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There are no more adults in any of these rooms

though he can take in an undiscriminating sweep of things at one glance, it is quite impossible for him, attentively, and completely, to examine any two things—however large or however small—at one and the same instant of time

I continue to be fascinated by the phenomenon whereby an expert engages with any of the LLMs on their field of expertise and is instantly horrified by the wrong answers, and then goes on to use it for things they are not experts in as though it won’t be just as bad for those.

ice and icebergs all astern

Delightful

Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries.

This is such a well done piece that reports out, with hard data and interviews, something profound about what's gone wrong in this country.

www.wsj.com/us-news/amer...

what trances of torments does that man endure who is consumed with one unachieved revengeful desire

shame is back on the menu boys

The thought lodged in my head — intrusively, as I’d rather not connect the names of these two people, frankly — is that Claudine Gay is owed _such_ an apology.

it should still remain a problem

Note that norms have shifted so completely that there is no expectation at all, from anyone, that the President of the United States should apologize to a gold medal Olympic team representing the US

screenshot of a tv user guide, showing two channels under Tue 8PM: MSNOW - State of the union TCM East- Gaslight

Masterful Troll, TCM.

Henceforth, I will be describing the way that U.S. men’s hockey spectacularly squandered good will, brand recognition, and fan loyalty as “pulled a Target.”

They pulled a Target.

4 Minnesota guys

Senator Durbin calls for probe into FBI chief’s alleged misuse of aircraft, including during Brown shooting - The Boston Globe Whistleblowers allege Director Kash Patel’s alleged excessive use of FBI aircraft for personal travel delayed responses to high-profile criminal investigations, including the Dec. 13 shooting at Brown...

www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/24/m...

EN DIRECT, violences au Mexique après la mort d’« El Mencho » : 73 personnes ont été tuées lors de l’opération militaire et des représailles du cartel Selon l’agence américaine Associated Press, qui relaie le décompte de responsables sécuritaires mexicains, ce bilan inclut notamment les membres du cartel tués dans l’opération de dimanche ainsi que des agents de police.

EN DIRECT, violences au Mexique après la mort d’« El Mencho » : 73 personnes ont été tuées lors de l’opération militaire et des représailles du cartel

How toddlers in Finland's 'language nests' are saving an endangered Sámi language Special nurseries are helping the Sámi people in Finland to bring their almost-lost language back from the brink of extinction.

A new article about how toddlers in Finland's 'language nests' are learning an endangered Sámi language years after the end of boarding schools in Finnish only

www.bbc.com/future/artic...

I have a friend who will occasionally say something like

"All this work we're doing is in the computer. When you close the computer, it's no longer there. I try to remember that perspective and prioritize things outside of the computer."

Kunal Nayyar, actor de ‘The Big Bang Theory’, usa su fortuna para pagar las facturas médicas de desconocidos “El dinero no se siente como una carga. Se siente como una gracia del universo”, ha asegurado el intérprete en una reciente entrevista en la que habla de su faceta como filántropo y de racismo

“El dinero me ha dado una mayor libertad y el mayor regalo es la capacidad de devolver, de cambiar la vida de las personas”. Kunal Nayyar, actor de ‘The Big Bang Theory’, usa su fortuna para pagar las facturas médicas de desconocidos

some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing

Whoi is so cool

Lunar New Year AND Mardi Gras AND Ramadan all falling within the same window is why it’s fun to live in a diverse community.

a greeting card for ramadan kareem with a crescent moon and stars Alt: a greeting card for ramadan with a crescent moon, lamps, and stars on a purple background

Ramadan starts tonight, so wishing all my friends and colleagues ṣawm maqbūl and Ramadan karim!

Hey JD Vance, is this a violent criminal?

The study found that children enrolled in Parton’s Imagination Library “were 5 times more likely to be interested in reading, 11 times more likely to be interested in books, and 15 times more likely to join in during shared reading, compared to children who aren't enrolled.”

Maryland health officials warn providers about an upsurge in mumps cases Maryland health officials are warning about an uptick in cases of mumps.

Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading.

Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.

Expect more.

This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.

Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.

“We left one tyranny and came to another kind of tyranny,” Nikita said in Russian. “Even in Russia, they don’t treat children like this.”

ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.

Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.