Three people sentenced to jail for bear-suit insurance scam in California State investigated claims of bear attacks on cars, unconvincingly backed up by video of person in bear suit

Day made (#nottheonion)

"The video in question showed the costumed person enter the vehicle and rummage through it in less-than-convincing fashion."

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That mute may become moot.

I am reduced to blowing "succulent raspberries" at the radio or television.

But not a better typist, evidently: *Manual*!

This reminds me of my old-timer insight that I learned a *ton* about publishing while filing (and reading) all the carbon copies of all correspondence.

And became a better writer when using a manyal typewriter and *completely* retyping drafts.

Publishers

My third attempt.

Hard to believe the country isn't saved already.

Billy Bragg calls for big turnout at London march against far right Musician urges public to send clear message at what is expected to be UK’s biggest ever multicultural rally

📢 WE'RE GOING‼️ Please be there if you can... 👍♥️✊
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NO KINGS Fort Collins · Mobilize COMMUNITY NOT KINGS! ​ Join us at Civic Center Park on March 28 to show this administration that across Northern Colorado we embrace our community and we reject tyranny. ​ We stop authoritarianism by ...

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Fort Collins” -
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Florida bans sociology from core curriculum at state universities For years, Republican lawmakers and education leaders have argued that sociology — especially high-enrollment introductory courses — has been overtaken by progressive ideology

Big men scared of sociology, but it’s illegal to research why.

www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

<blushing> This book and the author-illustrator team were an absolute joy and privilege.

This has been my favorite bookmark for some time.

Glad the Dublin daughter is still playing, 5K miles away.

#AAG2026 diaspora: browse @upittpress.bsky.social's online book sale here:
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Putting the value in virtual!

Or grab a time slot to visit with editor Mick Gusinde-Duffy:
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Missed the second half heading into mountains. Sounds like a cracker.

My daughter in Dublin surrounded by some very sad lads right now.

The "Common Travail Area"?

Welcome to the temporary England fan club, Irish friends.

PS j'adore

‘Wherefore art thou?’: France look to restore identity with outing to Romeo and Juliet Fabien Galthié hopes an outing to the ballet can help Les Bleus put Scotland debacle behind them for Saturday’s Six Nations finale against England

Frencher than a pack of Gauloises?

www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m...

Also, this one unpacks the nostalgic misinformation mythology.

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Scotland.

"I'll have what they're having."

University of Pittsburgh Press at AAG - Mick Gusinde-Duffy Mick Gusinde-Duffy, Editor at Large for U Pitt Press will be available for book meetings throughout the conference. Bring your groundbreaking political geography projects for discussion.Learn more abo...

A reminder that @upittpress.bsky.social will be gracing the halls of #AAG2026 in Mick-spatial form (@mickodopolous.bsky.social). Let's book a time to talk about books:

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Armchair radicals of the World Unite!

It's becoming more @upittpress.bsky.social official; tell your book-writing friends.

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The Long War Nowhere has the U.S. military established more bases, lost more troops, or spent more money in the last thirty years than in the Middle East and Central Asia...

The more things change, yada, yada, yada . . .

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Political storm in Wyoming as far-right activist caught handing checks to lawmakers Photograph shows conservative activist handing slip to Darin McCann and Marlene Brady holding a similar paper

I'm sure Anti-Fraud Tsar, JD, is on the next flight out there . . .

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Tomato Tomahto, what does it matter, as long as he loves his plinth.

Vinícius, Mourinho and treating racism as reputational risk rather than a lived reality | Jonathan Liew The Brazilian has seen this before, football has seen this before, and yet why does it feel like nothing ever changes?

Not the way, José

"That’s why he’s “box office”. That’s why, a decade after he was objectively good, so many want him back in the Premier League."
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Thank you Lindsay!

Publishing job, ICYMI:

We are looking for an acquisitions coordinator at @oupress.bsky.social to support our authors and acquisitions editors!

It is a good entry point for a career in book publishing.

Job is on-site in Norman.

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