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‘Which there ain’t no stern-gallery, sir, now we been degraded to a sixth-rate,’ cried Killick with malignant triumph. ‘Stern-galleries is for our betters, and I must toil and moil away in the dark.’
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FUN! It's the best thing to have.

I just saw the first episode of "SPIDER-NOIR" on Amazon Prime and it was a blast. I suspected it was a tongue-in-cheek comedy, but NO. It's a straight up NOIR detective story, except it has super heroes. I am completely charmed by it. I watched the black and white version, which I suspect is the best. Nicholas Cage is outstanding. Is he Bogart? No. Is he Jimmy Stewart? No. Is he Paul Giamatti? Maybe? 😜 The camera spends a lot of time on his face, and to be fair, he gives us a lot to look at.

Pop some corn, mix yourself an Old Fashioned, and see SPIDER-NOIR.

I can tell I'm not seeing a targeted ad on the WaPo Crossword web page because I'm seeing an ad for a "Bespoke Charter" private jet membership. Yeah, that's my lifestyle.

@peter

You have better odds of coming out ahead playing three-card monte blindfolded.

@skua

Probably buried with his ex-wife.

@Nonilex

I remember this guy. Isn't Bolton the one that kept heaps of classified documents all around in his Florida resort-- in bathrooms, etc? And he gets to plead to a single count? That's a sweet deal for so many hundreds of documents left sitting about where the resort staff can rifle through them at will. Man, he really does deserve a harsher sentence. #USPol #justice

@b_age @ZachWeinersmith

I find that all stone fruits have a short window when I'll enjoy them. There's nothing special to me about the "donut" peaches, though they might be slightly easier to eat. I like "free pit" varieties best and I haven't seen "free pit" donut peaches yet.

@kamikat

It really is a shame how it's turned out. The Smithsonian had been working on this for literally 10 years, then the buffoon takes office and stomps all over it. I was down along the mall looking at all the "courtyards" they'd created by building all these ridiculous, pointless walls around the grass rectangles of the mall. They have trompe l'oeil niches painted on --they block the view of all interesting architecture of the museums lining the mall! There are frigging 10' fences everywhere. I'm used to those waist-high metal barriers to guide pedestrians. There's no chance I'll go downtown for any of the "festivities."

I miss the old Folklife Festivals. It's quaint to think Nancy Reagan didn't want the Beach Boys to perform on the mall because they'd attract the "wrong crowd."

🦌 Arizona has been quietly proving for 20 years that the roadkill problem is solvable.

365 million vertebrate animals are killed by U.S. vehicles every year. A million a day. But where Arizona built wildlife crossings with fencing, collisions dropped by up to 90%.

The newest overpass - a 100-foot-wide bridge over I-17 south of Flagstaff - opens this fall. The economic case is just as strong: SR 260's crossings save ~2M/year in avoided crash costs.

Animals don't understand roads and never will. But bridges with grass on them? They get those.

#wildlife #conservation #infrastructure

@liferstate

My state votes so late in the presidential primary that I feel I have no impact on that race. The nominee is usually locked in before Maryland votes. And Maryland is so reliably Democratic, that neither Republicans nor Democrats make more than a fundraising stop here.

It's the down-ballot stuff that gets me out to the poll in Maryland.

If that's really true, then you need to fire your entire web development team.

There is absolutely no way that using an app should be easier than just using the website.

And for the love of all that's holy, why on earth would I want to keep track of my pension "on the go"?

The world has gone completely mad.

#Pensions #DigitalSolutionism