Made the mistake of perusing business books in the Concourse B bookstore and then saw a lady with a kid rock throw blanket. Feeling a little nauseous.
We missed out on tickets to Fourth of July fireworks at Mount Rushmore. I’m sure there was enormous demand, but…
WIRED@wired.com · 3mo agoThe government recreation website Rec .gov was supposed to make access to public lands more equitable and streamlined. Instead, it’s rife with bots and inequality, while a government contractor benefits.
The world needs a new Morton Downey Jr.
Rav@rvbdrm.com · 4mo agoWE NEED BAD IRRELEVANT TAKES IMMEDIATELY FLOOD THE TIMELINE
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60 Minutes@60minutes.bsky.social · 8mo agoAn Editor’s Note from 60 Minutes
A bit of dissonance: in Chicago for biznass and an ice ad airs during a Colbert episode, trying to lure local law enforcement, who are, of course, dedicated Colbert viewers, to the dark side.
A late summer run for NPR's @brianmannadk.bsky.social featured an abundance of ripe, wild berries and a dip in the river.
A trail run with blackberries and late summer flowers on Oregon's Sauvie Island
A late summer run for NPR's Brian Mann featured an abundance of ripe, wild berries and a dip in the river.
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Just awful. Love this town and these kids. Not to sound like the infamous Onion story, but this has got to stop.
CNN@cnn.com · 11mo agoJUST IN: Three people are in critical condition after a shooting at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to St. Anthony’s Hospital. https://cnn.it/46fImzg
Two years I wrote about how Iron Sheik was a much realer Real American than Hulk Hogan. I didn’t include specifics about Hulk Hogan, but you can see where a paragraph about Hogan’s Peter Thiel-funded anti-free speech lawsuit against Gawker would fit. www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture...
Remembering the Iron Sheik
On American TV in the 1980s, the only Iranian who was a bigger star than Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri was Ayatollah Khomeini.
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Makers Mark and anti malarial drugs are an interesting and not necessarily bad combination.
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When Joel Runnels graduated from college, he followed the age-old tradition of young people who don’t quite know what they want to do with their lives, which is to say he applied to the Peace Corps.…
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How would Sam Worley fix Atlanta? As the effects of climate change become more pronounced, ATL is getting absolutely swamped. We need more green infrastructure, we need it now, and we need to do it in a way that doesn’t displace vulnerable residents. how-id-fix-atlanta.ghost.io/how-sam-worl...
How Sam Worley Would Fix Atlanta
How I’d Fix Atlanta — Let Water In, Let Longtime Residents Stay Put Sam Worley A decade ago, a design firm hired to suggest solutions to persistent flooding in Southeast Atlanta pitched one from left...
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