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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

#apps #army #artificial intelligence #cocktails #dailydavid #development #gop #government #history #ios #legal #nba #norway #politics #programming #tesla

Eternal, The Honor It Bore

Eternal, The Honor It Bore

Reunited ‘Marauders’ Recall War’s Hell in Burma’s Jungles

#albanese #army #china #daytona beach #family #history #india #japan #merrill's marauders #news #world war ii

The 1973 National Personnel Records Center Fire

An unparalleled disaster

#albanese #army #government #history #merrill's marauders #records #united states #world war ii

Football for the Troops

“A government shutdown means overseas troops could miss baseball playoff games and favorite NFL Sunday showdowns…” Stars and Stripes Regardless of how you feel about Obamacare or Congress or the President, you’ve got to admit it’s absurd that our armed forces should be denied the privilege of watching sporting events during the shutdown. If you’re

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#army #government #nfl #politics #sports

Angelina Jolie: Awesome

Angelina Jolie made a trip to the Walter Reed Military Hospital in Washington, D.C. back on June 26th. No one reported on this until now because she didn’t tell anyone. She spent several hours with wounded soldiers and gave each one a gift bag which included, among other things, a $1000 gift certificate to Best

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#actors #army #iraq

Buying Good Books

In which I buy too many books. Again.

#army #books #college football #kennedy #lists #lobster #los angeles times #pearl jam #reading #rivalries

Are you registered?

If you’re a young man, age 18 through 25, the law requires you to notify the Selective Service System of an address change within 10 days. link via MetaFilter

#9-11 #army

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