🧵 I was in second grade when we were led outside on a slightly chilly afternoon to take part in a class activity. We were excited because our usually strict parochial school had allowed us to ditch our everyday uniforms and play dress up.
We looked out at the expanse of the parking lot which ordinarily served as our only playground. The usually foreboding lot, known as The Blacktop, was calm that day with no spots of random gooey tar that would melt the bottom of shoes.
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But Democrats were quick to paint Friday’s move as an acknowledgement that Trump’s policies were hurting American pocketbooks.
“President Trump is finally admitting what we always knew: his tariffs are raising prices for the American people,” Virginia Democratic Rep.
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Streamers are raising prices at an astonishing rate — here’s how much more you’re paying
So much for cutting cords and cutting your costs.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
She let me give her a good bath only because she had to.
Clean and relaxed she is content to curl up and sleep wherever she can find a spot. I tried to get her to check out the sunset with me but she said to go ahead without her
Nobody took pictures but I can tell she had a good time.
#Summer #DogsOfMastodon
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President Donald Trump sued by preservationists seeking reviews and congressional approval for ballroom project
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/12/trump-sued-ballroom-project/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Cleveland Browns at Chicago Bears: 3 Props to Play
The Chicago Bears may not have had a winning weekend against the Green Bay Packers, but that doesn’t mean yours truly didn’t! Our winning ways returned thisBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Can this be two different blooms? One looks pollenless to me. - All For Gardening
The first photo shows one bloom, the second another. They look different to me, even though the same color. Just curious…Gardener (All For Gardening)
Bear Family selling its McDonald’s chain; owner to launch new K9 Resort franchises
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Republican's Kristi Noem is blaming subordinates for not hitting arrest quotas. They say her adviser is monitoring their emails.
nbcnews.com/politics/national-…
Some DHS officials have threatened to quit and are concerned their emails are being monitored, sources say.
#Trump #Noem #Republicans #GOP #DHS #press
Rising tensions and finger-pointing at DHS amid pressure to ramp up deportations
WASHINGTON — White House pressure to ramp up deportations has sparked rising tension and finger-pointing inside the Department of Homeland Security, with the agency’s secretary, Kristi Noem, and her top adviser blaming subordinates for not hitting ar…Julia Ainsley (NBC News)
My wife enjoyed telling her American classmates that for the price of MYR 1 (US$0.24) she can have many healthcare services
Astounding vol. 34, no. 2 (October 1944)
Love the painterly qualities of this.
It's cool to see a space ship, if that's what it is, in a natural setting. This is rather transgressive, like when that Star Wars trailer had X-wings flying over water and light-sabre fights in a forest.
Original magazine: archive.org/details/Astounding…
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Astounding v34n02 (1944 10) (dtsg0318 LennyS) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Astounding v34n02 (1944 10) (dtsg0318 LennyS)Internet Archive
Discord admits its Windows 11 app is a resource hog, tests auto-restart when RAM usage exceeds 4GB
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#discord #windows #windows11 #discorddesktop #tech #technews #socialnetworks #resourcehog #ramusage #apps #desktopapps #discordnews #windowsnews
Discord admits its Windows 11 app is a resource hog, tests auto-restart when RAM usage exceeds 4GB
Discord's experiment that automatically restarts the desktop client when memory usage is high on Windows 11. Up to 4GB.Mayank Parmar (Windows Latest)
Last night's "Live Wire" recording was a winter depression-fighting delight, #portland . John Hodgman reading "Moby Dick"! Pastor Billy yelling at us to stop shopping!
But zero days since I found out Oregon has mariachi band programs in its schools?? 😍
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Mariachi Tradición: Cultural education through music • Oregon ArtsWatch
Forest Grove High School music program’s 10th anniversary concert Saturday celebrates mariachi’s growing presence in Oregon schools.Brett Campbell (Oregon ArtsWatch)
New study looks at the health risks of kids with smartphones before age 12
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The early years are crucial to a child's growth.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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Titel: De openbare ruimte is geen behandelkamer
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Titel: De openbare ruimte is geen behandelkamer
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"I would say it's no longer a technical challenge. It becomes an economic challenge, right? Do we have the money to pay for it and do we want to pay for it."
That’s James Willcocks, project director of Predator Free Wellington (PFW), reflecting on how native bird numbers have more than doubled on Wellington’s Miramar Peninsula suburb. That’s because of the intensive control of predatory pest mammals. Pest control technologies are at a point that NZ cities can be filled with many more native birds, if enough of us want it.
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Native bird numbers double in Miramar Peninsula
Predator Free Wellington says efforts to eliminate predators have led to increased numbers of kōtare (kingfisher), pīwakawaka (fantail), riroriro (grey warbler), and tūi being observed.RNZ News (RNZ)
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University-Developed AI Tool Helps Simplify Transfer Process
About 120 college campuses across the U.S. are piloting a new artificial intelligence tool designed to make transfer course equivalencies clearer and moreBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Man accused of stabbing, killing boyfriend with garden snips – WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio - All For Gardening
DAYTON — A man has been formally charged with the murder of his 34-year-old boyfriend.Gardening (All For Gardening)
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