Pablonius Monk 🇺🇦

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Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky (From Now On), Outtasite Dallasite https://youtu.be/yA-G81xJT3U (by Allen Toussaint)

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Opinion | Attention, Men: Books Are Sexy!

“Not to blame the current cultural landscape on Ronald Reagan,” he said, “but I think the obsession with money and wealth that arrived in the 1980s may have encouraged the false idea in men that there was little to learn from a novel. If you want tips on how to crush your rival, better to read nonfiction.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/opinion/reading-men-fiction-sexy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bU8.gqiw.2z9tagZeYd6T&smid=url-share

#BookClub #Fiction #Novel #Men

Opinion | Attention, Men: Books Are Sexy!

Nobody likes a dumb guy.

The New York Times
O, Schadenfreude, how sweet the taste.
AI Is Coming for the Consultants. Inside McKinsey, ‘This Is Existential.’
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/mckinsey-consulting-firms-ai-strategy-89fbf1be?st=TamHbP
@pabloniusmonk I hate that there's a system where it's "lucky" to not be required to sell to a company that will destroy you
@michaelharley We took our kids to see it the other night. They loved it. We fell asleep. Hope our money helped the local cinema economy to hang in there. Would hate to lose that destination.
From Electrical Review, 1889:
Yes, this was my first concern, too. Peak @ft.
Americans face price rises for luxury watches after Trump’s Swiss tariffs https://www.ft.com/content/4a669ae7-7ffc-46f0-87eb-6baf78339804
Americans face price rises for luxury watches after Trump’s Swiss tariffs

Manufacturers and dealers are threatened by increased levy in a market worth more than $5bn

Financial Times

Now that's a headline!

Alden Global Capital is miffed that The Dallas Morning News won’t offer itself up for disembowelment

The hedge fund threatens to shift their takeover bid to shareholders — while trying to sweet-talk the only shareholder that matters.

@niemanlab @dallasnews @joshuabenton.com

https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/alden-global-capital-is-miffed-that-the-dallas-morning-news-wont-offer-itself-up-for-disembowelment/

#JoshuaBenton #Journalism #Dallas #RobertDecherd #Hearst #Alden #Newspaper #LocalJournalism #Texas

Alden Global Capital is miffed that The Dallas Morning News won’t offer itself up for disembowelment

The hedge fund threatens to shift their takeover bid to shareholders — while trying to sweet-talk the only shareholder that matters.

Nieman Lab
Wrong: "Trump imposed a 39% tariff on Switzerland." Right: "Trump imposed a 39% tariff on Americans who buy from Switzerland." Every time you see this mistake, correct it. Every. Time.

"Realizing that not every moment in life will be deep, or meaningful, or vibrating with energy that would give him the fulfillment that he'd always hoped for, Todd unloaded the dishwasher."

#Funny #NewYorker #Humor #Cartoon

Dallas County has reported its first confirmed case of #WestNile in 2025. Recently, MA's Public Health Dept reported the first finding of #TripleE — Eastern Equine encephalitis — infected mosquitoes this year.
Aug-Sept is when some nasty mosquito-spread diseases emerge. Be prudent: Use bug spray.
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@MalcolmNance
I see only one president

don't know how to call the other guy currently in an office without corners

@wobweger @MalcolmNance pretzl-dent?
(Suggestion from Germany,.,home of the 🥨 🤡)