oh mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey

Even more interesting! is that b at the start of a syllable one of those letters that have a tendency to disappear in some romance languages, like the medieval Spanish F that turns into a silent H (eg classical Latin "facere" to medieval Spanish "facer" to modern "hacer")?

I don't think its open to subscription for everyone, but I like the @aflcio.org Daily Brief newsletter a lot.

That's so interesting! Does it share a root with the former Italian currency? If I remember rightly, the Italian government had a policy of using inflation to reduce government debt. That devalued the currency, resulting in the printing of a 500,000 Lira note.
So the Lira ... went off the rails...

Lord of lightning shifts his gaze
Points his six fingers our way…

That was a rough one, wasn’t it! I keep telling myself that we’re getting better and the wins will come (which I think is true), but it’s going to be hard to feel ok about the Hammers until we’re at least 6 points clear.

They might have gone with Mystic Meg

I was just a kid at the time, but I still remember that cameraman’s nightmare!

It’s like The NY Times pitchbot, but unironic!

Definitely self IDs as the daughter of an APWU member.

“Hegseth is already in a lot of trouble for a possible war crime. Now he is trying to cover it up. Anyone who participates in this coverup is likely to be included in the new Senate majority’s investigation and we expect the next DOJ to prosecute them or hand them over to the ICJ.”

I think early to bed early to rise is the secret. Once you’re not out at night, it’s not the best time of day - why not spend it with your eyes closed? And here I am, at APWU, writing about taxation at 7 am.

The East Coast is glad to see you but a little worried about the lack of sleep.