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Writing Advice and Literary Wisdom from the Great E.B. White E.B. White, beloved children’s author (Charlotte’s Web, Stuart Little, The Trumpet of the Swan), innovative and revered essayist, and co-editor of the indispensable The Elements of Style, celebrate…

'If you are at the moment struggling with a book, what you should ask yourself is, Do I really care about this particular set of characters, this thing I am doing? If you do, then nothing should deter you. If you are doubtful about it, then I’d turn to something else.' - E B White

No, he’s not giving Putin Alaska, but he is giving Putin a huge gift: the legitimacy of touching down on US soil at the invitation of a US president. A reward for the full-scale invasion of a sovereign, democratic country that the United States and its European allies support.

A picture of a girl wearing a pair of long, oversized jeans. The bottom 10-12 inches of the jeans from hem up are soaking wet

The youth are learning the consequences of early 2000’s fashion

"It's every day someone will say, 'Look, I've got a cat or I've got a dog, and I need to make sure I feed them,' and people are really concerned. People love their animals."

JD Vance’s team had water level of Ohio river raised for family’s boating trip Exclusive: Incident raises questions of exploitation of public services, but Secret Service says it was requested for ‘safe navigation’

For decades I have swum and boated in this lake. You don’t have to get the government to raise its water level to kayak. You get in, push off, and paddle. Decadent empire stuff.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Constitutionalism in a nutshell

Erin Patterson and the art and science of poison The world knows about the mushroom killer’s weapon of choice, but what has been a secret until now is that it wasn’t the only option she considered.

Oh, my goodness.

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I mean, Jackson holding onto LOTR for the power it has granted you but becoming corrupted and pathetic and abstracted from human contact is actually too perfect isn't it? The scriptwriter isn't a coward, there's no subtext. The ring has him now.

Thank you for your email regarding the mistake in the report this week. First, let me apologise for the oversight, and second, I wanted to thank you for actually noticing - it means you looked at the report! We produce and send out this and other reports weekly and always wonder if anyone ever reads them

The saddest Thank You email I have ever received.

Much-loved donkey visits threatened by St John's animal therapy programme axing A Dunedin woman hopes to find a way to keep bringing joy to residents of rest homes and dementia units in the wake of St John's decision to axe its animal therapy programme.

Much-loved donkey visits threatened by St John's animal therapy programme axing

'Kiwi TV gold': Beloved primetime show to become movie, Hobbit actor cast Simpler times: Remember Sunday nights in the 80s watching this show?

Come to hear news of the movie; stay for the whole embedded half hour final of A Dog's Show.

Epstein victims speak out: This ‘smacks of a cover up’ Several victims have sent letters to the judges who will decide whether to grant DOJ’s request to unseal the grand jury materials in their cases.

Epstein victims speak out: This "smacks of a cover up."

Several victims have sent letters to the judges who will decide whether to grant the DOJ’s request to unseal the grand jury materials in their cases.

'Act of racism': Education Ministry cans children's school book for too many Māori words "Our members see this move as an act of white supremacy. It's an act of racism," says Te Akatea, the Māori Principals' Association.

'Act of racism': Education Ministry cans children's school book for too many Māori words

Huh.

The Canada goose travels thousands of miles to get home. They honk loudly to encourage the lead bird to keep its spirit up.
When that bird gets tired it heads to the back and is replaced by the next bird. They survive because they work together.
And don't mess with them.
They are Canada.

Stop debating this website's growth potential. I don't care. I'm a digital hermit crab. If it dies, I'll find another shell as I've done a dozen times before.

Also, every time I see someone grumble ominously about how there's less engagement here over time, all I can do is invite them to check out the people I follow, these people are here ALL THE TIME, getting them to STOP talking is the actual trick

Trump opening a door and I believe the oval office that has been slathered with tacky gold embellishments.

They are going to have to go in there with a chisel, a scraper, and a big bucket of spackle.

A genuinely good part of the old Republican aesthetic is how it sought to play down wealth, an impulse born from Protestant values. You can see this in how Bush dressed and decorated his living spaces

That aesthetic now replaced by gilt detailing designed to remind you that the occupant is wealthy.

At a time when there is a world-wide increase in authoritarianism, when there is a choice of doing something in a non-invasive surveillance way vs. a massive increased surveillance way (and there are non-invasive solutions here) implementing the high surveillance one is a choice and a statement.

What Altman et al don't get in this weird ongoing fetishisation of PhDs is that ppl who complete them do so bc they are curious, persistent, can see & interpret patterns, can deal with uncertainty, & are often (most importantly!) v v lucky, not bc they are 'smart' or get AI to do their homework

Flat white at a window side table, looking out over a rainy wintery street

Last coffee from the local cafe manager. She's off to Australia, to join family who moved earlier and are successfully building lives there. Happy for her, sad for us.

A PhD, done right, is a foundation for intellectual humility and scholarly inquiry. Not the projection of unquestionable authority. The problem is a lot of people (including many with PhDs!) think the point is the latter, so Altman may well get away with this utter bullshit.

Haven’t been in since to find out how easy it is to get them to turn off the listening device. The default in a doctor’s office should be privacy but suddenly it’s not.

60% sought patient consent! I know what I’ll be asking my doctor next visit.

Artificial intelligence saves doctors time, but makes mistakes - study Of nearly 200 health professionals surveyed, 40 percent used AI for patient notes.

'While AI was relatively new, doctors would check and edit the notes thoroughly, but [Professor] Ballantyne worried that would lapse, as they got used to it.

She also called for guidance and regulation around patient consent and the type of software used.'

NZ newspaper article "foodstuffs posts world-leading profits as kiwi grocery costs say high"

Your daily reminder that record profits are under paid wages & over priced goods.

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