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  • Let’s not get him started on Wordle scores

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    MikM
    Strangely enough, I've recently added the full crossword to my daily puzzle regimen.
  • What are you listening to - Podcast Edition?

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    jon-nycJ
    Peter Attia interview from back in 2021 with the journalist who really dove into the Andrew Wakefield hoax and the origins of the ‘vaccines cause autism’ memetic complex. He follows the histories of the players involved (Wakefield originally sought out to show measles caused IBD), what they did, what they fabricated, and how they were able to have their initial success. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peter-attia-drive/id1400828889?i=1000517725939
  • 14 months' work at the gym and the dinner table

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    It’s hard to say. I haven’t been doing much cycling in the past 6 weeks but it’s gone up in that time. I bought an indoor trainer for my basement but haven’t used it much due to the awkward placement. I just got rid of that large extraneous bed in my basement which will allow me to put it in a good place and use it more. What’s new for me in the last six weeks or so is daily treadmill time.
  • Calibri v. Times New Roman

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    AxtremusA
    @89th said in Calibri v. Times New Roman: I'm just trying to visualize how some of this Administration's dumber moves actually come about... Visualize this (h/t @wtg, also involves Rubio's department): Feds bring woman to US to face charges, then say she’s here illegally [and wants to deport her before she's tried] https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/feds-bring-woman-to-us-to-face-charges-then-say-she-s-here-illegally/ar-AA1S4hnV
  • Marriage advice

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    AxtremusA
    Carve out for yourself a "man cave" where you can be as tidy as you want. Bring your kids to see your man cave every now and then so they see there is another way of living. Leave her be. Who knows what pregnancies have done to her hormones to push her hoarder's subconscious to the surface? Pregnancies are very big deals that leave long lasting effects on the body and mind. Give it time, maybe lots of time, for the hormonal levels to revert. After the kids grow up to the point where the kids spend more time away from home, she may want to go back to work and that may again change her domestic behaviors and tendencies. Oh, after you get this off your chest and collected the advice, delete this thread before she sees it. In the old days these would be things you tell a few of your confidants who would exercise discretion rather than posting on the open Internet where it's readily searchable by your wife and her confidants.
  • Funny Pics

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    jon-nycJ
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  • The Ukraine war thread

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    MikM
    In Russia car parks you. https://www.the-independent.com/tech/porsche-russia-satellite-disabled-vts-b2880139.html?fbclid=IwdGRleAOnHmtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe1UZtrfGy0Dqdb3dy6aj3phF7R2MhDgPUWTxLPm7hOJDTsTZeKnaWcb5uxqI_aem_uzPgRRtT879-UDhM-Ho5hw
  • Chilling video essay re authoritarianism

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    RenaudaR
    Vlad, as always, raises some salient points. As he should, he knows what he sees. As to travel, right now I wouldn’t even consider changing flights in the US let alone entering it as a tourist.
  • Good morning from Miraflores

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    jon-nycJ
    South Pacific sunset. [image: 1765409923950-img_9207.jpeg]
  • Christmas memes 2025

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    MikM
    Yule like it!
  • The Godfather’s Cat

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    HoraceH
    I thought it was CGI.
  • First time for everything

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    HoraceH
    I picked up a prescription yesterday from an Asian young lady. But since she's a pharmacy tech, or maybe even a pharmacist, I'm sure she was at least mid 20s. Anyway, she was stunning. From what I could tell through the drive through window at least. Which is enough to infer everything I couldn't see.
  • My AI Training

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    MikM
    @Axtremus said in My AI Training: ![alt text](image url)@Mik said in My AI Training: ... but you still have to amass and feed it the data. Where it can help you is you can train it to do normal engineering reports where you just put in the parameters and it does all the verbalization for you. But it can't amass data it hasn't been given. That's another concern ... how do you know the data you feed it will not leak outside your data security enclave? You don't. Exactly why I stay away from cloud storage as much as possible.
  • Nobel Peace Prize Laureate is….

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    @jon-nyc said in Nobel Peace Prize Laureate is….: Smart girl. [image: 1760119847208-img_8204.jpeg] she seems to be missing? off the grid? news conference with her in Oslo was cancelled...?
  • Did something new today…

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    MikM
    Yeah, when we bought our 2006 Odyssey I pooh-poohed Janet for wanting the heated seats. Now on our Murano I LOVE the heated seats and steering wheel.
  • Charlie Kirk Shot

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    jon-nycJ
    Me too. Though there is a minor caveat that he’s repeating what another person outlined. Still he must find it to be at least an intriguing possibility to forward it.
  • Move over, MLK Jr

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    @jon-nyc said in Move over, MLK Jr: Of which the geezers birthday isn’t one, yet.
  • The Netflix-Warner Bros acquisition is of Paramount Importance

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    jon-nycJ
    That reminds me of Steve Forbes (remember him?). He of course was the son of Malcom Forbes, the founder of the then-empire. He recognized the nepotism involved and once said in a debate something like ‘let’s just say I came to management’s attention rather early’.
  • And then there were 12

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    89th8
    I thought this was about JMU making the top 12 in college football playoffs