No way 7 isn’t getting called as a strike.

I lived 29 years in the UK and six years (so far) in the US and somehow I never knew Tylenol and paracetamol were the same thing

I once saw someone say that Bluesky made them realize why TV comedy used to have laugh tracks, and I think about that fairly often

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I got the $1 trial for an article I was editing and it looks like it's still active for me, so I think I can help.

It was the Queen Anne hotel in SF. This was 2017 but it appears to still be going. Not the kind of mental processing you're looking to do when you're coming off a 10-hour flight from London.

I once inadvertently stayed in a Victorian-themed hotel in San Francisco and she looks like she’d be right at home in the second-floor hallway.

Yes.

I also—as someone who has lived in both countries—don't think the daily written press in the US drives the political agenda day-to-day in quite the same way that it does in the UK

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Probably wise, but as someone who just enjoys watching Ohtani do never-before-seen things, I'm all for it, so long as he is.

I was spoiled a little (in terms of the traffic) because I moved to LA about six months before Covid hit, so for much of the three years I lived in LA it really wasn't bad. But when I moved there (from London) I remember thinking "How bad can it be?" about driving around the city and, er, yeah.

Checks out. I know for a fact that the 4pm AA flight to ORD was boarded before they announced it was delayed to 8:15 and everyone was let back into the terminal

I'm sure I've eaten similar at a country club wedding or two.

Paul Joyce still the gold standard for something being a 100% done deal.

I had to click through to check whether this was a bit or, in fact, real. Bravo.

One of my most conservative-brained opinions, if you can call it that, is that the only things in a degree that should be graded (with the possible exception of a supervised thesis/dissertation) are final exams. No graded midterms, assignments, papers etc. Just one three-hour test for each class.

This is a very "2014 phone camera" picture

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I used to live close to downtown Culver City. It was a sad day when they brought back the full car capacity to Main St and Culver Blvd.

If you can think of more than one possibility then you're more imaginative than me.

It’s 2025 and “open in app” still mostly means “open in App Store”

The New Yorker using it (multiple times!) was particularly jarring.

The word "fun" there...

Could be a bad day for me to be flying to Louisville

Absolutely. @sheehannewsletter.bsky.social has been banging this drum for a while now.

Happy Opening Day! Any danger of being able to watch, @mlb.com?

The New Yorker just updated (!) its style guide, but kept "per cent" intact. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/s...

MLB should be ensuring that their broadcasters commit to on-site announcers when they award these games/contracts.

I think people just think "Red Sox and Yankees regular for the last few years, World Series starter last October," and assume that means "good player"