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Trump Ripped After Forcing National Parks To Drop Free Entry On MLK Day And Juneteenth For Infuriating Reason

But of course 😡

If this is in reference to this, “Big Ten: No. 2 Indiana 13, No. 1 Ohio State 10”, then yes, LFG! When I went to IU, our only sufferable games were Basketball and Soccer.

You Europeans are so lucky to have Royal families. Would that we could somehow elect a Monarchy here in the United States.

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God, you Brits know how to live well.

D’accord.

My American students were proud to have mastered the city’s pronunciation.

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Oof! That must be around 40% ABV, in the aggregate. Don’t breathe on any lit candles.

"The high-income admissions advantage at Ivy-Plus colleges is driven by three factors: (1) preferences for children of alumni, (2) weight placed on non-academic credentials, and (3) athletic recruitment...The three factors...are uncorrelated or negatively correlated with post-college outcomes..."

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."

There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

Carnival 7th C.

I spent a lovely day in Deventer this summer. If you get a chance next time you’re in the NL, I suggest a day trip there to walk the town, cross the bridge, walk the canal, see the windmill-driven sawmill and then finish with a stop at Bierencafé de Heks.

Yhank you for sharing this, and your personal story.

I’ve been walking that avenue for 15 years.
I predict that 10 years from now, Stalingrad will have begun to gentrify and will subsequently become one of the most in-demand strips of real estate in Brussels.

Was it a Long, Long Trailer?

Darn it. Always aggravating when Science prevails over Sorcery. A little piece of agentic hope dies with each instance.

"Live long and prosper"

YouTube video by Freddy Newendyke La Mer (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Version)

Loved this…

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Sounds like the industry could
go up in smoke.

Was there this summer. Lovely, but crowded. Old friends in Cheltenham took us to Mount Inn Stanton for breathtaking views and beers (maps.app.goo.gl/onXHHcPkQaVk...) and then on to BotW. Finished the afternoon loop at Clarkson’s Farmer’s Dog, where politics aside, had good beer and fine views.

“…we’ve outlined our non-negotiable list… to make stopping for a pint as simple for the newbie….” Simple advice? Not really. It’s filled this newbie with quaking fear they will be snidely ridiculed for misreading the beer list.

“The exasperation… when a lazy, thoughtless, or otherwise useless person… might seem disproportional to civilians.” I take the point, but many of us serve these same people in our own jobs. They are simply the slippage of human intercourse.

Some surprisingly mean spirited passages embedded in what is otherwise an upbeat celebration of the social value of pubbing.

Good for them.

Is Nautilus too far? Great folks. Solid beer.

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Gotta pay the vig.

Good photos, good write up. Added a couple of spots you mention to my “To Do” list for my upcoming March and summer returns.

More than half of the many political parties listed are polling at 1-4% but collectively could account for up to 25% of the aggregated vote. Does it make sense to be this atomized? Should there be a cutoff at, say, 10% to appear on the ballot, thereby discouraging micro-level
Interests?

Pleased to bring students to Europe once again. In summer 2026 we'll study Food and Drink Cultures. The Netherlands, Belgium, France, England. Eat well, drink well, travel well. Cheers!