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I don't normally shill for Kickstarter projects, but this one is pretty cool. I participated in the predecessor project to this one and I think the final product was pretty cool and well-built, and went ahead and bought this one, too.

When we did our river cruise in '05 from Prague to Berlin, we were told our cabin on the ship had a 110 VAC outlet. Well, it sorta did. There was one outlet in the bathroom, and it had unsteady voltage. I think it was run off of the ship's generator and not well-regulated. The cabin had a couple of outlets, but they were EU/German design, and that voltage was much better regulated and filtered. We ended up buying an adapter from the ship's shop which was a very nice device, and could handle what seems like all international AC plugs. And we were able to keep our devices charged through careful use of it.

The one we bought ship-board and this device's predecessor, is a little cube-like thingie with sliders that will produce a variety of plugs to socket into probably any AC outlet around the world, terminating in not only a dual-blade USA outlet (so it also has a step-down transformer) but also in most world outlets, so this is not just a gadget for American travelers!

THIS thingie takes it a step further. It also has three USB-C outlets and one USB-A! There are three models available: a 205 watt, a 175 watt, and a 175 with a retractable USB-C cable. If you have a laptop that can charge off of USB-C, then you can charge it directly off of this puppy!

I put in a pre-order for two. I also ordered two sets of cables for Apple people that include Apple Watch chargers to simplify cable management. It comes with a soft pouch, which should also hold some cables, and a hard case is available for additional $$$.

The project is fully-funded and they expect to ship in November, they say they've already sourced their manufacturer. Europeans and some other places will have to pay VAT on top of the purchase price.

We're tentatively expecting to do another river cruise in Europe next year, I'd love it to be one to or from Vienna. A friend of ours is turning 60 and is inviting other friends to join her, and one of her friends is deathly afraid of sharks, so an ocean/Caribbean cruise is kind of ruled out. We're hoping to talk her into an EU trip.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iblockcube/bolt-205w-and-170w-travel-adapter-with-retractable-cable/

Minnesota State Fair.....

Aug. 26th, 2025 09:40 pm
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Day 2 of the yummy postings...

I started my second visit to the state fair with a "nearly foot long" hot dog.
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Hmmm... )

UK and Mississippi going wild

Aug. 26th, 2025 07:14 am
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 See this post from Denise.

In short, these weird locations require an id if you are detected as being there.

I wonder if EU will follow this "back to medieval times" trick.

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I'll start with the tl;dr summary to make sure everyone sees it and then explain further: As of September 1, we will temporarily be forced to block access to Dreamwidth from all IP addresses that geolocate to Mississippi for legal reasons. This block will need to continue until we either win the legal case entirely, or the district court issues another injunction preventing Mississippi from enforcing their social media age verification and parental consent law against us.

Mississippi residents, we are so, so sorry. We really don't want to do this, but the legal fight we and Netchoice have been fighting for you had a temporary setback last week. We genuinely and honestly believe that we're going to win it in the end, but the Fifth Circuit appellate court said that the district judge was wrong to issue the preliminary injunction back in June that would have maintained the status quo and prevented the state from enforcing the law requiring any social media website (which is very broadly defined, and which we definitely qualify as) to deanonymize and age-verify all users and obtain parental permission from the parent of anyone under 18 who wants to open an account.

Netchoice took that appellate ruling up to the Supreme Court, who declined to overrule the Fifth Circuit with no explanation -- except for Justice Kavanaugh agreeing that we are likely to win the fight in the end, but saying that it's no big deal to let the state enforce the law in the meantime.

Needless to say, it's a big deal to let the state enforce the law in the meantime. The Mississippi law is a breathtaking state overreach: it forces us to verify the identity and age of every person who accesses Dreamwidth from the state of Mississippi and determine who's under the age of 18 by collecting identity documents, to save that highly personal and sensitive information, and then to obtain a permission slip from those users' parents to allow them to finish creating an account. It also forces us to change our moderation policies and stop anyone under 18 from accessing a wide variety of legal and beneficial speech because the state of Mississippi doesn't like it -- which, given the way Dreamwidth works, would mean blocking people from talking about those things at all. (And if you think you know exactly what kind of content the state of Mississippi doesn't like, you're absolutely right.)

Needless to say, we don't want to do that, either. Even if we wanted to, though, we can't: the resources it would take for us to build the systems that would let us do it are well beyond our capacity. You can read the sworn declaration I provided to the court for some examples of how unworkable these requirements are in practice. (That isn't even everything! The lawyers gave me a page limit!)

Unfortunately, the penalties for failing to comply with the Mississippi law are incredibly steep: fines of $10,000 per user from Mississippi who we don't have identity documents verifying age for, per incident -- which means every time someone from Mississippi loaded Dreamwidth, we'd potentially owe Mississippi $10,000. Even a single $10,000 fine would be rough for us, but the per-user, per-incident nature of the actual fine structure is an existential threat. And because we're part of the organization suing Mississippi over it, and were explicitly named in the now-overturned preliminary injunction, we think the risk of the state deciding to engage in retaliatory prosecution while the full legal challenge continues to work its way through the courts is a lot higher than we're comfortable with. Mississippi has been itching to issue those fines for a while, and while normally we wouldn't worry much because we're a small and obscure site, the fact that we've been yelling at them in court about the law being unconstitutional means the chance of them lumping us in with the big social media giants and trying to fine us is just too high for us to want to risk it. (The excellent lawyers we've been working with are Netchoice's lawyers, not ours!)

All of this means we've made the extremely painful decision that our only possible option for the time being is to block Mississippi IP addresses from accessing Dreamwidth, until we win the case. (And I repeat: I am absolutely incredibly confident we'll win the case. And apparently Justice Kavanaugh agrees!) I repeat: I am so, so sorry. This is the last thing we wanted to do, and I've been fighting my ass off for the last three years to prevent it. But, as everyone who follows the legal system knows, the Fifth Circuit is gonna do what it's gonna do, whether or not what they want to do has any relationship to the actual law.

We don't collect geolocation information ourselves, and we have no idea which of our users are residents of Mississippi. (We also don't want to know that, unless you choose to tell us.) Because of that, and because access to highly accurate geolocation databases is extremely expensive, our only option is to use our network provider's geolocation-based blocking to prevent connections from IP addresses they identify as being from Mississippi from even reaching Dreamwidth in the first place. I have no idea how accurate their geolocation is, and it's possible that some people not in Mississippi might also be affected by this block. (The inaccuracy of geolocation is only, like, the 27th most important reason on the list of "why this law is practically impossible for any site to comply with, much less a tiny site like us".)

If your IP address is identified as coming from Mississippi, beginning on September 1, you'll see a shorter, simpler version of this message and be unable to proceed to the site itself. If you would otherwise be affected, but you have a VPN or proxy service that masks your IP address and changes where your connection appears to come from, you won't get the block message, and you can keep using Dreamwidth the way you usually would.

On a completely unrelated note while I have you all here, have I mentioned lately that I really like ProtonVPN's service, privacy practices, and pricing? They also have a free tier available that, although limited to one device, has no ads or data caps and doesn't log your activity, unlike most of the free VPN services out there. VPNs are an excellent privacy and security tool that every user of the internet should be familiar with! We aren't affiliated with Proton and we don't get any kickbacks if you sign up with them, but I'm a satisfied customer and I wanted to take this chance to let you know that.

Again, we're so incredibly sorry to have to make this announcement, and I personally promise you that I will continue to fight this law, and all of the others like it that various states are passing, with every inch of the New Jersey-bred stubborn fightiness you've come to know and love over the last 16 years. The instant we think it's less legally risky for us to allow connections from Mississippi IP addresses, we'll undo the block and let you know.

WTF News.....

Aug. 25th, 2025 09:16 am
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F*** Off "Snoopy".....

Snoop Dogg criticizes LGBTQ+ representation in children's films: 'They're putting it everywhere'

The rapper says he's 'scared to go to the movies' after bringing his grandson to 2022's 'Lightyear,' which features a lesbian couple.

By Ryan Coleman


https://ew.com/snoop-dogg-criticizes-lgbtq-representation-in-childrens-films-11796606?hid=7f1109a25d2362f31854399df255b82ba78f015e&did=19185489-20250825&utm_campaign=ewk-dispatch_newsletter&utm_source=ewk&utm_medium=email&utm_content=082525&lctg=7f1109a25d2362f31854399df255b82ba78f015e&lr_input=758ad690760192cf49795c3f52223721cac5324e3e862e41c5d4db73a4d43f32&utm_term=send1

Songs From The Movies.....

Aug. 25th, 2025 09:12 am
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This week's song is not exactly a blockbuster, but in honor of state fair time...
The title song from the movie, "State Fair".


Monday At The Movies.....

Aug. 25th, 2025 09:08 am
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This Week's Movie Quote...

B.: You're gonna need a bigger boat.

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Last Week's Movie Quote...

Judge Thompson: [Danny has shot a wild deer for no apparent reason] If you didn't mean to do it, why did you?
Danny Reynolds: I guess I wanted to find out what the fun was.
Judge Thompson: [confused] "Fun"?
Danny Reynolds: My mother says, that men are the only animals that kill for fun.

It comes from the 1965 Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton movie, "The Sandpiper".
Burton plays a minister who thinks he can reform Elizabeth Taylor's character, a young lady with a child.
Of course he soon falls for her and has an affair with her.



Those Who Knew or Guessed Correctly...
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From Neoliberalism to Democracy

Aug. 25th, 2025 01:29 pm
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2025 marks a turning point: the shift from neoliberalism to a revival of real democracy. Like every ideology that tries to monopolize power, neoliberalism has reached its limits.

Classical liberalism once meant freedom: breaking feudal chains, fighting fanaticism, and opening new horizons. But by the late 20th century it mutated into neoliberalism, which subordinated rather than liberated. The Free Market became a tool for transnational elites to dominate nations, while sovereignty was replaced by unaccountable supranational structures:

https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2016/06/ostry.htm

Over time, neoliberalism fused with radical identity politics, eroding social cohesion and stifling pluralism. Cancel Culture emerged as a modern form of ostracism, silencing dissent and rewriting history. Control extended further: limiting mobility through costly energy policies, undermining food independence, and concentrating power in the hands of corporations.

This model relied on activist enforcers, granted prestige, funding, and media platforms, who worked to marginalize opposing voices. But history shows: attempts at social engineering driven by radical minorities always trigger resistance:

https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2021/05/19/americans-and-cancel-culture-where-some-see-calls-for-accountability-others-see-censorship-punishment/

The backlash began years ago, gained momentum in the US, and is now spreading through Europe. The collapse of neoliberal dominance resembles past ideological breakdowns: communism and fascism both fell under the weight of their own extremism. Today’s transition is about restoring balance between freedom and order, individuality and community, national sovereignty and global interdependence.

The post-neoliberal world, if peace is maintained, will likely center on sovereign nation-states, responsive governments, and majority-driven democracy, rather than policies dictated by elite-managed institutions or activist minorities.
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What now, Donnie?

Aug. 25th, 2025 01:06 pm
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This just in :-P

Trump Freaks Out After Nobel Peace Prize Form Asks If Applicant Ever Used Troops Against Own Citizens

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Donald J. Trump “totally freaked out” on Tuesday when he discovered that the Nobel Peace Prize form includes a question as to whether the applicant has ever used his nation’s military against his own citizens.
Blasting the Nobel committee for including the question, Trump reportedly hurled a bottle of ketchup against a wall of the Oval Office, narrowly missing Stephen Miller’s head.

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You can't buy BYD cars here: the Biden administration slapped a 100% tariff on them to protect the Ketamine Kid's brand as they would literally destroy Tesla. They're available in Mexico, Europe, and selling like hotcakes in China where they're made.

BYD, Build Your Dream, started as an EV battery maker and became a car company. And they make amazing stuff. You can buy their entry level vehicle, the Seagull (they like aquatic names), for under $10,000 (converted currency, sans tariff).

Now here's where stuff gets interesting.

They have achieved L4 self-drive, and self-parking. Tesla doesn't have L4. And it's provided in the Seagull. And they have such confidence in it, that if your car dings itself or another car while self-parking, BYD will PAY FOR THE REPAIR!

The system is called God's Eye, it comes in three tiers. The basic level has - get this - 12 cameras, 5 millimeter-wave radars, and 12 ultrasonic sensors with 1-centimeter accuracy. The two higher tiers add one or three Lidar sensors.

The Tesla used to have Lidar, but Lidar sensors are expensive to buy and maintain, so they literally took them out of vehicles that it had been installed in and went camera-only. And they were cheap cameras.

My Subaru, a 2015 Crosstrek, has a system called Eyesight. It gives lane deviation warnings and has really cool adaptive cruise control. I can set the follow distance for three different lengths, speed-dependent, and it will maintain that distance quite well. If the vehicle in front of me slows down, my car slows down. If it speeds up, mine will speed up to the limit that the cruise control is set for. If another vehicle pulls in front of me, mine will slow down and re-establish that set distance that I configured.

It's REALLY cool.

But it doesn't self-park.

Tesla had self-park, once upon a time, and also had a recall feature where you could park your car in a lot, then go to dinner, walk back to the lot entrance, hit a button on your phone, and 'recall' your car and it would supposedly navigate the lot and come to you. I don't think they do that anymore after a lot of fender benders. Maybe they do, I'm not sure.

But these BYD cars? I expect they could do it.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91366273/byd-bests-tesla-again-cars-are-the-first-to-truly-park-themselves

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/07/11/1930239/byd-pledges-to-cover-damages-from-self-parking-car-crashes


BYD, like pretty much every car maker, has a high-end line called Yangwang. They make a hypercar called the U9.

It can jump over potholes.

I kid you not. It has a computer-controlled suspension that can read the road ahead and tell the car to leap over obstacles! This video has all sorts of awesome, including eluding a ninja ambush. Sorta.



If we move to Europe, I would seriously consider one of their cars.
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And there's nothing you can do about it.

Their Battery Health Assistance "feature" was optional in models 9 and below, but is now mandatory in the 10 and possibly subsequent models. And it will also throttle your charge rate. So shorter battery life, and longer charge times. YAY!

Google rates their batteries at 1,000 charge cycles before the battery drops to 80% capacity. Samsung, on the other hand, rates their batteries at 2,000 before the 80% level. Hmmm...

Apple got into trouble a few years back by introducing a silent throttle on some of their phones and had to offer free battery replacements, something that I took advantage of when I happened to be in Albuquerque for a day-long medical seminar that was literally across the street from an Apple Store. Now iPhones have a charge limiter - adjustable and can be deactivated - that by default limits your charge to 80%. When I got an iPhone 16 a year ago (my 13 Mini had strange problems that defied diagnosis), I set mine to 90%, and it reports that my maximum capacity is still 100% after 125 cycles. Sometimes the charge limiter forgets and my phone is at 100% when I take it off the charger in the morning.

Personally, I like to get 4-5 years out of my phones if I can and the only time I replaced a battery, that I remember, is when Apple throttled it and it did hit my battery life pretty badly. Normally I have no problem getting good battery life over the full life of my phone, but I don't spend all day texting or flipping through TikTok or other SM on it.

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-10-battery-health-assistance-3585863/

https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/08/24/038259/will-googles-battery-health-assistant-throttle-your-pixel-10s-battery

Darwin Festival 2025

Aug. 24th, 2025 09:00 pm
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Darwin is not exactly known for being the cultural centre of Australia, but it does its best during its Festival and Fringe Festival. It's a particularly good time to visit in the dry season, where every day is 30 degrees, blue skies and a cool morning breeze, especially as a break from Melbourne's wintery touch (which I also love). The past several days have been in the fine company of Lara and Adam at MrBlueSky, where I also had the delight of catching up with Gary, Mon, Jac, and Shu on different occasions, and every evening there was an opportunity to soak up some fine entertainment.

A personal highlight was "John Schumann & The Vagabond Crew" performing the songs of Redgum. It's not my usual style of music, but they are the most notable radical Australian folk band that has ever walked in the country, and the musicianship was utterly superb. I felt like a teenager getting John to sign my copy of "If You Don't Fight You Lose", but I justified it on the grounds that I have been listening to this album since my teenage years; this will be a Rocknerd review. Another event also worthy of special note was "Duck Pond", a fusion of acrobatics, ballet, and theatre and a fusion story of Swan Lake and The Ugly Duckling. Understandably, I couldn't help but think of the RuneQuest scenario of the same name. Further, there is the excellent musicianship and storytelling of Fred Leone, whose self-taught upside-down southpaw guitar-playing is just a small testimony to his abilities.

Other events included a visit to the Northern Territory Art Gallery and Museum (MAGNT) which was hosting the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA), the video artistry of Shundori", the impressive and moving Zhangke Jia film Caught by the Tides, and the impressive aerialist performance of "La Ronde". In contrast, I was less taken by Bangarra Dance Theatre's "Illume", mainly because it didn't provide what was said on the tin, or the Sydney alternative-improv "Party Dozen", although kudos to the young punk local support act "Tang" who had plenty of energy and style.

The time seemed to go quickly, and the view of the Darwin harbour from my co-owned apartment always gives the opportunity for reflection, consolidation of thoughts, and quiet strategic preparation for the future. It is, without a doubt, one of the finest places for a short visit, and I can certainly understand why some people feel the desire to move on a more permanent basis, although I am a long way from such considerations myself. I will, once again, take this opportunity to thank Lara and Adam for their absolutely superb hosting and care of this Southerner's visit and for showing me many highlights of their home town. Doubtless, I will return again soon.

Humble Bundle - Murderbot and More

Aug. 23rd, 2025 12:49 pm
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Humble Bundle is offering a Murderbot and More Bundle, which includes all seven Murderbot books, two Murderbot stories, and five other books by Martha Wells. A minimum payment of $18 gets all 14 items. $10 gets three items. $1 gets All Systems Red, the first Murderbot book.

Humble Bundle - Martha Wells Books
Humble Bundle - Martha Wells Books

I own all seven of the Murderbot novels – as well as Witch King – in hardback. But I like to have electronic versions of books for when I’m on the road. I don’t mind paying a little for the ePub copies for my iPad. Plus a portion of the payment goes to World Central Kitchen. As usual, I gave more than a minimal amount and allocated $10 to World Central Kitchen. For now, I’m at the top of the Leaderboard.

The bundle ends in a shade under three weeks.

Space Opera

Aug. 23rd, 2025 09:29 am
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Yesterday, after something of a short binge watch, I finished season one of Foundation on Apple TV+ – and continued until I finished episode 3 of season two. I’ve definitely been watching a lot more than I had planned. I have something of a schedule problem, though, as last week was filled with activities, and I’ve made little progress on vacating the warehouse room I live in – and I need to be done by the end of the month. So I think for now, I’d better set Foundation aside – or at the very least, limit viewing again to partial episodes at bedtime.

At any rate, I think Foundation is a fine space opera – better than the books, actually. The production values are impressive, and the characters are engaging. I don’t mind at all that the series has strayed quite a ways from the books – but the books are fairly average space opera. Warping and embellishing is totally suitable for space opera.

I’ll bet an Apple TV+ series for Doc Smith’s Lensman series would be great fun to watch. I mean, the Lensman books are anything but high art – they are the quintessential pulpy space opera – cheesy but fun. I wouldn’t mind a TV series for Eric Frank Russell’s Men, Martians, and Machines, either.

Nearly all my old SF books are in boxes in the garage – and have been for a couple of decades – and I’m motivated to re-read them once the new library is in place. I’m guessing I’ll have a nostalgic time come 2026.

Also: This week Apple Increased the Monthly Cost for Apple TV+, going from $10/month to $13/month. According to the article, I should get one more renewal at $10 and then see the new price one month after that. So the plan is to do the $10 renewal mid September and finish all three seasons of Foundation before canceling. I don’t want to commit to a year subscription ($99) nor do I want to pay $13/mo. Also, the Apple One bundles are a big fail for me. I guess I’m not Apple’s target audience.

Minnesota State Fair.....

Aug. 22nd, 2025 10:24 pm
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You've been waiting for it and here is the first State Fair Foods Entry...
I went to opening day with my friend, [personal profile] mrdreamjeans.

I started with my traditional Tom Thumb Donuts...
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More Yummies... )
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Of course there'd be memes after the Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska, you didn't expect there wouldn't be, did you?

My fave:



Also these )
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In an effort to boost reading, Denmark is proposing to abolished their 25% VAT on books, the highest tax rate on books in the world. This would hit their government revenue stream for about 330 million kroner ($51 million) a year. The culture minister hopes that this will reduce the cost of books and encourage more people to read.

Denmark's VAT rate on books is a bit out of line. From the article: "Other Nordic countries also charge a standard rate of 25% VAT, but it does not apply to books. VAT on books in Finland is 14%, in Sweden 6% and in Norway zero.

Sweden reduced its VAT on books in 2001, resulting in a rise in book sales, but analysis found they were bought by existing readers.

“It is also about getting literature out there,” said Engel-Schmidt. “That is why we have already allocated money for strengthened cooperation between the country’s public libraries and schools, so that more children can be introduced to good literature.”

A total of 8.3m books were sold in shops and online in Denmark in 2023, according to the national statistics office. The country’s population is just over 6 million.


I don't know that people are reading as much as they used to. I can pull up the numbers of how many books my library has lent over time, but if I don't have the corresponding number of how many students and teachers we've had for the same years, that raw number sadly doesn't mean much.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/20/denmark-to-abolish-vat-on-books-in-effort-to-get-more-people-reading

https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/22/0031247/denmark-to-abolish-vat-on-books-to-get-more-people-reading

For those who like word puzzles

Aug. 21st, 2025 09:39 pm
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The Atlantic has a (currently) free puzzle called Bracket City that's quite interesting. A single daily puzzle related to 'this day in history' where you complete phrases to collapse bracketed clues. The tricky bit is that you can only guess the currently highlighted portion, which the below example does not illustrate:

a [one one [who shalt not in [lift one [[" the club" (said with resignation)]t involved in a proposal] while sliding the opposite foot back, then alternate legs in quick, repeated motions — you are doing "The [⏳ "in the long" ➡️ ⬅️ "for your life!" ‼️]ning " 🕺]y command[👨‍💼👨‍💼👨‍💼]ts]sand 💵, for short]u[men[like many red[the biome you might be trying to get out of 🌲🌲🌲] or b["don't me" 🤷‍♀️]etball players]y ➡️ ⬅️ gotten gains]o[the point of [metal for the [life era for a [the US went to DEF[one on a list next to the pros] 2 during the Cuban Missile one]]dle medal]ware?] is installed in front of the Tuileries Palace

(and I'm a little too lazy to bold to show what's going on)

Anyway, you may get the idea. Check it out, it's kinda fun!

Russet and I do the NY Times crossword every day, and took a look at the Atlantic's Saturday puzzle, which was their second hardest. And we 'noped' right out of it. We're really used to the NYT's editors styles. I think if we worked at it we could do it, but we really don't need a second crossword right now. Doing Strands, Connections, the crossword, and now this Bracket City together is enough. And Russet does several other daily puzzles beyond this that I do not join her in normally.

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

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