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The Culture Tent / Re: In the New Yorker...
« Last post by Front-Ranger on June 25, 2026, 10:01:46 am »
Margaret Talbot?

I read the whole article about Greenland. Even though it was long and I knew about most of it already, I felt that it was important to know the players and how everything developed. It could stand as the "playbook" for other of his initiatives. What astounds me is the power that assorted grifters and petty thieves with no morals have now in this country. We truly are toast.  :'(
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The Culture Tent / Re: In the New Yorker...
« Last post by Front-Ranger on June 24, 2026, 07:15:16 pm »
McPhee is writing a series called "Tabula Rasa" which seems to be his memoirs. Some of it is interesting; some not.
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The Polling Place / Re: How are you spending the summer solstice?
« Last post by Sason on June 24, 2026, 05:45:31 pm »
Quote from: CellarDweller on June 24, 2026, 12:03:37 am

Last summer, due to the heat waves, my electric bill (for a 1 bedroom apt) was $405.00 a month.


 :o :o :o


Ever thought about moving to Greenland? Or Iceland?
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The Lighter Side / Re: Today's Wordle ------- spoilers alert!
« Last post by Sason on June 24, 2026, 05:41:21 pm »
Shuffalo, 5m 54s

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https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2026/06/24
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The Lighter Side / Re: Today's Wordle ------- spoilers alert!
« Last post by Sason on June 24, 2026, 05:41:07 pm »
Connections
Puzzle #1109
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 ;D ;D ;D
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The Lighter Side / Re: Today's Wordle ------- spoilers alert!
« Last post by Sason on June 24, 2026, 05:40:33 pm »
Strands #843
?Just chill?
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The Lighter Side / Re: Today's Wordle ------- spoilers alert!
« Last post by Sason on June 24, 2026, 05:40:20 pm »
Wordle 1 831 X/6

⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ OUIJA
⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ TYRES
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 RUDER
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 PUKER
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 CUBER
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 FUMER
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The Culture Tent / Re: In the New Yorker...
« Last post by Jeff Wrangler on June 24, 2026, 04:29:00 pm »
Quote from: serious crayons on June 24, 2026, 02:32:40 pm
Is McPhee still on the staff? Not saying he's not, but I would have put him in the category of Calvin Trillin.

I really must be losing it. I'm very far behind, but when each issue arrives, I look over the TOC and mark articles I want to read when I get to that issue. I thought I saw McPhee's by-line in one of the issues I haven't yet read, but I just searched through all the issues I have on hand, including two already in the recycle bag, and I can't find it.  ???   :-\

Anyway, apparently McPhee is still with us.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McPhee

And that author whose name I can't remember? I still haven't remembered it. It's one of those things that usually come to me when I'm not thinking about it.

I think her first name is Margaret, but maybe I'm imaging her--like the McPhee article.  :-\

I always associate McPhee with an article published in TNY decades ago under the heading "Annals of the Former World." I had no idea he wrote five books about that. Unless I'm imagining that article, too.  :-\

On the other hand, the Wikipedia article about him contains this sentence:

"Many of his 31 books include material originally written for The New Yorker, where he has been a staff writer since 1965."

I definitely remember the article about Bill Bradley, who went on the play basketball professionally and eventually became a U.S. Senator from New Jersey.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Bradley
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The Polling Place / Re: How are you spending the summer solstice?
« Last post by Jeff Wrangler on June 24, 2026, 04:12:25 pm »
Quote from: serious crayons on June 23, 2026, 01:41:51 pm
I guess my ritual is watching where/when the sun falls on my balcony or directly into the wall of windows in front of it. Around the winter solstice I get about 10 minutes of direct sunlight a day; the rest of the time the sun is behind another wing of the building. It emerges from the side of the building in February, then keeps moving until, in summer, I get direct sun from about 2:30 on (would be longer but the roof over my balcony blocks the sun when it's at its highest). Then the daily question becomes when will the sun go behind the huge tree so I get some shade on my balcony and it's not too hot to sit out there and read.

Sheesh. The things I tell myself to write, then forget to come back and do it.  :-\

Anyway, I've written before--somewhere--about the apparent movement of the sun as seen through the window at the east end of the hallway on my floor, so I won't repeat myself here.

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The Lighter Side / Re: Today's Wordle ------- spoilers alert!
« Last post by serious crayons on June 24, 2026, 02:50:44 pm »
Wordle 1,831 6/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ SHIRT
⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 DRAPE
⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 NEVER
🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 EMBER
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 FREER
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUEER

WordleBot
Skill 73/99
Luck 33/99



Connections
Puzzle #1109
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Quote from: CellarDweller on June 24, 2026, 10:54:48 am
appropriate for pride month!

It is! But I for some reason did not think they would pick that so I passed up at least a couple of chances to guess it until it was the only possible word left.



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