By most accounts, Owen Wister invented the Western. His 1902 book, The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains, sold over two millions copies, was reprinted 14 times within a year of publication, & spurred four film & TV adaptations. Wister was also one of the first breeders of Chihuahuas, & some sources suggest he may even have influenced the breed’s name.
Enter James Watson, a founder of the AKC. He acquired his first Chihuahua en route by train to San Francisco for a judging assignment in 1888.
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Singer Refuses To Virtue Signal For Palestine, Pulls Out Of Festivals; “I’m Not Putting On A f***ing Hijab”
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68.4% of Americans now live pay to paycheck, the highest level on record.
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PYMNTS Intelligence's forthcoming "Paycheck-to-Paycheck Report" reveals a need for banks and FinTechs to deliver effective budgeting tools.PYMNTS (PYMNTS.com)
Charlese Horton is a Black trans woman who was sentenced on June 27th and is being sent to a men’s-designated facility. This is potentially deadly for her.
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"The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, backed by Israel and the U.S., presents itself as a lifeline. But its aid hubs are death traps," writes Malak Hijazi from Gaza.
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Israel’s war on Iran has buried our genocide in the headlines, but what Israel is doing in Gaza is a stain upon humanity. Don’t stop talking about it.Malak Hijazi (Mondoweiss)
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SANAA, June 27 (YPA) - Al-Sabeen Square in the capital, Sanaa, along with more than 500 squares across Yemen's provinces, witnessed massive public gatherings on Friday to affirm the Yemeni people's steadfast support for the Palestinian cause and resibasheer (Yemen Press Agency)
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The US Senate on Friday evening rejected a resolution to limit President Trump’s Iran war powers.Cristina Laila (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)
I only get sweaty balls in winter.
In summer I wear breezy shorts and loose undergarments. In winter, not so much, but I do the same sort of exercise, if not more.
Any suggestions for cool balls when doing winter sports?
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The Mexican market is large, therefore Minsk Tractor Works (MTZ trademark) should find opportunities to resume exports, MTZ Deputy Marketing Director Lolitta Snitko said.Belarusian Telegraph Agency
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We're over half a year past summer at this point, but I'm finally moving on to reviewing Lay's summer collection! Specifically, Lay's of America. That's right, we're done with the foreign chips! Come join me as I review these... Greek dipping sauce flavored chips from Lay's.
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So like what the fuck does “masala” flavored chips even mean. Masala is such a generic fucking term, it can be one of a half-dozen famous Indian spice mixes. Garam masala, maybe, based on the photo??? But it's super fucking eggy for garam masala, which I don't think has black salt, so idefk.Some Related Video(s?)
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- Me struggling with motion sickness
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- “मसाला”/“masālā” (Wikipedia)
- “गरम् मसाला”/“garam masālā” (Wikipedia)
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- “काला नमक्”/“kālā namak” (Wikipedia)
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Lay's® Brings Beloved Potato Chip Flavors from Around the World--Wavy Tzatziki, Masala and Honey Butter-- to the US
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You know what I've always wanted to do? Play a train game on a train. Okay, that's an absolute lie, but I have wanted to do that since I booked these long-distance train tickets. Just a damn shame I was sick that I literally do not remember filming this Let's Play whatsoever.
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Went on my first long-distance Amtrak trip and just wanted to give a giant shoutout to the lovely support agent who took pity on me for missing my departure at Union Station and allowed me to change my onboarding to a different station like 30 minutes away. Would love to say that fixed all my problems, but oh boy, being on the second floor of a moving train is a STRUGGLE.Some Related Video(s?)
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- The Amtrak Coast Starlight
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- Not my vomit, decided to spare you guys that
- eMOTIONal support Creature
- The Plant Based Beyond Burger⁽ᵃ⁾ from Amtrak
- The Flame Fighters⁽ᵃ⁾ soap from LUSH
- As available for purchase on LUSH
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- Lety Does Falling
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I got hungry after hanging out at the Tamara de Lempicka exhibition for a few hours, but luckily for me, there's a bunch of food trucks right outside the de Young Museum! My first choice was... not this, it was some vegan Mexican thing that closed up right as I arrived, but I'm almost glad it did cause these fries were great!
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So like what the fuck does “masala” flavored chips even mean. Masala is such a generic fucking term, it can be one of a half-dozen famous Indian spice mixes. Garam masala, maybe, based on the photo??? But it's super fucking eggy for garam masala, which I don't think has black salt, so idefk.
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Lety Does Taking the Amtrak Coast Starlight, Part 1
Went on my first long-distance Amtrak trip and just wanted to give a giant shoutout to the lovely support agent who took pity on me for missing my departure at Union Station and allowed me to change my onboarding to a different station like 30 minutes away. Would love to say that fixed all my problems, but oh boy, being on the second floor of a moving train is a STRUGGLE.Some Related Video(s?)
- ➡️ Lety Does Taking the Amtrak Coast Starlight, Part 2
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- Lety Does Eating the Masala Flavored Potato Chips From Lay's
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- The Simi Valley station
- As described on Wikipedia
- The Amtrak Coast Starlight
- As described on Wikipedia
- Not my vomit, decided to spare you guys that
- eMOTIONal support Creature
- The Plant Based Beyond Burger⁽ᵃ⁾ from Amtrak
- The Flame Fighters⁽ᵃ⁾ soap from LUSH
- As available for purchase on LUSH
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- Lety Does Falling
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- Lety Does Bathing in an Amtrak Superliner Bedroom Shower
- Lety Does the Flame Fighter Soap From LUSH
Coast Starlight Train | Amtrak
The Amtrak Coast Starlight train transports you in comfort from Seattle to Los Angeles. See unsurpassed scenery like snow-capped Cascades, city life and more.www.amtrak.com
My first Amtrak trip continues! I feel a bit better after my shower, so I decided to show off the rest of the train, and I have learned from my Hsi Lai Temple vlogs! That even if I do have permission to film, that doesn't mean I won't come across like a jackass! So behold, the new vlogging meta!
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My short trip to San Francisco is over, and it's time to head back to Los Angeles! And a fun fact: this train runs two-day journeys in each direction, and apparently the staff doesn't turn over at the end of each length of the trip. Meaning, since I got off on day one, spent two days in SF, and then hopped back onboard on day four-- LONG STORY SHORT, I got on the same exact train with the same exact attendants from my first trip, and everyone fucking remembered the dying girl.Some Related Video(s?)
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- Nearly zero urge to vomit
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After half a year of thinking about it, I finally decided to head up to San Francisco to see the Tamara de Lempicka exhibition on its last day in town. It truly was a beautiful and humbling retrospective for an LGBT icon, and I'm so appreciative of the curators and donors who made this possible.
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A new musical about the life of revolutionary artist Tamara de Lempicka. Directed by Tony Winner Rachel Chavkin. Coming to Broadway March 19, 2024.LEMPICKA | Official Broadway Website
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Israel Pummels South Lebanon In Biggest Airstrikes Since November Hezbollah Ceasefire
(Is Israel gearing back up to violate the ceasefire with Iran?)
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by the way... the phone interview I had to do for SNAP approval was another success story for the hardware VOIP phone a kind reader gifted me a few months ago.
it just works so much better than Android and desktop apps.
I of course brought it with me over here (it can charge via USB-C and does not require its cradle), and when it rang today I was able to just answer it with no fumbling and without missing the call.
(since SIP calling was ripped out of AOSP, most generic VOIP apps on Android are ... not great. though I do note one is helpfully reminding me of voicemails once an hour, that's useful.)
@benda yup!
the one I have is the Grandstream WP826. they also have more "rugged" models for somewhat more $.
at this point with wifi 6, most of the problems with VOIP not working well over wifi unless you're within 10 feet of the access point have been solved.
Henry VIII’s and Cromwell’s bibles reunite – The History Blog
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"Cromwell had these two presentation copies made to propagandize his idea of spreading copies of the Bible in English throughout the realm to the king himself. The beautifully painted cover page depicts Henry handing out bibles to his people."
Video shows federal agents blast their way into Huntington Park home /
A resident who was inside with two children, ages 6 and 1, said about a dozen federal agents entered her Los Angeles County home
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Video shows federal agents blast their way into a Huntington Park home during a law enforcement operation.Lauren Coronado, Jonathan Lloyd (NBC Southern California)
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The Wine development release 10.11 is now available.
What's new in this release:
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Occupied West Bank (Quds News Network)- The UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said it documented at least 23 attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians that resulted inEditing Team (Quds News Network)
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In 1930's Germany, while the Nazis were rounding up vast numbers of "undesirables" and shuffling them off to concentration camps, many scientists and other technologists continued much as if nothing was going on, going to conferences, writing papers, pretending that the horrors going on just outside their windows didn't exist.
Much the same thing is happening now in the U.S.
I want off this ride.
Seriously. This whole fiasco might be what kicks me out of tech. I'm so sick of this ridiculous golden calf, this fumed-up Oracle at Delphi.
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Executive Julia Liuson recently told Microsoft managers to include internal AI tool usage when evaluating employee performance.Ashley Stewart (Business Insider)
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'Using AI is no longer optional.' means people not using it will loose their jobs.
It can be measured and will allow a tight control over people.
#AGI means #angrygodsinquisition
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Please! There's some smirk female reporters on CNN that really need it.
Be sure and get a good video so we can enjoy it for years to come!
Spotify, the world’s leading music streaming platform, is facing intense criticism and boycott calls following CEO Daniel Ek’s announcement of a €600m ($702m) investment in Helsing, a German defence startup specialising in AI-powered combat drones and military software.The move, announced on 17 June, has sparked widespread outrage from musicians, activists and social media users who accuse Ek of funnelling profits from music streaming into the military industry.
Many have started calling on users to cancel their subscriptions to the service.
“Finally cancelling my Spotify subscription – why am I paying for a fuckass app that works worse than it did 10 years ago, while their CEO spends all my money on technofascist military fantasies?” said one user on X.
Spotify, the world’s leading music streaming platform, is facing intense criticism and boycott calls following CEO Daniel Ek’s announcement of a €600m ($702m) investment in Helsing, a German defence startup specialising in AI-powered combat drones an…Reem Aouir (Middle East Eye)
Israel told troops to open FIRE at ‘UNARMED Gazans waiting for aid’ — Haaretz
549 KILLED near aid points since May — Gaza officials
Drop site footage reportedly from near Rafah aid site shows bodies lying in blood
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rights don't exist. there's only force.
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The inability of the International Court of Justice to act is the best proof of this.
if you have no means to enforce your rights, they dont exist.
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Netanyahu may continue repeating, like a broken record, old colonial slogans, but genuine change will only happen because of the peoples of the region and their many capable political players.admin (Politics For The People)
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I was married to an abusive alcoholic.
Then I dated a pretty manipulative and creepy guy.
I left both of those relationships, because they were not healthy.
And it fucking SUCKS to hear men out saying "women want to be abused." Fuck you very much. Blame the abuser, not their victim.
So a man manipulates a woman and you get mad at her for being preyed upon? What the actual fuck is that about??? How is that an appropriate attitude to have about victims of actual abuse?
When a man who knows and cares about me starts talking about his dating life and goes off on "why do women like jerks?" it's the worst fucking feeling.
Like, dude, that's me. I married a real jerk, a real piece of shit. I thought he loved me. I thought I could help him. I thought we'd both grow and emotionally develop together. I thought we were a team.
And by the time I figured out we weren't? Well, then I had to figure out how to leave.
I know men who have been in abusive relationships, and you don't see me out here claiming that men want to be abused or that they generally prefer cruel and manipulative women over kind and caring ones.
No. I sympathize with and support my fellow abuse survivors. I don't fucking shame people for the fact that some fucking asshole decided it would be fun to fuck up their life.
The only reason it feels shameful to identify myself as a victim of spousal abuse is that for some reason some people who hear that are going to make the determination that I am gullible and masochistic, and if I had just been smarter, no one could ever have hurt me.
I don't get how women are excoriated whenever we are perceived as "disloyal" but when we "stand by our man" the way we were taught to, holding out hope that he will change, we're dumb bitches who want men to hurt us.
I'm so sorry that I gave my partner second chances. I'm sorry that I listened and tried to evaluate if maybe he was right and I was wrong. I'm sorry I forgave him for things. I'm sorry I let things go. I'm sorry I hoped for better from him. I'm sorry I tried to help him deal with his emotional issues.
What a dumb bitch I am for loving someone and not throwing in the towel the moment I sensed something was wrong. But what's that? Oh, you would have condemned me harshly for that too? Cool. Cool.
By the way, I am not fucking sorry for any of it. I wish I had understood what was happening sooner and left. I wish I had not accepted mistreatment.
But now that I'm in a healthy relationship, all those things that kept me with that shitty guy are the things that make THIS relationship work. I don't assume the worst about him. I consider the possibility I could be wrong. I offer forgiveness. I am supportive when things are tough.
My ex was literally taking advantage of my capacity for love.
Why do women date assholes? Because we want to be in fulfilling relationships that we know require hard work, forgiveness, and compassion. So sometimes we try way, way harder than we should to make the dang relationship work, because we want to love and be loved.
I didn't want my abusive ex to treat me that awful way. I wanted him to treat ME the way I treated HIM.
You may be talking about a different dynamic, but especially re: all of those divorced angry guys, I see something more like...
They thought women were like vending machines, and you put in "the work" of being "nice" and they expect certain things back. Except women, like most people, don't enjoy entitlement, especially when, as is often the case, they didn't ask for those things in the first place.
So "I guess I should have been an asshole all along." YOU WERE DUDE THATS THE PROBLEM.
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Unknown parent • • •Wister, meanwhile, was smitten with the southwest. It’s possible that his way of preserving the culture was by saving the Chihuahua, a dog Watson, the sporting and kennel editor for the Philadelphia Press, had described as, “the only truly North American dog.”
Chihuahuas were AKC recognized a couple of years after Wister’s book was published, and anyone interested in the breed will want to read anything written about them by Amy Fernandez.
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Unknown parent • • •In Germantown, PA, a chap stopped Watson who had “Manzannita” with him, & said he hadn’t seen such a dog since he was in Arizona years before. The guy was Owen Wister whose family had settled in Germantown even before William Penn got to Pennsylvania.
By now, Watson was lost to a breed with which he’d become smitten. Though he never had a successful breeding program, he purchased several more dogs on trips to the Southwest. Wister always inquired about Watson’s dogs whenever they met.