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No way. The original is just fine, thank you very much.

Mid-morning training session: Best practices in approaching an Object. Follow-up session: Effective methods in concealing an Object.

I dreamed that I asked Dick Van Dyke if he’d deliver my eulogy someday. When he wanted to set a date, I told him I’d get back to him. He said “Whenever. I’ll be around.”

Chicago Sun-Times accused of using AI to create reading list of books that don’t exist An allegedly ChatGPT-generated article lists fake books by real authors, but outlet says newsroom wasn’t the culprit

The Chicago Sun-Times also prints horoscopes foretelling people’s destinies. Perhaps these books are from the Future … ? 🫣🤯 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Know Your Rights | Protesters’ Rights | ACLU The First Amendment protects your right to assemble and express your views through protest. However, police and other government officials are allowed to place certain narrow restrictions on the exerc...

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Sad to say goodbye to two longtime members of Enquirer family - Will Kowalski, Kevin Hare With a combined tenure of more than 50 years at the paper, Battle Creek Enquirer says goodbye to longtime staffers Will Kowalski and Kevin Hare.

Remembering two terrific longtime co-workers …

I'm reminded that, on this date in 2008, Sir Arthur C. Clarke left our universe. For more, see Neil McAleer's biography of Arthur (edited by yours truly) at www.amazon.com/.../ref=cm_s.... #sirarthurcclarke

The Free Press Did Not Censor Doonesbury. The Truth is Much Sadder. A couple Sundays ago, the Doonesbury comic strip took us to an imaginary Florida high school classroom where a teacher was sharing some uncomfortable truths about the Civil War as some of her stude…

Alas, the Gannett Co. of today is Gannett in name only. It’s not the same media organization for which I worked happily and with pride for four decades.

Elon Musk Shared, Then Deleted X Post Absolving Hitler, Stalin and Mao of Genocide (Gift Article) The post falsely claimed that Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong were not responsible for the murders of millions of people, but rather public sector workers were.

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EPA head says he'll roll back dozens of environmental regulations, including rules on climate change The head of the Environmental Protection Agency has announced a series of actions to roll back landmark environmental regulations, including rules on pollution from coal-fired power plants, climate ch...

From The Associated Press … Don’t miss this quote from climate scientist Michael Mann: “They can no longer deny climate change is happening, so instead they’re pretending it’s not a threat, despite the overwhelming scientific evidence that it is, perhaps, the greatest threat that we face today.”

Demonstrators across 50 states look to unify a disparate opposition to Trump and his sweeping agenda As Donald Trump prepares to address a joint session of Congress, protest groups are gathering at parks, statehouses and other public grounds to assail his presidency as dangerous and un-American.

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Great Escape Stage Company's festival of short plays by G.B. Shaw begins Feb. 28 with two classics with which I’m involved -- "Village Wooing" & "Overruled.” … "The Dark Lady of the Sonnets" & "The Music Cure" will be staged Saturday. All will be staged Sunday. Details: greatescapestagecompany.com

How the SAVE Act may affect registering to vote for women, other groups Research suggests up to 34% of voting-age women don't have documents proving citizenship with their current legal name.

And this is *still* just the beginning …

Fact-checking Donald Trump's claims about war in Ukraine President Donald Trump appeared to accuse Ukraine of being responsible for the war with Russia.

From The BBC …

From The New York Times ... "Musk’s Washington" ...

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I would have been fired or at least severely reprimanded if I’d ever written a headline that declared a person guilty of a crime before the trial even began. Of course, we used to have a professional system designed to prevent such litigious junk. Gripe, gripe, grouse and groan. 🙄🤬

Happy 130th Birthday Nigel Bruce!
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BTW, the cut-off word was "work," followed by appreciation of this gentleman's various artistic gifts. Dropping the name of one's fangirl wife never hurts. (She wants him to do another trash-metal video.)

I’d also ask for brief essays about Goldberry, the hobbits’ use of the weapons taken from the barrow and/or the search for the new Tree of Gondor, plus an analysis of the Scouring of the Shire.

After significant service to the realm, Isis has deigned to raise Sasha to the peerage.

Interview #30: Dan Richter Foot in both Beat & Beatles camps

Excellent. The legacy lives on. 🦴🚀

Trump signed slew of executive orders on Day 1. What are his priorities? President Donald Trump has signed a flurry of executive actions on Day 1. He has repealed dozens of former President Joe Biden’s actions, begun his immigration crackdown, withdrawn the U.S. from the P...

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Think it’s cold in Michigan today? This is from six years ago. …

I still strive to esteem and respect the buddha nature of the biggest nincompoops on the planet. But it’s becoming impossible to anticipate how high the level of nincompoopery will become.

Face it, some are even warmer than Greenland. …