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Things look much better now
Flight map of Newark airport, about a dozen planes waiting to take off
November 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Yeah it appears to be a whole genre/format on Chinese social media
November 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Crazy lines at Newark
Flight map showing dozens of planes at Newark airport waiting to take off
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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How many p's are there in the word " pepperoni"? Kimi • Determine the number of p letters in the w.... > There are 3 p's in the word "pepperoni." Here's the breakdown: p-e-p-p-e-r-o-n-i
November 7, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Det går angiveligt langt tilbage, til Abu Dharr al-Ghifari, en af profetens følgesvende.
Abu Dar al-Ghifari, an important figure for Arab Marxism. He was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad and reputably a rebel against the privileges and hoarding of wealth on the part of Mecca's mercantile elite.
November 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Yes: 42.75% of the overall vote on the Democratic line, 7.64% on the Working Families line.
Mayor (Vote for one) Name Party Votes Percentage 1 Zohran Kwame Mamdani Democratic 878956 42.75% 2 Curtis A. Sliwa Republican 136347 6.63% 3 Irene Estrada Conservative 2643 0.13% 4 Zohran Kwame Mamdani Working Families 157095 7.64% 5 Curtis A. Sliwa Protect Animals 9790 0.48% 6 Eric L. Adams Safe&Affordable/EndAntiSemitism 6382 0.31% 7 Joseph Hernandez Quality of Life 1253 0.06% 8 Andrew M. Cuomo Fight and Deliver 854995 41.59% 9 Jim Walden Integrity 2170 0.11% 10 WRITE-IN 6290 0.31% 2055921
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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More seriously: the latest version of Apple’s Podcasts app can display a transcript. You can tap something and jump to that part.
Example of transcript feature in the Apple Podcasts app
November 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Constantin Hansen (1804-1880): View towards Mount Vesuvius. Unsigned, oil and pencil on paper laid on canvas. (via “Danske kunstnere i Italien” on Facebook)
Sketch of Vesuvius, pale colors
October 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Preach.
All foods can be fried.
October 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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I wonder what would happen if you gave this recipe to someone who had never seen carbonara before.
Beat the eggs in a bowl, as if for a frittata, add the grated Parmesan or pecorino and coarsely ground peppercorns and mix well. Cube the pancetta and sauté in a skillet with the butter and oil. Fry well and then add to the eggs, whisking with a fork and making sure the eggs do not curdle. The sauce should be creamy. Cook the pasta in plenty of lightly salted boiling water until al dente. Drain and pour into a serving dish with the eggs. Stir and serve straight away.
October 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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🍔 🔥
HAMBURGER IN FORNO Oven-Roasted Hamburgers
October 30, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Yes, I would like 12 sandwiches 🥪
SANDWICHES All recipes make 12 portions unless otherwise stated SANDWICHES ALL' ARLECCHINO
October 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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whattatown
Bill Kristol reposting a skeet by John Ganz
October 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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USCIS ends all automatic extensions of EADs
New rule prioritizes vetting, screening to protect public safety, national security WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security has announced an interim final rule ending the practice of automatically extending employment authorization documents for aliens filing renewal applications in certain employment authorization categories. With this rule, DHS prioritizes the proper screening and vetting of aliens before extending the validity of their employment authorizations. Aliens who file to renew their EAD on or after Oct. 30, 2025, will no longer receive an automatic extension of their EAD. There are limited exceptions to this rule, including extensions provided by law or through a Federal Register notice for TPS-related employment documentation. Ending automatic extensions of EADs results in more frequent vetting of aliens who apply for employment authorization to work in the United States. Reviewing an alien’s background more often will enable U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to deter fraud and detect aliens with potentially harmful intent so they can be processed for removal from the United States. “USCIS is placing a renewed emphasis on robust alien screening and vetting, eliminating policies the former administration implemented that prioritized aliens’ convenience ahead of Americans’ safety and security,” said USCIS Director Joseph Edlow. “It’s a commonsense measure to ensure appropriate vetting and screening has been completed before an alien’s employment authorization or documentation is extended. All aliens must remember that working in the United States is a privilege, not a right.” USCIS recommends aliens seek a timely renewal of their EAD by properly filing a renewal application up to 180 days before their EAD expires. The longer an alien waits to file an EAD renewal application, the more likely it is that they may experience a temporary lapse in their employment authorization or documentation.
October 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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There are wonderful introductions by Lidia Bastianich and Katie Parla, and a publisher’s introduction. Then we open with 90 (!) sauces.
Book cover of The Talisman of Happiness by Ada Boni
October 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Chinese Zohran Mamdani would have pulled out this thing
亲戚关系计算器
October 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Wiktionary does literally have the cousin or cousin-in-law of one’s parent as an “aunt.” OED has the extended definition.
A woman who is regarded with respect or affection similar to that often accorded to an aunt (sense 1a) despite not being linked by this specific kinship; esp. a close family friend or (chiefly regional, as a term of respect or affection) an elderly woman. Also as a form of address or as a title preceding a first name. Cf. auntie n. 1b, uncle n. 1b.
October 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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This volume contains biographical essays on all twelve who refused in 1931, as well as Ettore Tibaldi, a pathology professor at Pavia who was fired in 1926, before the oaths. He later joined the partisans and served three terms as Senator of the Republic.
1926: IL CASO DI ETTORE LIBALDI, UN LICENZIAMENTO PRIMA DEL GIURAMENTO Andrea Pozzetta Il mio contributo si concentrerà sul caso di un licenziamento di un docente universitario precedente al 1931, precedente, cioè, all'obbligo di giuramento al regime fascista: un caso che è in grado di mostrare adeguatamente alcuni meccanismi attuati durante la fascistizzazione delle università italiane. Mi riferisco al caso di Ettore Tibaldi, licenziato dall'Università di Pavia nel 1926: anatomopatologo, libero docente in Patologia speciale medica, allievo prediletto di Achille Monti (ordinario di Anatomia Patologica nell'Ateneo pavese) e di sua sorella Rina Monti (docente all'Università di Sassari e poi di Milano), Tibaldi fu allontanato dall'Ateneo pavese per motivi politici
October 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Is that just because everything else America does is less useful than that?

US current account balance as share of rest-of-world GDP (in ratio, not %, so currently a deficit of around 0.36%)
Chart of US current account balance as share of GDP for the rest of the world. Ranges between a deficit of half a percent to around 0.15%.
October 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Oh yeah, most of the traditional Chinese groups in the US fly 🇹🇼, but I don’t get the impression that it’s super antagonistic with newer groups or more recent arrivals.
Group of people flying the Republic of China flag in front of a statue of Sun Yat-sen in New York Group of people posing in front of a display with the American and Republic of China flags, and portraits of George Washington and Sun Yat-sen.
October 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Treccani too
disgraziato agg. e s. m. [der. di disgrazia]. – 1. a. agg. Di persona, che ha disgrazia, che ha la sorte costantemente avversa, che non riesce in nessuna delle cose che fa: è davvero d., non gliene va bene una; è nato d.; è una famiglia d.; o che non ha fortuna in qualche singola cosa: essere d. al gioco, in amore (più com. sfortunato). In tono esclam., rivolgendosi a persona che ha commesso o sta per commettere un male, una colpa, una grave imprudenza, o che va incontro a serî pericoli e sim.: disgraziato!, dove sei stato tutta la notte?; che fai, disgraziato!, vuoi rovinarti?; altre volte, spec. accompagnato da povero, esprime commiserazione verso persona in cattive condizioni fisiche o economiche, o moralmente scaduta: povero disgraziato! b. s. m. (f. -a) Persona in miseria, o fisicamente deforme, o che comunque conduce vita infelice senza sua colpa: è un d., è un povero d. (e rispettivam., al femm., è una d., una povera d.); concedere aiuto, assistenza ai d.; anche di persona spregevole, vile, miserabile: è un d. che non ha senso di dignità.
October 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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If we pull out the full 21-volume Grande Dizionario della lingua italiana (GDLI), we do find some uses similar to what Cuomo meant to convey.
Persona priva di senso morale, spregevole, vile, miserabile, sciagurata. Marino, 1-67: Il disgraziato dopo l’aver commesso il delitto fuggì via. Goldoni, IV-196: - Mi odia, non mi può vedere. - Ma diavolo! Dirvi galeotto, disgraziato, sono cose che fanno inorridire. Nievo, 1-304: Quel disgraziato può ringraziar te d’aver netta la pelle da qualche livido! Verga, 3-227: La forca è fatta pel disgraziato. Moravia, VII-15: Ero un disgraziato, senza torto né ragione, come tanti, come tutti.
October 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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It looked promising in 2012
Eats Free Barack Obama Sully Sullenberger Seal Team 6 Joey Deckle David Dynak
October 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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John Brown Smokehouse, the best BBQ place on the East Coast, endorses Curtis Sliwa
Facebook post from John Brown BBQ above a photo of Curtis Sliwa wearing a red beret and holding a tray of food with a guy: We support Curtis Sliwa for our next mayor. Here’s my pitch. Curtis IS NYC and when I hear him talk, I hear a 1990s liberal who isn’t MAGA, knows how to fix this city with common sense, everybody of every race and religion love him, and has no ambition beyond helping the city we all love so much. He also isn’t a murderer or a communist. I can guarantee Curtis will run this city with his main goal being the safety and happiness of NYC residents and will be there at all times and take accountability if things go wrong. Finish the greatest NYC story ever written. Elect Curtis Sliwa to lead the city he loves more than anyone who’s ever existed. Prove me wrong.
October 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Hegel 黑格尔 Hēigé'ěr
contradiction 矛盾 máodùn
dialectical materialism 辩证唯物主义 biànzhèng wéiwù zhǔyì
historical materialism 历史唯物主义 lìshǐ wéiwù zhǔyì
marxism is an essential component of chinese education so if you rly wanna become chinese get ready to learn hegel's dialectic in mandarin
October 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM