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Ruggles: Puli, named by the kids. Tolerates (barely) their “Ruggles snuggles.”

Wonderland: Retired greyhound.

Amory: Papillon whose owner does not know how to spell “amore.” Or “Papillon.”

Kendall: Afghan hound with her own Instagram.

Chelsea: Pomeranian with her own Instagram. Has beef with Kendall.

Charles: Border Collie who has his own chair at the table. Seems to understand more English than he lets on.

Davis: Husky who only howls in the Dorian mode.

JFK: Yellow Lab. Has visited Martha’s Vineyard more times than you have.

Wellington: English Cream Golden Retriever. Has spent more hours on a yacht than you have.

Maverick: Doberman. Has enough flight hours to get his pilot’s license.

Bowdoin: Maine Coon cat. Not a dog, but like a dog, in the same way Bowdoin is like a “little Ivy.”

MintCast co-host Alan MacLeod reveals how the military exploits teens' horniness, exposing the military's influence in video games, movies, and partnerships with influencers. Unveiling a hidden agenda in this eye-opening discussion.

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No-one knows how explosions work (yet)

For years, he has wisely refused to dine alone with any woman other than his wife, fearing the havoc that his overpowering pheromones could wreak.

Complaining workers are lazy has a history “As always, those insulated by wealth and comfort are willfully blind to the hardships they demand others cheerfully endure in service of their luxury,” writes Mark Frauenfelder at Boing Boing: People who don’t have to work have complained for centuries that other people don’t like doing poorly paid, dangerous, dull work, the kind that makes the lives of the affluent comfortable and convenient. This collection of quotes, dating back to 1894, all say the same thing — “Nobody wants to work anymore” — as if there was a time when people relished shoveling shit for the upper class. Members of the affluent class, who don’t have to work in the traditional sense, have unlimited choices about their activities and careers. Their wealth allows them to pursue interests, hobbies, and jobs that are personally fulfilling, enjoyable, and safe. When they criticize those who avoid bad jobs, they ignore their privilege and the role it plays in their own choices and opportunities. Snopes verifies the authenticity of the clippings from a search of newspaper archives.

But they’re cagey about saying so A friend who knows I’m into this sort of esoterica sent along this tale of GOP insincerity in its fight to restore confidence in an electoral system Republicans have worked for decades to undermine. Their particular election bogeyman shifts with the season. It’s dead people voting this time, double voters the next, voter impersonation, rigged machines, stuffed ballots, etc., and Black people. Always Black people. “Election integrity” means Republicans always win, dontcha know. Each GOP loss spikes complaints, demands, and election law tweaks meant to boost integrity by tilting the playing field more in their favor. An organization created to identify double voting, bad addresses, dead voters. etc., and to make election officials’ jobs easier is the once-obscure, nonprofit voter list maintenance consortium named the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC). Or it was obscure until a three-part “expose” in January 2022 by Gateway Pundit that I wrote about in March. The post went viral on Gettr, Gab, Parler, Telegram and Trump’s Truth Social.

As the Government battles to not disclose WhatsApps to the official pandemic probe, a solicitor for bereaved families hints at the chair's potential resignation

An exclusive poll for Byline Times reveals voters believe the Prime Minister puts his own interests above those of the nation

Michael Hudson | A piece of advice: Buying U.S. debt is to provide ammunition for U.S. military expansion Source: Observer Network 2023-06-01 08:01 The June 5 deadline referred by US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has fallen, and the US debt ceiling negotiations have entered the final congressional voting juncture. House Speaker McCarthy, who was eager Continue Reading

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Netanyahu's new political agenda is motivated by his own survival, at the expense of peace and stability in the region.

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Residents of Sesame Street,

Thanks to all of you who have stopped by these past two days to say hello, howdy, or hola, and then asked for honey. Thank you also to our repeat customers who came in the next day saying greetings, or good day, and then asked for grapes. Your combined ability to use the same letter of the alphabet in your salutations and searches for items is truly impressive.

Each of you has also been incredibly kind in welcoming us and asking questions. All sorts of questions. Questions that our experienced retail grocery team has never had to answer before. So while we try to remain as helpful as possible, please be patient if we cannot answer questions such as how bubbles are formed, why people have different hair colors, and how butterflies fly.

Having opened a formal investigation into consultant urologist Peter Duffy around 30 months ago, the GMC has now found that there is no case to answer

Fossil fuel companies walk away from the lands they have devastated, often without paying a penny to restore them. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 1st June 2023 When you’re in a hole, keep digging. This is the strategy of opencast miners across the world: our past debts and future liabilities can one day […]

Politicians, landlords and the media have celebrated the financialisation of domestic property. But as the housing crisis deepens, what happened to the basic human right?

With the UK in need of radical decentralisation, Glyndwr Cennydd Jones celebrates the recent launch of an Alliance for Radical Democratic Change

In his masterpiece, Keats contrasts the ephemerality of life with the eternal beauty of art to craft a poem of lasting power

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A group of 1970s campus librarians foresaw our world of distributed knowledge and research, and designed search tools for it

- by Monica Westin

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As a philosophy student, I was bewitched by the power of reason – but my life is freer since I escaped from its spell

- by Pranay Sanklecha

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Despite the controversy, the French President's economic proposals are far from the 'Anglo Saxon' model. Barnaby Towns argues that, when it comes to addressing inequality, the UK could learn from them

Tell me, what is it about this position that interests you? The warmth, perhaps? The security? Or the power you must feel by rendering me useless? Feel free to expand if you wish.  I see you have had experience of similar positions. Can you talk about a time when you got someone’s tongue? Or were…

What's the deal with all these trans people and their transitions?