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Vessel rescued in English Channel after emergency call to Dover, Delaware, instead of Dover, England

I can think of a sole pun to accompany this story.
ctvnews.ca/world/vessel-rescue

Participants self-reported depressive, anxiety symptoms, suicidal ideation, and milk tea addiction symptoms including milk tea consumption, dependence, guilty feelings, withdrawal, tolerance, unable to stop, craving, and intention to stop. sciencedirect.com/science/arti

@Smccune55 If nothing else, I love the creativity and joy in the campaign.

Also, I like ice cream.

Kamala’s Coconut Jubilee is coconut flavored, layered with caramel and topped with red, white and blue star sprinkles.

ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/polit

A new educational video game called “Mooving Cows,” which gives dairy workers and anyone interested the opportunity to practice cow handling skills, is now publicly available to download and play. news.cals.wisc.edu/2024/01/25/

TSMC’s first Arizona chips are now in production, and Apple is ready to be the first cab off the rank with mobile processors made using the foundry’s 5nm process. timculpan.substack.com/p/apple

The Getty Vocabularies, published by the Getty Research Institute, “contain structured terminology for art, architecture, decorative arts, archival materials, visual surrogates, art conservation, and bibliographic materials.” getty.edu/research/tools/vocab

Before he conceived of Peter Pan, J. M. Barrie decided it was time to grow up and quit smoking. He justifies this decision in My Lady Nicotine: A Study in Smoke (originally published in 1890), which begins with a common trio of arguments against substance addiction. publicdomainreview.org/collect

The 20 tech companies that have cut the most jobs this year so far. Spoiler: The top three are Dell, Intel, and Tesla. bestbrokers.com/stock-brokers/

"In a study of six users, the earring outperformed a smartwatch at sensing skin temperature during periods of rest. It also showed promise for monitoring signs of stress, eating, exercise and ovulation." washington.edu/news/2024/02/07

Two cannibals are eating a clown.
One turns to the other and says, "Does this taste funny to you?"

> Biden shared his thoughts and reflections on these subjects and more in a wide-ranging sit-down interview with the Washington Blade on Sept. 12 in the Oval Office, which marked the first time in which an LGBTQ newspaper has conducted an exclusive interview with a sitting U.S. president.

Regarding book bans: “These guys want to erase history instead of make history.”

washingtonblade.com/2024/09/16

First-ever mRNA vaccine halts pancreatic cancer in its tracks

"Importantly, these patients demonstrated delayed recurrence of their pancreatic cancers, providing tantalizing evidence that the T cells activated by the vaccines may be effectively holding the cancer at bay."
thebrighterside.news/post/firs

I lost my thesaurus the other day. I couldn't find the words to describe how I felt.

A tee-hee of the afternoon...
I was visiting my daughter and son-in-law last night when I asked if I could borrow a newspaper.

This is the 21st century, she sniffed. We don't waste money on newspapers. Here, you can borrow my iPad.

I can tell you, that bloody fly never knew what hit him.....

"Fiber optic cables that line ocean floors could provide a less expensive, more comprehensive alternative to the current buoys that act as early warning systems for tsunamis, says a University of Michigan researcher." news.umich.edu/fiber-optic-cab

This is hard reading, but it helps to understand what's going on. Sort of.

"I started going to rallies this year because I wanted to talk with people face-to-face in hopes of understanding their points of view. I have discovered how unique of a phenomenon Trump rallies are — and what you see on TV isn’t even close to the full story."
huffpost.com/entry/donald-trum

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