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My illustrations for the Odyssey.
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Chuck Groenink
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I draw pictures, I bake bread, I go for walks. Columbia county, NY
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Parents are fed up with friends and relatives giving their kids “personalized” AI-generated storybooks with characters resembling their kids. Apart from data privacy concerns, literacy experts say these garbled and convoluted narratives could be an impediment to learning how to read.
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The unregulated free market is Mrs. Lovett realizing that humans make far more and tastier meat pies than cats, require far less sawdust, and are far easier to catch besides.
Max KennerlyAmong the worst ideas floating around is that "the free market" will naturally achieve desirable results for society. No, it won't, not even in theory, much less in practice. Markets don't optimize "good for society" unless you make them.
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"What’s happened to going to the Walgreens or Target is a store-sized version of ... America. It’s the experience of being subject to the decisions of a ruling class that responds to every challenge with authoritarianism, greed, and the same levels of poise and wisdom as an inbred Pomeranian."
Tressie McMillan CottomAs good as many of you said. I really appreciate the unambiguous point that this primarily a racist moral panic before unpacking the nuanced second-order explanations. dannykatch.substack.com/p/we-used-to...
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I've also heard this 1 and am willing to believe it
Chuck GroeninkMeanwhile at the library today I overheard a woman explaining to a coworker that most sightings of seamonsters were in fact whale orgies, ‘because of the big flapping penises’.
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If you're hungry for more Greek myths, the second season of Jim Henson's Storyteller was focused on them and are very arresting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=enHq...
The Storyteller - Greek Myths (1991) E04 Theseus and the MinotaurYouTube video by Terra Plana Flat Earthwww.youtube.com⟳ Репост от Chuck Groenink
The great Laura Park!
The New YorkerOne sweat-soaked American’s adventures in A.C. deprivation. www.newyorker.com/culture/arti...
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The asshole administration is planning to remove the mining buffer around Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. This is being done without tribal or expert input and the public comment time is incredibly, and cowardly short. Please comment to help try and save Chaco. www.koat.com/article/chac...
Chaco Canyon public comment period opens, as BLM proposes reopening 336,000 acres to mineral leasingA new federal assessment could reshape the future of development near Chaco Canyon. Here’s what’s in the plan and how long the public has to weigh in.www.koat.com
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“The cost of climate-worsened wildfire smoke alone is larger than what earlier studies said every other estimated cost of climate change would be, combined.”