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Fixing Things, Breaking Things, Wondering Why. A Walking, Talking Swiss Army Knife. Just Won’t Do Right, Bless His Heart
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I promise Philly is a real place and I am a journalist and this is all true.
When you put unwanted dystopian robots on our sidewalks, you never know what Philly may do in response.
Meet Orifice the Awebot, who's spreading joy, surprise & mild terror - for free.
www.inquirer.com/life/orifice...
When you put unwanted dystopian robots on our sidewalks, you never know what Philly may do in response.
Meet Orifice the Awebot, who's spreading joy, surprise & mild terror - for free.
www.inquirer.com/life/orifice...
Orifice the Awebot is Philly’s ‘magical’ response to Uber Eats robots
"She’s part of our bringing delight and surprise and letting it ripple through the city."
www.inquirer.com
October 2, 2026 at 2:19 PM
I promise Philly is a real place and I am a journalist and this is all true.
When you put unwanted dystopian robots on our sidewalks, you never know what Philly may do in response.
Meet Orifice the Awebot, who's spreading joy, surprise & mild terror - for free.
www.inquirer.com/life/orifice...
When you put unwanted dystopian robots on our sidewalks, you never know what Philly may do in response.
Meet Orifice the Awebot, who's spreading joy, surprise & mild terror - for free.
www.inquirer.com/life/orifice...
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Happy First Peanuts Strip Anniversary to all who celebrate. Oct 2, 1950:
October 2, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Happy First Peanuts Strip Anniversary to all who celebrate. Oct 2, 1950:
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Fox News is honing in on the enemy ... and it's ... Ms. Rachel?
October 1, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Fox News is honing in on the enemy ... and it's ... Ms. Rachel?
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This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever
October 2, 2026 at 2:39 PM
This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever
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I’m gonna start a Plaque Detective show to solve crimes like this:
A Pennsylvania state park a few weeks ago drained a lake to fix a dam, exposing an old bridge with a historic plaque on it. Somebody already took the plaque.
A Pennsylvania state park a few weeks ago drained a lake to fix a dam, exposing an old bridge with a historic plaque on it. Somebody already took the plaque.
October 2, 2026 at 4:15 PM
I’m gonna start a Plaque Detective show to solve crimes like this:
A Pennsylvania state park a few weeks ago drained a lake to fix a dam, exposing an old bridge with a historic plaque on it. Somebody already took the plaque.
A Pennsylvania state park a few weeks ago drained a lake to fix a dam, exposing an old bridge with a historic plaque on it. Somebody already took the plaque.
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Wow! 76 years ago, Charles M. Schulz's PEANUTS premiered in newspapers and changed the game in so many ways! It was, and remains, one of my own primary influences and guiding stars, and I love it more every year!
October 2, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Wow! 76 years ago, Charles M. Schulz's PEANUTS premiered in newspapers and changed the game in so many ways! It was, and remains, one of my own primary influences and guiding stars, and I love it more every year!
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This is the scene outside Bard high school this morning — FBI agents and armed soldiers acting as if children going to school on a Friday morning is some national security threat.
October 2, 2026 at 12:48 PM
This is the scene outside Bard high school this morning — FBI agents and armed soldiers acting as if children going to school on a Friday morning is some national security threat.
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Incredible reporting by @tinavasquez.bsky.social here. A story about how the people who put food on American tables are denied water or even the ability to carry it with them or meaningfully ask for it to be provided, lest they lose their jobs working in oppressive heat.
Despite farmworker death and another disabled by heat stroke, employer keeps sending people to fields
Florida Orange Gold has exposed workers on H-2A visas to extreme heat, but continues to bring hundreds of migrants to North Carolina
prismreports.org
October 1, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Incredible reporting by @tinavasquez.bsky.social here. A story about how the people who put food on American tables are denied water or even the ability to carry it with them or meaningfully ask for it to be provided, lest they lose their jobs working in oppressive heat.
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Art of the Extract
October 2, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Art of the Extract
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Sting gets a lot of stick but I’ll forgive him for most things because of this impromptu rendition of The Flintstones theme with Branford Marsalis, Omar Hakim & Kenny Kirkland
youtu.be/9ImmEXJfi34?...
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Flintstones (Sting, Branford Marsalis, Omar Hakim, Kenny Kirkland)
YouTube video by ケースケ
youtu.be
October 2, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Sting gets a lot of stick but I’ll forgive him for most things because of this impromptu rendition of The Flintstones theme with Branford Marsalis, Omar Hakim & Kenny Kirkland
youtu.be/9ImmEXJfi34?...
youtu.be/9ImmEXJfi34?...
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My teacher brother has just informed me that his primary school kids now refer to anything shit or old fashioned as "Brexit". Which has made my morning.
October 2, 2026 at 8:28 AM
My teacher brother has just informed me that his primary school kids now refer to anything shit or old fashioned as "Brexit". Which has made my morning.
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Kill Jackie | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Amazon Prime Video UK & IE
youtu.be
October 2, 2026 at 8:19 AM
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Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week:
-A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses
-A ban on ICE agents working for the state government
-A ban on websites selling your data
-A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights
-A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
-A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses
-A ban on ICE agents working for the state government
-A ban on websites selling your data
-A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights
-A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
October 2, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week:
-A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses
-A ban on ICE agents working for the state government
-A ban on websites selling your data
-A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights
-A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
-A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses
-A ban on ICE agents working for the state government
-A ban on websites selling your data
-A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights
-A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
And yet, so many of the wipipo I know are convinced they/their stuff are in continuous imminent danger…
Crime rates in the US are lower than they have ever been in my lifetime.
It's amazing, and nobody really knows exactly why, and we do not talk about this enough.
It's amazing, and nobody really knows exactly why, and we do not talk about this enough.
October 2, 2026 at 2:21 AM
And yet, so many of the wipipo I know are convinced they/their stuff are in continuous imminent danger…
“for death awaits you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth”
October 2, 2026 at 2:12 AM
“for death awaits you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth”
Boomer Magic Eight Ball
October 1, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Boomer Magic Eight Ball
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If Brazil falls to Bolsonaro’s son, there’ll be few places to hide in S. America for leftists opposed to fascism. If they initiate an Operation Condor 2.0 they could succeed in wiping out the left. Unlike the 1.0 version in the 70s, this time there are few places to hide because of Palantir et al.
Brazil Elections 2026 #lastweektonight
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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September 30, 2026 at 2:00 AM
If Brazil falls to Bolsonaro’s son, there’ll be few places to hide in S. America for leftists opposed to fascism. If they initiate an Operation Condor 2.0 they could succeed in wiping out the left. Unlike the 1.0 version in the 70s, this time there are few places to hide because of Palantir et al.
Standing Room Only
TSA says it is removing chairs at document checks in airports, requiring staff to stand for their shift.
TSA explained the reason as twofold: to ensure its employees meet its fitness standards and to create an amiable environment for travelers.
TSA explained the reason as twofold: to ensure its employees meet its fitness standards and to create an amiable environment for travelers.
TSA officers must now stand up on the job
The agency is removing chairs from document-checking stations.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 1, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Standing Room Only
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Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago
October 1, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago
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Care Bears will return in Avengers: Doomsday
BREAKING NEWS: Tensions between Thor and the Care Bears have escalated rapidly overnight.
October 1, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Care Bears will return in Avengers: Doomsday
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October 1, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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Absolutely fantastic. Take offs of Beckett and Lion in Winter.
I loved Second City. What great actors and the premise hit at the period. Local TV, Z level celebrities.
Great.
I loved Second City. What great actors and the premise hit at the period. Local TV, Z level celebrities.
Great.
Dave Thomas is a wonderful "Richard Hariss", in the SCTV parody The Man Who Would Be King Of The Popes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2xW...
With Joe Flaherty as "Peter O'Tule"
John Candy as "Richard Berton"
and
Catherine O'Hara as "Cathryn Hepbern"
Not forgetting Eugene Levy as "Victor Spynneti"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2xW...
With Joe Flaherty as "Peter O'Tule"
John Candy as "Richard Berton"
and
Catherine O'Hara as "Cathryn Hepbern"
Not forgetting Eugene Levy as "Victor Spynneti"
The Man Who Would be King of the Popes
YouTube video by Patrick Burns
www.youtube.com
October 1, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Absolutely fantastic. Take offs of Beckett and Lion in Winter.
I loved Second City. What great actors and the premise hit at the period. Local TV, Z level celebrities.
Great.
I loved Second City. What great actors and the premise hit at the period. Local TV, Z level celebrities.
Great.
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OMB has not repeatedly proposed a 55%+ cut to NSF because of 'woke' research—even if you eliminated all of the grants flagged in the Cruz report, you wouldn't scratch 10% of the budget. It is because NSF heavily funds universities.
October 1, 2026 at 4:08 PM
OMB has not repeatedly proposed a 55%+ cut to NSF because of 'woke' research—even if you eliminated all of the grants flagged in the Cruz report, you wouldn't scratch 10% of the budget. It is because NSF heavily funds universities.
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OMB's focus on NIH and NSF, which has confused a lot of folks, pretty much boils down to stopping money going to universities.
But collectively, the narrow focus on grants to universities is misguided, especially when one accounts for the balance of where the money actually goes (source: NCSES). A plurality of federal R&D funding goes to businesses, followed by internal R&D expenditure, followed by higher education.
October 1, 2026 at 3:47 PM
OMB's focus on NIH and NSF, which has confused a lot of folks, pretty much boils down to stopping money going to universities.