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Ahhh of course it was the Onion

I laughed. Am I going to hell? Or is it Mariott that’s going to hell…

I bought one of these and did not sleep all night even though I’m a regular coffee drinker and I’m convinced it’s some hypercaffeinated situation like the Panera drinks. They used to be regular iced coffee. Not buying them again.

That BBC statement was so enraging I had the momentary urge to downvote this post in order to downvote what I’d just read.

It’s not even loading for me (Vivaldi on Android). I ran it through Textized. It’s on the Verge alright… verge of unreadability 🙄

Ah yes, I grow these orange houseplants every year. Visitors definitely admire this species of lovely orange houseplant 😉

rest in peace 😞

Gladiator, I saw it opening weekend

Exactly

He’ll really do anything except the things we all know will bring the advertisers back.

Ah, the tao of internet

Stories like this are why I pay for an LA Times subscription. Support local newspapers!

It’s good to recognize that. Sometimes a job is something you do to fund the other things you want to do. Because the things you really want to do don’t pay anything!

Conservative TV commentators love dropping buzzwords, dog whistles, and conspiracy theories, to the point of incoherence. Dear god it’s been word clouds all along…

Great writeup!

Many good recommendations already. Mine are: Warhammer, namely the Horus Heresy, the first few books of which I’ve read. Only 51 more to go. Robert Heinlein, all of his books are in the same universe which is pretty neat. He has his issues but the world building is top notch and sustained across so many works.

I’d recommend looking into behavioral economics. It’s in very infant stages but has a lot of potential imo. And there is bleed over into experimental psychology.

No worries! :)

That is so awesome. Amen.

i’m an older millennial/younger gen x and i was raised by books and some truly great, saintly teachers. teachers can make such a difference, yall