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Zelenskyy’s Pop-In: Why? What was Zelenskyy trying to do?

Zelenskyy’s Pop-In: Why?

Ben Sears March 6, 2025
What was Zelenskyy trying to do?
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Snug as a Bug in a Rug. Until…

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Every year, you see, we eat our pancakes and talk about the year behind and the year...
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Congress and Changes to the Indirect Cost Rate for NIH Grants

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Congress has the opportunity to assert itself in addressing the question of what the appropriate indirect cost...
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Friend Wife

Clare Briggs March 4, 2025
It's not *THAT* hard to take your shoes off.
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Group Activity: President Donald Trump Address to Congress Will Trump Debate?

Group Activity: President Donald Trump Address to Congress

OT Editors March 4, 2025
President Donald Trump will address a joint session of congress tonight at 9pm ET. Watch live and...
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Movie of a Man seeing Friend Wife off on a Trip

Clare Briggs March 4, 2025
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Group Activity The Full, Unedited Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance Video Trump, Zelenskyy, Vance

Group Activity The Full, Unedited Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance Video

OT Editors March 3, 2025
"This is going to be great television" quipped President Trump as his disastrous meeting with Ukraine's Zelensky,...
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Some Speed! Some Speed!

Clare Briggs March 2, 2025
In which Clare Briggs gives a shoutout to Frank King's "Motorcycle Mike". (But, really, it's about baseball.)
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Goodbye to Monolith Studios weepangel

Saturday Morning Gaming: Goodbye to Monolith Studios

Jaybird March 1, 2025
Monolith Studios is shutting down. This one *HURTS*.
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Sulphur and Molasses

Clare Briggs March 1, 2025
Purges the system and thickens the blood, it does.
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POETS Day! Talkin’ Chaucer at the Godsibbing Fense Chaucer at the Godsibbing Fense

POETS Day! Talkin’ Chaucer at the Godsibbing Fense

Ben Sears February 28, 2025
Chaucer is assumed to have died in 1400...I say assumed, because there were no dates on his...
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Kelly Pool — The Pill at Home

Clare Briggs February 28, 2025
What's the worst that could happen from a lie? What's the worst that could happen from the truth?
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Weekend Plans Post: Psych

Jaybird February 28, 2025
The current obsession.
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Civilization

Clare Briggs February 26, 2025
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In Times Without Norms, All Laws Fall Silent all laws fall silent

In Times Without Norms, All Laws Fall Silent

Expat Matt February 26, 2025
Laws have no power over us, except for the power we give them. And they can be...
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Movie of a Street Snow Shoveler

Clare Briggs February 25, 2025
There is only one way to eat an elephant.
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97th Oscars Projections: And The Oscar Goes To… The Oscars - ABC Awards Show

97th Oscars Projections: And The Oscar Goes To…

Luis A. Mendez February 25, 2025
For the first time since at least 2021, we’re heading into Oscar night with a genuine debate...
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Somebody is Always Taking the Joy out of Life 2025-02-24 Joy C8379 (12.29.16)

Somebody is Always Taking the Joy out of Life

Clare Briggs February 24, 2025
That one friend that's too woke
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Em’s Top Five True Crime Podcast Recommendations Top Five True Crime Podcast

Em’s Top Five True Crime Podcast Recommendations

Em Carpenter February 24, 2025
Unfortunately, because of the genre's popularity, there is a lot of junk out there. Here are my...
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