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Mysteries of Life: The only laugh I’ve had in weeks
From Harper’s Weekly Review: A train carrying hundreds of members and officials of the European Parliament took a wrong turn and ended up at Disneyland. (How does a train take a “wrong turn”?)
Posted in Government, Mysteries of Life, The Facts of Life
Tagged Disneyland, European Parliament
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Today, I killed. In the sense of “caused a death.”
A spotted lanternfly. My very first squash. Here’s how it happened: I was heading over to a hardware store when some large-ish thing flew in front of me and landed on the sidewalk one foot from my foot. A lanternfly. … Continue reading
Posted in Mysteries of Life, The Facts of Life
Tagged Charles Darwin, Herbert Spencer, House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the House
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Mysteries of Life: Harper’s Findings
In Harper’s August hard copy, I found a number of odd facts which made me stop and wonder. I have thoughts. ξ A plume of water six thousand miles long is escaping the sixth largest moon of Saturn. Water in … Continue reading
Posted in Animal news, Corruption, Crime & Punishment, Guns in the U.S. of A., Mysteries of Life, Politics, Racism, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich, War on women
Tagged Ars Technica, Boss Tweed, Central Park dinosaurs, ethnoracial discrimination, Harper's, Harper's Findings, Henry Hilton, Laucala, Ludlow Street prison, Malcolm Forbes, Michael Benton, plume of water in space, Saturn's moon, swollen amygdalas, Tammany Hall, Victoria Coules
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