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Dak Prescott makes cheeky Jalen Carter remark as Cowboys-Eagles set to renew hostilities following Spit-Gate https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/dak-prescott-cheeky-jalen-carter-re…

NYT says it will not renew Larry Summers' contract as a contributing writer for its Opinion section, after the publication of his emails with Jeffrey Epstein (Emine Sinmaz/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/18/new-york-ti…

I am trying to renew my US passport. I sent in an application via their online renewal system. It worked well - except that it is picky about photographs.
Well, the rejected the application because they now do not like the photograph that they had accepted.
And now they tell me dimensions - e.g. head 1.38 inches high. Well, I sent 'em a digital photo and unless they tell me the pixel resolution of their printers I can't tell 1.38 inches from a hole in the ground.

H-1B workers flew to India to renew U.S. visas. Now they're stuck. (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/12/19/india-h1b-visas-skilled-workers-trump/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzY2MTIwNDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzY3NTAyNzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NjYxMjA0MDAsImp0aSI6ImE3Njk1YmFmLTNiM2QtNGQ5Ni04OTE3LWJiMmFkNzU3YTM1OSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS93b3JsZC8yMDI1LzEyLzE5L2luZGlhLWgxYi12aXNhcy1za2lsbGVkLXdvcmtlcnMtdHJ1bXAvIn0.7XPxQsfVwzgDIBZS-Db4ciXuH7Gzv45PvyNhNx62va0&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/251219/p56#a251219p56

Men renew challenge to male-only draft rule before Ninth Circuit | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/men-renew-challenge-to-male-only-draft-rule-before-ninth-circuit/

Let our people go! Zohran Mamdani victory spurs Staten Island pols to renew bid to pull out of NYC (Rich Calder/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/11/15/us-news/staten-island-pols-renew-bid-to-pull-out-of-nyc-in-response-to-mamdani-winning-mayoral-race/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251115/p52#a251115p52

"Wisconsin coal terminal to close after 50 years as clean energy saps demand"
#US #USA #America #Energy

Wisconsin coal terminal to close after 50 years as clean energy saps demand
Midwest Energy Resources Company, a subsidiary of DTE Electric Company, will not renew its 50-year lease with Koch Industries as of June 30 next year.

AFC West Power Rankings: Raiders–Broncos Renew Hostilities In Week 14 https://raiderramble.com/2025/12/04/afc-west-power-rankings-raiders-broncos-renew-hostilities-in-week-14/

Full renewal of state and local cyber grants program passes in House https://therecord.media/state-local-cyber-grants-program-house-passage

Trump has sparked a fresh frenzy about his health after a very unorthodox CNN interview.
The 79-year-old president gave an exclusive interview to State of the Union host Jake Tapper Sunday,
but bizarrely texted his answers in at an unspecified time before the show
rather than speaking in person or calling
Viewers commented on X:
“What is wrong with Donald Trump so that he is not able to even do a telephone interview?”
Another watcher wrote: “This wasn’t an …

Trump’s Texts to CNN Host Renew Health Speculation
CNN viewers demanded “proof of life” after the 79-year-old president conducted the interview entirely by text.

It was approaching time to renew my Global Entry Membership. One of the questions required for renewal was to list the countries I’ve been to since 2020.
Each country visited had to be selected from a list. The UI was excellent. I could type a substring and the options would be limited to countries containing that substring ✅. I couldn’t find Turkey. Searched Tu, scrolled the unfiltered list no Turkey.
WHY?

Just two guys from the middle of the Pacific: Tua, Mariota renew friendship in Madrid https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46957761/washington-commanders-miami-dolphins-tua-mariota-friendship

Europe’s liberals demand EU freezes funds to Bulgaria over imprisoned mayor – POLITICO
https://www.politico.eu/article/varna-mayor-blagomir-kotsev-bulgaria-democratic-backsliding-renew-europe-valerie-hayer/

Europe’s liberals demand EU freezes funds to Bulgaria over imprisoned mayor
Jailing of Varna mayor evidence of democratic backsliding in Bulgaria, Renew Europe chief warns.

Phishing alert
If you have #Wordpress sites, beware emails telling you that you need to renew your subscription.
They look authentic til you notice the sender address.
#scams #phishing

For the record:
I cancelled Disney the same evening they kicked Kimmel out, and smoothing things over with Kimmel now will not be sufficient to get me to renew.
I will •start• considering a renewal when Iger is out on his ass, no parachute. (Not holding my breath for that.)

I used the new Iphone feature to load my US passport into the wallet.
It worked. But I discovered that my passport was about to expire.
So I discovered that I can renew the passport (and card) online - so I sent for it.
It is rather picky about photographs, but after taking about 30 shots I got one that it would take.
So, in a mere month and $160 expended I'll get my new US passport. I hope.

😟 Starmer finally finds his voice as he speaks from the heart | John Crace
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/30/starmer-finally-finds-his-voice-as-he-speaks-from-the-heart

This log entry always appears at the top of my cable modem's web view of the log. Every 36 hours, the timestamp changes. It's not new,. just the same line with a new timestamp.
It has been this way for years, I believe for the whole decade that I've had it, although its rock-solid regularity may have started with the last update (2019) or with some upstream behavior change. It is harmless (DHCP clients must tolerate unrecognized options).
And people wonder why I e…

Labor Market Reforms, Flexibility, and Employment Transitions Across Formal and Informal Sectors
Selidji Caroline Tossou
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.03668 https://

Labor Market Reforms, Flexibility, and Employment Transitions Across Formal and Informal Sectors
In this paper, I investigate the 2017 labor market reform in Benin, which reduced firing costs and allowed firms to renew short-term contracts indefinitely. Using micro-data from the Harmonized Household Living Standards Surveys and a two-way fixed effect approach with nearby countries as the control group, I assess the reform's impact on employment, worker tenure, contract types, and wages. My empirical results reveal a 2.6 percentage point (24.5 percent) increase in formal sector employment a…

Raiders-Broncos preview: AFC West rivals meet on ‘Thursday Night Football’ https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/raiders-broncos-preview-afc-west-rivals-meet-on-thursday-night-football-3533718/

Democratic support for surveillance powers will be 'heavier lift' next time, House lawmaker says https://therecord.media/section-702-surveillance-powers-renewal-jim-himes-house-democrats

Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers (left wrist) won't play vs. Bears; Mason Rudolph to start https://www.nfl.com/news/steelers-qb-aaron-rodgers-left-wrist-out-bears-mason-rudolph-to-start

Good Morning #Canada
At some point in the next 2 days I have to visit #ServiceCanada and renew my passport. Did you know that 70% of Canadians own a passport which puts us in the upper middle worldwide when compared to other countries. "Ownership" is technically incorrect as all Canadian passports legally remain the property of the Crown and must be returned upon request. According to the Henley Global Passport Index, Canada is among the top countries in Passport Power, ranked 8th on the global mobility spectrum. Trust in the nation issuing the document and in its citizens helps place a country in the rankings. I wonder why recently the USA dropped out of the top 10 for the 1st time? Canada is a member of the Five Nations Passport Group, an international forum for cooperation and sharing of best practices between the passport issuing authorities of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and the USA.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Travel
https://www.henleyglobal.com/passport-index/ranking

Cyber information-sharing law and state grants set to go dark as Congress stalls over funding https://therecord.media/cisa-2015-state-cyber-grants-lapse-congress-government-shutdown

Guess what: Still not going to renew my Disney subscription next month.
No longer just #FAFO, now it’s #FAFFO “F__k Around with Fascism and Find Out”
#JimmyKimmel #Disney #Consequences
#Fascism
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/entertainment/jimmy-kimmel-returning?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Weg von Microsoft: Abgeordnete fordern digitale Souveränität im EU-Parlament
MEP Helmut Brandstätter (NEOS/Renew) koordiniert eine fraktionsübergreifende Gruppe, die vom EU-Parlament die Aufgabe der Nutzung von MS 365 zugunsten einer europäischen Alternative fordert.
#DigitaleSouveränität #EU #IT #Microsoft #Wirtschaft #news