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31 Jul 2025
the fundamental rule of our era is that everything is political, except politics, which is entertainment
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The English language taps out at "quarterfinals" and we have to resort to the weasel phrase "round of 16," while Spanish goes for the elegant "octavos de final." But FIFA with its boundless greed and its round of 32 has defeated the capability of any language to keep up
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watching australia turkey right now and what do you mean this man’s name is “jacob italiano.” no it’s not. that cannot possibly be a name of a person
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Genuinely emotional watching Haiti play again in the World Cup. No nation has been so thoroughly & repeatedly spat on and humiliated by the Western world for the crime of demanding its own freedom and self-determination as them. Seeing them back on the global stage is incredible.
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really good use of free will lately has been sending mail. you can just send cards to anyone, whenever you want, for no reason at all! and everyone is always so happy to be thought of
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i really do not believe this to be true
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ignoring major moves from one city to another lots of people move within their communities to accommodate major life changes & we should not make this impossible
I know some of you think moving every 18 months is good for economic reasons but human beings also like to set down roots and have community. I know that's an alien concept to some of you, but it's fundamental to actual people (if not the online "urbanists" on your phone)
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i hope to live in my current home for most of the next decade. but eventually i will want to have kids, and i do not have enough space to raise 2-3 children here. so i will have to move, ideally no further than a mile away. this is extremely normal and common
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The difference in production costs between a dozen cage-free eggs and a dozen normal eggs is 19 cents. But the cage-free eggs can cost nearly $2 more.
Big supermarkets use cage-free as a price discrimination tool - targeting them to richer customers who are willing to pay more.
Poorer customers, even if they care a lot about animal welfare, end up buying the normal eggs.
But when states pass laws banning caged eggs, the markup disappears.
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thinking about the british geezer i met at a mall in milton keynes wearing a knicks shirt & when i asked him about it he said “oh i just really love the museum”
Jun 12
hit a guy wearing eagles gear with a “go birds” on the budapest metro and i’ve never seen anymore more confused
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Chicago Alderman Byron Sigcho Lopez’s independent congressional campaign for IL04 is in serious trouble: after the records exam, he’s 1,222 signatures under the minimum required to make the ballot.
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extremely frustrating story here—because of prosecutorial misconduct in a completely unrelated & purely political case, several people who may have actually committed crimes get to go scot free
Jun 12
On Wednesday, a federal judge warned prosecutors that there was only one way for the U.S. attorney’s office to avoid an evidentiary hearing next week into alleged grand jury misconduct — and that they knew what it was.
A day later, it was done.
chicagotribune.com/2026/06/1…
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this is how you know new york isn’t a real sports city bc people in philly will sign off work emails with “go birds” in the middle of the offseason after a first round exit
is it appropriate to sign off a work email "Knicks in five"
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this type of stuff is bad for society actually
A D.C.-based attorney spent three years fighting a $100 ticket he got from a speed camera in the city. He eventually won in D.C.'s highest court on a novel legal technicality, and thousands of other drivers could end up benefitting from it: notus.org/metro/dc-lawyer-sp…
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you all need to stop doing this. it is becoming monstrously difficult for people with actual service animals to get them approved because of how many of you are lying. just pay the $20/mo
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it’s not the only one, but baseball getting passed by football for the national pastime is one of the inflection points for “where it all went wrong”
Gallup conducts a poll on the most favorite sport for Americans.
Up until the 60s, baseball was #1. Football took over and is now dominant.
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NO! NO!
Colorado Community Research poll | 5/22-5/28 LV
Colorado Governor Democratic primary 2026
🟦Phil Weiser 41%
🟦Michael Bennet 34%
Link to poll: coloradocommunityresearch.co…
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