Here's to 2026!
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The year we finally send humans back around the moon!
Also, the Olympics.
Also... an extra long summer! Just learned about the phenomenon where every 5-10 years there is a summer where memorial day is as early as possible, and labor day is as late as possible, resulting int like 106 days of summer, instead of the normal 98 or 99 days. I only found this out because the cabin we rent "the first full week of august" had us staying August 8-15, so I emailed the owner and they explained the fluke they have to plan around every few years.
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The year we finally send humans back around the moon!
Also, the Olympics.
Also... an extra long summer! Just learned about the phenomenon where every 5-10 years there is a summer where memorial day is as early as possible, and labor day is as late as possible, resulting int like 106 days of summer, instead of the normal 98 or 99 days. I only found this out because the cabin we rent "the first full week of august" had us staying August 8-15, so I emailed the owner and they explained the fluke they have to plan around every few years.
@89th said in Here's to 2026!:
Also, the Olympics.
and the World Cup, which I'm not looking forward to much - Gillette stadium is right on my drive to work.
I was only joking
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And a new trove of cultural treasures entering public domain:
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/26/nx-s1-5649395/public-domain-2026-copyright-betty-boop-pluto
List of works curated by Duke Law School:
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@89th said in Here's to 2026!:
Also, the Olympics.
and the World Cup, which I'm not looking forward to much - Gillette stadium is right on my drive to work.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Here's to 2026!:
@89th said in Here's to 2026!:
and the World Cup, which I'm not looking forward to much - Gillette stadium is right on my drive to work.
I dont think that there is any chance of that happening.
German soccer federation executive Oke Göttlich is calling for talks about a boycott amidst U.S. President Donald Trump's recent actions.
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Probably deserved but would be perceived as too much of an escalation in European capitals. Plus they are democracies and their citizens love the World Cup. If Trump invaded Greenland that would be another story.
@jon-nyc said in Here's to 2026!:
Probably deserved but would be perceived as too much of an escalation in European capitals. Plus they are democracies and their citizens love the World Cup. If Trump invaded Greenland that would be another story.
Maybe the Nobel Committee could agree to stage a rival tournament in its place.
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