Mike
Mike
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Any machine can be a smoke machine if you operate it poorly enough
May 30, 2024 at 7:39 AM
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are more people left handed in the mirror universe
April 23, 2024 at 10:58 PM
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Trump's war on woke continues
"Trump appears to have fallen asleep in court again. It happened several times just now. His eyes were closed for extended periods and his head dropped down twice."

It will be interesting to see what effect it has if he keeps falling asleep. Also interesting that he doesn't seem able to control it.
Update from Maggie Haberman
www.nytimes.com
April 19, 2024 at 4:21 PM
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Sitting in a Tree xkcd.com/2919
April 13, 2024 at 3:52 AM
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‘Some exciting new literary genres’
My latest Guardian Books cartoon.
April 13, 2024 at 9:57 AM
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what is kind of funny about this is that you could basically make yourself a sort of vaguely accurate SDS predictor with a magic 8 ball re: fire extinguishing

WATER
CO2
SAND
ARGON
BAKING SODA
NITROGEN
AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE
OUTLOOK NOT SO GOOD
April 12, 2024 at 8:10 PM
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The fact that NYC has a Rat Czar implies the existence of a Ratsputin.
April 7, 2024 at 2:19 AM
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Donald J Trump has lost the mandate of heaven
April 5, 2024 at 3:13 PM
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Happy Transgender Day of Visibility and Happy Easter
March 31, 2024 at 2:39 PM
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Oops
March 30, 2024 at 4:53 PM
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God, they're going to have to cut up the truss for the cranes to be able to lift the debris off the ship. I didn't even think about that
Here’s how crews will remove up to 4,000 tons of debris to help find victims of the Baltimore bridge collapse | CNN
The largest crane on the East Coast will soon try to lift the treacherous, colossal wreckage that has hampered search crews from finding victims of this week’s catastrophic Baltimore bridge collapse.
www.cnn.com
March 30, 2024 at 12:23 AM
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The Scottish wildcat is absolutely, 100% fed up with your bullshit.
March 29, 2024 at 10:27 PM
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March 27, 2024 at 11:31 PM
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Flip it around, the GOP decide they're gonna appeal to urban Democrats by funding a big initiative to pave streets or improve airports or some other non-partisan boring infrastructure thing. Do you think this gets NYers to vote for Republicans who also oppose gay marriage, abortion, gun control?
March 27, 2024 at 3:39 PM
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Not to send everyone to the other place, but this video shows pretty clearly the cargo ship losing power twice and being unable to course correct in time, slamming into one of the pillars x.com/chaudharypar...
March 26, 2024 at 11:11 AM
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You mean the Jackedalope?

I'll get my coat.
The best thing about this planet is that every few days I'll learn about an animal I've literally never seen or heard of before, like the Nilgai which is just a stupidly massive antelope
March 23, 2024 at 1:03 PM
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Jalapeños really ARE less spicy than they used to be - you’re not going nuts.
Here’s Why Jalapeño Peppers Are Less Spicy Than Ever
Throw out those bogus shopping tips about pepper size. Decades of deliberate planning created a less-hot jalapeño.
www.dmagazine.com
March 15, 2024 at 3:04 PM
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this story from today's Ask A Manager is killing me
March 18, 2024 at 7:32 PM