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ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, μοῦσα...

1 | ...these being the legendary first words in Homer's epic, The Odyssey. 2 | The full first line in the Ancient Greek, in Odyssey 1.1: 3 | ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, μοῦσα, πολύτροπον, ὃς μάλα πολλὰ 4 | [ ándra moi énnepe, moûsa, polútropon, hòs mála pollà ] (transliteration) 5 | A...

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iPhone lock screen moments {a pause}

Not much writing today... ...so, just a few moments captured from my iPhone's Lock Screen with its random cycling of (vertically oriented) images from my Photos app:

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Behind the scenes with Jeff Kent at the Baseball Hall of Fame: ‘It hasn’t hit me yet’

In Cooperstown, the former Giants second baseman showed that there is in fact crying in baseball.

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More Than 70 Animals Seized From One Property

Seventy-eight animals — dogs, cats, birds, chickens, and horses — were removed from a single property in Schoharie County. Continue reading…

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Trump Pauses Iran Strikes as Officials Weigh Dwindling Air Defense Stocks (wsj.com)

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Inside the Return of Legendary MPLS FTW Alleycat Babes in Bikeland - Racket (racketmn.com)

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Utah, Known for Big Families, Leads the U.S. in Dropping Birthrates (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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College-Educated Voters Are Ruining American Politics (theatlantic.com)

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‘In This City, Breakfast Orders Are Not Taken Lightly’ (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Anschlag in Berlin: Ein Gefühl wollen sie nicht zulassen: Angst (zeit.de)

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Mexican citizen handed over to U.S. in drug cartel case dies in notorious Brooklyn jail (nydailynews.com)

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GOP Senator: We Just Need Better 'Messaging' On Iran War

Somebody tell Foghorn Leghorn that the problem with Trump and Bibi getting us into another forever war isn't the "messaging." Louisiana GOP Sen. John Kennedy made an appearance on this Sunday's Face the Nation on CBS, and was asked by host Margaret Brennan about some of his...

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1956 Republican Party Platform More Liberal Than 2026?

Believe it or not, the Republican Party of 1956 was way more liberal than the GOP Party of 2026. The Republicans of the 1950s used to be sane. The New Republic reported that in the early 1950s, the GOP strategists needed a white knight to lead the party out of purgatory af...

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Sleeping Deer, 1913 #franzmarc #cubism

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La Roulette, 1924 #jeanmetzinger #purism

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"People are losing purchased music and games, as well as emails and photographs from loved ones, without compensation." Story via @truthout.org
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