Fun and/or Interesting
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Five Stories On Government And Corporate Conflicts
Quick Bites: News from the DC Swamp, Bill Bonner on the War in Ukraine, an FDA Loss in Appeals Court, Surprise House Guests, and a Movie Quiz Rochelle Walensky CDC Director Walensky's husband received $16.9…
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Bernard Arnault Investigated For Money Laundering Scheme
Quick Bites: Bernard Arnault Did What?, Freddie DeBoer on Weaponized Introspection, Millionaires on the Move, Golf & Automatic Weapons, and Another Award for Rancho Santana Bernard Arnault No. I don’t believe…
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George Bernard Shaw's Scathing Shakespeare Critique Resurfaces
Quick Bites: GBS Slams Shakespeare, a Global Market Perspective, DNA Contamination?, Debatable Movie Adaptations, and a Quiz on Legal Terms George Bernard Shaw Shaw on Shakespeare: “Dig Him Up and Throw Stones…
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Another inflation storm is coming!
Quick Bites: Inflation… Again!, More Corruption, Advice for Wannabe Writers, Amazon’s Stake in AI, and CNN Unleashes on Joe Biden Another inflation storm is coming! Sean MacIntyre, my partner, the most…
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The crazy and growing cost of Hollywood’s strikes
Quick Bites: The Cost of the Hollywood Walkouts, Remote Work Trends, Short Stories, a Crazy Stat, and a Quiz About Orchestras The crazy and growing cost of Hollywood’s strikes. Analysts say the writers’ and…
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Look at them freakin’ teeth!
Quick Bites: Teeth!, Spanked by a Drag Queen, Retirement on the Cheap, Going Full Woke, Poor Joe “Look at them freakin’ teeth!” Pensacola beachgoers rescue a shark that washed ashore. Click here. Okay, you are…
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Five Unexpected Takes On Politics, Culture, And Currency
Quick Bites: Life Under Utopia?, Diversity Training, Economics Lesson, Woman Power, and a Quiz About World Currencies Ben Kawaller Ben Kawaller of The Free Press meets the Democratic Socialists of America…
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Were prehistoric mass extinctions caused by climate change or human activity?
Quick Bites: Extinction Debate, COVID Vaccine Caveats, Language-Based Racism, Another Karen Meltdown, and Irresistible Live Camera Feeds Were prehistoric mass extinctions caused by climate change or human…
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Images from an annual gathering of redheads
Quick Bites: Redheads, Top Soundtracks, Homemade Rocket Festival, Ancient Wonders, and an 8th Grade History Quiz Images from an annual gathering of redheads. Click here. Boogie Nights. American Graffiti. Dirty…
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Quick Bites — September 9, 2023
Quick Bites: Hidden Messages, Cool Words, Surprising Source of Healthcare in Africa, the World’s Most Beautiful Museums, and a Photo Trip Back in Time Hidden messages.Did you ever notice that there is a 31…
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Quick Bites — September 5, 2023
Click here. Watch a meteor light up the Colorado night sky. (It looks just like it does in the movies!) Click here. Zambia-Egypt plane seizure. The cash and fake gold that no one is claiming. Click here. The…
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Quick Bites
(It’s not cars or watches.) Click here. Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour generates $5 billion in consumer spending. Click here. The strange world of how we think and the pros and cons of inner speech. Click here. Have…
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Big Cities Bleed Jobs While Tech Booms South
Quick Bites: Big Cities Lose Big, New Booze Guidelines, Recycled Playground Animals, Digital Clones, and a Quiz About the Stock Market Big Blue cities lose trillions as major firms move south. Click here…
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Five Viral Stories Worth Your Time This Week
Quick Bites: A Map of Market Cap, Justin Trudeau Blasted, Nomophobia, Europe for Art Lovers, and Changing Drinking Habits in the US Visualizing the World’s 50 Most Valuable Companies. Click here. Justin…
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Five Viral Stories Worth Your Attention This Week
Quick Bites: New COVID Variant, RFK Jr.’s Latest Conspiracy Theory, Social Experiment, Filthiest US Cities, and Magic Mushrooms What You Should Know About the New Dominant COVID Variant. Click here. If You…
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Quick Bites: Small Towns, Big Pharma, Education as a Scam, Sleep Advice, & a History Quiz
The 20 Best Small Towns for Retirement. HGTV recently listed their choices for America’s best small (less than 100,000 people) cities for retirees. They based their evaluation on the average cost and standard…
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Five Quick Bits You Might Enjoy
What’s Your EQ? I scored a 9 out of 10 on this self-test. I wasn’t being honest as much as figuring out what the right answer was. Click here. The McDonald’s Vegan Burger Taste Test. Click here. All your…
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Time’s list of the 100 best movies in the last century
Click here. * From Vox: A good, succinct history of why cruise ships have gotten so big. Click here. * Talk about luxury! Take a look at this posh public restroom in China. * Who is the only living president…
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Barbie Breakups, Phone Limits, And Shark Encounters
* From The Huffington Post: A disturbing (and disturbingly superficial) account of how Barbie is inspiring many to end relationships. Click here. * China’s internet regulator announced plans to curb teen phone…
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Oppenheimer in Film and Music: A Cultural Reckoning
* Five songs that reference J. Robert Oppenheimer. Click here. * 10 movies about scientific discovery like Oppenheimer. Click here. * Four other movies about Oppenheimer and the atomic bomb: The Day After…
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Five Stories Worth Your Time This Week
* Oppenheimer’s secret city explained. Click here. * How the investor of the first chatbot turned against AI. Click here. * Why fraud thrives on Wall St. Click here. * Amazing rules for teaching Air Force…
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Five Quirky News Stories From This Week
* Alaska mayor proposes flying the state’s homeless population south for the winter. Click here. * The eight habits that could add up to 24 years of your life. Click here. * Rep. Chip Roy asks FBI Director…
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How much do you know about famous facial hair?
Take the quiz here. (I got 15 out of 20.)
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This can’t be true!
King John (1166-1216) [italics] In 2009, a young girl did a school research project and “discovered” that all US presidents except Martin Van Buren are descended from one British king. I’m 99.9% confident this…
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The Most and Least Expensive Big Macs in the US
You won’t learn anything especially useful from this map, but you may find it interesting. I was surprised by some of the red dots. Click here.
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Astronomy Photographer of the Year
The short list for the 2023 Astronomy Photographer of the Year has just been published. And, not surprisingly, this year’s selection is just as amazing as last year’s. Looking over the entries, I tried to…
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Have You Ever Seen…?
Have you ever seen a Belgian Malinois? A friend of mine brought his to the Swamp House at Paradise Palms. He threw a ball into the lake. The dog sprinted toward it like he was shot out of a cannon, and then…
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Test Your Knowledge of Famous Artists
The topic was promising. The first question was easy. I thought for sure I was going to get a perfect score. I was wrong. Click here to try your hand at it.
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What Would You Like to Do That You Haven’t Yet Done?
G sent this in. It’s a short interview with Bill Murray. I hadn’t seen it before, and when I watched it, I was surprised. It’s thought-provoking, but also touching. This is Bill Murray speaking without his…
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History Quiz: Important Inventions
The first question was so easy, I thought I might ace the others. No. I barely got half of them right! Try your hand at it here.
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No matter what you think of the PGA/LIV merger…
If you like golf, the following might amuse or edify you. PW, a Myrtle Beach friend, sent it. (I think he did the research himself.) Other than seeing my high school buddies once a year in Myrtle Beach, my…
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500 Years of Female Hair Styles
I fell into another YouTube rabbit hole last week. This time, I probably saw two dozen video clips of women doing amazing things with their hair. My favorite was this one, a fast-motion history of women’s…
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Six Life Hacks Worth Trying Today
I gave you a link to three life hacks in the May 2 issue. Click here for three more. (I knew the second one, but neither of the others.)
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Dalí Forgeries Exposed In Revealing Video Documentary
Remember the Salvador Dalí forgeries that I wrote about on May 23. Click here to watch a good little video about them.
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Look Who’s Competing in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
When Rorion Gracie brought his family’s style of Jiu Jitsu to America in 1978, no one had ever heard of it. But when Rorion’s younger brother Royce entered the Ultimate Fighting Contest in 1993, the first…
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Ten Phrases from the Middle Ages
We were talking about the origins of odd and interesting English language maxims and phrases at the cigar club a year ago. Today, I received this from BW.
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Speaking of Films… a Moment in Time
Twenty years ago, this was how movie makers filled the cinematic holes. Today, with digital technology, the work can be done at a fraction of the cost by a college intern. Click here.
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Test Yourself: How Much Money Does the Federal Government Waste Each Year?
I’m talking about overspending, duplicate spending, and improper spending. So, what do you think? A hundred million? Five hundred million? A billion? Here’s a partial answer straight from the Government…
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Ten Useful Learning Strategies with ChatGPT
Recently, Scott H Young asked his readers to write to him and explain how they’re using large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT. He then reported on their responses. I was impressed by what people are…
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Cinco de What? Mayonnaise?
Living in South Florida, I’ve had ample chances to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, which I assumed was a Mexican holiday of some historical event, presumably the day it won its independence from Spain. Yes and no…
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Three Life Hacks I Wish I Knew Back When!
Don’t ask. Just look at this (30 seconds) and think about how great it would be if you knew these three life hacks when you were younger. Click here.
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Wonder, astonishment, and devotion
I came across this journal entry in Diaries of Note. It was written in 1831 in Brazil by Charles Darwin. It describes a typical day in his life then, surveying the rain forest with the help of his team. I was…
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More About Yuja Wang
I introduced you to Yuja Wang before. After reading that piece, DF, my sister, sent me this compilation of her playing the piano, starting as a little girl. She was amazing at four years old! And her skills…
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A Socratic Conversation About Reducing Crime
From Freddie deBoer, my favorite self-proclaimed socialist... Click here.
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Mandarin Dominates Native Speakers, English Rules Second Language
Take a look at this graphic representation of language use across the globe. One thing that strikes me is the difference between Mandarin and English. Mandarin is, by far, the language most spoken by native…
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Good Cop? Bad Cop? You Tell Me
This is, IMHO, a good cop acting badly. Click here. Here is a cop trying to do his job. But he’s being a bit of a bully. Everything he’s doing, according to a retired cop friend of mine, is within the range of…
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He Never Comed Back
You’ve probably heard it said that Mandarin is the most difficult language for English speakers to learn. Other contenders include Hungarian, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Basque, and Navajo. But learning English…
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Wanna Make a Ton of Money Creatively?
If I said it once, I said it a hundred times. If you want to succeed at the highest possible level in life, you must master at least two out of three fundamental skills. You must learn to think analytically…
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How Did Consciousness Evolve?
Click here for an Illustrated Guide from The MIT Press Reader.
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Putting gun deaths in perspective…
I thought this was pretty funny. Click here.
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