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Ben DuBois's avatar

Altruism. Maybe mice have it but not so with our President.

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Glenn Marcus's avatar

"The Buckeyes will not be deterred." Any Wolverines in your audience might just find that

offensive.

Also, those birds murmurating over that Welsh town might have been called "drudwen."

Furthermore, has Colin passed judgment on your posts yet?

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Scott Sherman's avatar

Hi, Glenn. I was suggesting that the Buckeyes are being persistent in the face of all evidence to the contrary. Do tell about "drudwen." I've not hear from Colin; he's a tough critic.

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Glenn Marcus's avatar

"drudwen" is the Welsh term for "starling."

Also, have been contemplating a substack for years, but can't think of a good title.

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Dward's avatar

Glenn, your title would be, “ The Final Say!”

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Brian Lewbart's avatar

Just think, if you had had AI to create your PowerPoint decks you could have used that time to work on painting.

And, curious if you're familiar with the restaurant owner in Maine who believed that getting lobsters stoned reduced their pain when being cooked alive. This was back in 2018.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maine-restaurant-sedating-lobsters-with-marijuana-to-ease-the-pain-of-cooking/

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/09/25/651466068/maine-asks-restaurant-to-stop-giving-lobsters-cannabis-before-boiling-them

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Scott Sherman's avatar

Good point! “Deepseek, how do we increase sales growth by 4% annually over the next 5 years?” No, I had not seen this lobster news. Thanks for sharing. It does give one pause. Send more. I’m running out of things to write about! Take care.

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Scott Sherman's avatar

The 4th!

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Daniel Okrent's avatar

Wentzle!!

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Scott Sherman's avatar

The 4th

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Lindsay's avatar

Hi Scott. Thank you for thinking! I was especially interested in your first thought about the stand up guy who took up painting with such prowess. I look forward to more! - Lindsay

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Scott Sherman's avatar

Thanks for “thinking” of me. Have you seen the show? It’s quite remarkable. And in the past year, I’ve met two other artists who, only recently, in their 40s and 50s, began painting (water colors and oils), quite well, and have exhibited. I just can’t fathom it.

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Jeff Wagner's avatar

IGreat Stack, Scott.

Made me think…..

If shrimp have feelings and learned behaviors, think of what the mentally and emotionally eviolved Kenyan elephants were feeling/thinking/remembering when they were being slaughtered by the thousands each year just so men could cut off their tusks? And leave their bodies strewn all over the land?

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Scott Sherman's avatar

Thanks. It's unbearable to think about. I recall seeing them in herds in Botswana, with their little ones, including one that had just been born, and thinking about their plight. Humans!

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Scott Sherman's avatar

No, but I’ve read articles and watched the movie about her, starring Clare Danes.

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Scott Sherman's avatar

Thanks for reading. I was just explaining why.

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Doug Karp's avatar

Everyone else knew it wasn’t a SOTU

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CapeJ's avatar

Have you read Temple Grandin’s book, Animals in Translation? In it, among other things, she describes her work for slaughter house companies in designing “more humane” killing arrangements, and how she would follow the same track as animals going into and through the slaughter house to figure out what might spook them along the way (i.e., their final journey).

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