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Racing to, well, somewhere around the finish
From Harper’s Weekly Review: A Georgia Army unit offered soldiers four days off to play Grand Theft Auto VI upon its release in the fall as a reenlistment incentive, streets were closed in Washington, D.C., for a roughly 250-mile car … Continue reading
Posted in Animal news, Sports, Technology, The Facts of Life
Tagged automobile racing, Grand Prix in DC, Grand Theft Auto, Gustave the Girl Dog, Harper's, international corgi race, marathon, Usain Bolt
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The real world and…that other one
The June 22, 2026 New Yorker has a marvel of an article by Ben Taub entitled, “Allies On Ice: How the secret plans to take over Greenland have ruptured transatlantic relations.” That lede is the serious journalistic description of Taub’s … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Journalism, MAGA, News media, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged "Make America Go Away", Andy Ogles, Ben Taub, Bikers for Trump, Charlie Kirk, Congress, Danish Prime Minister, Denmark, Department of Homeland Security, Dr Phil, Greenland, Inuits, Jeff Landry, Maga hats, Mercator, Mette Frederiksen, Miles Taylor, NATO, New York Times, Nuuk Greenland, polar bears, Puerto Rico, Rachel Maddow, Republicans, Russia, Stockholm syndrome, The New Yorker, Trump, Twitter
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Matters of gravity
From Harper’s Weekly Review: NASA debunked a conspiracy theory purporting the Earth’s gravity would vanish for seven seconds amid an alignment of celestial events. “When I got to the hospital I realized the gravity,” a shark researcher said after being … Continue reading
Posted in Animal news, Science, The Facts of Life
Tagged gravity, NASA, shark bite
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