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  • Good news: Bill to ban trans athletes from team sports failed to advance in the Senate – via @erininthemorning.com
  • Want to send a message to your representatives urging them to protect Social Security? AARP has a quick and simple form for that. Go!
  • High-intensity exercise can significantly improve long-term memory, learning ability, and decision-making.
  • Rolling Stone published a list of twenty “essential” Gene Hackman films but didn’t include The Birdcage?! Blasphemy. – via kottke
  • My top five, in no particular order: The Birdcage, Superman: The Movie, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Firm, and Unforgiven
  • The fastest and easiest way to cut methane emissions (as well as reduce water use and protect biodiversity) is simply to eat less beef. In the United States, half of all the beef is consumed by just 12% of the population, mostly men.
  • See also: Climate Kids!
  • Things That Suck:
    • The Senate confirmed former World Wrestling Entertainment executive Linda McMahon to lead the Department of Education as POTUS pushes to shut it down
    • “In North Carolina, there has been a multi-year, hyper focused effort among political actors in the state to gain and keep control over the state supreme court.”
    • FAA Officials Ordered Staff to “Find Funding” for Starlink – via @samhalpert.bsky.social

#climate change #congress #dailydavid #department of education #exercise #gop #government #legal #memory #politics #social security #superman

Another Upset

Another Upset

The Gators lose a stunner

#alabama crimson tide #college football #florida #florida gators #football #georgia bulldogs #heisman #miami dolphins #movies #ole miss #polls #quotations #rankings #sports #tim tebow

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

I have to admit that I was a huge fan of the West Wing. I thought it was “the most intelligent show on television“. The last season (or was it two?) though — after Aaron Sorkin stopped writing — it really jumped the shark. I was still pretty sad to see it go. I have

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#batman #los angeles #monday night football #movies #nbc #pirates #rescue me #saturday night live #superman #television #the sopranos #west wing

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