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Sleeping Wizards A ragtag party of wizards & thieves brave a dangerous dungeon to free themselves, and find out what happened to Eliza's missing father!

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“TheWokeGinger” why is everything and everyone so embarrassing now

Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers.

please read books

a woman says i love mess while talking to another woman ALT: a woman says i love mess while talking to another woman

Aaaah, commerce.

And that's why pretty much no snack company or shop that sells Chicago Mix in the US calls it that on their bags or menus. Because Candyland C&Ds them!

However: Candyland's trademark is US only. So, INTERNATIONAL Garrett's shops (Singapore, Tokyo, etc.) get to call it Chicago Mix!

And Candyland WON. Because despite the fact Garrett's had served it first, and Candyland had gotten the idea from Garrett's, Candyland owned the trademark.

So that's why, if you come to Chicago, go to a Garrett's, and order a cheese/caramel corn mix, they call it "The Mix" or "Garrett's Mix."

It was obviously called that cuz that was where Brenda had first had it. But Garrett's didn't call it that at the time.

Candyland trademarked the name "Chicago Mix" in 1992.

However, Garrett's eventually started calling THEIR cheese/caramel corn mix "Chicago Mix," and in 2014, Candyland sued.

In the 1970s, Garrett's started serving a 50/50 mix of cheese corn and caramel corn. A tourist from Minnesota named Brenda Lamb had some, thought it kicked ass, and when she returned to her snack shop "Candyland" in St. Paul, started serving the same thing to her customers, calling it "Chicago Mix."

HEY, here's a fun, agonizingly stupid and convoluted story about popcorn!

If you're a tourist in Chicago, you've probably at least walked past a Garrett's. They've been around forever, and easy to find; just follow the smell of caramel corn.

BTW, quite a few foods debut at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893 (AKA The Columbian Exhibition), including Juicy Fruit gum, Aunt Jemima pancake mix, Cream of Wheat, and the Vienna Beef hot dog.

Chicago also invented the modern, casing-free hot dog a few decades later.

And later still, Chicago Mix.

Huh. I was not aware Chicago had invented the brownie.

We just stay winning, huh

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There’s nothing more obnoxious than when people celebrate being an asshole or “just saying what everyone’s thinking”

Yeah, dude, most people have edgy thoughts, and learn to keep them inside. It’s called control. What you’re doing is like being really proud of constantly shitting yourself.

Two months after Rénee Good’s death, her loved ones in Colorado grapple with loss Classmates and mentors remember Good as a creative force who moved everyone around her.

I really wanted to know more about Renee Good, killed by ICE in January. Fortunately, my editor allowed me to take some time to do a deep dive into who she was before she died. Read and listen to what I found out about her from her Colorado tribe here: www.cpr.org/2026/03/11/r...

Sleeping Wizards A ragtag party of wizards & thieves brave a dangerous dungeon to free themselves, and find out what happened to Eliza's missing father!

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Art is a mirror, not a courtroom. If art makes you uncomfortable, it is not a moral failing of you or the creator, it is a challenging conversation to have with yourself.
People need to get used to having uncomfortable feelings instead of lashing out at others because of them.

I killed House and took over New Vegas myself.

But then, I would.

Boosting!

These look amazing! Go get you something fun to read!

For many Black women, the Target boycott is not over. It may never be. A faith leader announced the end of a yearlong “Target fast,” but many Black women who helped launch the boycott say the movement wasn’t his to call off.

We spoke to Black women who started the Target boycott & who sustained it for a yr+. They'll likely never go back.

Teacher Laverne Mickens put it like this: “[Black women] will say if & when it’s over. And I can tell you right now: That will be the 15th of never ever.”
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But pronouns

Down to FOUR DAYS, now.

I think about this a lot.

"Cars are the most absurd means of transport in a city. They are parked 95 per cent of the time. It takes two tonnes to move someone who weighs 70 kilogrammes. And the denser the city, the more absurd it is."

Down to FOUR DAYS, now.

lol I couldn't help myself, the pun was too enticing

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I should be ashamed of this one, but I’m not.

So.