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He is correct. Refreshing to hear a politician just say the obvious truth.

Heartwarming Buffalo-interest story.

They are the closest for me to the vibe of early trapo. Also can’t recall which guy, but one of the Brit’s in that show does hilarious impressions. The cast the net wide enough that I don’t find the otherwise British focus to be a downside.

Man that rings true. When I contemplate what it would be like to extract myself from my current home, it overwhelms me and my brain just defaults to: “I would prefer to be forced to flee and live with almost nothing rather than go through trying to package and move everything”

I think coffee use is growing pretty rapidly, but it’s definitely a tea culture, so coffee is a small piece of the market. But basically a decade or two ago they probably didn’t much coffee at all, and now there are Starbucks and local chains that have coffee all over the place in Beijing (this could be money and Olympic effect though, haven’t been anywhere else). I did get a great coffee at a local chain in Xian though, and you could only pay through WeChat. The cashier was really nice to us (you can’t pay with WeChat unless you have a Chinese bank acct, so no dice for tourists) and she paid for us and we gave her cash.

But yeah—won’t replace US consumption. Maybe the Brazilians are looking to hedge—assuming that their sales will drop somewhat to US because of tariffs but not entirely, and making up difference by sending to China, which could also grow over time.

Hamilton Ontario delivers once again

I with ya on that one. Can’t remember if they’re the same or a different one but I also dig the hawk moths, the ones that are like hummingbirds I think.

Yes actually I saw a bird with one in its mouth, so hopefully they will be good eats and be kept in check. Despite seeing tons I haven’t heard of major ag issues where I am yet. Probably just took a year for the local predators to figure out they were valid food hehe.

They’re so bereft of ideas they can’t even come up with their own names for the stupid plan.

There’s a line of research that presumes that depression is just this: being a little too aware of reality for your own good.

That’s a spotted lantern fly nymph. Technically she should crush it, but they’ve already spread everywhere so not sure if it matters at this point…

It’s the god awful axios house style—helpful to hide AI content and assuming your readers can’t read or handle content that takes more than 15 seconds.