"Biden pardons Fauci, Milley and members of Jan. 6 panel"
It's no surprise that America is so broken that it has come to this. The next four years are going to be terrible for so many people. Having reached a point where this became necessary is very telling as the last act before the transition.
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"Donald Trump’s 19th Century Obsession"
Jamelle is a columnist for the NYT, but he really rose over the past few years doing videos about politics on TikTok. With it's hiccup and uncertain future, he has launched a YouTube channel.
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"Zork: The Great Inner Workings"
Zork largely predates me, though of course I'm familiar with it. I played it a bit in college (who didn't? It's an experimental time for so many.) But I recall being fascinated by its functionality and flexibility. This article is a great read into the way which those programmers pulled it off.
Of course it's a Lisp predecessor.
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The Two Best Episodes of TV Ever
The penultimate and final episodes of Season 2 of the West Wing: '18th and Potomac' and 'Two Cathedrals' deliver a one-two punch which can take anyone down.
From the frenetic chaos of dealing with the looming lie, to the heartwrenching loss of a beloved mother-figure on the show. I've watched these two episodes a dozen times and it still takes my breath away and makes my heart ache.
This perfectly encapsulates the feeling of death and mourning. I felt nothing less than what is on display here when my mother died, though I had nowhere as dramatic an opportunity to express it.
And to turn from that to these final moments of the season finale:
Just perfection.
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"Viagra-laced ‘erectile honey’ is flooding into France, officials warn"
France last year seized record quantities of illegally imported “erectile honey” laced with Viagra and other medications, customs officials said Monday.
The honey, which is mostly shipped to France from Turkey, north Africa and southeast Asia, is sold on the black market and at night shops, where it is hawked as an all-natural sexual stimulant, according to the French customs office.
However, it often contains hidden pharmaceuticals like sildenafil or tadalafil, the main substances in the erectile dysfunction drugs Viagra and Cialis, news agency AFP reported. Those drugs can be dangerous if they interact with other medications, such as those treating high blood pressure.
There are about to be a lot more tour eiffels across the French countryside.
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Tall vs. Wide Conservation in Economics
A shower thought this morning: I had a thought of how Piaget's Theory of Conservation (the psychology test about wide vs tall containers,) is very similar to the current state of capitalism.
I was thinking how the US economy shifted so dramatically during Reagonomics, moving from the broad distribution with money in the hands of individuals, to the focusing of wealth in the hands of corporations. During this the US economy has continued to add more money and wealth from the world, however rather than being more broadly distributed, it becomes heavily focused around the corporations and the chosen few.
But, because it has netted more wealth, it is heralded as a success.
Is this an actual parallel of the psychological concept? Considering it largely is referred to as a way of highlighting youth neurological development, probably not - but I have no idea and I found the similarities notable.
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S03E07 - Gone Quiet
I am struck by how much this quote from The West Wing sounds like a Trump quote:
C.J. Cregg: He got the question.
Toby Ziegler: Who?
C.J. Cregg: The Majority Leader.
Toby Ziegler: When?
C.J. Cregg: Last night. Local news, Cleveland, Ohio - oh me-o, oh my-o, oh Cleveland, Ohio! He got the question.
Bonnie: What's the question?
Toby Ziegler: "Why do you want to be president?"
Bonnie: And what did he say?
C.J. Cregg: [reading from a transcript of the interview] "The reason I would run, were I to run, is I have a great belief in this country as a country and in this people as a people that go into making this country a nation with the greatest natural resources and population of people, educated people."
C.J. Cregg: [makes a shotgun motion with her arms] Chk-chk, boom!
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Automated Archives for January, 20th 2025
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Articles To Read
The following are articles that I saved today. Substance and quality will vary drastically.
Chess For the Day
Record: 2-0-3
Net Elo Change: -6
Games Played
Blog Posts On This Day
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