29 years ago today, Mr. Burns had a ketchup problem.

#TheSimpsons episode “The Old Man and the Lisa” first aired April 20, 1997.

I just think I should be able to attend a World Cup game in the United States for less money than it would cost for me to fly to Europe and watch a Champions League match, airfare, hotel, and tickets included.

Neighbors look with envy to those paying half on their utility bill. ‘It feels like you’re getting screwed.’ - The Boston Globe Discover how municipal light plants in Massachusetts offer lower energy bills and better service compared to investor-owned utilities.

"Municipal utilities don’t have shareholders pressuring them for ever-higher profits and dividends. Instead, municipal light companies have the luxury of investing surplus funds back into the business to become more efficient."
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Pope Leo at Easter Urbi et Orbi: “Let those who have weapons lay them down! Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace! Not a peace imposed by force, but through dialogue! Not with the desire to dominate others, but to encounter them!” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

1) What was the Playlist?
2) Are the tips still as good as they were?

Hanover Mamma Mias?

So much this. Also, the tech bro mafia doesn't really like reading. They don't *appreciate* reading. So just because *they* can't spot the difference between good writing and bad writing, they think most people can't either.

I am Christian and those are not the teachings of Christ.

And to be clear, we're still going to build out the generation capacity. And ratepayers are still going to be on the hook for it. But it's more likely that infrastructure will burn dirty fossil fuels and worsen air pollution.

Fascinating definition of the economy he has!!

Danny Boy YouTube video by Blakwulf

Ooh, time to drag this one out again :D

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His last stand

Can I use the same government ID to vote that I use to buy beer?

Yea, wouldn't have minded a few more minutes there...

Yea, wouldn't have minded a few more minutes there...

She's from Weymouth?

[watching any opera] Ah yes, the song from Looney Tunes

Amazon's tax bill plunges after GOP tax cuts The 87 percent drop is largely due to a more generous depreciation break in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act.'

Thanks to the OBBB, Amazon’s tax bill for 2025 is $1.2 billion, down from $9 billion the year before despite a 45% jump in profits.

“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”

High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!

1/2: Yesterday, our Clean Energy Siting & Permitting team filed final regulations to guide the local process for siting and permitting small projects. This was an Olympian effort and we are grateful to our stakeholders for the feedback and collaboration that made this possible.

And the winner was the Puppy Bowl

Basically Ring advertised the technology Batman used to find the Joker that Lucius Fox refused to be a part of except for that one time.

The prop bet should be whether more watch the Puppy Bowl or the alt- halftime show.

Operational or "turned on but the gate agent is just waving everyone through because they're slow and there's a big bottleneck"?

Its weird because 1995 was just 20 years ago.

Has it gotten better? Last couple times id been there it was lagging behind other local joints.

Average Sunday show interview:

OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats

HOST: how will you pay for it?

OFFICIAL: tariffs

HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money

OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed

HOST: thank u for ur time

More of this, please

Can the House not adjourn the session the day before and just carry on indefinitely? I feel like legislative days don't end at midnight, it ends when the session gavels out.