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I feel like the caption writer thought that this was an attack with a boulder in Colorado, rather than an attack with a flamethrower in Boulder, Colorado

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"How is it even possible to serve someone a fantastic, multi-course tasting menu and still make them feel terrible about the experience?" is a thought that I might have been capable of having, before I read this article

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"Did Silicon Valley reinvent the bus again?"

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This tracks, because a publication that hires a guy who seemingly doesn't know how to politely begin or end a formal email as a "Managing Director, External Communications" is exactly the kind of publication that would print racist tropes about foreigners

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What do cast members do if a kid calls out, "Look Kylo, she's over there!"?

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The PMC after one night of heavy rain:

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Maybe reconsider this label @bsky.app ?

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They're doing the thing

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This appears to be fake news, since anyone familiar with the NL (or anyone who is sports quizzer) would tell you the cardinals would never have elected a Cubs fan

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"They pull a capello, you pull a galero. They send one of yours to the chapel, you send one of theirs to a Cathedral. *That's* the Chicago way!"

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Who knew US meteorologists were such fans of the Mumbai Suburban Railway system

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The Kafkaesque procedures of changing your company's address in Google make dealing with any government bureaucracy seem like a pleasant stroll in the park

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In these trying times it is a comfort to my soul knowing that Tom Friedman is out there, sitting in his 11,000 sq. ft. mansion just absolutely Tom Friedmanning the hell out of every column that the NYT pays him to write

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You can also have a Maximilian, but after you're done a squad of Mexicans takes you round the back and shoots you

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I feel like this guy is probably old enough to be pope for real by now, if the College of Cardinals is having trouble making up their minds

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Not that important to his overall life and reign as Pope, but Francis I made weird trad-Caths extremely angry and he kept setting them up for ridicule in hilarious ways until the very end. RIP to an OG

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Woke left goes crazy when you point out that the "Holy Roman Empire" in Germany and Italy was, as the name suggests, "Roman"

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Golden Dome, Gold Card, gold toilet bowl Trump is really leaning into an Ar-Pharazôn persona

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Pune airport has the sort of artisanal chaos that comes from having your city MP be the Civil Aviation Minister Other cities may have shitty airport experiences because of neglect - we have a shitty time because of a steadfast desire to do Development completely unmoored from any relevant ability

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Live reaction from Parthian general Surena:

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