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“It was then that I met a friend named Jim Henson. I’m not sure exactly what Jim did, but whatever it was, it really moved me.”
—Kermit the Frog on how his show biz career started.
—Kermit the Frog on how his show biz career started.
September 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
“It was then that I met a friend named Jim Henson. I’m not sure exactly what Jim did, but whatever it was, it really moved me.”
—Kermit the Frog on how his show biz career started.
—Kermit the Frog on how his show biz career started.
Conversations you should never have to have:
“Papa, the shooter in the Minneapolis school shouting was trans. The Trump Administration is not going to use this as an excuse to go after transgender people, right? Can you give me words of wisdom that will assure me that’s not going to happen?”
“Papa, the shooter in the Minneapolis school shouting was trans. The Trump Administration is not going to use this as an excuse to go after transgender people, right? Can you give me words of wisdom that will assure me that’s not going to happen?”
August 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Conversations you should never have to have:
“Papa, the shooter in the Minneapolis school shouting was trans. The Trump Administration is not going to use this as an excuse to go after transgender people, right? Can you give me words of wisdom that will assure me that’s not going to happen?”
“Papa, the shooter in the Minneapolis school shouting was trans. The Trump Administration is not going to use this as an excuse to go after transgender people, right? Can you give me words of wisdom that will assure me that’s not going to happen?”
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
In Taxicab Geometry, Pi Equals 4 and Circles Aren’t Round (Gift Article)
In the world of taxicab geometry, even the Pythagorean theorem takes a back seat.
www.nytimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Discovering a mom we never knew, in letters she saved from WWII soldiers
May 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Discovering a mom we never knew, in letters she saved from WWII soldiers
Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff who ministered with a charming, humble style, dies at 88
April 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff who ministered with a charming, humble style, dies at 88
Clever Easter comic this morning
April 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Clever Easter comic this morning
Scientists find strongest evidence yet of life on an alien planet - www.reuters.com/science/scie...
Scientists find strongest evidence yet of life on an alien planet
In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system, detecting in an alien planet's atmosphere the chemical fingerprints of gases that on Earth are produced only by biological processes.
www.reuters.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Scientists find strongest evidence yet of life on an alien planet - www.reuters.com/science/scie...
Rail expansion expected to link Fort Worth’s TEXRail with Dallas, Denton systems fortworthreport.org/2025/04/08/r...
Rail expansion expected to link Fort Worth’s TEXRail with Dallas, Denton systems
TEXRail riders will be able to travel to Dallas, Collin and Denton counties once two transit systems complete their expansions.
fortworthreport.org
April 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Rail expansion expected to link Fort Worth’s TEXRail with Dallas, Denton systems fortworthreport.org/2025/04/08/r...
AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists
April 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists
Can Parrot Brains Teach Us About Human Speech? Study Finds Budgies Have Language-Producing Regions That Resemble Our Own - Smithsonian Magazine
March 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Can Parrot Brains Teach Us About Human Speech? Study Finds Budgies Have Language-Producing Regions That Resemble Our Own - Smithsonian Magazine
Wisconsin three-pointer counted for hundreds of points on CBS score bug - Sports Illustrated
March 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Wisconsin three-pointer counted for hundreds of points on CBS score bug - Sports Illustrated
Paying for the Honda app is worth it when you locked the front door but left your keys in the house. Your wife is 100 miles away and your son is at work.
The garage door opener is in the car. Unlocking the car from your phone made the fee Honda charges worth it.
The garage door opener is in the car. Unlocking the car from your phone made the fee Honda charges worth it.
March 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Paying for the Honda app is worth it when you locked the front door but left your keys in the house. Your wife is 100 miles away and your son is at work.
The garage door opener is in the car. Unlocking the car from your phone made the fee Honda charges worth it.
The garage door opener is in the car. Unlocking the car from your phone made the fee Honda charges worth it.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
John Hemingway: Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot dies aged 105
Mr Hemingway, who is originally from Dublin, joined the RAF as a teenager before World War Two.
www.bbc.com
March 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Seen on a Tesla car in Plano today:
“Bought before we knew he was a nut job”
“Bought before we knew he was a nut job”
March 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Seen on a Tesla car in Plano today:
“Bought before we knew he was a nut job”
“Bought before we knew he was a nut job”
At Least Now We Know the Truth - The Atlantic
February 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
At Least Now We Know the Truth - The Atlantic
Perle Mesta was America’s first female ambassador.
February 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Perle Mesta was America’s first female ambassador.