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Arkansas is just Kansas but with more pirates
A senior editor for KQED News tweeted that San Francisco building inspectors are launching an investigation into the temporary sleeping accommodation reportedly installed in Twitter's offices, a potential zoning violation. https://twitterisgoinggreat.com/#those-sad-hotel-rooms-at-twitter-may-be-a-building-code-violation
Twitter is Going Great!

Twitter is Going Great is a project inspired by Web3 is Going Just Great to track the latest examples of how Twitter is actively falling to pieces thanks to its current owner Elon Musk (with special guests Jack Dorsey and the Saudi Arabian royal family).

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I keep waiting for the GOP to realize that they've gerrymandered themselves into Crazy Candidate He'll. So far they seen not to realize that by creating bulletproof Republican districts, they've made it possible for ever fringier candidates to win primaries (& then lose elections), AND handed TFG the means to threaten anyone who wants to ditch him (the primary as weapon).
It's a textbook example of the Law of Unintended Consequences. A thing of beauty, in a horrifying way...
The origin of carrot soup.

Every year for the holidays, I do an adopt-a-family program called The Village Christmas Project. This year, there are five families in need of assistance. Some are still updating their lists, but we do this through anonymous Amazon wish lists. It's a difficult financial time for many, so even sharing is appreciated. Thanks so much!

https://thevillagechristmas.wordpress.com/2022/12/04/the-village-christmas-project-2022/

The Village Christmas Project 2022

The Village Christmas Project
Shooting out a power station because you hate drag queens seems like domestic terrorism to me. Can we PLEASE get a law on the books about that???

‘A gentle calm’: France’s streets once again echo to sound of working horses

Towns say they are not driven by nostalgia as they opt for horsepowered bin collections and school runs

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/25/france-streets-working-horses-bin-collection-schools

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‘A gentle calm’: France’s streets once again echo to sound of working horses

Towns say they are not driven by nostalgia as they opt for horsepowered bin collections and school runs

The Guardian
"In the southern town of Vendargues, where the horse-drawn school carts are so popular that waiting lists have been 100 families-long, a study found they had improved the children’s relationship to learning. Some children who could walk or cycle to school preferred travelling by horse-drawn cart, despite it taking longer, because they found it 'calming'."