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YouTube vs. The World YouTube Audience

YouTube vs. The World

Russell Michaels April 30, 2024
The case study of Screen Junkies Plus vs. the Mythical Society should be studied for how to...
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The Letter 2024-04-30 Movie C8228 (05.16.16)

The Letter

Clare Briggs April 30, 2024
Movie of a man receiving letter from three year old son.
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Dog Gone Kristi Noem

Dog Gone

David Thornton April 29, 2024
Trump might be able to shoot a man on Fifth Avenue and get away with it, but...
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Music Monday: A Great, If Flawed, Musical Hadestown

Music Monday: A Great, If Flawed, Musical

Bryan O'Nolan April 29, 2024
This past Wednesday my wife and eldest son went into Boston to the Wang theater to catch...
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Moving Time 2024-04-29 Spouse C2225 (04.29.12)

Moving Time

Clare Briggs April 29, 2024
Does Friend Husband step up?
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You Don’t Have to Be An Expert To Enjoy It 2024-04-28 Golf C0921 (06.09.14)

You Don’t Have to Be An Expert To Enjoy It

Clare Briggs April 28, 2024
The B of the G.
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Fallout 76 Fallout 76

Saturday Morning Gaming: Fallout 76

Jaybird April 27, 2024
I haven't watched the Fallout series but my buddy did and he said "DUDE, WE NEED TO...
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“Boy Kills World”: Bloody Good Fun Boy Kills World

“Boy Kills World”: Bloody Good Fun

Russell Michaels April 27, 2024
"Boy Kills World" is definitely good...It knows what it is and relishes in it.
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Over The Fence Baseball C0126 Celebrated Scenes #4 (05.16.08)

Over The Fence

Clare Briggs April 27, 2024
Celebrated Scenes #4
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POETS Day! A Bit of Light Verse Light Verse

POETS Day! A Bit of Light Verse

Ben Sears April 26, 2024
What’s an otherwise famous dead English poet named Jonson to do when the Doctor hogs the name...
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Time is Ticking for TikTok SCOTUS Upholds TikTok Ban

Time is Ticking for TikTok

David Thornton April 26, 2024
While we disagree on the issue, my son did have a really good point. “If TikTok...
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The Biggest Fish Y’Ever Caught 2024-04-26 TDoRS C5113 (04.23.16)

The Biggest Fish Y’Ever Caught

Clare Briggs April 26, 2024
Days of Real Sport
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Weekend Plans Post: The Three Body Problem newtoy2

Weekend Plans Post: The Three Body Problem

Jaybird April 25, 2024
I understand that the Netflix version Americanizes the ever-living heck out of the story but, even so,...
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Thursday Thoughput: Fixing Spacecraft Edition Fixing Spacecraft

Thursday Thoughput: Fixing Spacecraft Edition

Michael Siegel April 25, 2024
Fixing spacecraft is astonishing work: debugging a fifty-year-old computer at a distance of 15 billion miles.
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Results of the Quake 2024-04-25 Penant C0114 (04.27.09) Little Alexander and the Earthquake

Results of the Quake

Clare Briggs April 25, 2024
Following the 1989
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11 2020 “False Trump Electors” and 7 Others Indicted in Arizona Indicted in Arizona

11 2020 “False Trump Electors” and 7 Others Indicted in Arizona

Andrew Donaldson April 24, 2024
Arizona indicted 18 individuals involved in the "fake electors" scheme during the 2020 presidential election aftermath.
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Free Speech, But No Freedom to Harass Free Speech

Free Speech, But No Freedom to Harass

David Thornton April 24, 2024
Free speech has limits. The limit is often when one person’s freedom runs up against someone else’s...
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The Shifting Politics of Abortion What About Abortion?

The Shifting Politics of Abortion

Michael Siegel April 24, 2024
The gripping hand with Trump and the politics of abortion is that he does not really care....
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The Month in Theaters March 2024 in Theaters March 2024

The Month in Theaters March 2024

Russell Michaels April 24, 2024
I saw fourteen movies in theaters in the month of March, as well as five movies...
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Missing The Game 2024-04-24 Feller C6081 (04.29.13)

Missing The Game

Clare Briggs April 24, 2024
When a feller needs a friend.
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