Brooder. Enlancateur. Winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize (BCE). VPXVII4LIFE
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Today's Niche DC Character is Proty II!
Proty II was the pet of Chameleon Boy and a member of the Legion of Super-Pets.
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One of the most prominent features of this administration is their ability to mess up things which used to work just fine.
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sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child
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As a big 'monitor the situation' guy, there are currently way too many situations to monitor.
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🇺🇸 Grant’s Tomb has again fallen into serious disrepair.
The April 2026 letter the Grant Monument Association sent the @WhiteHouse, @NYCMayor, and other government officials is linked in comments.
A mid-1990s restoration on his tomb, forced by public pressure and threats from Grant descendants that the remains might be moved, spent about $1.8 million. It cleaned graffiti, fixed the roof and water damage, and replaced the crumbling plaza in time for the 1997 centennial of the tomb’s dedication.
In March 2019 the Grant Monument Association warned the President and Congress that the problems had returned. Its April 2026 follow-up says none of the requested work was done. Water damage at the cupola and roof is now substantially worse, with discoloration and falling plaster reaching the stairwell and the ceilings above the reliquary rooms.
A former NPS employee documented lead-positive peeling paint, visible mold, possible asbestos and contaminated water, and no functioning heating, air conditioning, or air filtration inside the Tomb.
The cracked outdoor plaza has been called a safety hazard by the NPS itself. As of the end of FY2025, the agency lists roughly $1.5 million in deferred maintenance and repairs for the site, nearly all of it tied to the buildings.
The Association has again asked for roof and water-damage repairs, removal of the hazards, plaza work, round-the-clock security, HVAC fixes, and related measures.
Grant deserves better.
@Grantstomb
🇺🇸 Ulysses S. Grant’s only real condition for his burial was simple. Julia must rest beside him.
He preferred West Point, his alma mater. Unfortunately it did not allow women to be buried there at that time.
In a final note left for his family, he said that wherever the tomb was built, a place was to be reserved for his wife.
After his death, Julia chose Riverside Park in New York City. She later wrote that the city’s offer was the first that fully accepted “the only condition imposed by General Grant himself, namely, that I should have a place by his side.”
They lie today in matching red granite sarcophagi inside Grant’s Tomb.
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Some personal news:
Yesterday was my last day at Microsoft.
Today, I started a brand new job at the FAA and things are going pretty well!
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It sure would be great to have experts in charge of the Department of transportation or the Department of Homeland Security right about now
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I"n the wake of the great pandemic, an authoritarian American government allows AI megacorporations to take over the global economy, leading to a new era of cybercrime" sounds way cooler in theory than in practice
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This is Mark Mikhail.
He’s a sophomore at the University of Notre Dame where he is president of the Maritain Fellows and majoring in biology and theology.
He was arrested by ICE and detained for three nights while traveling back to campus from a visit home in California.
Mark is originally from Egypt. He and his family are “seeking asylum in the U.S. based on persecution of Coptic Orthodox Christians in Egypt.” He has a valid work permit, according to reports.
Now he is facing removal proceedings.
President Trump recently told Ross Douthat that his immigration enforcement polices might be “too tough.” Perhaps this is an example of that. Why not let Mark’s asylum application play out?
Read an interview with Mark in the Irish Rover, an independet, Catholic, and conservative student paper at a Notre Dame. Link below.
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A repost for his feast day: onancientpaths.substack.com/…
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Michael Palin’s diary entry from 13 November 1977. Even to read it is to feel a wave of contentment. #OTD
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The Hindenburg airship over Boston in 1936 one year before the Hindenburg disaster in New Jersey on May 6, 1937. (Leslie Jones photo)
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I, for one, believe this to be a private matter best handled by those directly involved (jensen, jensen's wife, jensen's mistress, jensen's other mistress, jensen's other other mistress, jensen's other other mistress's handler, the CIA, the nvidia board and nvidia shareholders)
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When I was talking to @Waynes_Books just now I told him a story and he encouraged me to share...so please allow an old grognard a moment...
Many ages ago when the Disco Barbarian was a wee lad... A new game was advertised in his Dragon magazine... Villains and Vigilantes. I wanted that box set more than many things in life.
I begged my old man to buy it. I offered to do more chores... The whole shebang. My issue was comics prevented me from saving up.... One day after saying no again... My dad said... If you want it. get a job and earn it.
It's one of the most important things he taught me.
Few weeks later after the school year was over he told me to get in the truck... After a short drive we got out at Danny's Fried Chicken (weird my old man hated chicken) anyway we go inside and he takes me into a office and says...
This is Danny. You're going to work for him (they knew each other cause they were the chief and ass. chief of volunteer firefighters.) so Mr. Danny took me to meet Mrs. Betty... Store manager... Terrifying battle axe cigarette stained mean looking woman.... (Mrs Betty was actually really nice but a hard ass if you fucked off)
So started my career frying Cajun chicken.
All of the sudden I had way more money than allowance ever gave me.
As soon as I could I bought that elusive box set from Zocci's warehouse - my old man drove us the hour to get there and I could see he was proud... I can still see it on the shelf like it's the fucking holy grail.
(I wanna say it was like 12 or 15 dollars) we played the fuck out of that game. It is the first purchase I made with my own money.
Ever.
So many fights... So many villains trashed. Good times.
Below is what is left of that box.... We've gone a long way.
Going to be nice seeing the box again.
Thanks Wayne!
