john vining

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cold? compared to what?

agreed. I'm reading it as "I could imagine a job where I felt purpose. Which, like you said, makes the numbers pretty wild.

I think polls are essentially the exact line that defines "better than nothing"

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Covered Bridge with Skaters
Maud Lewis
c. 1964

A poem about technology. Wood above all. Herbert Edward Palmer.

I'm about to destructively scan some poetry

Thank you!

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what happened?

Is there a rule for when a demonym can be used as a noun and an adjective? A fairly common mistake for English language learners from certain countries is to say something like, "I am a French" or "I am a Spanish", which is incorrect (today you would say "I am French/Span...

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whoops, I was comparing "An American" to "A Japanese"

"An english" and "a french" both fail!

A sign that the French writer was not edited by a native anglophone. We have random rules about which demonym adjectives are nouny!

this is a key component in my argument against the existence of rocks

Frutopia-branded watch for sale on ebay. 25 bucks.

Stay warm

good time to have an ice fishing trip planned

Going birding.

Preview sadly doesn't say what this is. Julian Lage with Medeski.

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Night Shade · Julian Lage · John Medeski · Jorge Roeder · Kenny Wollesen Night Shade ℗ 2026 UMG Recordings, Inc. Released on: 2026-01-09 Producer:… Night Shade

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Once again, Congress, under both parties, created an imperial presidency from WWII onward that depended entirely on shared norms about democracy/the rule of law & not abusing that delegated executive authority that no longer exists. When we get through this, <all> of these things need to go.

el pollo loco parentis

And yeah, they have a browser extension to import stuff from the web. You can also upload (non locked down) epubs. Then you can read those from the app. Lots of stuff in their library has associated audio and the ai-generated audio from text isn't too bad, either.

Yup, it's worth a shot. There might be some other apps out there that do something similar, but I've stuck with this one for a while. I find it's good for slow/close reading, and for reading when you're pretty comfortable and just need help on a few words a page. Costs money, tho.