Doug

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It's ridiculously hot out, which means it's time to put out a water bowl for the wasps.

Did @darthbluesky.bsky.social write this www.wired.com/story/potato...

Potatoes Are the Perfect Vegetable—but You’re Eating Them Wrongwww.wired.com The humble potato is a miraculous vegetable, but Americans are eating less of them than ever before and have ditched fresh potatoes for frozen. Is it time to rebrand the spud?

Cherry trees and cypress knees

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Even more dangerous misinformation

you're going to be a vampire who is turning you?

u are going to be a vampire who is turning u

I just learned about a radio station near me that has been playing nothing but "I'll Make Love to You" by Boyz II Men on a constant loop for 13 years. They even have a shirt

Look at this guy

Without getting too specific, what is up with railroaders and figuring out how to live at work?

I still think if your crime was particularly cool, it’s shouldn’t be a crime, like building yourself a secret little apartment at a train station with public funds.

Ex-Caltrain employee, contractor charged with building secret homes at train stationswww.mercurynews.com A former deputy director and a co-defendant allegedly misused public funds to construct clandestine residences inside two Peninsula stations, authorities say.

Trying to make my work a little less grim, but I just can't help it.

Waking up and logging in like

Visited an old friend today and this is his cat. Incredible floof

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For ten years now, I've been writing letters from Santa to my young relatives. To mark this decade, I wanted to include something really special, and after a lot of research into his workshop’s size, location and layout, I'm confident that this checks out. Hope they like it!

If you see this, post a ship The Hila, former USS ATR-89. Built 1944 as an ATR-1 Class Rescue Tug for the US Navy. Now rotting away just off the coast of Staten Island.

“A belyana is a type of large disposable ship used for timber rafting along the rivers Volga + Kama from the 16th century until the mid 20th century. Belyanas were among the largest wooden ships ever built, with the largest being up to 120 metres (390 ft) long w/ a load capacity up to 12,800 tons.”

My “I won’t become a dictator” shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt

Trump: I won't be a dictator if I become U.S. president again

Trump: I won't be a dictator if I become U.S. president againwww.reuters.com Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he will not become a dictator if he becomes U.S. president again except "on day one", after warnings from Democrats and some Republicans that America was in danger of becoming an autocracy if he wins the 2024 election.

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a note to Washington Post readers: On Dec. 7, we ask you to respect our walkout by not crossing the picket line: For 24 hours, please do not engage with any Post content. That includes our print + online news stories, podcasts, videos, games and recipes.

A letter to our readersdocs.google.com

Ancient artifacts. Weird bag of … sticks, Pine needles? Found in the attic.

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It would be cool if Norman French hadn't influenced English and we still said "wortlore" instead of "botany"

Kevin will literally start to panic if he doesn't get lap time fast enough after dinner

!jazbot whereami

The great thing about having contractors working at the house is that I know just enough about what they’re doing to be extremely irritating

Inspector Gus checks out the new bathroom

We finally got to try matsutake tonight, several years after reading The Mushroom at the End of the World

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Monk’s dancing makes me happy youtu.be/gi7QYccnKpE?...

When Monk starts dancing to your solo, you must be doing wellyoutu.be How would you play with Thelonious Monk watching over your shoulder? Charlie Rouse knows that feeling, and he thrives on it! What a great and expressive blue...

Spooky predawn on the Rockaway River because I woke up way too early again

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Good morning from Spooky Bat Kitten

Saturday stripes.

One blue door for another

Drop something blue from your gallery

Every morning we find sweat bees sleeping in our obedient plant flowers

I spent day three of my Covid adventure hunting down an invite code for this place. It worked! I'm too miserable to do anything else today so just look at one of our cats, Earl Grey:

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