i find using only lowercase annoying. good grammar is a good thing.
the case for lowercase
a certain kind of person writes in all lowercase now. why?
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i find using only lowercase annoying. good grammar is a good thing.
the case for lowercase
a certain kind of person writes in all lowercase now. why?
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A Russian Officer Turned Against His Country and Helped Ukraine Kill Hundreds.
The Defector: A Russian Officer Turned Against His Country and Helped Ukraine Kill Hundreds
One of the deadliest saboteurs in recent military history, Lt. Lev Stupnikov fed troop locations and battle plans to the enemy before making a daring escape.
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Furries and therians, things I never heard of until kids were in middle school. A long look at the two
Meet the Kids Who Identify as Animals
A rising subculture of kids says they don’t feel entirely human.
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The funniest thing to happen this election cycle, misspending $25k on the wrong Portland
Pro-Collins ads target wrong Portland in GOP super PAC mix-up
Ads promoting Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) appeared to target the wrong city of Portland in a Republican super PAC mix-up, running the advertisements in Oregon instead of Maine. “During a recent in…
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A deep dive into the role of hacked cameras in the wars in Ukraine, Israel and Iran. Super interesting
Video Cameras Are Everywhere—and Now They Are Being Hacked for War
The highly vulnerable devices have turned into tools for combatants to track, surveil and attack the enemy.
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The battle over the last independently-owned rooftop bleacher overlooking Wrigley Field in Chicago
Inside a Wrigleyville rooftop owner
Will the last holdout in Wrigleyville be able to stand up to the Chicago Cubs?
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With a click-bate-ish title and of a topic I would not normally read, this article was sweet and showed a new side of love. Well worth the short read.
L.A. Affairs: After Alzheimer’s, we were wife, husband and husband’s new girlfriend
It felt weird taking my husband and his girlfriend to the Rose Café in Venice. But Alzheimer’s had changed our marriage. Meanwhile, I was also having my own dates at the same cafe and exploring dating apps.
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Inside the Subreddit Where Men Share Their Dinners—And Their Most Intimate Feelings
A months-old subreddit called r/BoyDinnerDiaries has drawn over 4 million users and become a place for men to spill their guts. Why there and why now?
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The latest UK fight is over who gets to see the most famous tapestry in UK history, in the UK.
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If I had to work with the people referenced in this article, I would promptly quit. When co-workers start talking in AI prompt speak, rather than normal human language, what's the point. I also tried to get AI to write a post for this article but it failed to sense the irony in what I was trying to get it to do.
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I love a good buffet, haven't been to Golden Corral in years 🤔. Look at how inflation is impacting their business and the economics of the All you can eat.
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Since reading this article, I've decided to step up and proactively cook more dinners. I had no idea "what's for dinner" caused so much dred
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I'm not the reason there are HP printers in space, but I did get to watch them test print in zero G
What Astronauts Pack to Work From Space
For ISS astronauts, working in space is like any other job — that is, if you don’t mind dealing with microgravity.
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Best read of my day. I was really moved by the quote "a consumer is just as likely to trade off a night cream for another night cream as a night cream for a personal trainer." As customers face uncertainty, they are comparing costs against previously unrelated mental buckets - e.g., Yoga vs Skin cream. What does this mean for other businesses - at work we talk about not just beating our direct competitors, but all home tech purchases. The competition scope explodes & you need to be better
Why more companies are fighting over consumers' beauty, health and wellness spending
As consumers prioritize holistic retail purchases, beauty, health and wellness are increasingly converging into one category and one consumer budget.
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Middle. Managers are where corporate culture (good or bad) is created and built - the good ones are out there helping employees, enabling leaders, and improving processes.
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The hottest tech being stolen in China, blueberries!
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A deep dive look into Studio Ghibl, it heritage, how they make movies, what they're working on and how they are handling the transition from father-to-son
Studio Ghibli’s Biggest Secret Is What Comes Next
Hayao Miyazaki and his animators have had a legendary run of classics. They’re not in the biggest rush to make another.
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Broken CEO promises. During the early pandemic, CEOs promises to take pay cuts during worker furloughs and firings. Turns out for 3 mega health systems actually gave their CEOs raises instead (one saw a 4x increase in pay)
Thousands of St. Louis hospital workers lost their jobs in 2020. Their CEOs got raises
“There was not a reduction in pay for any of the top executives,” said St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Jacob Barker.
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A good write up of the point and purpose of Trumpalooza / Mid-term caucus happening in Dallas this week.
‘They will crawl over glass to vote for the president’: Trump needs to put himself on the ballot to juice the base
The president’s two-day midterm convention in Dallas is going to be the Trump show. Republicans are hoping the president will use it to turn out his voters.
politico.com
A fight for beer diversity at Oktoberfest
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Also, don't use Google maps on forest service roads, it doesn't know the quality of roadways 🚗 🛣️
Hiking this weekend? Avoid Google Maps, even Google says so | The Narwhal
With Labour Day long weekend, a B.C. hike is tempting. Here are some hiking apps and resources a search-and-rescue officer recommends over Google Maps
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I live in a neighborhood of everyday millionaires, and it's a lot of fun to learn what everyone does. Some are fellow desk jockeys, others started their own metalwork or HVAC businesses, there are a few firemen with side gigs, there are doctors & lawyers, and plenty of other hardworking folks. There are also many that inherited their wealth and at 40+ have never really held a job.
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Is you NA beer actually free of alcohol? Not if it says "non-alcoholic". Hmm...
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80 years at the same employer, that's amazing.
Azriel Blackman, Airline Mechanic for 80 Years, Dies at 100
With a career commemorated by Guinness World Records, he started as an apprentice in 1942 and worked on a panoply of propeller-driven and jet aircraft until he retired in 2022.
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Leon Black provided the hundreds of millions of dollars that Jeffery Epstein used to become a billion (and a serial child molester). The wsj looks at Black's history since Apollo but fails to uncover why he paid Epstein so much money
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Finally an ugly shirt with a practical purpose - design the perfect shirt to beat ai recognition systems
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At one point, we had boomer neighbors who smoked pot, often, and it kept us out of our backyard because the smell was so intense. I feel for these folks
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Gator wrangling! Can't go wrong
Florida Has Sentenced Some Alligators to a Terrible Fate. No One Realizes Exactly How Horrifying It Is. I Went There to Find Out.
In the manicured suburbs of Florida, the American alligator is facing a strange existential crisis.
slate.com
I'm really conflicted at the thought of a surprise location vacation. Id probably end up in Vegas and not be excited
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I got to say, that after reading this article - she seems like she was a bitch (as she admits she was). It's good to take a beat before submitting.
How I became the villain of El Cerrito’s Nextdoor
“I had a panic attack. Then I wrote an apology letter.”
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I loved reading the Lord of the Ring books, but marking Dobby's grave and being seriously attached to it is not something I thought would be such a big deal
Harry Potter fans force power link diversion to avoid Dobby's grave
Potter fans complained after a project manager suggested cables would go under the grave in a BBC interview.
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Flock it. Improper use of the system is likely occuring way more than being disclosed. The innocuous "let me test it on a friend" is still misuse
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I struggle to get reservations at even regular restaurants, now I know why - the credit cards, the various platforms...
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Reminding everyone, soccer still happens after the world cup is over!
Premier League: Why do the world's best footballers move elsewhere?
Vinicius Jr chose to stay at Real Madrid, but why does the Premier League rarely attract global superstars at their peak?
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What do congressional and Presidential campaigns with their extra cash? Invest it! Sometimes accumulating millions even after the candidates are done with public office or dead.
How Politicians Living and Dead Play the Stock Market With Campaign Cash
Opaque investments boost lawmakers’ campaign coffers with little public oversight.
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Shout out to all the Iranian Jews, and all the other brotheren living in challenging environents
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Govt subsidized groceries in food deserts can be a societal benefit, but forcing a 30% discount is charging the whole city for discounts to others
Mamdani's city-owned supermarkets will fight the one force no city has ever beaten: the market | Fortune
The mayor's $70 million supermarket plan ignores the outdated zoning law that created New York's food deserts in the first place.
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Glad I got my robo-vacuum while I could. I've evangelized them ever since deploying mine, but have continued to worry about security
Trump’s Robot Vacuum Ban Sucks for Everyone
An FCC ban focuses on manufacturing instead of actual security, and consumers might pay the price.
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Building on last weekend's Hall of Fame induction ceremony, thoughts from HoF voters on what future pitchers need to make it into Cooperstown.
MLB HOF voters rethink pitching in modern era
When Tim Kurkjian talks about starting pitching, he doesn’t begin with numbers and analytics. The longtime ESPN baseball writer starts with the games he watched as a kid.
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Only 469 more Seabird followers before I qualify :) "The Latest Darlings of Social-Media Marketing? Regular People With 500 Followers"
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It's not just you, there are fewer kids and families in your town. The US and other Western countries are seeing lower birthrates and a decreasing number of kids. What's the solution, I don't know, but affordability is always mentioned. I also blame the lack of arranged marriages 😉
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These numbers are a bit shocking, but when you spend on a movie, you don't see some of that money back. It's time for better guidelines and limits on sports betting, the way we have guardrails on casinos
Gambling becomes America's favorite pastime as Americans spend more on sports bets than movies, arts, museums, and music combined | Fortune
Americans wagered $166 billion on sports last year, more than Hollywood, the music industry, books, and museums combined.
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My belief, you should just wear sunscreen. But, it took people I know 70+ years and a cancer diagnosis to come to this determination
Inside the Rise of the Anti-Sunscreen Movement
Sunscreen is in the middle of a PR crisis, with skeptics claiming it’s hazardous to your health. Experts dismiss the claims as misinformation, but has the damage already been done? MH investigates.
menshealth.com
A quick look at the last cheap buffets in Las Vegas
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He seen in nearly every game, the one man making an appearance at nearly all of the FIFA World Cup games... The AP looked at Infantino's crazy flight record. Only thing missing, a map to show his crazy amount of flights
The flight hours and miles of World Cup travels of FIFA's Infantino in numbers
FIFA President Gianni Infantino got some serious air time over the course of the 2026 World Cup. The head of world soccer's governing body crisscrossed North America for matches and meetings during the tournament's most far-flung edition ever.
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The struggle is real... The fight to make a $9.99 product. For my work, it's the fight for a device at $49.99
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Just saying, I've been bald maxxing for 10 years!
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A really great look at the legacy of Dr Seuss, the ups and downs, as we prepare for the 70th anniversary of Green Eggs and Ham
What to do with Dr. Seuss? How he changed childhoods and left a complicated legacy.
Dr. Seuss forever changed children's books. But controversial sketches left his estate grappling with how to preserve his complicated legacy.
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Interesting perspective on synthetic samplings and research and the implications. I don't know that I fully agree, but predicting what I'm going to say doesn't necessarily give you an understanding of why I'm saying it (even if you can predict why)
AI can predict how you’ll respond to a survey. But that’s not the same as understanding you
‘Silicon sampling’ promises easy answers to tough questions about human behaviour – but the reality is more complicated.
theconversation.com
I visited this office before IBM closed it down. It was dated, and I'm surprised they left so much office furniture in the space. If I'm up there, I'll have to sneak in and check it out!
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