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Learning the CN Tower is 3x the height of the Space Needle is the most I've learned watching baseball, like, ever
The Norwegian Parliament (committee) chooses the Peace Prize recipient, though
My new question is "Jamiroquai is a group?"
"I'm reminded of how Hemingway said, 'people go bankrupt gradually, and then suddenly.' The Roman political systems had been in a state of degradation for years, decades, generations, even, but then the whole thing collapsed in on itself in a matter of months."
-HistoricaCivilis
youtu.be/Sj2UksH_nSI
Caesar as King? (45 to 44 B.C.E.)
YouTube video by Historia Civilis
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I see those stories about Vermonters begging us to cross the border again and like guys I can forgive and forget, forgive and not forget, not forgive and not forget, but before either forgiving or forgetting, there is the prerequisite of _not doing the thing_
I get the impulse but you’re not going to undo the damage of electing Trump with one weird trick. Absolution only follows penance
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"American oil sanctions forces Japan into Pearl Harbor" is true and seems like a compelling argument until you learn literally anything about why America put those oil sanctions in place
The funniest thing about Ishimaru Shinji quitting his party so they're gonna use an LLM leader is I could've sworn Team Mirai was already doing that and I'm shocked they got beaten to the punch.
Now I also think of babby
I can still travel to Guan if I want to hang? I don't have H-1B
Hebah on #Jeopardy today is a "social media moderator" ["Oh no!"] who is a PhD candidate in "horror studies" ["Oh her job is for research!"]
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For Americans who want a play-by-play of what an authoritarian transition looks like in the 2020s, I strongly recommend catching up on what’s been happening in national security-era Hong Kong.

One of the first shots fired in the ongoing crackdown was cancelling a comedy show for “insulting police.”
支持中央人民政府继续捍卫(美国)人民固有基本权利!
Comedians in China still allowed to make fun of US government.
CNN @cnn.com · 28d
JUST IN: Disney’s ABC is taking Jimmy Kimmel’s late night talk show off the air indefinitely amid a controversy over his recent comments about Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer. https://cnn.it/3VmUl9n
This is the best demonym in Canada, and it's not even close www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/writing-t...
People from Smithers, British Columbia, are Smithereens
A man of culture, I see
Infamous map by former Twitter user Ironghazi showing the lower 48 of the United States with outline maps of all seven continents within, implying the US is bigger than the combined area of all continents (including North America)
Bryan Johnson in a couple years
"Ah, but we didn't get around to sending the alert until six hours after we knew about it."
Today’s Final #jeopardy was “Today, Spelling Matters”

I knew the correct response!

Unfortunately, I only know it in Chinese?!
Dearly departed Haru Urara:
日本語:ハルウララ
中文:春麗 (Chun-Li)
@aohsusometimesy.bsky.social I’ve made this observation before about the Kobayashi Maru.
The kicker is 小林丸 is read in Japanese as entirely kun'yomi.
There are seven guys at the gym incl myself wearing blue tees and black shorts
You’re not wrong. How else does everyone seem to know who is Mamdani

(Although I do have to check the spelling every time)