David Staley

Stacks - The Atlantic Stack the words in an order and position that creates new words going horizontally.

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One-sentence Future: Learner's permit On a bright Tuesday morning, the Roberts family gathered in their driveway cheering and snapping photos as their Ford self-driver displayed on its dashboard screen its freshly issued learner's permit ...

One-sentence Future: Learner's permit

On a bright Tuesday morning, the Roberts family gathered in their driveway cheering and snapping photos as their Ford self-driver displayed on its dashboard screen its freshly issued learner's permit from the Department of Motor Algorithms...

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Stacks - The Atlantic Stack the words in an order and position that creates new words going horizontally.

I completed Stacks in 5 drops!
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Play on The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/games/stacks

Enjoy this week's "Voices:" my interview with David Brewer, where we discuss authors, books and magic...

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One-sentence Future: The tardigrades are all that remain... Earth's scorched and irradiated surface, its boiled oceans and fallen forests, belongs entirely to tardigrades — humanity's microscopic, near-indestructible inheritors — which have evolved into sprawl...

One-sentence Future: The tardigrades are all that remain...

Earth's scorched and irradiated surface, its boiled oceans and fallen forests, belongs entirely to tardigrades...that, improbably, has begun to think.

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Crossclimb #667 | 0:48 and flawless
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Print of a sitting figure, crossed legged on the floor, with a child in their arms

Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945), German artist who worked with painting, printmaking and sculpture and was known for her self portraits and depictions of the effects of poverty, hunger and war on the working classes #womensart

Crossclimb #666 | 0:29 and flawless
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Politics of Poverty: Apathy at Best, Vindictiveness at Its Worst - Ordinary Times Reaction to 60 Minutes in WV ranged from "screw those inbred hillbillies" from the left to "screw those inbred hillbillies" from the right

The trolls and bad faith interweb accounts came for West Virginia following that 60 Minutes piece on McDowell County, and our friend and Mountaineer to the bone @wvesquiress.bsky.social was having none of it.

Read here today @ordinarytimemag
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One-sentence Future: Future Affirmation That bioluminescent blue glow is all the proof you need that she’s deeply in love with you and would marry you again in a heartbeat.

One-sentence Future: Future Affirmation

That bioluminescent blue glow is all the proof you need that she’s deeply in love with you and would marry you again in a heartbeat.

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At an abstract level what is totally/largely missing is real vision or a serious mission for current and future policy -- or at least unifying core principles to more or less unite around. This is what so much political speech aims for...but instead, mostly boasts for applause and shear spin.

Stacks - The Atlantic Stack the words in an order and position that creates new words going horizontally.

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"ENIAC," by David J. Staley

One-sentence Future: G'Day! American middle schoolers inexplicably adopted "G'day" as their signature greeting, spreading from viral TikTok trends into classrooms nationwide, much to the bewilderment of actual Australians who wa...

One-sentence Future: G'Day!

American middle schoolers inexplicably adopted "G'day" as their signature greeting...much to the bewilderment of actual Australians who watch Americans enthusiastically mispronounce their casual salutation with baffled amusement.

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Stacks - The Atlantic Stack the words in an order and position that creates new words going horizontally.

I completed Stacks in 4 drops!
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Questions Arise From AEP's Tariff Plans for Data Center Electricity - Columbus Underground In an update to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, the company explained the new requirements have slashed its projections for new power demand from 30,000 megawatts to about 5,700 megawatts.

AEP stressed that as a regulated utility it’s obligated to serve everyone, from individual homeowners to gargantuan, power-hungry facilities.

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YouTube video by UltraDirectorJester Oops! All Secrets - DELTARUNE - Episode 23

whoops looks like today's deltarune got scheduled a little earlier than expected tehe
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Pinpoint #664 | 2 guesses
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One-sentence Future: The National Goalball League Its star players emblazoned across all platforms as global celebrities, the National Goalball League draws sold-out—if hushed—arenas and prime-time television audiences of millions, signaling not a ni...

One-sentence Future: The National Goalball League

Its star players emblazoned across all platforms as global celebrities, the National Goalball League draws sold-out—if hushed—arenas...signaling...a cultural shift, one where Americans embraced disability sport... as mainstream spectacle.

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Stacks - The Atlantic Stack the words in an order and position that creates new words going horizontally.

I completed Stacks in 4 drops!
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The 2026 Coffee Brew Box Has Arrived! - Columbus Underground Attention all coffee aficionados — we’ve partnered once again with some of the best local and regional coffee roasters and other coffee industry friends to bring you our latest installment of the Coff...

Lots of great coffee to try! All in one box! columbusunderground.com/the-2026-cof...

Hellebuyck finally wins the Big One

Hellebuyck finally wins the Big One

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