In America, a warehouse store. A fully roasted chicken costs five dollars, the raw chicken beside it costs seven, and I stood between them like a man between two truths. Golden. Hot. Seasoned. Spinning in glory under the lights, in a line of its brothers. Four dollars and ninety-nine cents. I checked the raw birds. Seven dollars. Pale. Cold. You must do everything yourself. This is not commerce. Commerce does not move backward. Somewhere in this building, mathematics lies defeated. I asked the man at the counter. "How is the cooked bird cheaper than the raw bird?" "Been five bucks forever. They keep it that way." "But the store loses." "Yep. On purpose." On purpose. I held my receipt with both hands. In my land, a lord who lowered the price of rice in a hard winter was remembered for generations. They built him a small shrine. This store does it every day, with chicken, and tells no one. A woman behind me grew tired of my reverence. "It's just a chicken, sir." It is not just a chicken. It is a wound the merchant takes on purpose, so that anyone, on any day, with five dollars, eats like a lord. The bird is the message. The price is the vow. I will confess: I bought two. I did not need two. The second was not hunger. It was gratitude, and it was delicious. Some prices are not prices. They are promises. I return every week now. I take one bird. I bow toward the deli, briefly, so as not to alarm the staff. They have begun nodding back. The vow holds. The bird turns. Five dollars. Long may it spin.

It’s a shame we won’t see an AG debate moderated by @KyleClark. He’s been tough but fair in other debates and you should be able to take the heat if you’re running for a job like AG. How can you say you’ll stand up to Trump as AG if you won’t even take tough questions from Kyle Clark before the election?

The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees. The net effect of this order is that we must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all our customers to ensure compliance. Access to all other Claude models is not affected. We apologize for this disruption to our customers. We believe this is a misunderstanding and are working to restore access as soon as possible. Read our full statement: anthropic.com/news/fable-myt…

Beloved WABC Anchor Bill Ritter steps away from the anchor desk; reveals Alzheimer's diagnosis 7ny.tv/qjn7PG

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 “G𝗼𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗮!” 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. During a recent debate, the @kyleclark asked if Joe Oltmann would have a role in my administration if I’m elected governor. 𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱, “A𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗝𝗲𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲… 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆.” What they conveniently left out? 𝗝𝗼𝗲 𝗢𝗹𝘁𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗝𝗲𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗮 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝘄𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀. 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘆! Shout out to the folks at @LastWeekTonight and host @iamjohnoliver for the exposure! 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲! ScottBottoms.com #ReclaimColorado #BottomsForGovernor 🌄🙏

I thought she was seriously ill and that's one of the reasons that she was released....did I dream that?

“Would you mind answering the question?” Well, yes, yes he would mind.