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Fritz
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Another day at the White House. Nobody in the cabinet, not a single GOP member of the House or Senate, is willing to stand up to Donald Trump on his crazy hate talk. It's Trump's norm now, but we can't ever let it be "normal."
Quotes in which Donald Trump says Somalia "stinks" and says Rep. Ilhan Omar is "garbage" and "her friends, garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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30 years ago this weekend, I won the #Jeopardy Tournament of Champions. 😃 Or rather, the shows aired on Thanksgiving weekend of 1995; it taped in October. This was my hotel bill from what was then called Merv Griffin’s Beverly Hilton. Jeop paid for my room and an airport limo, this is…
A hotel bill with charges from 1995
November 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Vital #Thanksgiving question from this week's @us.theconversation.com new quiz. Can you avoid food poisoning *and* go 8-for-8?

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A quiz question about how to wash a Thanksgiving turkey to avoid food poisoning: 1) With ice water, 2) In your bathtub, like a baby; 3) While it's still alive; 4) Not at all.
November 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Worth it just for the cartoon renderings of JFK’s hair. 😃
Khrushchev and JFK play chess in an editorial cartoon. JFK’s hair is a crazy mop in front.
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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@renatakeller.bsky.social “The Fate of the Americas” has arrived at the Boston Athenaeum. (Special thanx to the late John H. Wiggin!) Can’t wait to dig in.
A book cover held up in a library A bookplate reading FROM THE FUND IN MEMORY OF JOHN H. WIGGIN Editorial cartoon with Khrushchev shaking a nervous Kennedy
November 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Does have a perfect Jeopardy-lectern signature.
November 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Sign reads WIZARD for OZ DICTATOR
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Is it *really* called the Darth Vader Plan? Find out in this week's news quiz from @us.theconversation.com and yours truly. Can you go 8-for-8?

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A quiz question about the late Dick Cheney and his support for the idea that a president should have nearly unlimited executive power. That concept is known as: 1) Unitary Executive Theory 2) Darth Vader Approach 3) Presidential Power Project, or 4) What-Could-Go-Wrong Plan.
November 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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One day later, still pushing the not-clicking envelope.
A Ross Douthat podcast with the title, "Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace?"
November 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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A related genre from Thursday. Hey, they gave him 24 hours.
A NYT photo of Zohran Mandan headlined, AN EMBOLDENED MAMDANI SHEDS CONCILIATORY TONE.
November 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Hey #Somerville ! Vote Ben Wheeler for city council today!
A woman holds a Ben Wheeler campaign sign
November 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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@renatakeller.bsky.social The good old Athenaeum. Looking forward to reading!
An email saying the Boston Athenaeum has ordered “The Fate of the Americas” by Renata Keller.
November 4, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Happy #Halloween from Kahlua the #cat.
A black cat on a stairway in shadows
November 1, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Says reps AOC and Jasmine Crockett couldn’t top him on the “IQ test.”
October 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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I rest my case.
October 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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We need more Hubert Humphrey in our lives.

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A quote from Hubert Humphrey: "The moral test of government is how that government treats those in the dawn of life, the children; in the twilight of light, the elderly; and those in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy, and the handicapped."
October 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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They DID take time today to explain why they won’t count crowds any more. Because nobody is ever curious about actual numbers.
A news story explaining why the NYT doesn’t count crowds
October 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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From the Boston rally today.
A sign reads “Just skip to the bunker scene.”
October 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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#NoKings Boston
October 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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The Guardian story is good on this topic. Technically still Duke of York, but won't use the title.

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October 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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An image of Homer Simpson holding two tomaccoes — tomato tobacco hybrids.
October 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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23% of quizzers get this question wrong; can you get it right? Find out at week's news quiz from @us.theconversation.com U.S. and yours truly:

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Quiz question about who Donald Trump has chosen, in his 20-point peace plan, to work on his proposed "Board of Peace" to govern Gaza. Choices are wrestler John Cena, former UK PM Tony Blair, the late Henry Kissinger, or "all of the above."
October 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Never tire of these quotes from Amari and Joe after their TD hookup against the Bears in 2023. Great glimpse of elite athletes doing their thing.
October 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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What *is* NASA doing with the space station? Find out in this week's news quiz from @us.theconversation.com and yours truly. Can you go 8 for 8?

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Quiz question: NASA has announced plans to do what with the International Space Station in 2030? Answers include "crash it into the Pacific Ocean," "Begin a major two-year refurbishment" and "Turn it into Space Force orbital HQ."
September 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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The weekly news quiz from @us.theconversation.com is live! This week we celebrate National Punctuation Day (Sept. 24) by ending each question with a generous *three* question marks. Can you go 9-for-9?

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A quiz question about which government action started the protests in Nepal that led to the fall of the government. Did the gov shut down social media, free college tuition, a border crossing, or Kathmandu's only Trader Joe's?
September 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM