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  1. Daryl Avatar
    Daryl

    In yet another case of Fatso’s abject failures he must begin refunding tariffs today.
    https://apnews.com/article/tariff-refund-trump-customs-08861f153801156d213c30c4e2f6a683?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

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  2. CSK Avatar
    CSK

    Sharon Lokedi and John Korir, both of Kenya, have won the women’s and men’s divisions of the Boston Marathon.

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  3. Daryl Avatar
    Daryl

    Politico on seriously flawed DOE science.
    https://www.politico.com/interactives/2025/chris-wright-doe-climate-change-report/

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  4. Scott Avatar
    Scott

    The U.S. has turned back 27 ships since its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz began.

    The U.S. Navy has turned back 27 ships trying to enter or exit Iranian ports since an American blockade outside the contested Strait of Hormuz began about a week ago, the military’s Central Command said on Monday.

    A U.S. military official also said on Monday that a team of Marines was searching as many as 5,000 containers aboard the Touska, an Iranian cargo ship that the Navy disabled and seized in the Gulf of Oman on Sunday after it tried to evade the blockade.

    I wonder if there will be a seaborne equivalent of an IED soon.

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  5. Gregory Lawrence Brown Avatar
    Gregory Lawrence Brown

    This anniversary slipped by me yesterday.
    April 19, 1995
    Bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City
    Source

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  6. Daryl Avatar
    Daryl

    @Gregory Lawrence Brown:
    Also the anniversary of Lexington and Concord.

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  7. Gregory Lawrence Brown Avatar
    Gregory Lawrence Brown

    Today is the anniversary of the killings at Columbine High School in 1999.

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  8. Kathy Avatar
    Kathy

    If it wasn’t bad enough, Amazon has also colluded with other companies to raise prices.

    The Bork doctrine that antitrust should only apply to monopolies that harm consumers has harmed plenty of consumers though excessive consolidation and worse working conditions and compensation.

    I wonder how the Fixer Court will allow this to go on.

    All money to the Oligarchs!

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  9. Kathy Avatar
    Kathy

    Lori Chavez-DeRemer out as Labor secretary

    It could be a coincidence El Taco has only sacked women thus far in his cabinet…

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  10. Kathy Avatar
    Kathy

    What happens when I cook late on Sunday afternoon after a 7-day working week*? Well, for one thing, I do recall the mise en place, and then forget to add the spices and tomato sauce to the instant pot before setting it to cook.

    So I added them afterwards (what else?) I wonder how much of a difference this makes…

    *I worked “only” 5-6 hours on Saturday, and about 3 on Sunday. Still, that’s seven days. besides, on Wednesday I arrived at work at 7:30 am, and left at 7:45 am on Thursday. And, yes, I returned to work on Thursday around 2 pm, after getting some sleep at home.

    By now it’s not the long hours, nor the lack of sleep, not even the tedium of the work involved. It’s all of those and fatigue, and being too busy to remember to order dinner, and not being able to do much else other than work, sleep, and eat. I’m feeling plain disgust at any additional project that drops (two more did this week).

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