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  • Sea Cow, See?

    Sea Cow, See?

    Manatees in the morning.

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  • The Bold Type

    The Bold Type

    Jon continues to make this a better world, one letter at a time.

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  • Does Not Compute

    Does Not Compute

    Let’s talk to an AI expert about ChatGPT’s oddly-phrased praise.

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  • Fernando Pessoa, Creator of Indifferences

    Fernando Pessoa, Creator of Indifferences

    “You are no doubt asking me, within yourselves, what meaning these sentences have. Don’t make that mistake.”

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  • Simpsons Did It: Hurricane Edition

    Simpsons Did It: Hurricane Edition

    Appropros of nothing, here are some perfectly cromulent highlights from “Hurricane Neddy,” episode 8 of season 8 of The Simpsons.

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  • My Dinner With Jimmy

    My Dinner With Jimmy

    What did this schmuck and the 39th President of the United States discuss over dinner? Hint: not politics.

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  • Oh. My. Pod.

    Oh. My. Pod.

    Fins to the left, fins to the right.

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  • 5 for 500

    5 for 500

    Don’t want to read all 500 posts I’ve written? Here are five standouts.

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  • Nature Walk

    Nature Walk

    It has been a while since I posted some critter photos from Bayshore Boulevard. Here some recent animal encounters, starting with a dolphin sighting. It was early in the morning when I saw this squirrel, so he was more bright-eyed and bushy-tailed than I was. Most birds fly away when…

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  • Don’t Cry Over Spilled … What?

    Don’t Cry Over Spilled … What?

    Good glavin! After finding a Simpsons neologism in the New York Times crossword puzzle a few days ago, I discovered another Simpsons invention in the dairy aisle in Publix. Malk isn’t new. Nearly 30 years ago, Springfield Elementary School substituted malk for milk to cut costs. There were some ill…

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