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  #uspol I wonder what would happen if Gov. Beshear of Kentucky were to make a Senatorial appointment to replace Mitch #McConnell...and named Elaine Chao to fill the position. (Yes, it would raise the question and of whether the appointment was constitutionally valid, and lawsuits would follow.) I suspect that would put the Republicans in a somewhat untenable position.

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  Apparently Christopher Nolan really did want the #Odyssey movie to be historically accurate, but Peter Falk died some years ago and was thus not available for the role of the Cyclops. “Oh, just one more thing before I eat you...”

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  „Das Enshittification Game“ is an interactive theater performance that will take place here in Graz, Austria in September. Full info at https://planetenparty.at/portfolio/das-enshittification-game/ I wonder if @pluralistic knows about it.

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  This is a marvelous advertisement. The word „Nachspeise“ means dessert, and „Nasch“ means sweet (or sweet tooth). Using a wafer as a hyphen is just brilliant. The small text at upper left translates to “You can’t help but like Manner“, and the text at lower right means “Happiness brings people together.“

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  I think I have found one of the smallest art installations ever. It is embedded in a stone wall on the stairway to the Uhrturm (Clock Tower) in Graz, Austria. I’m guessing it’s about 10 cm in diameter.

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  Very unsettling moment today when I turned on my old laptop, which I had not used for about a year, and realized I had totally forgotten the password for my user name. (It’s a different password on the new laptop.) I was about to use #SystemRescue to manually change the password, then decided: well, let me try one variant of what I have been unsuccessful with. Luckily, it worked.

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  Das ist wirklich Schlau. / This is very clever.

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  I am wondering how much trouble I am going to be in for posting this for my students in an Intro to Linux class. https://evc-comsc.at/comsc050/ai_rant.html

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  Seen on Reddit from a post by user jcflyingblade; too amusing not to share.

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  Perhaps we should rename the Strait of Hormuz to “Schrödinger’s Strait’. It is open and closed at the same time, and its true status can only be known when it is observed by a government. Given that it’s a waterway, I would add a joke about the wave function collapsing, but nothing comes to mind. #Straitofhormuz

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  Well, that certainly took #Iran and the #EpsteinFiles out of the news cycle...

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  Videos of my bike rides from #Graz, #Austria to #Thal, Austria and back. https://youtu.be/R4bOkGTKc9Q https://youtu.be/j1Wfu7xcF6A

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  Wouldn’t it be great if King Charles came to the podium in Congress and said only four words: “We are not amused.” #KingCharles #Congress

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  @patriksvensson Extra #AltText4You An altered cover of "The Adventures of Tintin" by Hergé. The title reads "Tintin and the Vibe Coders." The Captain, Tintin, and Milou are in a small boat. There is a burning pile of wood in the middle of the boat. The Captain appears to be warming his hands. Tintin and Milou are aghast (word balloon: “!?”)