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Silly season in St. Louis — an attempt to break the Guinness world record for the largest number of people wearing underwear on head for at least a minute. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI/Rex/Shutterstock, posted at theguardian.com:

More new terms — “Hangxiety” — the one-two punch of anxiety coupled with the physical consequences of drinking alcohol. “Tradwife” — woman who believes in and practices traditional sex roles and marriages.

Fani Willis’ boyfriend gets the boot, but she remains. It doesn’t make any sense, at least to me. The political ramifications rule.

Never be fooled into thinking a politician has gone as low as possible. Case in point Schmuck Schumer, who is meddling in Israeli affairs and, consequently, appeasing Hamas.

In Toronto thieves have begun breaking into houses to swipe keys in order to steal cars. In one area the police have advised residents to leave their fobs near the door to avoid being attacked in their homes. From an article by Gabriel Hays. Is this a solution or capitulation? Gangsta’s Paradise?

Mexico City, artwork by Chavis Mármol, Tesla 3 crushed by nine-ton Olmec-inspired head. The Olmec were the first major civilization in Mexico. In Aztec the word translates to “the rubber people.” The artist’s intent is to taunt Elon Musk and ridicule technology. Can you say luddite, boys and girls? They were bands of English workers who destroyed machinery, especially in cotton and woolen mills, that they believed was threatening jobs (1811–16). Info attained in Google searches. Does this seem like good art? Photo by Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images, posted at theguardian.com:

My thanks to the kind folks who patronized the Anti-Inflation Book Shop on this pleasant day. Here’s what sold: a pair of ladies’ shoes, size seven; a kids’ book in Hebrew; Nickelodeon Blue’s Clues & You! — Play Day with Blue! Sound Book — PI Kids (Play-A-Sound) by Editors of Phoenix International Publications; 100 New Yorkers: A Guide to Illustrious Lives & Locations by Julia Holmes; Touchstone by Laurie R. King; The Encyclopedia of Great Composers by Milton Cross; Oh, the Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss; The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate; a hardcover in Russian.

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