprofit institute that created the online Baltimore Banner. But the local news guild says that the new owners have cut 40% of the newsroom, including the vast majority of those who served as union organizers during an extended labor dispute.
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/11/nx-s1-5818208/ajc-andrew-morse-leaving
(The article also talks about changes at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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Talking with Martin ShortOf his friend Martin Short, Tom Hanks once said, "Marty operates at the speed of joy." Is that true? "You know, I don't analyze myself," said Short. "If that's his review for me, I'll accept it. But I think I do have the happy gene. And I think my orientation is to be happy."
For more than 50 years, he's been a bright spot on any stage or screen, with that crazy energy and that singular smile. And when you know what Martin Short has endured in private, his sunny attitude is all the more astonishing.
He's now the subject of a new documentary film out this week. "Marty: Life Is Short" was directed by Hollywood legend and family friend Lawrence Kasdan, who said Short needed to be prodded a bit to do it. "It was not a natural instinct of his to want it; he's not like that," Kasdan said. "I had to sell him on it. I had to lie to him, tell him how much I loved him and I would never hurt him." Kasdan also used hours of home movies with Short's pals, like Hanks, Kurt Russell and Steven Spielberg.
But with all of the good times, it seems Short had more than his share of bad. The youngest of five, Martin was 12 when his older brother was killed in a car accident, and he was still in his teens when both of his parents died.
Asked what that taught him about grief and loss, Short said, "What it developed in me was this muscle of survival and handling grief and a perspective on it."
He said it also gave him a bravery to put himself out on stage: "I think if you've gone through that, an audience not liking you is really not that important anymore."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/martin-short-facing-tragedy-with-joy/
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Regulating the Influencersthe popularity of internet celebs like Rogan
It’s the Wild West out there!It's getting impossible to know whom to trust.
Regarding Trump assassination attempts, specifically the WH Correspondents dinner incident. The last bit about trusting unverified information is most disturbing.
The NewsGuard survey found that 24 percent of U.S. adults believe the incident at the Washington Hilton was fake, compared with 45 percent who believed it was legitimate. An additional 32 percent said they were unsure. The survey of 1,000 American adults was conducted by YouGov from April 28 to May 4.
“It’s very striking,” said Sofia Rubinson, an editor at NewsGuard. The results underscore broader skepticism that Americans feel toward the government and the press, she said. “Increasingly, people on all sides of the political spectrum are distrustful of both this administration and also the media,” she said, but willing to trust unverified information they see online.
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Looted by the NazisAnother one.
A painting stolen from a Jewish art collector by the Nazis during World War Two has been found in the home of descendants of a notorious Dutch SS collaborator, an art detective has said.
Portrait of a Young Girl, by Dutch artist Toon Kelder, is believed to have hung for decades in the home of Hendrik Seyffardt's family, Arthur Brand said.
It had belonged to Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, who died while fleeing the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands in 1940, leaving behind a collection of more than 1,000 paintings.
The case was brought to Brand's attention by a man who told him he was a descendant of Seyffardt and that he was "disgusted" to learn his family had kept the artwork for years.
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You can have this in New Orleans for 1 millionFlood risk is too high, particularly when stretched out over 20+ years.
Yup.
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Bloomscrolling--what's in bloom where you are?Does anyone have experience with stump killing?
I always dig stuff up if it's smallish. Larger trees have been ground out by the arborist.
Wisteria is pretty tenacious. I'm guessing that both manual labor and glyphosate will be required.
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Sharing the wealthGuy sells his company and decides to share some of the money.
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/sold-company-1-7-billion-193500329.html
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What are they teaching in schools?Good news on his progress and that his mental acuity is pretty darn good. It’s a marathon. How are you holding up? I’m always concerned with the caregivers.
Thanks for thinking of me! I'm doing well. Everything is manageable at this point. Mr wtg is getting stronger so helping him transfer between his wheelchair and recliner is less taxing physically than it was. Plus I'm in better shape! It also helps that I'm a planner and have previous experience with caregiving. I just figure out how to play the cards we've been dealt. It would be much harder if we still had a dog or had other responsibilities. We met a man who was in acute rehab at the same time Mr wtg was there. The guy and his wife in their early 60s and both still working. Just bought a new house in January. I'm not sure she's prepared for what to do when he comes home. I also find it easier to deal with Mr wtg's physical limitations; taking care of my Mom who had dementia was much more challenging, emotionally at least.
We've always been homebodies, so having to stay close to home a lot isn't that difficult. I plan a lot around his day rehab so I can do shopping and errands. And we have a couple of people who can come over and stay with him if I have to go out. The garden is my refuge.
When things seem a bit overwhelming, I remember this:
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GleevecNever knew the story behind this drug.
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/10/nx-s1-5779279/gleevec-leukemia-cancer-treatment
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Crowdfunding Spirit back to life?Once Hunter Peterson heard Spirit would close on May 2 — after attempts to merge with other airlines or get a lifeline from the federal government — the 22-year-old voice actor and content creator posted on social media that day with an idea to revive the airline.
If a fifth of Americans each pitched in $45, (the equivalent of a cheap Spirit flight) “we could buy Spirit Airlines,” he said.
His initial pitch was to run the airline like the Green Bay Packers, the only publicly owned team in the NFL. It has more than 5 million shares split among more than 530,000 owners. His joke, however, became a call to action. Peterson is not taking actual cash, but he has rallied $337 million in pledges from more than 370,000 verified people, his website says.
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Bugscrolling - what's buzzing/chewing/biting in your neighborhood?Did you actually rid your body of it? My poor sister got it and never could get rid of it.
It's been seven years and haven't had any problems. I recognized what it was pretty early on and got antibiotics pronto. I also have a pretty hardy immune system. The blood tests they did to confirm Lyme showed a very robust immune reponse. I know it hits some people really hard but thankfully I don't seem to be one of them.
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Prediction of a super El NinoSeasonal models are predicting an El Nino climate pattern that could be the strongest on record, bringing with it more extreme weather.
“I think we’re going to see weather events that we’ve never seen in modern history before,” WFLA-TV Chief Meteorologist and Climate Specialist Jeff Berardelli, in Tampa, Florida, said Friday.
An El Nino event is expected to develop from the middle of this year, impacting global temperature and rainfall patterns, according to the World Meteorological Organization. While the models indicate that this may be a strong event, the WMO cautioned that the models also have a harder time making accurate forecasts in the spring.
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Bloomscrolling--what's in bloom where you are?@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.
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Continuing to redecorate Washington DCPresident Donald Trump on Thursday went on an unannounced trip to the Lincoln Memorial to see the Reflecting Pool after he had it coated in a color he calls "American flag blue."
He did more than just see it — the Republican president was driven across the new coating before he got out of his SUV to make a statement and answer questions from reporters who had been taken there to await his arrival before the sun set.
The new blue coating will hide the pool's gray stone, a color Trump said was "never good." The project cost nearly $2 million, he said.
