There was definitely a time when professional athlete was hardly a career, and certainly not well paid. So for a time teachers and healthcare workers got paid more than athletes.

Trump will never willingly step down.

Arundhati Roy is badass

Paypal had a 20% cashback thing going on when you use BNPL. I'm sure that contributed.

I used that logic to celebrate it on December 60th as well.

Not surprising, but important to point out.

When I see MF Doom I have to comment. MF Doom's Madvillainy might be my favorite hip hop album of all time. Definitely top 3.

Agreed. I heard it has humans.

Some penguins turn to a life of crime

This is an outdated stereotype. I'd be willing to bet more French speak a second language than Americans.

In the realm of miniseries, Band of Brothers is much watch.

I was watering the garden and sheepishly decided to spray a crow (not my finest moment). It started dive bombing me regularly. So I gave it some banana and we were chill after that. It only took one offering. You could try giving it some soft material for it's nest.

My parents put me in a Cantonese class when I was young. We were learning the numbers 1-5. The teacher asked me to say them out loud. I said "1,2,3,4...hmm", I forgot 5. "Correct!". I was confused. Apparently 5 sounds like mmm.

Pure insanity.

Agreed. I would think 300 million would be the largest strike in human history and would be a huge deal.

My wife and I don't even buy each other gifts.

I have used Kagi quite a bit, and while I love it, I stopped using it.

1. It's expensive.
2. They don't contribute to the open internet in any way. Its a closed product.

If either of these things weren't true I'd probably still be paying for it.

Grim Decade

There's a great podcast that gets into this. Outlaw Ocean is the name. Highly recommended.

Let's not assume the devil would stoop so low