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Our 14th most-read article of the 2022.

Originally published February 8, 2022.

Downstairs to Downstairs

HOUSEHOLD SERVANT: I’m worried about Rich Lady.

OTHER HOUSEHOLD SERVANT: Don’t be. She’s rich, ain’t she?

HOUSEHOLD SERVANT: Being rich doesn’t mean her horse can’t die/ her husband can’t die/ she can’t die/ she can wear a hat well.

BUTLER: Stop arguing, you two! Someone needs to take this duck liver blancmange up to the dining room on the double!

OTHER HOUSEHOLD SERVANT: Humph! (Exits to the kitchen)

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A patreon subscriber points out that I've repeatedly done Daniel Dennett-related comics on Boxing Day, and that is the most wonderful coincidence I can image.

I continue to feel that everyone out to be freaking out more about developments in AI during the last 5 years.

A rapidly growing measles outbreak in Columbus, Ohio — largely involving unvaccinated children — is fueling concerns among health officials that more parent resistance to routine childhood immunizations will intensify a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases.

Most of the 81 children infected so far are old enough to get the shots, but their parents chose not to do so, officials said, resulting in the country’s largest outbreak of the highly infectious pathogen this year.

Prosecutors have alleged, and two of SBF's closest associates have admitted, that much of Alameda's money was stolen from the FTX crypto exchange.

In turn, Alameda extended huge sums to SBF personally. Here's one 'promissory note' for $316mn: https://t.co/bO1gJMHly6 pic.twitter.com/qAo222KtpQ

— kadhim (＾ｰ^)ノ (@kadhim) December 27, 2022

Our 15th most-read article of the 2022.

Originally published February 3, 2022.

6 a.m. Wake up and put on knit cardigan, slacks, and sensible shoes. Feed my cat, Mr. Foibles. Have tea and English muffin while I read Shakespeare and listen to symphonies.

7 a.m. Get into twenty-year-old Corolla, turn on NPR, get rattled by news and switch to listening to a Charles Dickens book on tape read by Alistair Cooke.

7:15 a.m. Arrive to an exact replica of your hometown library, or what you imagine a library to look like, basically where Giles from Buffy works.

 Another fun day at Elmo's ranch.

Chris Hedges on how Democrats sold their souls to corporate donors, and, by extension, to powerful weapons makers and war hawks.

The post Chris Hedges: The Democrats Are Now the War Party appeared first on MintPress News.

Our 16th most-read article of the 2022.

Originally published May 2, 2022.

Welcome to the Middle-Aged Restaurant, a place designed around a Gen-Xer’s current lifestyle or lack thereof. Our often-overlooked establishment offers you respect, acknowledgment, and a menu that adapts to what your stomach can no longer tolerate these days.

Features of our hot spot (perimenopause joke intentional) include:

No small-font menus. Put away the readers and flashlight app, and any worries about accidentally ordering “filet chignon” with a side of “mostatoes” here, because everything is in forty-eight-point type, which also may be your age.

There was a time when companies preferred vertical integration: they wanted to own their supply chain. Then, for a long time, the mantra was to concentrate on one’s core business and let other specialists take care of all the non-core parts of your business.

Well…