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Maybe Fennelly retiring?

🚨 DOWN GO THE REIGNING CHAMPS 🚨

No. 9 Iowa upsets No. 1 Florida in the Round of 32.

The Gators are the first one-seed to fall this men’s NCAA Tournament.

a pixel art drawing of a man in a pink shirt and a girl in an orange shirt ALT: a pixel art drawing of a man in a pink shirt and a girl in an orange shirt

it really happened

The US Postal Service is a service, not a business (hence the name). We should want to fund services that help Americans!

It costs us $9B/yr to make sure medications get delivered to seniors in rural areas and the many other benefits USPS provides.

The illegal war in Iran has already cost us $26B!

Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

Screenshot of a data visualization titled “The Cost of American Exceptionalism,” subtitled “What would change if the U.S. matched the OECD average?” The page explains that each card shows how outcomes would change if the U.S. matched the average of 31 peer democracies. Below, a section labeled “Economy & Inequality” displays eight cards comparing U.S. figures to OECD averages. Highlights include: +$19K per household per year in redistributed income and +$96K in redistributed wealth if the top 1% matched OECD shares; a 71% lower CEO-to-worker pay ratio (from 354× to 101×); 50 million more workers with union coverage; 26 million more people with health insurance; $2.1 trillion saved annually in healthcare spending; $691 less per person per year in prescription drug costs; and intergenerational economic mobility being twice as high. Each card shows the U.S. value alongside the OECD average.

If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:

America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.

What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵

Good news!

Comic. [Banner: Mathematical Society: 2025 Meeting.] PERSON 1 with bun: Any other new developments from the year to cover before we wrap? PERSON 2: Oh, the teens picked a new funny number. PERSON 3 with short hair: Aww, I’m glad to hear they’re still doing that. PERSON 4 with ponytail: I’ll add it to the list. [List: 23 (skidoo!; 42; 69; 420; 1,337; 58,008; [circled]: 67]

Funny Numbers

xkcd.com/3184/

Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.

Get ready for the boom!

Allen’s hummingbird flying above an Anna’s hummingbird perched

Sheer luck to freeze this moment where both hummingbirds are both sharp in the same frame

I’ve had my share of photos with two or more birds in the same frame. Even a few lucky enough to have two different species interacting

This Allen’s and Anna’s hummingbird being territorial is a good one 📷🪶

They’re not good. I have to mute when quint comes on screen

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