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  • I have several of these LEGO lighting kits and love them.
  • Is it really true that no one buys books? According to the author, in 2020 only 268 titles sold more than 100,000 copies, and 96% of books sold less than a thousand copies. Big, if true.
  • I’d never even considered combining an Arnold Palmer with a margarita.
  • Was This Little-Known Standoff Between British Soldiers and Colonists the Real Start of the American Revolution? – via my dad
  • One of the most surprising revelations in the Peacock comedy Mr. Throwback is that the Golden State Warriors point guard Steph Curry is a brilliant actor. (Oh, and he also dunked in a game for the first time in six years.)
  • I really cannot decide if this article on testing push notifications on the iOS simulator was generated by AI or a human, but it’s got some helpful code that I was able to use.
  • Do Not Obey in AdvanceJust… why?
    • GOP blasted for gutting Medicaid to pay for $4.5 trillion tax cut
    • Army Deleting Online Content Related to Women, Minorities – via @tyleraking.com
    • In a strongly worded statement, Norwegian fuel company Haltbakk Bunkers has announced it will cease supplying fuel to U.S. military forces and criticized what happened when Ukraine president Zelensky visited the White House, referring to it as the “biggest shitshow ever presented live on TV.”
    • If “DOGE” is a federal agency, it can’t shield its records from the public. If it’s not an agency, then its tens of millions of dollars in funding weren’t legally allocated and should be returned. – via @propublica.org
    • The inside story of mass firings of Tesla Supercharger staff is pretty gross.
    • When You’re MAGA, They Let You Do It
    • Judge rules firing of federal workforce watchdog was illegal – via @browneyedsusan.bsky.social

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