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Bldck

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My top ten-ish tv shows

  1. The Wire
  2. Bojack Horseman
  3. Patriot
  4. The Americans
  5. Better Off Ted
  6. Arrested Development
  7. Pushing Daisies
  8. Gravity Falls
  9. The Bear

Honorable Mentions

  1. Over the garden wall
  2. Luther
  3. Friday Night Lights
  4. The Queen’s Gambit
  5. GLOW
  6. Mindhunter
  7. Sports Night
  8. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
  9. Atlanta
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On my fifth rewatch right now. Just started S2

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Connections Puzzle #402 🟨🟨🟨🟨
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John Hinckley Jr. attempted to kill Ronald Reagan to impress actress Jodie Foster.

Sirhan Sirhan assassinated Robert Kennedy as he was running for president. Sirhan was born in Jerusalem prior to the establishment of state of Israel. He is a citizen of Jordan. He was motivated to assassinate Bobby over the latter’s support for Israel.

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I recently took a trip with two children (4, 18 months). We did a sleeper train from Brussels to Prague (EuroSleeper) and from Vienna to Zurich (NightJet operated by OBB)

The OBB trip was phenomenal. Great amenities, and we were on their older model. So I can’t imagine how great the newer carriages are.

The EuroSleeper was awful. Bad amenities, never received our (prepaid) breakfast, temperature was stifling (85° F, 29° C) and the ride was not very smooth.

I would gladly do a sleeper train again, but maybe not with kids so young. Probably not until the kids are 10+

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In the 2000s and early 2010s, less of your life was lived on a cell phone or smartphone.

For kids now, it’s 100% of their lives. Post-COVID, the majority of social interaction between peers is through a social media app.

That means that close to 100% of kids are on their phones during the school day. If you aren’t, you run the risk of social isolation and FOMO.

Administrators can’t send a kid to detention for using their phone because ALL kids would be in detention every day.

Here’s one article that examines the problem

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Tinder launched in 2012. eHarmony and Match.com were pretty fringe sites but Tinder commodified and gamified the mechanics. That made online dating “fun”. Also we saw a huge growth in smart phones in 2010 to 2012

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