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okay if you could magically become the greatest figure skater in the world for a day and deliver one banger performance that would live on forever, and if you could truly let your freak flag fly to choose ANY music you wanted, what are you skating to

I might do “Black Jack Davy” by Steeleye Span

In the current situation, I am still partial to the Richard Thompson song Fergus Laing.

Janna Levin is an academic scientist who probably had to check out anyone who claimed to be a potential source of funding.

Treaty obligations, the “supreme law of the land,” according to the Constitution, and invasions don’t mix. The Constitution also gives Congress a distinct role.

@wdiy.org I just got caught up on Stephen Colbert’s show from last night. He did a segment on the LV, co-hosted with Amanda Seyfried. It can be found on his YT channel.

Would the IgNobel Prize do?

@wdiy.org I just saw a new German film called Köln 75, about Keith Jarrett, one of the best things to emerge from the LV. It has a very limited theatrical release (I saw it in Fairfax, VA), and will be streaming on Apple, I think.

@mollymccollum02.bsky.social Any other TWC folks reachable on Bluesky?

I recently learned the most useful euphemism: guano gala. It means exactly the same thing as the expression you used, and has its own alliteration, but it sounds soooooo much more refined.

@screamingeagles.bsky.social I specifically followed you when I found out you were here, so I didn’t need X for this.

People now often label their thing “Americana” to distance themselves from the stuff to which you refer, just as people once called themselves “chemists” to signal that they were an alternative to alchemists.

I trust you have other plans for the 18th.

I recently learned a most useful euphemism; it even has is own alliteration: guano gala.

@pbump.com A TV spot for Skyrizi for ulcerative colitis speaks of “visibly” [sic] improving intestinal linings. (Something similar appears at the Skyrizi site.) I think it refers to docs using specialized tools, not the naked eye available to people seeing you in public, as depicted in the ad.

One joke I’ve heard is that if someone said he was inviting comparisons with Neville Chamberlain, he’d be proud to be equated with the dude who played for the 76ers and Lakers.

How often did an MLS league match draw 6,100 spectators, even in its early years ?

How does the highest NWSL attendance figure compare to the lowest MLS number for that period?

Interestingly, Vance is the one person Trump cannot fire, as he received a separate nod from the Electoral College. However, the one can freeze the other out of a meaningful role.

Allen assumes that people who enter politics actually intend to do the work that governing requires.

Cute comment, but under relevant U.S. law, Vance is the one person Trump can’t fire. Someone would have to bribe Vance to abdicate and create a vacancy for Ivanka or anyone else.

#wdiy Note to Audie Cohen: I caught up with last Monday evening’s program. The tribute to David Crosby was dominated by songs by Graham Nash. I believe the artists themselves always intended that their distinctive styles be recognized. May I suggest, say, the Airplane’s rendering of Triad?

That would be considered unseasonably cool for that location on that date today. How about then?

And what do you conclude from Auckland FC’s performance? Maybe there just isn’t much need for more domestic leagues in the top tier, but a promising niche just below.

@pbump.com From the Solution in Search of a Problem Department: Fox Weather Channel, heretofore somewhat respectable, is previewing the Atlantic hurricane season using maps that depict the Gulf of America [sic].

@annehills.com I just found you here, so I can stop following you on X. I hope many others do likewise.

Andrew Thayer, an Episcopal priest, has an essay in the NYT in which he argues that Pilate was the Trump-like figure, representing just what Jesus opposed. Further, he said that Jesus was leading a protest march, and that palm branches were recognized as symbols of protest in that time and place.

Maybe they didn’t want the association with April Fool’s Day.

@wdiy.org Note to Tom Druckenmiller: The band Calan is Welsh, not Irish.

Attendance?