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I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Feb 22nd 2026 (Hard), in 05:30
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Our Chicken Pot Pie Has Double the Crust and Takes Half the Effort | America's Test Kitchen We know homemade crust is better, and with this recipe it can even be easy. Click through to find out more.

I used turkey instead of chicken because we had leftovers (the whole reason I was making pot pie) and I left out the celery (didn't have) and added sweet corn (did have).

It's very filling!

I made ATK's pot pie. The potato took way longer than 8 minutes to get tender, but otherwise, it turned out pretty and tasty.

I got an antenna for the Olympics, so now I have OTA PBS and Passport.

I coiled up the cord between the TV and the antenna and get way more channels than I expected, though fewer than I did before we moved.

Remember Google+?

Opt-in vs opt-out isn't the only problem with LLM AI, but it's definitely one of them.

Yupppppp.

The most common question is, “How do I turn it off?”

“Can I ask you a question?” I never know how to answer this. Should I go with my first impulse, which is always “no” or just give in to the inevitable?

"Anything can happen," says the announcer, desperately trying to pretend that "anything" includes making up a full ⅒ second in the final two turns of a bobaled run.

Whereas the part of me that suffered through an evangelical church for several years says “Bitch, if I have to sit through hearing you drone on about tithing and Satanism, you damn well better sit through writing it.”

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What? An account that spells it "4bducts" and "min0rs" is nonsense?

A long haired black cat sleeping on the floor with her little paws curled up under her chin.

A short haired tabby snuggling with his head under a person's chin.

#Caturday

Humidity Higher than yesterday 91% Dew point The air is very dry 20°

Shout out to my phone's default weather app, which told me last night that the humidity was 91% and the air was "very dry."

The actual temperature was 22°F, btw, and it was still snowing.

lol

An old black-and-white photo of Sean Connery flipping through a clothing rack.

To be clear, I don't think you should treat this thread as a shopping list. Building a wardrobe requires careful thought and consideration. But for what the average household spent on tariffs last year alone, you could build a significant wardrobe — even items made in the USA.

Iowa crescent moon.

Serious question: Shouldn't the judge…also be expected to know this?

Had to drop everything and respond for foot patrol because ICE was circling my kid’s school today at pick up.

Slowly circling.

These guys are assholes of the highest order and intimidation is their only purpose at this point. And they’re still here.

Fuck ‘em.

NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER P1- NANCY IS WALKING AWAY FROM THE WINDOW AS A SNOWSTORM SWIRLS OUTSIDE NANCY: BRRRR - - SNOW AGAIN- I HATE SNOW P2-NANCY IS UPSET AND FED UP, WITH HER FISTS RAISED SHE SHOUTS: I HATE SNOW P3- SUDDENLY A NEWSFLASH IS ANNOUNCED OVER THE RADIO… NANCY STOPS TO LISTEN FLASH --BECAUSE OF THE BLIZZARD ALL SCHOOLS WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW P4- NANCY HAD DASHED OUTSIDE AND IS KISSING THE SNOW COVERED YARD SMACK SMACK

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
February 20,1950

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In Iowa, Prosecutors Want to Bring Back Court Fees as Bargaining Chips The state’s high court recently ended the practice of making defendants pay fees for charges that get dismissed. Prosecutors are backing legislation to undo the court’s ruling so they can keep using fees as leverage for plea deals.

Under Iowa law, the state can recoup the cost of a public defender or court-appointed lawyer from defendants, even if they can’t afford an attorney. Between 2012 and 2022, the state charged low-income Iowans $151.2 million for their lawyers.

State lawmakers ask Congress to pass Richard Star Act for combat-injured veterans Current law bars veterans who were forced to medically retire before 20 years of service from receiving full retirement and disability benefits.

The Iowa House of Representatives this week became the latest legislative body to formally throw its support behind a federal bill stalled in Congress for years that would change how combat-injured military veterans receive disability compensation and pension payments.

Make that 7". And still coming down.

7:30 pm - 3" and falling hard.

The enemy of my enemy and my enemy should fight and weaken each other until I can swoop in at the last moment and take them both out with a single attack.

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This isn't even subtext. It's text. In red letters and everything!

Meanwhile, private school kids mostly do the athletics thing because it's hard to coordinate schedules between two buildings.

I had a friend in high school who was private schooled (correspondence school, so it "looked like" homeschooling) and dual enrolled for foreign language class in the 90s.

Thread. #Iowa