by whiz | Oct 29, 2024 | Politics, Poll
There’s a lot of skepticism around here about the accuracy of polls, and even about their objectivity. But not all polls are the same. Some tend to favor some candidates over others. We look at a dozen polls that have sampled most or all of the seven battleground...
by sloopyinca | Oct 29, 2024 | Daily Links
The Dodgers are on the brink of winning the World Series. The Steelers won an exciting, albeit very ugly, game against the Giants and somehow sit atop the AFC North. ManUre fired Ten Hag. And a player from the Premier League won the Ballon D’Or. And that’s...
by Derpetologist | Oct 28, 2024 | Fiction
The rest of the debate was nothing special. Shortly after it ended, Alexandra called me from a pay phone. She seemed a bit rattled. I told her I was holding the fort, and she should just relax at a local hotel that night instead of driving home. She drove home anyway....
by Swiss Servator | Oct 28, 2024 | Daily Links
Aaaaah!!!!! Yesterday I started running like a faucet – probably used a box and a half of Kleenex. “Darn allergies” I thought. Woke up this morning…uh-oh. Feels like I took a few shots to the ribs, minor fever, etc. Thus, these links will be a...
by Animal | Oct 28, 2024 | Fiction
The Shade Tree “Now this is more like it,” First Watch Scanning tech Ophelia Watts announced. “This one is about 1.4 AU out from a large blue-white star, so it’s got a long day, looks like about twenty-nine hours, and a solar year of about four hundred and...
by Banjos | Oct 28, 2024 | Daily Links
Good morning one and all to another fantastic day! Trump Speaks at Madison Square Garden Rally Trump’s Interview on Joe Rogan Awkward moment dozens of doctors on stage at Harris rally appear confused as supporter suffers medical emergency Social Media Erupts...
by UnCivilServant | Oct 27, 2024 | Fiction, Literature
While I continued to mechanically go through the motions of a day on the march, my mind had slouched into a dark place. My eyes fell on the mane between Graymire’s ears, but I didn’t really see it. I was replaying events stretching as far back as...
by Not Adahn | Oct 27, 2024 | IFLA
It is often said that there is nothing new under the sun. Sometimes there is nothing new above the earth. Yes, the moon still moves around, so there may be a flutter on Wednesday, and there is an extremely minor augmentation of the general felicity of Scorpios on...
by Old Man With Candy | Oct 27, 2024 | Daily Links
It’s now a yearly tradition- I go to Cleveland to watch the Ravens, courtesy of Nephilium. This year, he’s off on a boat or something, so I’m solo. And in Cleveland. No river fires yet today, but it will be fun to see the game nonetheless. What has...
by Spudalicious | Oct 26, 2024 | Daily Links
May or may not be Webdom and l0b0t’s new digs. So I’m here in Glibs Gulch for a couple of weeks. The shop is still undergoing renovations, so I’ve been doing what I can to help Webdom and l0b0t get their new place livable. It will be a cozy home once...
