On this Day:
1922
Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
1925
Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
1943
World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to conclusion as Soviet troops accept the surrender of 91,000 remnants of the Axis forces.
2004
Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men’s singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks.
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"He is rich whose income exceeds his expenses."--La Bruyere
Moltbook—a Reddit-style platform built exclusively for AI agents—has become the most discussed phenomenon in silicon circles since the debut of ChatGPT. The agents post, comment, argue, and joke across more than 100 communities. They debate the nature of governance in general and discuss "crayfish theories of debugging."
The growth curve is vertical (and debatable): tens of thousands of posts and nearly 200,000 comments appeared almost overnight, with over one million human visitors stopping by to observe.
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“I mean, it’s something I’ve been concerned with the whole time I’ve been here. What are the rights of individuals? Who can you kill? When can you kill them? What is war? What is not war? What is due process? When do you have Fourth Amendment protections? So all these things are incredibly important.”--Rand Paul
“I mean, it’s something I’ve been concerned with the whole time I’ve been here. What are the rights of individuals? Who can you kill? When can you kill them? What is war? What is not war? What is due process? When do you have Fourth Amendment protections? So all these things are incredibly important.”--Rand Paul
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The NR notes the increasing adoption of combat uniforms by law enforcement. This includes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and their leaders, who in Minnesota and other regions go around dressed like Marines about to invade Fallujah.
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A report states Canada remains part of a list of countries experiencing “ultra-low fertility” as the country’s fertility rates hit a record low in 2024 with 1.25 children per woman.
Other countries in a similar situation based on this data include Switzerland (1.29), Luxembourg (1.25), Finland (1.25), Italy (1.18), Japan (1.15), Singapore (0.97) and South Korea (0.75).
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"Life-changing focaccia." Life-changing !!!
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Interlude
A break, sort of, from selective law enforcement. But one can never truly escape.
Watched the Grammys. They still think that music without plot is a performance art. Sometimes they don't even need the music.
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Credit card interest rates aren’t arbitrary. They reflect the risk of lending to borrowers with different credit profiles.
If credit card interest rates were capped, this would harm the very people such a policy aims to help. Not only would it fail to help borrowers, but it would paradoxically make things less affordable. Lenders would issue new credit cards only to people with stellar credit. Those with fair credit would likely see their credit limits fall. And those at the bottom of the credit ladder would be shut out completely or pushed toward payday loans or black-market lending.
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Interlude
A break, sort of, from selective law enforcement. But one can never truly escape.
Watched the Grammys. They still think that music without plot is a performance art. Sometimes they don't even need the music.
There were some very dramatic ads, though.
There were a lot of thin-voiced thin girls with echo chambers. Better than the usual "This is a holdup" look.
Bad Bunny made a plea for love. Certainly Caesar, since we're living here, gets some, small say, though.
There were a lot of thin-voiced thin girls with echo chambers. Better than the usual "This is a holdup" look.
Bad Bunny made a plea for love. Certainly Caesar, since we're living here, gets some, small say, though.
He drove the crowd wild with an acceptance speech in a language noone understood.
A guy in a broad-brim hat gave an award for global influence to another guy without a hat.
Jeff Goldblum seemed mortified to be associated with a country music award. No one else showed such limits.
Justin Bieber didn't wear any clothes. He seemed like a guy who needs a friend.
Credit card interest rates aren’t arbitrary. They reflect the risk of lending to borrowers with different credit profiles.
If credit card interest rates were capped, this would harm the very people such a policy aims to help. Not only would it fail to help borrowers, but it would paradoxically make things less affordable. Lenders would issue new credit cards only to people with stellar credit. Those with fair credit would likely see their credit limits fall. And those at the bottom of the credit ladder would be shut out completely or pushed toward payday loans or black-market lending.
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