Folks, Just a brief tech update and open thread for non-healthcare conversation. I’m pleased to report that the permanent test site is up and running. That’s allowing for much-needed fiddling and experimentation that doesn’t affect the live site. There are lots of tweaks and enhancements on the horizon, many things that will make your commenting …
Open Threads
Tuesday Morning Open Thread: Wonderous Women
Pretty FUQN' coolWonder Woman: How Real-Life Athletes United to Populate the Film's Badass Amazon Nation https://t.co/eOFN45WF5n — Nelly B (@psddluva4evah) June 2, 2017 Because I can (heya, LAMH!), and because these stories meet my EMOT criteria for “not liable to make readers put down their coffee and go right back to bed.” Some days, it’s …
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On The Road
Good Morning All, This weekday feature is for Balloon Juicers who are on the road, travelling, etc. and wish to share notes, links, pictures, stories, etc. from their escapades. As the US mainland begins the end of the Earth day as we measure it, many of us rise to read about our friends and their …
Late Night Open Thread: Very Dumbshow
dumb·show ˈdəmˌSHō/ noun: dumbshow; noun: dumb-show; noun: dumb show; plural noun: dumb shows gestures used to convey a meaning or message without speech; mime. “they demonstrated in dumbshow how the tea should be made” a piece of dramatic mime. plural noun: dumbshows; plural noun: dumb-shows “there were gags, spoofs, and dumbshows” President Trump just held …
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Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize Lecture – Open Thread
can be found here. Learned it all in grammar school. Don Quixote, Ivanhoe, Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver’s Travels, Tale of Two Cities, all the rest – typical grammar school reading that gave you a way of looking at life, an understanding of human nature, and a standard to measure things by. I took all that with …
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Stanley Cup Game 4 Open Thread
The Preds got the result that their effort deserved in Game 3 unlike in Game 1 and 2. The Penguins need to create more traffic and chaos in front of the net and not be stupid off the puck. No politics open thread.
Russiagate Open Thread: “Reality Winner” Leaks to the Intercept
No, srsly… NBC News: Senior federal official says that Reality Leigh Winner, age 25, has been arrested & charged with leaking document to The Intercept — Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) June 5, 2017 Per Buzzfeed: A federal contractor in Georgia has been charged with leaking classified material to an online news outlet, the Justice Department announced …
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