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Thanks for sharing that picture and the memory!

I keep trying to get rid of Copilot. When I search the web, for a way to do it, I find many other people on the same quest.

No, but he might overturn his Speaker's desk.

The loss of cursive writing seems sad to me. It's a form of creativity and personal expression that is available to most people, and can be used in everyday life.

He forgot. Or remembered that he can't pronounce "Venezuela".

I never watch him. I have a bad stomach; it doesn't need any more triggers. 😖

Yep, I saw that!

I don't expect anyone to be perfect and not make mistakes. What I expect is that mistakes should be acknowledged and corrected (if at all possible). Which, as you note, is what Biden did.

Thank you for specifying "willfully retain". Because some troll is bound to respond -- "Yeah but Biden did it!"

"Having listened to you before -- some of the things you said --"

"Well, it's not just me. Walter Kronkite said it!"

Yep. It seems like a vicious circle. If you're not so down that you have no hope, you'll grab for any bit of hope that's offered. Filthy con men like Trump and his ilk take advantage, and make it worse. And they prey on your misery and find someone for you to blame (I dunno, women and immigrants?)

This is so sad.

I did a similiar math comparison back in the '90s with a British colleague, and it worked out the same way.

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This is a very weird timeline

"but there's pain over the horizon that isn't his fault, too."

Let's follow his lead and blame him for it anyway.

Charming!

Back then, I thought if I were to write a novel about living in that lacuna, I'd title it "Waiting for War". Here we go, 'round again.