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[Ep. 3 of The Bans, a Pitt spin-off set in St Albans, VT]

"And that's how I wound up in the Maple Syrup Capital of the world. I stayed on, married a local. He works at the petting zoo."

"The one next to the 4 million gallon syrup tank?"

"Yep, 'Ol' Creaky.' The goats find its eminence soothing."
January 24, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Found! The Spanish artist José Manuel Ballester made them www.josemanuelballester.com/ingles/Inici...
JOSE MANUEL BALLESTER
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January 14, 2026 at 10:03 PM
We're about 8 years out now from Scott Alexander telling his SV/VC readership that virtually everyone would benefit from cadging a prescription to Adderall, which is no riskier than "eating one extra strip of bacon per day"

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Adderall Risks: Much More Than You Wanted To Know
[Previously in series: Antidepressant Pharmacogenomics: Much More Than You Wanted To Know; SSRIs: Much More Than You Wanted To Know, etc. This is all preliminary and you should not take it as a rea…
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November 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This weekend only, Jersey Mike's celebrates 230 years of great sandwiches with a special sub honoring its first patron, Vice-Admiral Philippe d'Auvergne. "Le Vrai Duc" recreates his go-to order of mutton, pickled onions, and horseradish
November 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Mosaic of Pope Gelasius I grimacing politely as a fan of the Greens presents him with an authorized Faustinus racing tunic
November 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
$180 character breakfast with Lumiere and Cogsworth
October 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
There are a disproportionate number of Disney movies in this space (Pollyanna, So Dear to My Heart, Pete's Dragon, Summer Magic, etc.) because Walt had a sentimental fixation on the turn of the century, and he was willing to pay the huge production premiums to resurrect that world
May 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
If only the Buddha could have heard Tim Ferriss talk to Peter Attia about Alexis Ohanian talking to Derek Sivers about Seth Godin talking to Balaji Srinivasan about AGI, entrepreneurship, and longevity. It would have changed his life
April 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The Buddha was NPC-coded and non-agentic. The Buddha was your classic low decoupler, real 110 IQ hours. The Buddha's macros were all fucked up.
April 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
How Adaptation ends with Charlie Kaufman calling his mom to inform her that the straightforwardly masculine version of himself is dead
April 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A woman – riven with disease –
And from loss reeling quite –
Attempts to reassemble all
The fragments – of her mind –
February 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I think it's more Pat's world atm, and we're only living in it until he decides to class us as barbers
February 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM