2025-12-07 10:14:34
Please stop splitting words into their constituent letters. GSAP SplitText is not as robust as you think.
https://adrianroselli.com/2026/02/you-know-what-just-dont-split-words-into-letters.html
'Stop sending butt plugs to Bahrain': Toronto sex store receives letters from U.S. Department of War (Alex Arsenych/CP24)
https://www.cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/01/06/stop-sending-butt-plugs-to-bahrain-toronto-sex-store-receives-letters-from-us-department-of-war/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260106/p68#a260106p68
The Institute of Museum and Library Services
is now accepting applications for its 2026 grant cycle.
But this year, it has unusually specific criteria.
In cover letters accompanying the applications, the institute said it
“particularly welcomes” projects that align with President Donald Trump’s vision for America.
These would include those that foster an appreciation for the country “through uplifting and positive narratives,”
the agency writes,
cit…
Businesses should be required by law to send acceptance AND rejection letters for interviews, once a position is filled. Not even feedback, just yay or nay at a minimum. If a company can't fucking figure out how to auto-send an email with a binary decision, you shouldn't be allowed to hire employees to your business
I do wonder if the Voynich Manuscript was just some scribe's (or bored elite's) elaborate piece of handwriting practice. When I was trying to learn Carolingian minuscule decades back, I'd cover pages with gibberish like this trying to get transitions between letters to "look right." It didn't need to say anything; it was about nailing the æsthetic.
February 5, 2026 -- The past two days have seen a growing struggle between Democrats ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-5-2026
http://www.memeorandum.com/260206/p64#a260206p64
This is a tragic but also very touching story about life and how people deal with conventions and tradition in a way you would probably not expect:
after my dad died, we found the #love letters
https://www.je…
: "Fiona Bruce trying her level best to interrupt and shut down Zack Polanski left right and centre. She’ll let everyone else drone on endlessly, but the second he goes to give a detailed answer its 'please answer in 2 letters or less.'"
Audience man allowed to shout down Zack Polanski on Question Time | The National
Shuffalo, 3m 16s
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https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2026/02/07
🤔 "Add text-autospace to status content" https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/37694
From Webkit blog (
Physicist Steve Hsu says he has published a peer-reviewed theoretical physics paper whose main idea came from GPT-5 (Steve Hsu/@hsu_steve)
https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1996034522308026435
Movies watched in December, loosely ranked (being on the bottom doesn’t mean it’s bad)
- Listy z Wilczej (Letters from Wolf Street)
- In the Mood for Love 🌏🔁
- Yi Yi 🌏
- Sentimental Value
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
- L.A. Confidential 🕵
- Brick
- The Lady from Shanghai 🕵
- The Secret Agent
- Anemone
- The Addams Family 🩸
- Chronicle
🔁 — rewatch
🩸 — Creepy Crypt
🕵 — Boulevard Noir
🌏 — in the mood…<…
From Sat 24 Jan: Love Letters exhibition reveals the lengths we go for love https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/from-sat-24-jan-love-letters-exhibition-reveals-the-lengths-we-go-for-love/
"A Critical Collection History of Nineteenth-century Women’s Letters: Overcoming the Occluded Archive with Data-Driven Methods"
https://dhq.digitalhumanities.org/vol/19/4/000791/000791.html
Looks like “ANNIE” is a TERF.
https://mastodon.social/@Thayer/116002682012736788
December 6, 2025 -- On the sunny Sunday morning of December 7, 1941, Messman Doris Miller ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-6-2025
http://www.memeorandum.com/251207/p26#a251207p26
Das Wort "Carryout" war mir unbekannt, und doch vermochte ich es zu finden.
https://www.nytimes.com/badges/games/v1/bee.html?d=2025-12-06&l=oacrtuy&p=248&r…
I've got a bold plan to emphasize some text by making the letters thicker and darker
January 5, 2026 (Monday) -- Five years ago, on January 6, 2021, more than 2,000 rioters stormed ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-5-2026-monday
http://www.memeorandum.com/260106/p63#a260106p63
Never forgot how completely fucking cartoonish the entire Adams administration was.
And that our current NY City Council just stood by and watched the whole thing without doing much more than sternly-worded letters.
And Governor Hochul, when given the opportunity, decided *not* to remove Adams from office.
Per @…’s prompt, this week’s #ThursdayFiveList is #TheLastFive songs I’ve listened to:
5. Cat Power, “New York”—
Save important peat moss in Greater Manchester.
Trafford Council is applying for planning permission for the Carrington Relief Road, and we have until 27 February to object.
The Carrington Relief Road will cause harm to Carrington Moss, a 335 hectare peat moss, which Natural England considers to be an irreplaceable habitat. It will also damage or totally destroy 40 hectares of productive agricultural land, and increase traffic,.
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@axbom@axbom.meFYI: If your #Mastodon #domainverification doesn't work, check if you do have upper case letters in your URL as this won't work as of this #bug report from 2022:
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #SoundOfCinema
Bobby Krlic & Bobby Krlic:
🎵 Anemone "The Letters"
#BobbyKrlic
https://open.spotify.com/track/7KjJMeQdxB26OkRissDS73
#Wordle 1,628 5/6*
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⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 2% of 272 (21)
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⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 47% of 3,242 (2)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 64% of 3,956
WordleBot
Skill 92/99
Luck 45/99
I'm ok w/ this result, particularly since I'd rather have eliminated those 2 letters on my first guess rather than have to use them going forward. I only occasionally use them together in my starting word.
What unholy clucker-fuck fusion of cuisines is this?
I
MUST
GET
ONE
#Shitpost #Shitposting
Wouldn't it be nice if the ACA tax credits were extended? I'm lucky, and it doesn't affect me directly. But indirectly? You bet. I have friends and acquaintances who will suffer if they aren't restored. I just contacted my Congresspeople, asking them to follow through on the discharge petition to have the house vote on this issue. It's easy you can do it too -The action network template makes it easy:
Wouldn't it be nice if the ACA tax credits were extended? I'm lucky, and it doesn't affect me directly. But indirectly? You bet. I have friends and acquaintances who will suffer if they aren't restored. I just contacted my Congresspeople, asking them to follow through on the discharge petition to have the house vote on this issue. It's easy you can do it too -The action network template makes it easy:
I need to be more of a hard-ass when asked to write letters of recommendation.
Have a great last day of the year and a wonderful start into 2026, everyone 🥳 🥂
#NewYearsEve #HappyNewYear2026
If you think you are starting 2026 with a disadvantage in life, just be thankful you aren’t setting out with this embarrassingly stupid tattoo.
#MemeChatGPT #MemesFor2026 #StupidTattoo
Dutch answer to the removal of the boards at #Margraten US military cemetery, honoring black US soldiers who died while liberating the Netherlands in WWII. This grave injustice went counterproductive for the US government, as shown.
Courtesy to Dutch TV show ‘Even tot hier’ BNNVARA
#willyfjamesjr
Thousands of mail-in ballots could be discounted under new post office policy
A recent change to how the U.S. Postal Service says it postmarks letters could discount the ballots of thousands of last-minute voters.
Many Americans have long assumed that tax returns, ballots and other mailed documents sent on deadline would be marked as sent the day they are dropped in a mailbox.
But the Postal Service announced Dec. 24 that it was making no such guarantees about postmarks. <…
The Replicated Man: AI and the Ghost in the Archive
I finally did it. I committed the act of digital suicide. It was a gesture of clinical curiosity and personal dread. I took twenty years of archives, every Boles Blogs entry, every "Best of" compilation, the discarded drafts, the love letters to lost eras, and I fed the entire body of work into the AI maw. My digital soul, offered up for digestion and analysis...
Cornell's № 14 Corbin Zentner from Alpine, Utah has № 23 Sebastian Whitfield from Virginia Beach of the Princeton Tigers on his tail
Find more shots from this game on my Bēhance: https://www.behance.net/gallery/243329557/Cornell-vs-Princeton-(…
Crafting a robust #Strategy for an online business is like assembling a complex puzzle. My analytical side thrives in this, unraveling intricate issues until clarity emerges. Efficiency and Strategy — deserving of capital letters — are often undervalued! 🧩✨ Let's celebrate the power of a well-planned approach and its incredible potential.
"Saltier seas in spring double the chance of extreme El Niño events, study finds"
#Climate #ClimateChange
https://
fun fact: i learned that the letters "grub" stand for "GRand Unified Bootloader" before i found out what "a grub" is. so i was like, 18 or something when i first google-imaged "grub". i was like 😨
Classmates of Liam Ramos wrote letters to ICE agents: "You're scaring schools, people and the world."
Source:
#politics
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #SoundOfCinema
Bobby Krlic & Bobby Krlic:
🎵 Anemone "The Letters"
#BobbyKrlic
https://open.spotify.com/track/7KjJMeQdxB26OkRissDS73
February 4, 2026 -- On the heels of last weekend's special election in Texas ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-4-2026
http://www.memeorandum.com/260205/p42#a260205p42
Movies watched in January, loosely ranked (being on the bottom doesn’t mean it’s bad)
(1/2)
- Children of Men
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
- KPop Demon Hunters
- Brokeback Mountain
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 🌏🔁
- Sinners 🔁
- The Stepford Wives 🤖
- John Wick 🔁
- Letters from Wolf Street 🔁
- Friendship
- Hamnet
- House of Games 🕵️
- …
🔁 — rewatch
🩸 — Creepy Crypt
🕵 — Boulevard Noir
🗞️ — B…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Wilco:
🎵 Box Full of Letters
#Wilco
https://thebrotherszero.bandcamp.com/track/box-full-of-letters-wilco
https://open.spotify.com/track/1s7EkHScCg3jvGxxnI7jg0
Repetition suppression for mirror images of objects and not Braille letters in the ventral visual stream of congenitally blind individuals https://www.eneuro.org/content/early/2025/12/07/ENEURO.0002-25.2025
'Irreversible damage': DOJ farewell letters warn agency is buckling under Trump demands - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/doj-resigns/
Rare chance to see Jane Austen’s will in Love Letters exhibition https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/rare-chance-to-see-jane-austens-will-in-the-national-archives-love-letters-exhibition/
Donald Trump has taken over the United States Institute of Peace building in Washington, D.C.,
and put his name on it,
even as the legal battle over who owns the building is ongoing.
Independent journalist Marisa Kabas posted about the visible signage on the building Wednesday showing “DONALD J. TRUMP” in block letters tacked to the building.
Kabas reports that Trump plans to use the building to host the signing of a peace agreement between Rwanda and the Democratic…
The real problem here is that I was born to be on the Watcher's Council or a Man of Letters or in the Talamasca or on the tenure track at Miskatonic in a world where I make more money fixing your damn computer and also those societies don't actually exist
.......but, and hear me out on this....could they?
Pornhub parent company Aylo sent letters to Apple, Google, and Microsoft urging the adoption of device-based age verification across their app stores and OSes (Jason Parham/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/pornhub-is-urging-tech-giants-to-e…
They’re here!! 🤩
#TinyMomentsOfJoy @… @…
The Washington Post's former letters editor, Alyssa Rosenberg, reflects on her role as a professional listener, offering readers a rare chance to feel heard (Alyssa Rosenberg/NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/per…
@… Yes, we are losing all that history that once used to be in paper letters. I have no idea what future historians will be able to see.
#Wordle 1,693 4/6*
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⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 4% of 72 (22)
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WordleBot
Skill 90/99
Luck 43/99
I liked my 3rd guess, although a little unusual for me, it really locked down where the known letters had to go. Then I just had to fill in the blank
December 3, 2025 -- Republican Matt Van Epps won yesterday's special election ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-3-2025
http://www.memeorandum.com/251204/p50#a251204p50
From Heather Cox
Richardson, Letters from an American:
<< Trump explained to Republican lawmakers: “You gotta win the midterms. Because if we don’t win the midterms, it’s just gonna be—I mean, they’ll find a reason to impeach me. I’ll get impeached.” >>
He KNOWS he deserves to be ousted!
If you have a Liberal MP, you might consider writing to or calling them to let them know this is insane (for any number of very good reasons - you pick). As an historian, I can tell you that the archives are full of angry letters to MPs, cabinet members, and PMs and that at certain times waves of correspondence moving in the same direction have changed policy.
You might consider demonstrating too. A similar observation applies.
January 3, 2026 -- Today was the legal deadline for the Department of Justice to submit ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-3-2026
http://www.memeorandum.com/260104/p16#a260104p16
Shuffalo, 7m 11s
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https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2026/02/03
Paul’s Address Book app updated! https://edintone.com/pauls-address-book-app-updated/ My 'address book' inspired by the Apostle Paul's letters and the book of Acts, has had a r
Advances in artificial vision systems: a comprehensive review of technologies, applications, and future directions https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13534-025-00513-4 "clinical value hinges on durability, effective resolution, surgical practicality, and user t…
#Wordle 1,625 5/6*
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⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 6% of 35 (50)
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WordleBot
Skill 92/99
Luck 22/99
I don't think I've ever managed to eliminate 15 letters in my 1st 3 guesses before!
Just after midnight on January 1, in a private ceremony in the long-closed former City Hall subway station ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-2-2026
http://www.memeorandum.com/260103/p33#a260103p33
U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced dumb-ass legislation today
that would allow private entities to play at Pirates🏴☠️in the Caribbean
The "Cartel Marque and Reprisal Reauthorization Act"
authorizes felon-president Trump to commission American pirates,
under "letters of marque"
to seize property and persons on land or sea.
Representative Tim Bimbo Burchett (R-TN) introduced the House version of the legislation.
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Breakfast
Leos Janšček & Smetana Quartet:
🎵 String Quartet No 2, 'Intimate Letters' (2nd mvt)
#LeosJanáček #SmetanaQuartet
https://open.spotify.com/track/2xXCSBCuJKZDqF8s7zVAty
In Private Letters, Harvard and Trump Administration Escalate Duel (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/us/trump-harvard-letters-deal.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251224/p53#a251224p53
Bosie’s passionate plea for lover Oscar Wilde in Love Letters exhibition https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/bosies-passionate-plea-for-lover-oscar-wilde-in-new-exhibition/
#Wordle 1,624 4/6*
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⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 3% of 38 (15)
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WordleBot
Skill 92/99
Luck 45/99
Eliminating letters, helpful as always!
"Quite frankly I was pissed off!" Growing online page chronicles Trump Justice Dept. resignation letters (Scott MacFarlane/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-justice-dept-resignation-letters-chronicled/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251123/p76#a251123p76
February 1, 2026 -- On February 1, 1862, in the early days of the Civil War ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-1-2026
http://www.memeorandum.com/260202/p25#a260202p25
bissi faul heute
Shuffalo, 4m 44s
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https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2026/01/29
Rep. Kelly has filed three articles of impeachment against Secretary Noem:
🔸Obstruction of Congress: Secretary Noem willfully obstructed Congressional oversight and withheld Congressionally appropriated funds in violation of her constitutional oath and federal law.
🔸Violation of Public Trust: Secretary Noem compromised public safety, violated due process of American citizens, and directed unconstitutional actions.
🔸Self-Dealing: Secretary Noem abused her office for persona…
Pope Leo Confronts Trump: Don't Invade Venezuela -- and No "Solo Deal" in Ukraine (Christopher Hale/Letters from Leo)
https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/pope-leo-confronts-trump-dont-invade
http://www.memeorandum.com/251202/p172#a251202p172
December 1, 2025 -- President Donald J. Trump's behavior over the holiday weekend has increased concern about his mental acuity. (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-1-2025
http://www.memeorandum.com/251202/p52#a251202p52
#Wordle 1,661 4/6*
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ <1% of 231,562 (495)
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 0 of 109 (53)
🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ 0 of 0 (2)
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WordleBot
Skill 91/99
Luck 37/99
Now this is how i like it. Eliminate 10 letters up front then the guessing is easier!
November 30, 2025 -- On Friday evening, the Wall Street Journal published an article ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-30-2025
http://www.memeorandum.com/251201/p11#a251201p11
ready to be infected?
Shuffalo, 8m 20s
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https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2026/01/26#i…
#Wordle 1,692 5/6*
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⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 1% of 155 (32)
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WordleBot
Skill 94/99
Luck 29/99
Felt like a perfect wordle, each guess built on the last testing for likely letters, and now looking at it, it seems the bot agrees since I got an overall 94 skill on 5 guesses.
Under Pope Leo XIV, American Catholics Are Uniting to Defeat MAGA Authoritarianism (Christopher Hale/Letters from Leo)
https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/under-pope-leo-xiv-american-catholics
http://www.memeorandum.com/260131/p65#a260131p65
November 29, 2025 -- In the wake of yesterday's report from Alex Horton and Ellen Nakashima ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-29-2025
http://www.memeorandum.com/251130/p12#a251130p12
December 29, 2025 -- In an appearance on New York's WABC radio on Friday ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-29-2025
http://www.memeorandum.com/251230/p6#a251230p6
January 28, 2026 -- Federal agents continue to rain terror on Minneapolis, Minnesota ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-28-2026
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p51#a260129p51
December 27, 2025 -- Over the Christmas holiday, the Trump administration threw its weight ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-27-2025
http://www.memeorandum.com/251228/p27#a251228p27
January 27, 2026 -- The murder of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday morning at the hands ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-27-2026
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p60#a260128p60
January 26, 2026 -- Yesterday President Donald J. Trump blamed Democratic officials ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-26-2026-273
http://www.memeorandum.com/260127/p59#a260127p59
January 25, 2026 -- As the nation mourned the killing of VA ICU nurse Alex Pretti yesterday ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-25-2026
http://www.memeorandum.com/260126/p53#a260126p53
January 24, 2026 -- This morning, on a street in Minneapolis, at least seven federal agents tackled ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-24-2026
http://www.memeorandum.com/260125/p18#a260125p18
January 22, 2026 -- Vice President J.D. Vance was in Minnesota for the administration today ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-22-2026
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p38#a260123p38