I spoke with Senator McConnell for 20 minutes today and he shared a truly marvelous demonstration of Fermat's Last Theorem that this skeet is, sadly, too narrow to contai

If you are in line to speak to Mitch McConnell for 20 minutes today STAY IN LINE

I spoke with Senator McConnell for 20 minutes today and he shared a truly marvelous demonstration of Fermat's Last Theorem that this skeet is, sadly, too narrow to contai

We are likely going to close this application v soon so if you have been procrastinating, please do it nownownow

Really this is no way to treat the country that is home to a FIFA Peace Prize winner

If I am reading this right FIFA has announced that Platner will still compete

I saw a screenshot out of the corner of my eye as I scrolled yesterday and as a result my brain has been helpfully replaying Michael Bolton singing "This is the TALE of Captain Jack Sparrow!!" periodically for the last day *shakes fist*

The 4th of July is my favorite holiday not because of all the rah-rah stuff, but because it is a holiday with absolutely no expectations about how you spend it. Go see friends? See family? Not see family? Cook out? Sleep? Go hiking in wilderness? All equally valid, no rules

Til your fingernails are just trying to hold on to the moon

Dear publicist: thank you for your offer of an interview with a world renowned numerologist about "understanding of numeric energies." The topic does not meet the editorial needs of Science Friday at this time.

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Have you all seen how cute the micrographs are of the algae that's causing all this fuss?? Just a Little Guy!! www.inaturalist.org/taxa/326269-.... (This image by Zihao Wang, lots more in the link)

And on the pool liner these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that reflecting pool, algal green, The lone and level Mall stretches far away.

Going to start just getting up and walking out of meetings for a few minutes and when they ask why... Hydration break

And on the pool liner these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that reflecting pool, algal green, The lone and level Mall stretches far away.

Algae All Day

But I just heard "Those ships are flowing out of the Hormuz Strait like nobody's ever seen before, actually. There were a lot of them, about 700 of them and they're pouring out and the oil is all over the place."

Can someone make a site that automatically takes a snapshot of the reflecting pool, analyzes it, then displays other items of a matching hue plus the correct pantone swatch and hex color code Backing music can be Bing Crosby singing 'How Green Was My Valley'

Unfortunately we are currently more likely to get it filled with pudding for a jello-wrestling tournament

Dear store web site designers: please make your search function prioritize looking for *all* the search terms. If I search for a 9 inch springform cake pan, I do not want 4 inch or 10 inch springform pans, I don't want 9inch pans that are not springform, etc. I asked for a specific thing

They said, what about Versailles. It's a weird word, Versailles. It has Ls in it but - not many people know this - they don't say the Ls. I said, treaty, Versailles. Let's sign it. And now they're talking about Versailles like never before, very big and strong

Local squirrel: I can remember for months just where I buried that snack Also local squirrel: I cannot remember for 2 minutes whether or not I like tomatoes so I will take a bite out of this one just to check.... Hmm guess I don't like tomatoes.

Is there any place that makes custom Magic 8 Balls? I want one with the options -deal is imminent -the best deal -strait is open -open the strait -we'll see -two weeks away -destruction soon -war is over -we won the war -we are not at war -but Vietnam -total annihilation -peace is here

They don't want you to notice that the World Cup is an incredibly bad cup, how are you supposed to fit any slushies or smoothies in there at all? The thing is convex not concave

Once upon a time really rich people would use funds to help Make An Art but now the modern goal seems to be 'create the most restrictive HOA possible'

Science writers discuss the importance of basic research without using the GLP-1/lizard spit example Challenge

Everyone please remember to go punch a Nazi in observance of this anniversary

Can one buy souvenir slivers of the letters, the way people sold Berlin wall chunks Cast the metal from the letters into commemorative coins

Is the GOP elephant canonically an African or Asian elephant? Or some secret other thing

Dear Brands, there is really no reason to add a soccer ball image to your package design Even if the world cup is going on I do not specifically need to eat only snacks with soccer ball images When in the snack section I do not ask 'which of these snacks has a soccer ball on the package?'

Something I (a not very sports knowing person) am confused about: In NY, the world cup stuff is at Met Life Stadium. It has a fixed capacity. There have been sold-out events there in the past. Those events did not require weeks of flashing road signs, drastically altered train service. Why now?

Is there any place that makes custom Magic 8 Balls? I want one with the options -deal is imminent -the best deal -strait is open -open the strait -we'll see -two weeks away -destruction soon -war is over -we won the war -we are not at war -but Vietnam -total annihilation -peace is here

You're only a *real* New Yorker if you're a river of 25,000 gallons of psychomagnotheric slime flowing through the old pneumatic tube tunnels

Daughter was listening to some Renaissance-era choral polyphony and Spotify helpfuly suggested she try instead a playlist of lo-fi beats and now we are trying to imagine lo-fi Renaissance beats

Our state fair is a great state fair Don't miss it, don't even be late It's dollars to doughnuts that our state fair Is the best state fair in our state

Researching smoke detectors (an exciting night, I know!) and intrigued by the power options listed by Walmart. Sure, they have battery and corded electric versions. But they also apparently offer smoke detectors with 'hydraulic' and 'manual' powering

Attention: this is a Good Evening Alert. It is a good evening to sit out on a porch/deck/stoop/park bench etc and have a beverage and maybe look at the moon, or that dog going by, or say hi to a neighbor, or whatever. This concludes this Good Evening Alert. Thank you.

This morning I decided to Be Responsible and schedule a physical. Looking at the office portal, I see my usual physician has her next appointment...in September. Ok, fine. I call the office, confirm that, and so decide to schedule an appt with another doc in the office.

Is it wrong that I very much want to own this magnificent mug

Last year I planted oregano in a few places and it survived the winter and now is approaching smol bush size. There is... A Lot Of Oregano. Other than put it in small baggies and sell it at the local school, what are good recipes for using up large quantities of oregano?

A guy just got out of his car and pressed the key fob to lock it, resulting in a 'boop-bip!' Was immediately answered by a mockingbird (?? Idk) with the corresponding 'bip-boop!' Man looks confused

HAVE we always been at war with Eastasia? The answer may surprise you!

Let us take our search product, which was so good and dominant that its name became synonymous for 'web search,' and make it unable to deal with common English words

Yay: thunderstorm brought temps down. Boo: storm broke the tiny trunk of my new persimmon tree sapling. Now attempting an intervention involving splints and tape, wish me luck

I do not want to chat with apps. I do not want to chat with Maps. I do not want AI in Meet. I do not want to chat with Sheets. I do not want...

Today in misdirected email: a poll about what to do about the Swedish music school graduation because a circus has come to town and *someone has bought a ticket*!!! However, almost everyone has responded to the organizer about food, good job

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