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Thu, 17/07/2025 - 07:40
Space Visitors Serve these fat little Space Visitors with wooden pick-jelly bean antennae after a trip to the planetarium, the museum or a science fiction movie! Other ideas for the Space Visitors are on the back of the contents card. 1 package active dry yeast¾ cup warm water (105 to 115°)2 eggs¼ cup shortening⅓ cup […]
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Thu, 17/07/2025 - 03:00

I don’t know what I was expecting to find at that Center City Wawa just about half past twelve. Besides cheap hoagies, of course. And a sixty-four-ounce Turkey Hill peach tea. I dunno, maybe I’d try to steal a bag of Lay’s Salt & Vinegar as well.

But what I didn’t expect was you. What can I say? It was like freakin’ fireworks, you know?

There we stood at the deli counter. Two star-crossed meat lovers, with nothing to look forward to but our number being called and a Septa bus ride to nowhere. We made eyes at each other and giggled as we both tried to get double capicola ham without paying for it. I smiled as you threatened to stab a guy for wearing a Cowboys hat.

For some, Wawa’s Hoagiefest is just a marketing ploy offering cheap sandwiches at participating locations for four weeks in July.

But if you ask me, there’s something about Hoagiefest that is magical. It’s so much more than just food. It’s the faint smell of mayo in the air. The sloshing of eight or so lagers in your gut. Those warm summer nights where a drag of an unfiltered Pall Mall fills every fiber of your being with hope and tar.

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Thu, 17/07/2025 - 02:24
Regeringens misslyckade hantering av ekonomin beror i grunden på en felaktig diagnos av inflationen. Inte av dess orsaker utan av lämpliga botemedel. Det konventionella sättet att bekämpa inflation utgår ifrån att den beror på överhettning som behöver nedkylas med räntehöjningar. Inflationen som uppstod i spåren av pandemin och kriget i Ukraina berodde på utbudsstörningar, men […]
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Thu, 17/07/2025 - 01:44

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The current AI marketplace is crowded with startups and established technology providers, each vying for attention offering a bewildering array of features.

For business leaders, the real challenge lies not in the availability of options, but in choosing a solution that genuinely supports strategic goals and day-to-day operational needs. 

It is all too easy to be influenced by hype or surface-level features, rather than focusing on long-term value and alignment with business priorities.

In this webinar, we explore:

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Thu, 17/07/2025 - 01:42
Inom vetenskapen är mod att följa upplysningens motto och Kants diktum — Sapere Aude! Att använda sitt eget förstånd, att ha modet att tänka själv och ifrågasätta vedertagna uppfattningar, auktoriteter eller ortodoxi. I våra dagliga liv är mod förmågan att konfrontera rädsla, som när man står inför de mäktiga och inflytelserika – att inte backa, […]
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Thu, 17/07/2025 - 01:41

Starting today, file suits to prevent biased gerrymandering. Fight harder for the right to vote than the GOP has fought to suppress the votes of Americans MAGA dislikes. Craft a Democratic party platform focused on equal rights, equal justice, fair wages, and affordable housing. Win the Midterms, shifting the balance of power in congress. Upon […]

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Wed, 16/07/2025 - 23:00

The new Panera flavored lemonade is 150 calories in a twenty-ounce cup. This is listed at the very top of the banner on the app, above such paltry details as price and availability.

I’m two years postpartum, far enough from the birth of my second child to not really be able to call myself postpartum anymore. However, the extra weight from his pregnancy is still present, so I’m constantly mindful of what I eat. Counting grams of protein. Trying not to drink my calories. This lemonade doesn’t have any nutrients to offset that glaring 150 number: no caffeine for energy, no protein for fullness, no fiber for… well, you know. But it’s summer, and I look at the picture in the app for a long moment: the red flecked with green, the crushed ice. I order it—quick, no take-backs.

I’m a Sip Club member, so at least it’s free.

In the drive-thru, my kids wail in protest as I pause their Digger Rex podcast. “Just for a moment,” I say. “Just while Mommy talks to the person at the window.”

“Are we getting a cookie?” my four-year-old shouts.

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Wed, 16/07/2025 - 22:00

To our fellow residents of Pinecone Meadows, thank you—truly—for your patience, your support, and your passive-aggressive Facebook posts over the last seven weeks. This journey has been long, chlorinated, and emotionally complex. However, as of 9:47 this morning, we have drained, deflated, and folded our ten-foot above-ground inflatable pool.

It is over.

The pool, which originally entered our lives during a late-night online purchase (sponsored ad, weak moment, 12 percent off), served us well on that almost-hot Saturday in May. Since then, it has mostly existed as a large, algae-tinged monument to optimism and poor impulse control.

We understand that some of you had… opinions.

Yes, we saw the Nextdoor thread titled: “Biodegradable Bog Forming on Alder Street?”

Yes, we received the handwritten letter that simply read: MOSQUITOES.

Yes, we heard the child whispering, “Mommy, is that where the witches live?” while walking past our yard.