Quite Uninteresting
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Non-practicing intellectual in Oregon sharing historical oddities and contemporary jeremiads. My apologies in advance.
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Overlooked No More: Karen Wynn Fonstad, Who Mapped Tolkien’s Middle-earth (Gift Article)
She was a novice cartographer who landed a dream assignment: to create an atlas of the setting of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.”
www.nytimes.com
Excellent obituary of Karen Wynn Fonstad, the superlative cartographer of Middle-earth, Pern, D&D, Narnia, etc. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...
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They should invent an email that doesn't find me at all
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
They should invent an email that doesn't find me at all
“Who gives a fuck about the Christmas stuff and decorations? But I need to do it, right?”
— Melania Trump, declaring war on Christmas in 2020. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020...
— Melania Trump, declaring war on Christmas in 2020. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020...
Melania Trump tapes reveal complaints on Christmas and migrant children row
First lady takes aim at holiday decorations and criticism for family separations in tapes released by Stephanie Winston Wolkoff
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“Who gives a fuck about the Christmas stuff and decorations? But I need to do it, right?”
— Melania Trump, declaring war on Christmas in 2020. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020...
— Melania Trump, declaring war on Christmas in 2020. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020...
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John Fogerty booking a flight: put me in coach
November 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
John Fogerty booking a flight: put me in coach
Ah yes, the Mnuchin-hausen Syndrome. It was a simpler, more innocent time.
November 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Ah yes, the Mnuchin-hausen Syndrome. It was a simpler, more innocent time.
Scott Bessent, in 1933: "There won't be a great depression, but some sectors are challenged."
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/b...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/b...
Bessent believes there won't be a recession in 2026 but says some sectors are challenged
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. was not at risk of entering a recession in 2026 and that Americans would soon benefit from Trump's policies.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Scott Bessent, in 1933: "There won't be a great depression, but some sectors are challenged."
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/b...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/b...
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2/ so many gutting moment but this was among the first, from one of the world’s leading scientists on vaccines and immunology:
November 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
2/ so many gutting moment but this was among the first, from one of the world’s leading scientists on vaccines and immunology:
Four-Square: The Early Years
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Four-Square: The Early Years
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You were all having a good day and I am here to ruin it:
All of the birds given as gifts in “12 days of Christmas” are edible birds, and I am not sure why so many of you believe they were all intended to be kept as pets for years after receipt.
All of the birds given as gifts in “12 days of Christmas” are edible birds, and I am not sure why so many of you believe they were all intended to be kept as pets for years after receipt.
December 6, 2024 at 1:37 PM
You were all having a good day and I am here to ruin it:
All of the birds given as gifts in “12 days of Christmas” are edible birds, and I am not sure why so many of you believe they were all intended to be kept as pets for years after receipt.
All of the birds given as gifts in “12 days of Christmas” are edible birds, and I am not sure why so many of you believe they were all intended to be kept as pets for years after receipt.
FREUD: Society has serious mummer issues.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Which old Christmas traditions should be revived?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
FREUD: Society has serious mummer issues.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
“The worst president money can buy.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The case of a felon who paid lobbyists nearly $1 million to seek a Trump pardon
Nursing home magnate Joseph Schwartz was sentenced in April to three years for defrauding the government of $38 million. Seven months later, Trump pardoned him, but the White House denies a lobbying t...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
“The worst president money can buy.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Fuckin rocking out
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Fuckin rocking out
“Ms. Vogel worked at the Brooklyn Public Library as a reference librarian, and Mr. Vogel, a high school dropout from Harlem, did the night shift at a post office sorting mail.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/a...
Dorothy Vogel, Librarian With a Vast Art Collection, Dies at 90
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
“Ms. Vogel worked at the Brooklyn Public Library as a reference librarian, and Mr. Vogel, a high school dropout from Harlem, did the night shift at a post office sorting mail.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/a...
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After you help your boss convert a doc to PDF
November 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
After you help your boss convert a doc to PDF
Deez Nuzzi
November 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Deez Nuzzi
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just circling back on 1964 America's priorities
November 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
just circling back on 1964 America's priorities
Find someone to look at you the way Reagan looks at Trump looks at Mamdani.
November 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Find someone to look at you the way Reagan looks at Trump looks at Mamdani.
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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Music by the Grateful Dead
November 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Music by the Grateful Dead
So you're saying a groundswell led to a sea change? www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/p...
Coast Guard reclassifies swastikas and nooses as hate symbols after backlash | CNN Politics
The US Coast Guard on Thursday issued a memo that reclassifies swastikas and nooses as “hate symbols,” in a rapid about-face after facing intense scrutiny for a previous policy change which downplayed...
www.cnn.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
So you're saying a groundswell led to a sea change? www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/p...
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
It's quite a subtle hint, but yes, I see it.
November 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It's quite a subtle hint, but yes, I see it.
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I asked grok who was the better role model for humanity, Jesus Christ or Elon Musk. GUESS WHAT.
November 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I asked grok who was the better role model for humanity, Jesus Christ or Elon Musk. GUESS WHAT.
"Could there be technological but nonscientific aliens out there, capable of crossing the vast emptiness of space without understanding the physics of their amazing leaps?" lithub.com/what-if-alie...
What If Aliens Don’t Actually Do Science?
Before we can achieve an interspecies scientific mind meld with visiting aliens and crack the secrets of the Universe, we have a few pesky problems to take care of. We are eager to download alien t…
lithub.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"Could there be technological but nonscientific aliens out there, capable of crossing the vast emptiness of space without understanding the physics of their amazing leaps?" lithub.com/what-if-alie...