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@Copper Sorry for that, but I can't open the article a second time because of... paywall ️

It wasn’t a factor when we grew up.

We knew all this going in and greed got the best of the powers that be. Look at the lottery craze at the end of the 19th century.

Uh huh.

Apparently he found something "horrible" today. I hope it wasn't a big turd floating in a golden toilet. That would be enough to put anybody off their lunch.

@Doctor-Phibes said in Confirmed: @Tom-K said in Confirmed: He was named after Mehmed the Conqueror.* Interesting. I'd assumed he was named after the character in the Judy Garland movie. You can just imagine RFK,Jr. at some sort of Senate inquiry about Medicare saying: "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!"

All those big brains aren't cheap.

Best comment: They won’t go after Iran today, everyone would think it’s a joke.

If they reduce the debt, and balance the budget, it is worth it.

Sam's Club just announced they will be sunsetting physical cards, relying on their ap instead. Membership sharing cards was their reason.

What are the inputs? Did you have to upload your photos?

@89th said in The dancing clown Bill Burr: I said stop at 1:20! I've never been good at following instructions. Just ask my wife. I really liked Bill Burr's response. This is what everybody should do.

@Axtremus said in The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Their War Plans: Gmail ... https://www.axios.com/2025/04/01/mike-waltz-signal-gmail-security Much ado about nothing.

Mark Cuban dropped his new Skynet Skylight app today as an alternative to Tik Tok. It is in beta mode and lacks some of the features of Tik Tok - but it also permits people to use such triggering words as "kill" as opposed to "unaliving". The content is neither as youthful (teens dancing videos) or instructional (oil industry news) so far - but we'll see where it is in a week.

There is nothing RT could say about Donald Trump that wouldn't be framed as a dunk on Trump.

Ay up, lads, t'natives 'ave figured out 'ow te speak like us fork wi' use of that there A I. Ah reck'n we maat need to change 'ow we tauk a'gin.

I’ll check it out.

Maybe that was just his way of saying ‘no’.

Yeah, great… Heh, heh…