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Author Archives: Jim deMaine
The redacted 60 minute interview is on social media
If you’d like to watch this, click here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSmfgc_Didy/ It may be muted. If so, just click on the small speaker icon in R hand lower corner of the video. or thanks to Diana C. you may be able to … Continue reading
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Word with a past: Maverick
by Pamela Toler in History on the Margins – thanks to Mary M. The word “maverick” has always had overtones of the American West in my head—or at least the American West of a childhood spent watching shows like Gun … Continue reading
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New book ‘Unapologetic Aging’ pushes back against anti-aging culture
Carrie Dennett – Special to The Seattle Times (Thanks to MaryLou P.) It’s no big secret that we live in a society that idealizes beauty, thinness and youth, and that these unrealistic ideals can make us feel pressured to look … Continue reading
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Obama’s favorite books and a Skyline connection
Thanks to Jamie Q. Ethan Rutherford’s book North Sun was among the select few in this prestigious list. Ethan is Debby Rutherford’s son.
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Battle Hymn of the Donald
Thanks to Kate B.
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JFK’s Niece’s Message to Americans as Trump Plans To Rename Kennedy Center
By Melissa Fleur Afshar in Newsweek (thanks to Bob P.) Maria Shriver, a journalist, advocate and niece of the late President John F. Kennedy, condemned President Donald Trump’s effort to rename the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, calling it … Continue reading
A German town transforms its entire city hall into a massive Advent calendar
From Montana Public Radio – thanks to Bob P. Advent calendars have become big business in the U.S. these days. Shoppers can easily spend upwards of $200 for calendars with samples of makeup and skincare products, or even gourmet cooking ingredients. … Continue reading
US student helps reinvent 300-year-old cello with 3D printing, lands offer on Shark Tank
Thanks to Bob P. The instrument can be printed, assembled and fine-tuned in under 24 hours. A young engineering student in the US has helped turn a high-school experiment into a new business by blending 3D printing and modern materials … Continue reading
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Our Petty, Hollow, Squalid Ogre in Chief
Ed note: Although I dislike giving the President more notoriety, the piece by a conservative columnist highlights the depths of Trump’s pathologic personality disorder. The questions is this. How can others not question Trump’s sanity? By Bret Stephens Opinion Columnist Though … Continue reading
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Seattle’s Scooter and Bike Rentals Program Needs Fixing
From Feet First (thanks to Mary M.) At Feet First we have watched with growing concern as “micromobility” scooters have proliferated on Seattle’s streets. And, more importantly from a pedestrian point of view, on our sidewalks. Shared scooters and bikes … Continue reading
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The Hero We Need Now
Andy Borowitz (thanks to Mary Jane F. and Pam P.) One of the great joys of publishing TBR is the time I spend each day in the comments section reading what you have to say. Last week, this comment from … Continue reading
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America for sale – $1M gets you in
By Danny Westneat – Seattle Times columnist When the Trump administration plastered his name on signs in Seattle taking credit for an infrastructure project he had fought bitterly against, I called it a “sign of the shameless times” and “a new level of Orwellian.” … Continue reading
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The Glue
Thanks to Pam P. by Donna Ashworth Perhaps, this world is broken on fire, doomed to expire but right this second, somewhere someone has flowers in their hair to bring the light, and someone sits awake, all night just to … Continue reading
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Elder abuse and the Seahawks
Thanks to John R. If the Colts win this game, I will get a tattoo of Phillip Rivers on my neck! I cannot believe this game hasn’t been flexed to Sunday Night Football. This is the MOST EXCITED I’ve been … Continue reading
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Even AI can’t believe it!
Thanks to Mary Jane F. When G. Elliott Morris of Strength in Numbers asked ChatGPT to fact-check an article for him yesterday, the chatbot couldn’t get its head around modern America. It told him there were “multiple factual impossibilities” in his article, … Continue reading
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Town Hall honoring the late Wier Harman and Skyline resident David Brewster
Kate Nagle-Caraluzzo, Executive Director, Town Hall Seattle (thanks to Mary M.) It’s been two years since Wier Harman, our friend and former Executive Director of 17 years, passed away, and I’ve been thinking about the ways his presence still lives … Continue reading
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How many can you solve?
Thanks to John R. (will post answers in a few days)
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Maybe he should stick with the Tacos
Thanks to John R.
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