- DaughterGeeding enters her teenage years today.
- Yesterday, LL posted a graphic of 2022-2023 non-NCAA National Championships. One stood out. Out of all the schools to win “Hip Hop Dance,” I would have expected it to be BYU.
- Texas lawmakers approve 29% budget increases for themselves – As teacher raises and property tax cuts plans died, lawmakers found agreement to boost their own office budgets by 29% the highest bump in more than 20 years.
- Wikipedia had the wrong Vatican City flag for years. Now incorrect flags are everywhere
- Pedro Pascal Got an Infection After Years of Letting ‘Game of Thrones’ Fans Put Their Thumbs in His Eye
- The Press is Falling for Anti-Abortion “Fetal Heartbeat” Propaganda – Reporters are parroting — and spreading — sentimental falsehoods.
- “Once a fetal heartbeat could be detected, typically around the sixth week of pregnancy … ”When I read this phrase in the New Yorker, referring to Texas’s first abortion ban, I shot off a letter to the editor. “This is misleading,” I wrote. “There is no heartbeat at six weeks because the fetus does not yet have a heart. As San Francisco OB-GYN Dr. Jennifer Kerns told NPR: ‘What we’re really detecting is a grouping of cells that are initiating some electrical activity. In no way is this detecting a functional cardiovascular system or a functional heart.’” I noted that “a six-week fetus is about the size and shape of a baked bean.”
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Babe Ruth reaction to getting hit by a pitch is priceless pic.twitter.com/DSYcWQyM5S
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) May 29, 2023
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Tonight’s half Manhattanhenge 🌆
Tomorrow is full Manhattanhenge ☀️ pic.twitter.com/jqPup1jSrO— NewYorkCityKopp (@KellyrKopp) May 30, 2023