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My answer is, “Why would retailers be different from anyone else?” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/b...
Gen X-ers Have Money to Spend. Why Are Retailers Ignoring Them?
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
My answer is, “Why would retailers be different from anyone else?” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/b...
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The territory Ukrainians hold is Ukraine.
Putin: “When Ukrainians troops withdraw from the territories they hold, then we will cease hostilities; If they don’t leave, we will achieve this by military means “
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The territory Ukrainians hold is Ukraine.
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The designer of Mouse Trap, Rock'em Sock'em Robots, Lite Brite, and many other toys has passed away.
What a legacy of joy!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
What a legacy of joy!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
Burt Meyer, 99, Dies; Made Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The designer of Mouse Trap, Rock'em Sock'em Robots, Lite Brite, and many other toys has passed away.
What a legacy of joy!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
What a legacy of joy!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
I would help pup up the Starlink dish in the gusty cold wind but I’m trapped.
November 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I would help pup up the Starlink dish in the gusty cold wind but I’m trapped.
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he met 4 trans women for lunch and banned polyamory what did they tell him
In a new doctrinal note, Pope Leo and the Vatican sharply reject polygamy and growing Western polyamory, praising monogamy as an exclusive union between one man and one woman.
Pope Leo and the Vatican reject polygamy in sweeping doctrinal praise of monogamy
In a new doctrinal note, Pope Leo and the Vatican sharply reject polygamy and growing Western polyamory, praising monogamy as an exclusive union between one man and one woman.
www.sltrib.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
he met 4 trans women for lunch and banned polyamory what did they tell him
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Ahead of launching a war on Venezuela, the US would like to announce that no one in Venezuela should help US forces, it'd be stupid to do so, the US will denigrate you and screw you over no matter how much you help, and blame you if even one Venezuelan who also helped the US ever does something bad.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ahead of launching a war on Venezuela, the US would like to announce that no one in Venezuela should help US forces, it'd be stupid to do so, the US will denigrate you and screw you over no matter how much you help, and blame you if even one Venezuelan who also helped the US ever does something bad.
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Voyager 1 Is About to Reach One Light-day from Earth
Voyager 1 Is About to Reach One Light-day from Earth
After nearly 50 years in space, NASA’s Voyager 1 is about to hit a historic milestone. By November 15, 2026, it will be 16.1 billion miles (25.9 billion km)
scienceclock.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Voyager 1 Is About to Reach One Light-day from Earth
I think I’ve been on that site.
My brother suggested a particularly horrifying fusion of social-media sites: NextGlassDoor.
November 27, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I think I’ve been on that site.
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Generative AI is a Dunning-Kruger accelerator, it enables people who know next to nothing about a subject believe they are more capable than experts.
We are going to see some remarkable failures stemming from this phenomenon.
We are going to see some remarkable failures stemming from this phenomenon.
November 26, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Generative AI is a Dunning-Kruger accelerator, it enables people who know next to nothing about a subject believe they are more capable than experts.
We are going to see some remarkable failures stemming from this phenomenon.
We are going to see some remarkable failures stemming from this phenomenon.
Mayor Bowser says it was a targeted attack. Both National Guard are in the ICU. Both were wearing armor.
November 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Mayor Bowser says it was a targeted attack. Both National Guard are in the ICU. Both were wearing armor.
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![On the Media's Breaking News Consumer's Handbook:
1. In the immediate aftermath, news outlets will get it wrong.
2. Don't trust anonymous sources.
3. Don't trust stories that cite another news outlet as the source of the information.
4. There's almost never a second shooter.
5. Pay attention to the language the media uses.
• “We are getting reports”… could mean anything.
• “We are seeking confirmation”… means they don’t have it.
• “[News outlet] has learned”… means it has a scoop or is going out on limb.
6. Look for news outlets close to the incident.
7. Compare multiple sources.
8. Big news brings out the fakers. And photoshoppers.
9. Beware reflexive retweeting. Some of this is on you.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qjoddtmp5jxzkzvt3hoqz3tt/bafkreigi2e6uxrt67htjbrfcmtpbasfuz4jvetyyecnqvxxyt45zile72y@jpeg)
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It is that time of the year for the WGOW Shipping Turkey Drop.
Over to you Johnnie and Les!
youtu.be/BGFtV6-ALoQ?...
Over to you Johnnie and Les!
youtu.be/BGFtV6-ALoQ?...
WKRP Turkey Drop
YouTube video by Brian Henigin
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
It is that time of the year for the WGOW Shipping Turkey Drop.
Over to you Johnnie and Les!
youtu.be/BGFtV6-ALoQ?...
Over to you Johnnie and Les!
youtu.be/BGFtV6-ALoQ?...
An astonishingly large number of people on this site seem to think that the British Broadcasting Corporation is an American company that would most likely be sued for libel in America, and not a British company that would be sued in Britain.
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
An astonishingly large number of people on this site seem to think that the British Broadcasting Corporation is an American company that would most likely be sued for libel in America, and not a British company that would be sued in Britain.
@kairyssdal.bsky.social I thought the reports weren’t released because the data for them wasn’t gathered during the shutdown, wouldn’t that also mean that the data for the gdp estimate wasn’t gathered either?
After ousting the BLS director and scrapping the October jobs and inflation reports, Trump is now canceling release of the advance Q3 GDP estimate.
Trump doesn't mind turning the lights off on the economy because he’d rather Americans not know how badly it’s doing under him.
Trump doesn't mind turning the lights off on the economy because he’d rather Americans not know how badly it’s doing under him.
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
@kairyssdal.bsky.social I thought the reports weren’t released because the data for them wasn’t gathered during the shutdown, wouldn’t that also mean that the data for the gdp estimate wasn’t gathered either?
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The distant universe might be littered with supermassive stars between 1000 and 10,000 times the mass of the sun, which could solve a cosmic mystery about the origins of extremely large black holes
Astronomers may have glimpsed evidence of the biggest stars ever seen
The distant universe might be littered with supermassive stars between 1000 and 10,000 times the mass of the sun, which could solve a cosmic mystery about the origins of extremely large black holes
www.newscientist.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The distant universe might be littered with supermassive stars between 1000 and 10,000 times the mass of the sun, which could solve a cosmic mystery about the origins of extremely large black holes
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When your cat takes the family photo.
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
When your cat takes the family photo.
This thread is almost as much fun as yesterday’s thanksgiving disasters thread.
All that I ask is that when I approach my 70s I don't suddenly become one of those science fiction writers who writes embarrassingly horny prose about nipple-spunged space swingers banging everyone but the dog for two-thirds of the novel
Think how much weirder your books will get
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This thread is almost as much fun as yesterday’s thanksgiving disasters thread.
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The only sure way to avoid doing it later is starting it NOW NOW NOW! Quick do it before @wilwheaton.net pays off his mortgage and doesn’t need narration gigs!!
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The only sure way to avoid doing it later is starting it NOW NOW NOW! Quick do it before @wilwheaton.net pays off his mortgage and doesn’t need narration gigs!!
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There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening.
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
A third infant has died in Kentucky, KYDPH adds:
“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
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“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
s3.amazonaws.com/nursing-netw...
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening.
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
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Since it's not just food bloggers getting screwed but also large media companies with lots of lawyers and lobbyists, I do not see how this one-sided situation can persist in a political sense. Google's leaders are delusional if they think they can keep shrugging off these complaints.
November 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Since it's not just food bloggers getting screwed but also large media companies with lots of lawyers and lobbyists, I do not see how this one-sided situation can persist in a political sense. Google's leaders are delusional if they think they can keep shrugging off these complaints.
And given that there are more guns than people in the US I suspect option 3 is extremely likely, and not just his family, either. A modern American version of the Reign of Terror isn’t improbable.
We know this is a bid for authoritarian governance and at this point it is clear it is failing
We know in other countries, such failures generally end with "and then he fled to Russia" or "and then he went to trial" or "and then he and his entire family were murdered."
Why would we be different?
We know in other countries, such failures generally end with "and then he fled to Russia" or "and then he went to trial" or "and then he and his entire family were murdered."
Why would we be different?
November 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
And given that there are more guns than people in the US I suspect option 3 is extremely likely, and not just his family, either. A modern American version of the Reign of Terror isn’t improbable.
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Democracy dies in dampness
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Democracy dies in dampness