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It really is little more than an extravagantly expensive distraction for all parties concerned. But that seems to be what the current WH Administration is all about. Extravagance and distraction.

Yeah it’s a bit of small-c conservatism that has served us well overall.

@jon-nyc said in Gen Z - dating for free meals: People dated you? Did they know? The great thing about old people's homes is that every date is a first date!

I see that as inherent, having never valued hard work over smart work.

He gets style points for creative ways to make a living.

Any word on when TXSE will start up? Supposedly the infrastructure was laid months ago and the rumor was early 2026…

Somehow I can't quite fantom that the US is about the same as Malaysia or Romania. On the other hand free countries are all about equal, you're free to go where ever you can go.

An implicit admission that they are glorified babysitters.

Drinking to forget.

I could possibly see it to try and protect local stores from Amazon, but this actually hurts local restaurants and other businesses that provide local delivery.

Zeroing in on Florida: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/us/obamacare-price-spikes-lost-subsidies-threaten-florida.html As many as a third of the 4.7 million Floridians on Affordable Care Act plans could drop them next year because of the higher costs, … And, no, Florida is not a Medicaid expansion state.

He’s right though.

Wow, that’s going to be embarrassing when the military actually gets paid on the 15th.

It's somewhat touched upon but not addresed directly in the video. So here's the answer. I looked into a few examples of elements named after Western people, like Einsteinium, Bohrium, Copernicium (more at https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=18877 ) and found this general pattern: The Chinese naming is phono semantic. The radical part of the character reflects the physical property (e.g. "metal") and the phonetic element that sounds like the element's international name. Take Bohrium, for example, named after Neils Bohr, the Chinese name is 𨨏. The radical part on the left, 金, indicates "metal." The phonetic part of the right, 波, is pronounced "bo" in Mandarin, close enough to the start of "Bohrium." Another example, Oganesson, named after Yuri Oganessian, the Chinese name is 鿫. The radical part on the top is 气, indicating "gas." The phonetic part below, 奥, is pronounced "ào" in Mandarin, close enough to the start of "Oganesson."

I reject your premise that something has to be bad, or even real. for there to be a book written about it.

https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/37316/the-evil-of-sports-book/16?_=1759799120892

She was interviewed on NPR yesterday. Her English was top notch, and her understanding of women's issues in Japan was very thorough and thoughtful. I'm sure she will be good for the nation.

The posts may have been racist, or, more chillingly, transphobic. I will withhold judgement, pending further information. The sentence may or may not be inappropriate.