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Good time to review what’s been happening in England…

…Given the coronation. So, from Harper’s Weekly Review: Documents labeled “Official sensitive” were found in a pub toilet on what one pubgoer described as “quite a lively night” in Barrow-in-Furness, England. Oh, dear. “Quite a lively night” could mean “quite” … Continue reading

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Animal news: Raul the peacock has landed! Back home

I seem to be behind in my escaped-from-zoos-news lately. The Daily News, though, just told me that Raul, a Bronx Zoo resident, who flew away a couple of days ago, has come home. The peacock people at the Zoo knew … Continue reading

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The Facts of Life: I have become a binge victim

It’s happened to me, this passive activity called “bingeing” which I’ve read about on Twitter and elsewhere. As an outsider I had come to consider it as a kind of obverse discipline imposed by vicious streaming services. Instead of conscientiously … Continue reading

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