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Terrified Adolis García Wondering If Anyone Else Can See Phillie Phanatic
PHILADELPHIA—Attempting to remain calm while the massive green creature gyrated on top of the dugout, a terrified Adolis García reportedly asked teammates Tuesday if anyone else could see the Phillie Phanatic. “This is gonna sound crazy, but I swear to God, I keep seeing a green dancing bear on the field,” said Garcí…
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WASHINGTON—In what political analysts have called a “major escalation” in the commander-in-chief’s antagonism toward the cultural icon, President Donald Trump made a number of public comments this week dramatically ratcheting up his rhetoric against Snoopy. At an event honoring Gold Star families Friday, Trump reportedly deviated from his prepared remarks to criticize the cartoon beagle […]
On my re-read of "H.M.S. Surprise", and this time through I picked up something new on the scenes in Bombay. Jack has had the crew search for Stephen for days, and I missed on previous reads that Stephen had not just taken leave. He had written a letter to the ship, but Dil never completed the delivery.
It adds more to the "missed connections" going on in that whole chapter. 🥺
@maxleibman What has been the case, and continues to be the case for over a decade, is that technocrats use UBI as a promise to distract from the idea that we should be doing exactly that, funding social services through taxation. Instead, the mechanism is left eternally vague.
We know UBI, as in guaranteed income, has lead to enormous improvements in social structure when it has been made available. The money will come from *somewhere*, but where?
(I know you already agree, just expanding)
When AI boosters talk about universal basic income to excuse all of the jobs they claim they can eliminate, ask:
“Then why are you working on AI, and not on universal basic income?”
If you are a journalist in this space and you don’t ask this every time UBI comes up, you are not doing your job.
#survivor 50 tribal council was nuts this week. What is Rick going to say when he gets back to camp?
Joe when he finds out: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/File:Vreenak_holding_a_forged_data_rod.jpg
Romulan history describes the rise of the Romulan people from being a group of Vulcan emigrants to an interstellar empire. See: Vulcan-Romulan history A "Garden of Eden"-like place known as Vorta Vor was part of Romulan creation myths, similar to the Vulcan Sha Ka Ree. (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier) One possible scientific explanation for the origin of Vulcans, and thereby also of the Romulans, came to light in 2268, with the discovery of Sargon and his people. When Sargon explained that...
Surprisingly strong words from Macworld.
https://www.macworld.com/article/3115356/use-apples-app-store-at-your-own-risk.html
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